Feb 2020 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Head HR for PowerSystems BU (a 6000 crores business group), also Heading Talent Management for Cummins Group in India and HR Strategy for Cummins in India.
• In this role, Amit leads HR team of 60 odd HR people managing HR for large business with 7 plants and 3500 people across India, Additionally he is responsible for leading Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Diversity and Inclusion and HR Strategy for overall Cummins group in INDIA

Sep 2018 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Heading Human Resources for Power Systems business (5500 Crore business which makes High horse power engines, Diesel Gensets & Allternators/Generator technologies employing over 4000 manpower spread across 7 different locations in India). Also heading HR for India Technical center (R&D centers) -a 2500 R&D engineering workforce group and HR Operations excellence for Cummins in India
• At high level following are KRA's and R&R in this role:
• Lead team of Senior HR leaders at Director, Sr GM, GM levels across multiple locations in India thus leading HR team of over 60 HR workforce teams
• Conceive and execute HR project/workplans encompassing Talent Management, compensation, benefits, staffing, organizational development, employee-Labour relations, Diversity and Inclusion, performance management in alignment with common human resources strategies and processes.
• Demonstrate solid understanding of businesses and functions and thus define policies and HR framework at a country level to ensure seamless delivery and integration of thought process at a co. level
• Lead a team who Manage Industrial/Employee relations, Labor compliances for 7 plants spread across Maharashtra for over 3000 blue collar workforce including wage settlements
• Execute Operational HR processes and addressing Talent Management, acquisition, People issues at a strategic level.
• Coach and develop leaders, managers and key talent to ensure success in their roles
• Being a certified psychometric practitioner with certifications like MBTI, KF360, TKI, FIRO-B, use these Psychometric tools in Training, developing key talent
• Understanding of the matrix nature of the organization, possess tenacity to work thru multiple teams
• Leading a strategic CSR initiative about developing young students from underprivileged/below poverty line families and making them employment ready

Jan 2014 – Aug 2018 · 4 yrs 7 mos

• Leading HR for 3 different groups with 4000 odd employee workforce with location spread at 4 different sites managing HR team of 40 odd HR members

Jun 2012 – Feb 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune Area, India

• Head HR for Cummins Emissions BU & Fuel systems BU

Jan 2010 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Pune

• My last role with Cummins was Heading Talent Acqusition for Cummins group in India ( 2.3 Billion$ ABO business). My responsibilities during this stint were:-
• # Leading the Corp Recruiting Function for India ,in alignment with common human resources strategies and processes.
• #Collaborating with business leadership to select the diverse talent required to maintain a competitive advantage and to align with recruiting strategies.
• #Measuring and analyzing key performance indicators to deliver Hiring Numbers.
• #Review the entire Recruiting framework, and ensure processes are aligned to drive organizational goals in an efficient and agile manner
• #Drive definition and implementation of various Recruiting processes like – demand forecasting & management, Sourcing strategy, vendor management, candidate management processes, refinement of evaluation criteria, definition of Service level metrics, Diversity hiring metrics, cycle time metrics etc.
• #Being a pan India business, drive consistency and standardization of Recruiting processes and ensure compliance.
• #Manage relations with internal customers, partnering with them in workforce planning and execution of the Recruitment process
• # Provide leadership to Recruitment team of 5 Recruitment managers and 25+ people across locations, providing them supervision, guidance and leadership support
• #Implement Technology applications to enable Application tracking systems to ensure smooth operating excellence for Recruiters/sourcers and HR operations
• # Be a hands on Recruiter for executive roles at GM/Sr GM and VP hiring

Feb 2003 – Jan 2010 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Pune

• Recruitment Manager for Campus hiring and TDI practice. Led team of 15+ Recruitment professionals

Jan 2003 – Jan 2007 · 4 yrs

Dec 2001 – Feb 2003 · 1 yr 2 mos

• I was Branch Head for Pune division with complete P&L responsibility . I was leading a team of 7-9 Senior Recruiters and was involved in senior hiring , BD and overall recruiting targets for Pune