Sep 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sep 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Responsible for end-to-end Associate engagement activities.
• An HR subject matter expert & align HR best practices to business needs and associate expectations
• Being an organization value champion and communicate effectively on alignment with business practices and HR context
• Develop an effective partnership with associates, managers, leaders and ensure positive work environment
• Create a robust associate network to understand and act on the pulse of the organization
• Act as advisor to businesses in helping them manage people related matters from time to time
• Create effective analytical tools & reports to analyze associate information. Enable managers & leaders with proactive solutions to address people challenges and foster positive work environment
• Serving as point of contact for associate queries, work with appropriate stake holders for resolution, ensure positive closure and enhance associate experience in the organization
• Ensure HR transactions are executed, create process excellence and align with standard organizational practices
• Handle performance management process of all associates in the designated area from setting up goals, to assessing their performance and identifying development gaps
• Manage and execute succession planning and help business in identifying of high potential pipeline
• Monitor bottom performers and disciplinary cases. Drive performance related decisions
• Conducting exit interviews and reviewing attrition for taking corrective actions on regular basis
• Identifying HR intervention needs, create appropriate programs, actively participate in HR
• interventions & projects and ensure timely completion

May 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Partner with the Talent Acquisition team, as needed, to help execute strategies or tactics to address the staffing needs with respect to lateral and college recruiting.
• Help assigned execute strategies to achieve retention goals.
• Ensure that managers are trained in setting SMART goals and conducting effective performance appraisals.
• Ensure that annual performance appraisals are conducted appropriately and according to schedule for all employees in the departments.
• Use HR metrics to help assess and optimize employee and unit performance in assigned Lowe's India departments.
• Provide training and guidance to managers to improve employee engagement and culture of inclusion
• Work with the managers to know and understand employee pulse and in turn work with the other HR teams to translate it to concrete actions
• In partnership with the Learning and Development team, help managers and employees diagnose employee development needs and access resources to address those needs.
• Provide coaching and guidance to managers and employees on employee relations matters, including conflict resolution, performance/conduct issues and the application of HR policies and procedures.
• Work with Senior HR Business Partner to help investigate and resolve internal employee complaints. Partner with the Legal team/Compliance group, as necessary, to help resolve ER issues.
• Conduct exit interviews for team leaders and managers on terminated employees, as well as diagnose issues or trends and prescribe appropriate corrective actions.
• Help to design and execute the processes and procedures necessary to carry out organizational restructuring
• Help departments develop, execute and monitor the progress of action plans to execute the Lowe’s Diversity and Inclusion Initiative

Aug 2015 – May 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Responsible for delivering relevant HR strategy for the business by providing consulting services and support on a range of HR activities and programs that support the business strategy to ensure business success. Supporting the Operations businesses through
• Building business specific solutions to address Engagement.
• Review and analyze business unit data to identify trends and recommend solutions to improve performance, retention, and employee experience
• Performance management and review cycles, by guiding managers and employees in cases of highest level escalation queries and exception management
• Plan, manage and provide continuous improvement to all aspects of the organization and leadership review process and the strategic objectives, includes both annual and mid-year processes which focus on performance management and talent development
• Implement/administer/interpret corporate policies/programs/procedures
• Delivery of the HR service proposition- ensuring business needs are met by the overall HR team by being the relationship manager between HR operations and business
• Change management support during restructures and transitions

Apr 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Responsible for Enabling functions – HR, Strategy group & Corporate Services. Responsible for supporting, planning & deploying people strategy in these units as well as end to end HR lifecycle
• Key Projects:
• Manpower planning
• Driving Managerial Excellence in Enabling Functions
• Leading the project on driving managerial excellence in enabling functions..
• People Strategy and HR
• Staffing Optimization
• Involved in Staffing Optimisation & Restructuring project.

Jul 2013 – Apr 2014 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Staffing
• Part of the team involved in Staffing for transformation and analytics business
• Leadership, Lateral and Managerial Hiring
• Involved in planning for end to end university hiring from university to onboarding.
• Planning, building and strategizing Induction and On-boarding for joiners.
• Identify challenges & improvement areas to create the next level of HR Partnership model & drive consistency in delivery.
• Communication Management & Reporting
• Identify and work on HRIS and MIS Reporting to build various business dashboards.

Jun 2012 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Staffing
• Involved in staffing for various skills/domain (analytics, finance, & operations)
• Headhunting various companies in leadership hiring for better quality candidates.
• Communication Management & Reporting
• Creating reports to build various business dashboards
• Involved in identifying various market research for skills, partnering with clients across business.
• Client Servicing
• Key account management in handing various clients across verticals, to help them serve better.

Nov 2011 – May 2012 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Performed a need analysis, identified challenges and benefits associated with centralized recruitment.
• Formulated job descriptions for each position.