Nov 2018 – Feb 2019 · 3 mos · India

• Independently consulted organisations and helped them improve their HR, Training and Culture practices.

May 2016 – Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

• Transitioned from HR Operations to the Business HR role & was responsible for the healthy P&L of Karnataka Zone.
• Managing P&L for 14 stores as I became Zonal Business HR for Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh.
• Designed an assessment center for internal career development at the store manager level.
• Built a robust employee engagement framework, resulting in increased productivity, employee retention, and sales.
• Collaborated with HR teams across the zone and stores to champion and accelerate a culture of excellence & growth.
• Developed people strategies & designed approaches to enhance effectiveness and employee satisfaction.

Apr 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

• Responsible for Employee Relations & Compensation & Benefits - PAN India role
• Streamlined the recruitment process & developed the compensation strategy with Comp Benchmarking and New Age Total Rewards Practices.

Aug 2014 – Mar 2015 · 7 mos · Bangalore

• Performance Appraisal, SAP HR Automation, Comp & Ben.
• 16 HR professionals were named as the Core Team for Asia’s biggest SAP HR implementation for 31 group companies at Mahindra & Mahindra, & I was one of them.
• Brought Mahindra Retail the SAP HR & steer headed the change management process.

Aug 2009 – Aug 2014 · 5 yrs · Bangalore

• Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, SAP HR, Employee Relations

Apr 2006 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Being one of the early birds in RRL led me to learn employee database management on SAP HR, which eventually led to implementation.
• I designed the buddy program and was instrumental in creating the best joining experience at RRL.
• RRL was expanding state by state with formats like Reliance Jewels, Footprints, Reliance Fresh, and Reliance Digital being launched in Karnataka, and we were in a marathon hiring phase, which I was part of during this massive scaling phase.
• I also played a vital role in setting up the HR processes for Reliance Vision Express.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 · 2 yrs

• Handling the offices of two Vice Presidents as Executive Assistant

Jul 2002 – Mar 2006 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• As an Executive Assistant to the Leadership Team, I learnt closely with the top notch Retail HR Leaders on how a business works, and how decisions are made.
• Being great at numbers and the ability to connect with people well led me towards my journey of HR by taking some HR initiatives such as Recruitment & Selection of Best Fit and Employee Experience, which were acknowledged.