Kalpana Devnani

CEO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India14 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

Over 14 years of HR experience across multiple industries.
Expert in organizational transformation and change management.
Passionate about building inclusive and performance-driven cultures.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in organizational transformation across diverse sectors.

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Skills

Other Skills

Employee EngagementPerformance ManagementHuman ResourcesPerformance AppraisalTalent ManagementHRISRecruitingStrategic HREmployee RelationsTalent AcquisitionBusiness Partner SupportRecruitmentsPersonnel ManagementHR PoliciesTeam Management

About

HR leader proficient in Organizational Transformation & Change Management. Extremely Passionate about building a deep rooted culture that is Fair, Inclusive, Performance Driven & Business Forward. MBA in HR from MDI, Gurgaon with over 14 years of rich HR experience across leading FMCG, Managed Office Spaces, QSR and Banking organizations. Head HR & Leadership roles for over 6 years across medium & large scale organizations at different stages of growth - Inception, Expansion, Merger & Acquisition and Transformation. I have led teams and partnered with business leaders to conceptualize and drive talent strategy, deeply embedding performance culture, building individual and organizational capabilities and leading change management initiatives.

Experience

14 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs

Current Experience

Smartworks

Chief Human Resources Officer

May 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Jubilant foodworks ltd.

Head HR - Emerging Businesses & International Markets || JFL IC Chairperson

Jan 2022 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Heading HR for Emerging Businesses - Popeyes, Dunkin, Hong's Kitchen and Domino's International Markets - Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & Nepal

Jubilant agri & consumer products ltd.

Head HR

Apr 2021 – Dec 2021 · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Leading People & Culture Agenda for JACPL with an employee base of 650, annual turnover of ~600 cr. and self-owned 4 manufacturing facilities

Samara capital

Head HR - Nature's Essence & Blue Heaven Cosmetics

Oct 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurgaon, India

Heading HR for Samara Capital acquired 2 personal care companies - Nature's Essence Pvt. Ltd. & Blue Heaven Cosmetics - 1700 employees, business turnover of ~360 cr. and self-owned 8 manufacturing facilities
Leading Cultural Change, Transforming Operating Models & Driving a Performance driven culture

Godrej consumer products limited

2 roles

HR Business Partner - Sales (North & East India) and Special Projects (DGM - HR)

Promoted

Apr 2015 – Sep 2019 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Leading HR delivery for North & East divisions with annual turnover of 2200+ cr. & manpower of 250+
Anchoring Capability Development, Talent Management, Employee Engagement & Talent Acquisition
Driving the Diversity & Inclusion Agenda for the division
Special Projects
 Led a Change Management project nationally – Designed and drove the transition of our Regional Sales Structure to the new Division Level P&L structure
 Developed a Retention & Engagement strategy for making Sales Careers Aspirational
 Designed & Launched an initiative for engaging, retaining & building capability of sales top talent

Talent Acquisition Specialist and HR Business Partner - SAARC & BBlunt (Manager HR)

Apr 2013 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

Responsible for all Lateral and Campus hiring across levels and functions
Brought efficiencies in the process & drove focus on specific agenda of Source-Mix, TAT, Diversity
Lead the recruitment process automation from manual to online and further to mobile based app
HR Business Partner - SAARC: Driving the culture of performance, people processes and policies across countries
HR Business Partner - B Blunt: Carving out the new organizational structure, role responsibilities and resourcing specifications

Icici bank

HR Business Partner - Corporate Functions

May 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Led Manpower Planning, Leadership Development, Performance Management System,
Grievance Redressal and Employee Engagement for 7 corporate functions (1800+ employees).
Investigated disciplinary & integrity cases and handled Employee Separation & Termination.
Conceived and Executed the idea of Organizing Post PMS Communication Meets for 7000+ employees.
Conducted BEIs to identify critical incidents for validating nominations for Leadership Awards

Fresenius kabi

MBA Summer Intern

Apr 2010 – May 2010 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

Developed Functional Skill Inventory for R&D sub-functions.
Benchmarked R&D sub-functions and status of functional skill inventory across pharmaceutical industry.