Vikram Rathod

Head of Talent

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India14 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led HR strategy for multiple regions.
  • Expert in talent acquisition and employee engagement.
  • Proven track record in workforce transformation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with extensive experience in workforce management and employee relations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr StrategyTalent AcquisitionStrategic Workforce PlanningHr ComplianceHr Business PartneringWorkforce PlanningHr OperationsRecruitmentEmployee EngagementData Management

Other Skills

Performance ManagementCapability BuildingCost OptimizationEmployee RelationsVendor ManagementData AnalyticsConflict ResolutionTraining and DevelopmentAttrition ManagementPayroll ManagementGrievance Management

Experience

14 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 2 mos
Current Experience

Bigbasket

AGM-HR

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore Urban · On-site

  • Head HR for Tamil Nadu Karnataka & Kerala business, Holistic HR Strategy & Planning: Spearheading HR planning, employee lifecycle management, talent acquisition, performance management, and budgeting to drive alignment with long-term business objectives and organizational growth. 
  •  Workforce Strategy & Future Readiness: Collaborating with senior leadership to develop and execute forward-looking workforce strategies, ensuring talent readiness and fostering a high-performance culture.
  •  Frontline Excellence & Talent Development: Leading blue-collar workforce transformation, Bulk Blue collar hirings & Grievance management, implementing structured talent development, upskilling, and succession planning programs to enhance workforce agility.
  •  Performance & Employee Engagement: Driving performance management frameworks, employee engagement strategies, and productivity initiatives, ensuring high-impact HR business partnering to elevate organizational performance.
  •  Capability Building & Leadership Development: Identifying critical skill gaps and partnering with Centers of Excellence (COEs) and SMEs to design and deliver targeted development programs for sustained capability enhancement.
  •  Cost Optimization & Organizational Efficiency: Ensuring wage bill compliance, organizational restructuring, and workforce optimization, enhancing efficiency while maintaining financial prudence.
  •  Total Rewards & Recognition Programs: Core member of Talent & Rewards team for Designing and executing comprehensive rewards, recognition, and performance review programs, compensation benchmarking & ESOP model designing.
  •  Employee Relations & Retention Strategies: Developing proactive employee relations frameworks, addressing concerns, and mitigating conflicts to drive workforce stability and long-term retention.
  •  Data-Driven Impact Assessment & Continuous Improvement: 9 Box Grid framework training & execution for unbiased succession planning
HR StrategyTalent AcquisitionPerformance ManagementEmployee EngagementWorkforce PlanningCapability Building+2

Shbpl

SGM-HR

Oct 2024Feb 2025 · 4 mos · Surat, Gujarat, India · On-site

  •  Strategic Workforce Planning: Led 3 factories ,3 bottling units, 2 Warehouses & entire West Region for HR & IR activities, Managed 250+ On Rolls
  • 150 + Permanent Workers & 900~ Contractual Workers across West (Surat, Navsari, Pune, Bharuch & Bhiwandi)
  •  Handling TA & HR compliances for JV’s Greenfield project in Ahmedabad & Surat.
  •  Handled HR budgeting, payroll, policy formulation, and compliance management.
  •  Performance Management & Training: Developed performance-based KRAs, conducted appraisals, and implemented learning & development programs first time for JV.
  •  Statutory Compliance & Employee Engagement: Ensured labor law compliance, maintained government liaisons, and executed employee welfare programs.
  •  Appreciated for handling critical IR situation & Local liaisons with Villagers for work stoppage, adding Migrants to decrease Local dependencies 
  • in Mfg.Plant in Pune, Stopped union formation in Pune plant & liaison with Local MLAs team rigorously (Daund Area Pune Outskirts).
  •  Was handling a team of 3 Factory HR managers, 2 Payroll Managers & 5 HR Executives.
  •  Vendor Management & Workforce planning.
Strategic Workforce PlanningHR CompliancePerformance ManagementEmployee EngagementVendor Management

Flipkart

Regional Head HR

Jan 2018Sep 2024 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  •  In initial phase of 2 years was Heading Myntra Talent Acquisition West Zone for both On Roll(Including Leadership & Niche Hiring) & Blue collar (Last Mile, Middle Mile bulk Hiring, 500+ Blue Collar hiring Monthly)
  •  30+ Vendor Management & Development activities, SLA Preparation for vendors, Regular HR Compliance audit initiated, Migrant hirings in Bulk for Big Billion Days & Myntra EORS
  •  (HR Business Partnering: Led HR strategy execution across Non-Large, Fashion FC-MHs, and RPCs, managing 650+ FTEs & 8000+ FTCs with 5 warehouses with total 10 Lac+ Sq.Ft. area (Both Flipkart & Myntra Warehouses in Padgha Bhiwandi)
  •  Govt. Bodies liaison, Local IR issues redressals, Disciplinary actions & blue collar grievance redressals in TAT, Ensured 100% manpower availability, improved hiring turnaround time, and developed process-trained workforce.
  •  Employee Relations & Career Planning: Managed end-to-end employee relations, driving talent mobility and succession planning, OJTs, TNI initiative for preparing Training calendar.
  •  Driving Employee Satisfaction Survey for Both On Rolls (Gallup) & Off Rolls (AWAAZ), resolving Top5 Bottom5 grievances in TAT
  •  HR Operations & Data Analytics: Analyzed attrition, absenteeism, and employee trends, ensuring proactive HR decision-making.
  •  Conflict Resolution & Leadership Development: Resolved complex grievances and provided coaching to HR .
  •  Spearheaded Myntra-Flipkart Synergy (Flipkart Acquired Myntra) & 6 months change management activities
  •  Common Footwear Policy implementation led to decrease in High value footwear pilferage (Reduced 6 lacs approx. high Value footwear 
  • Pilferage in Quarter), Was handling team of 10 On rolls & 20 Off roll HRs (35 HRs)
Talent AcquisitionHR Business PartneringEmployee RelationsData AnalyticsConflict Resolution

Siyaram silk mills ltd.

Deputy Manager HR & IR

Nov 2014Dec 2017 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai · On-site

  • Strategic Workforce Planning: Led manpower planning and end-to-end recruitment (GETs, ITI, NAPS, On Rolls & Off Rolls)
  • HR Operations & Policy Implementation: Handled HR budgeting, payroll, policy formulation, and compliance management.
  • Statutory Compliance & Employee Engagement: Ensured labor law compliance, maintained government liaisons, and executed employee
  • welfare programs.
  • Managed 2 Unions & their committee members (Permanent Worker’s Registered Union & Contractual Workers Unrecognized Union)
  • Training & Development initiatives & Annual TNI preparation for Employees
  • Core Committee Member for Grievance Redressals & POSH
Workforce PlanningHR OperationsEmployee EngagementTraining and Development

Walmart

Assistant Manager Human Resources

Mar 2012Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

  • Taking care of 25 Easyday Retail Stores in North Region for Bharti Walmart Retail stores, 75 On-Rolls & 400~ Off Rolls
  • IC role & Need to travel retail stores across GT road belt Ambala & Karnal
  • End to end recruitment for Off rolls & On Rolls across stores.
  • Employee Satisfaction Survey, 30-90 days Dip Stick Survey, Attrition management
  • Payroll Data upload, One on One Meeting with employees, Monthly R&R activity, Ensure timely engagement activities, Timely OJT, Job
  • Rotation across stores, PMS Management, PIP & Succession planning for employees, Grievance redressals.
RecruitmentEmployee EngagementAttrition ManagementPayroll Management

Videocon consumer durables

Human Resources Officer

Mar 2011Feb 2012 · 11 mos · Sambhaji Nagar Maharashtra · On-site

  • Reporting to HR Manager, IC Role, Deployment of Contractual Labors on Plant Production line, Data management for 5S activities & L&D, G.E.T &
  • ITI Hiring, Engagement Activities for Permanent Blue Collar Workers & Engineers, Day to day grievance management with union Committee
  • members, Conducting monthly R&R & engagement activities.
Data ManagementEmployee EngagementGrievance Management

Education

Army Public School (APS)

Kendriya Vidyalaya

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