Rohan Dayanand

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in building HR structures in fast-growing retail environments.
Proven track record in reducing attrition and enhancing performance.
Skilled in implementing HR systems that drive business outcomes.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Retail HR professional with expertise in scaling HR operations and enhancing employee experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Employee RelationsPerformance ManagementHr Business PartneringEmployee Lifecycle ManagementHr OperationsHr Policy DesignOkr FrameworksHr AnalyticsScaling OrganisationsPayroll ManagementProblem SolvingRecruitingTalent Acquisition

Other Skills

Stakeholder ManagementCorporate RecruitingOrg Structure & Role ClarityCompliance ManagementProcess Design & SOPsAttendance & Shift ManagementKEKAEmployee Records ManagementQuery ResolutionStakeholder CommunicationEmployee Grievance HandlingRetail HR SupportPolicy DevelopmentHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)HR Automation

About

Retail HRBP focused on building structure in fast-growing store networks. I work closely with business and store teams to make HR practical and usable on the floor — from hiring and store launch readiness to performance, discipline and compliance frameworks. My goal is simple: remove confusion for managers so they can focus on selling and running stores better. I’ve helped set up end-to-end retail people processes including hiring, onboarding, attendance, payroll governance, POSH, and employee lifecycle management. I prefer systems that people actually follow, not policies that only exist on paper. I believe HR should drive business outcomes — lower attrition, clearer accountability and stronger store ownership. Always interested in scaling environments where structure has to be built, not inherited.

Experience

6 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 6 mos

Average Tenure

11 mos

Current Experience

Palmonas

3 roles

Senior Manager - People Experience Partner

Promoted

Apr 2026 – Present · 2 mos · On-site

Retail HRBP Manager

Dec 2025 – May 2026 · 5 mos · On-site

Transitioned from HR Operations into a Business HR partnering role to support the company’s retail expansion and bring decision ownership closer to the business. My focus shifted from executing processes to enabling leaders — helping store and regional managers take consistent people decisions around performance, behaviour and team structure.
Worked closely with founders and retail leadership to define expectations for store teams and introduced structured performance and accountability practices across locations. I handle employee relations and sensitive cases while coaching managers on feedback and corrective conversations instead of reactive escalations.
As the store network grew, I set up a regional HRBP model by distributing ownership across regions and defining clear escalation layers, allowing faster resolution and reducing dependency on a central HR team. This helped standardise actions across stores while still keeping flexibility for operational realities.
I also introduced performance reviews, people dashboards and staffing visibility so hiring readiness, exits and workforce gaps could be anticipated during new store launches rather than managed after issues occurred. The role now functions as a business support partner to retail rather than a support function handling requests.

Employee RelationsPerformance Management

Human Resources Operations Manager

Jul 2025 – Feb 2026 · 7 mos · On-site

Joined during a scale phase to build the HR backbone required for growth. Set up policies, approval workflows and employee lifecycle processes so managers could operate independently without daily HR intervention. Implemented KEKA HRMS and standardised onboarding and exit processes across teams, reducing manual coordination and follow-ups. Created disciplinary guidelines and approval structures to ensure fairness across stores. Built headcount and attrition visibility for leadership planning and expansion readiness.

HR OperationsHR Policy Design

The/nudge institute

Associate Manager, People Operations

Dec 2023 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

Led the setup of the organisation’s Performance Management System by working with leadership to define role-based OKRs, configure workflows and enable managers to run structured review conversations. Managed the complete appraisal lifecycle including goal setting, mid-year reviews, calibration and promotions.
Unified different tools into a single platform and automated workflows such as reminders, dashboards and approvals, improving data accuracy and reducing manual coordination. Managed payroll for a multi-state workforce with statutory compliance (PF, ESI and PT) while partnering with Finance and Compliance teams to streamline inputs and reduce discrepancies.
Regularly analysed attrition and retention trends and translated insights into actionable people interventions for leadership. Also supported organisation-wide HR initiatives including policy rollouts, onboarding improvements and grievance redressal, with a focus on making processes easy for teams to adopt rather than enforce.

Performance ManagementOKR Frameworks

Giva

Senior Associate Human Resource Operations

May 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

Worked during a rapid growth phase supporting expansion from ~150 to 800+ employees across corporate and retail workforce. Implemented HR systems to replace manual tracking and standardised attendance, payroll inputs and documentation processes. Managed employee relations situations and supported managers in applying policies consistently during hyper-growth. Also coordinated engagement and feedback initiatives across locations to stabilise teams during scale.

HR OperationsScaling Organisations

Tesco bengaluru

Human Resources Administrator

Jun 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

Handled UK payroll operations and compliance processes in a structured corporate environment. Worked with multiple internal stakeholders to resolve employee queries and ensure policy adherence. This role built my foundation in process discipline, documentation accuracy and risk-free HR operations which later helped me adapt processes for startup environments.

HR OperationsProblem Solving

Rivera manpower services

Talent Acquisition Recruiter

May 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru · On-site

Managed end-to-end hiring for client mandates including sourcing, screening, coordination and onboarding. Acted as the main point of contact for clients and candidates while working in a high-volume hiring environment. This role gave me strong fundamentals in assessing candidates and understanding how hiring quality affects team performance later.

RecruitingCorporate RecruitingTalent Acquisition