Jithin Chakkalakkal

HR Manager

Kerala, India12 yrs 1 mo experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led HR digitalization initiatives to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Achieved Great Place to Work certification for three consecutive years.
  • Instrumental in growing employee base from 250 to 400+.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources leader with expertise in HR digitalization and organizational culture transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Human ResourcesHr DigitalizationTotal Rewards

Other Skills

Employee Value PropositionCompensation BenchmarkingCompensation PlanningEmployee Rewards ProgramsIncentive ProgramsJob EvaluationTotal Rewards StrategiesMicrosoft OfficeManagementTeam ManagementPerformance ManagementHR DigitizationData AnalysisEmployee AdvocacyTeaching

About

- An avid learner and passionate HCM professional, with over 14 years of experience (as HR Business Partner) in software service and product development companies. An alumnus of NIT Calicut. I am currently in the Head of Human Resources function at Reflections Info Systems, where I lead the talent and capabilities function for the organization. - Recipient of 'Outstanding HR Manager of the Year 2025' by NIPM Kerala Chapter - HR Digitalization Expert and Tech-HR enthusiast to enhance the organisation's operational efficiency, productivity and employee experience at large. - At Reflections, I lead the HR team to drive the business outcome. I could lead the restructuring of People Function, and enabled organization to grow from ~250 employee base to 400+ over 4 years now. - At ULTS, I was instrumental in setting up the HR department as a key player, enabling the growth of this software service organization from 130 employees to 500+ in 3 years. - At Nucore, I was instrumental in setting up the HR department from scratch and played a key role in enabling the growth of a startup software product development organization from 17 employees to 100+. - Had the opportunity and exposure to lead business analyst teams for various digital transformation projects. - Certifications 1. Certified Rewards Ready Professional - Deep dove into the essentials of Total Rewards: Develop a structured understanding of rewards strategy, learn to conduct job evaluation and market benchmarking, develop salary structures, allocate annual budgets and design short-term incentives. 2. Certified Labour Law Professional - MBA (NIT, Calicut) - Member of the Board of Studies at Loyola College of Social Sciences, Trivandrum, Kerala - Member of the Board of Studies at Providence Women's College, Kozhikode, Kerala - Member of NIPM, NHRDN and SHRM - B.Tech (Anna University, Chennai)

Experience

12 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
3 yrs
Average Tenure
4 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Loyola college of social sciences, sreekariyam

Member - Board of Studies

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Trivandrum

Providence women's college, kozhikode

Member - Board of Studies

May 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Kozhikode, Kerala, India

Reflections info systems

3 roles

Senior Manager Human Resources

Promoted

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • 🏆 Organizational Culture & Recognition:
  • > Led the culture strengthening initiatives to secure the 'Great Place to Work' (GPTW) certification for 3 consecutive years, embedding excellence into our organizational DNA.
  • >>Rank 39: India’s Great Mid-Size Workplaces in 2025
  • >>Top 50: India’s Best Workplaces for Millennials & Best Workplaces for Women (2025).
  • >>Top 100: India’s Best Workplaces in IT & IT-BPM (2025)
  • >Industry Accolades:
  • >>The Assocham Best Employer for Women (2024)
  • >>Fortune India’s Top 30 Future Ready Workplaces (2024)
  • 🚀 Cultural Transformation: ‘Reimagining Reflections’
  • > Co-designed and executed the "Reimagining Reflections" program to enable the organization from the Foundation Phase (1.0) to the Growth Phase (2.0).
  • > Institutionalized 5 Key Cultural Traits through 20+ workshops, identifying and tracking 129 actions.
  • > Mobilized a network of R2.0 Ambassadors across teams to ensure sustainable culture adoption and effectiveness.
  • 🤖 AI & Digital HR Innovation
  • > Predictive AI Implementation: Architected and deployed a Predictive-AI-enabled engagement system for 400+ employees across 18 states.
  • > Attrition Impact: Leveraged real-time data to design preemptive interventions, successfully reducing attrition to 3 points below the industry average.
  • 📈 Total Rewards & Talent Development
  • >Career Development Framework: Developed a refined career architecture that aligns individual growth with the company’s unique Business Value Proposition (BVP).
  • >Strategic Compensation Benchmarking: Led a comprehensive job evaluation and benchmarking exercise, resulting in a performance-linked variable pay structure that optimized cash flow and increased organizational savings.
  • > Employee Advocacy: Empowered the workforce by establishing independent employee forums, driving organic engagement and internal community building.
  • 🏅 Personal Honors: Recognized as Employee of the Year (FY 22-23), Employee of the Quarter (Q4 FY 22-23) & Influencer of the Quarter (Q2 FY 25-26)
Employee Value PropositionCompensation BenchmarkingCompensation PlanningEmployee Rewards ProgramsIncentive ProgramsJob Evaluation+9

Manager Human Resources

Promoted

Apr 2023Mar 2024 · 11 mos

Employee Value Proposition

Associate Manager Human Resources

Jan 2022Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

Xavier institute of management and entrepreneurship

Guest Faculty

Oct 2020Feb 2021 · 4 mos · Kochi, Kerala, India

  • Handled the subject 'Competency Based Management' for the HR specializing students in 5th trimester.
ManagementTeaching

Ul technology solutions pvt ltd

3 roles

Associate Talent Manager

Promoted

Jul 2019Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Maestro Award holder for ideation and implementation of HR Chatbot (ulEva) at ULTS
  • Played the Talent Excellence Business Partner (HRBP) role for the Internal Application Development team by associating hand-in-hand with the CIO.
  • Ideated, jointly designed and implemented a democratic Reward & Recognition practice for the Organization.
  • Led the 4 member Business Analysts team for a University Automation project worth XXMn
  • Ideated with the team and devised a dynamic performance management system relying on the values of OKR concept. Instrumental in establishing 'myProgress' tool to track and manage the same.
  • Instrumental in measuring the Talent Capability by identifying skill gap, mapping competencies and driving with the target of achieving a proficiency level of 3+ out of 5 among 500+ employees. Currently establishing 'mySkills' tool to track and manage the same.
  • Campus Recruitment/ Hiring: Led the team to hire 150+ Graduate Hires from 5 southern states in 4 months by ensuring a 50:50 state and gender diversity.
  • HR Digitalization: Have been instrumental in designing and implementing the Labour management system to track 150+ construction sites of the organization (ULCCS Ltd), which has improved transparency and could reduce the processing/operations time from 10days to 3days
  • Instrumental in organizing the international event Coopathon – the cooperative hackathon (www.worldofwork.coop/gallery/) with international stakeholders, which brought 2 key international business conversions for the organization
  • Represented ULCCS Ltd in international conference #APCD2018 held in Colombo, SriLanka
  • Efficiently executed the Liaison Officer role between Head office and ULTS
  • Lead Auditor for projects as part of Internal Quality Audit team (ISO 9001:2015)

Senior Analyst - Talent Excellence

Nov 2018Jul 2019 · 8 mos

Senior Specialist - People Function

Jun 2017Oct 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

Nucore software solutions (p) ltd.

3 roles

Manager - Human Resources

Jan 2016May 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • 1. Recruitment & Selection: Designed and implemented selection process, sourcing, campus hiring and maintained talent pipeline through internship, campus events, networking, job portals etc.
  • 2. Performance Management: Designed and implemented dynamic performance appraisal system.
  • 3. Learning and Development: Equipped and mentored team leads with role suitability, ensured an accrued learning module repository, training need analysis and gap filling through better facilitation.
  • 4. Compensation Management: Designed and implemented a standard compensation structure.
  • Legal Compliance: Made the organization compliant from a slighter to 100%.
  • 5. Relationship Management: Employee relations, employee engagement events facilitation, networking with counterparts in the industry, campus connect events, industry forums etc.
  • 6. Operations: Execution of Admin tasks by guiding Admin assistant. Policy transparency is ensured by creating an Employee Handbook.

Assistant Manager - Human Resources

Promoted

Jul 2014Dec 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

HR Executive

Jun 2013Jun 2014 · 1 yr

Federal bank

Probationary Officer

May 2013May 2013 · 0 mo · Aluva

Kerala furniture consortium pvt. ltd

Summer Intern

Apr 2012Jun 2012 · 2 mos

  • Marketing Analysis and feasibility study of Rubwood furnitures in kerala

Mets school of engineering, mala, thrissur

Lecturer

Jun 2010May 2011 · 11 mos

  • Handled 3 subjects: Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Graphics and Fluid & Machinery Lab
  • Class Advisor of Biotechnology Engineering (2010-2014)
  • Organised national Level conference on E-waste management

Education

National Institute of Technology Calicut

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) — Human Resource Management and Operations Management

Jan 2011Jan 2013

Anna University Chennai

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

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