Sushant S. — CEO

Senior People & Culture leader with ~10 years of experience partnering with CEOs, global leadership teams, and boards to build scalable, governance-led organizations across FMCG, E-commerce, Manufacturing, Retail, and Tech-enabled platforms. Currently VP – Head of People (India) for a high-growth B2B & D2C rural commerce platform, leading enterprise-wide People strategy through rapid scale and operating model maturity. Career spans global enterprises (Amazon, Nestlé, ITC) and growth-stage environments, with exposure to complex, multi-site, operations-intensive workforces and leadership structures. Scope & scale: People leadership for 1,200–3,000+ employees across distributed geographies HR ownership in businesses operating in ₹1,000–5,000 Cr+ revenue bands Partnered with leadership teams through 2–3x workforce growth, leadership layer build-outs, and institutional governance shifts Direct advisory to CEOs and CXOs on org design, leadership capability, succession, and productivity CHRO-aligned strengths: Enterprise People Strategy aligned to growth, margin, and risk governance Org design, span of control optimization, and workforce productivity Executive hiring, succession planning, and leadership pipeline depth KPI-led performance management and rewards governance Employee relations, compliance, and enterprise risk management Culture and change leadership across scale and complexity Operate with a data-driven, business-first orientation, tracking people cost ratios, attrition, productivity, engagement, and succession readiness. Positioned for regional / global CHRO roles where People strategy is a core lever of enterprise value creation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in E-commerce and FMCG sectors with a focus on organizational development.

Experience: 12 yrs

Skills

People Strategy
Hr Business Partnering
Talent Management
Organizational Development
Compliance Management
Management Consulting

Career Highlights

Led HR strategy for 300% workforce growth.
Engineered employer branding to enhance talent supply.
Spearheaded HR digitization for operational excellence.

Work Experience

Diestic Technologies Private Limited (Rural E-Commerce)

Head of People (VP) - India (2 yrs 5 mos)

Nestlé

Head HR (FMCG Retail & Nutrition) - East India (7 mos)

Amazon

HR Lead North + India ER & Compliance Lead (1 yr 3 mos)

ITC Limited

Senior HRBP - BU Leadership (ITD Plant, Sales Cohort, People Planning, R&D) (4 yrs 8 mos)

KITES Internship Programme'16 - Summers (1 yr 3 mos)

Tata Motors

Consultant - Organization Effectiveness (0 mo)

T.I.M.E. (Triumphant Institute of Managment Education)

People Advisory & Operations (TA Payroll Planning) (1 yr 11 mos)

Tata Steel

Inspire Programme'12- Summers (2 mos)

Education

Future CHRO Programme'26 at Harvard Business School Online

MBA - HRM at Xavier Institute of Social Service

B-Tech - CSE at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar

Certification in Drama at Barry John Acting Academy

Xth and XIIth at Little Flower School

Associate's degree at Trinity College Dublin

Sushant S.

CEO

India12 yrs experience

Key Highlights

Led HR strategy for 300% workforce growth.
Engineered employer branding to enhance talent supply.
Spearheaded HR digitization for operational excellence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader in E-commerce and FMCG sectors with a focus on organizational development.

Contact

sushantsingh2807@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

People StrategyHr Business PartneringTalent ManagementOrganizational DevelopmentCompliance ManagementManagement Consulting

Other Skills

People & HR charterHuman Capital strategyEmployer brandingTalent supply chainsWorkforce economicsTotal Rewards and CompensationHR digitizationWorkforce expansionTeam collaborationTalent acquisitionHR strategyWorkforce planningCapability transformationOrganizational effectivenessData-led HR analytics

About

Experience

12 yrs

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Diestic technologies private limited (rural e-commerce)

Head of People (VP) - India

Dec 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

└──▶People & HR charter for a high-growth B2B & D2C business. Built & scaled HR function ground-up for Pan India Rural E-Commerce. Handling a Team of 6 Direct / 7 Indirect & 300+ frontline workforce across tech, sales, retail and rural development. Chairing mandates & collaborating with 50+ leaders cutting across functions.
★ Orchestrated enterprise-wide Human Capital strategy and operating model transformation as a strategic HR Business Partner, institutionalizing the People function ground-up to scale multi-disciplinary teams across technology, sales, and operations, enabling 300%+ workforce expansion and sustained growth.
★ Engineered differentiated employer branding and university ecosystems to deepen talent supply chains, expanding the funnel by 50% and accelerating hiring throughput by 30%.
★ Concurrently steered a strategic business pivot from enterprise technology to a lean rural e-commerce model, redeploying and re-skilling talent, rationalizing structures, and optimizing workforce economics to enhance agility and cost efficiency while preserving institutional capability. ★ Architected capability architecture, KPI-anchored performance systems, and data-led productivity frameworks that unlocked 20–40% gains in workforce effectiveness and revenue acquisition velocity.
★ Designed and operationalized integrated Total Rewards and Compensation philosophies (TTC, variable pay, LTIP, equity, and performance-linked blue-collar models) to optimize cost structures, institutionalize pay equity, and compress attrition by 15–35%.
★ Spearheaded HR digitization and operating model modernization through HRMS, ATS, AI-enabled talent intelligence, and payroll automation, delivering cycle-time compression, near-zero error rates, zero compliance exposure, and consistently elevated employee and business outcomes through robust ER/IR governance.

People & HR charterHuman Capital strategyEmployer brandingTalent supply chainsWorkforce economicsTotal Rewards and Compensation+3

Nestlé

Head HR (FMCG Retail & Nutrition) - East India

May 2023 – Dec 2023 · 7 mos · Kolkata metropolitan area, West Bengal, India · On-site

└──▶Regional People & HR leadership charter for a large-scale FMCG/Nutrition markets of 1200+ Cr, owning end-to-end HR strategy for a 1500+ distributed frontline workforce across East regional territory. Leading a matrixed HR team of 7 and partnering with 20+ CXOs and business leaders to deliver AOP-linked workforce planning, capability transformation, and organizational effectiveness outcomes.
★ Orchestrated regional strategic HR business partnering and org design interventions, leading AOP-aligned territory realignment and workforce optimization that improved people-load balance, unlocked 15–20% structural cost efficiencies, and enhanced managerial effectiveness.
★ Instituted data-led HR analytics and cost governance frameworks to drive 30% improvement in retention, 20% reduction in attrition, and sustained engagement across a 2,000+ employee base, while building structured traineeship pipelines (SOTs/NOTs) to ensure 100% critical role coverage and minimize talent leakages.
★Spearheaded enterprise talent, capability, and performance ecosystems** for large distributed sales and nutrition teams, delivering 40% productivity uplift and accelerated revenue conversion; partnered with Korn Ferry to establish the iLead Assessment Centre, fast-tracking HiPo progression and strengthening succession depth.
★ Led high-velocity hiring closures across frontline to CXO/HOD mandates, reducing backfill cycle time by 30% and improving workforce readiness. Conceptualized and deployed culture, engagement, and recognition platforms, alongside leadership assimilation and coaching interventions, improving engagement scores by 25%+.
★ Optimized market-aligned incentive and payout architectures, enhancing payout accuracy, salesforce motivation, and driving 15–20% incremental revenue productivity.

HR strategyWorkforce planningCapability transformationOrganizational effectivenessData-led HR analyticsHR Business Partnering+1

Amazon

HR Lead North + India ER & Compliance Lead

Feb 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · India · On-site

└──▶Strategic HR Business Partnering for a large-scale, operations-intensive 1000+ Cr enterprise, owning end-to-end People, Compliance & Workforce Effectiveness strategy for 70,000+ associates globally, including 7,000+ employees across Amazon North. Led a matrixed HR team of 8 & contract labor ecosystem, partnering with senior leadership 150+ and global COEs to drive org design, employee experience, statutory governance, rewards & business continuity at scale
★ Orchestrated enterprise-wide organizational restructuring, transitioning from a 4-zone to 3-zone operating model to optimize spans, enhance agility & unlock ₹50 Cr in people cost efficiency
★ Architected and deployed 360° employee experience & engagement frameworks, leveraging digital analytics, structured people-connects & transparency interventions to reduce attrition from 37% to 12% & grievances by 35%
★ Directed payroll, ER/IR, contract labor governance, investigations, audits & statutory compliance for 70,000 associates, elevating AMZL India adherence from 88% to 96% while ensuring zero risk exposure
★ Spearheaded learning, performance enablement & talent management, collaborating with global tech to transform calibration systems & integrate digital talent intelligence for transparent HiPo & succession
★ Ensured proactive workforce continuity, closing 300+ critical & leadership backfills with accelerated cycle times
★ Co-created Embark & LBD mobile learning ecosystems, centralizing capability development & enabling scalable, on-demand skilling adoption
★ Instituted associate-centric leadership and engagement interventions (ERAs, FGDs, HR Connects, WeCare) achieving 95%+ engagement, redesigned goal-setting & incentives for UTR/OTR cohorts, delivering 23% productivity lift & 12% attrition reduction
★ Led annual compensation governance for 7,000+ employees, partnering with Rewards COEs on benchmarking, pay equity, compression risk mitigation data-driven decision to strengthen competitiveness & perf

People strategyCompliance governanceEmployee experienceTalent managementHR Business PartneringCompliance Management

Itc limited

2 roles

Senior HRBP - BU Leadership (ITD Plant, Sales Cohort, People Planning, R&D)

Jun 2017 – Feb 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos · On-site

└──▶Owned HR BU leadership for the largest Plant Cluster with Multiple Businesses (Tobacco, Dairy & Printing) and Largest Plant by volume for ITC limited, with a team of 5 managers, collaborating with 100+ Senior Leaders for a 10000Cr+ Business Size in both Unionozed and Non Unionised setups.
★Led end-to-end HRBP charter for ITC’s Aashirwad Dairy greenfield launch, building the people and operating backbone; hired 300+ cross-functional roles, cut time-to-hire 12%, designed performance-linked incentives, and enabled double-digit market growth while partnering with GTM to operationalize sourcing-to-distribution for a 250 KL plant
★Owned people strategy for a 4,000+ manufacturing workforce, driving zero volume loss at peak through manpower planning, IR excellence, and culture interventions; negotiated 3 restructuring settlements, deployed a Flexi-People model saving ₹5+ Cr, and led BU setups/cost programs delivering ₹200 Cr+ efficiencies
★Architected enterprise capability & leadership ecosystem, launching manager assimilation, experiential learning, digital L&D platforms, and IDP frameworks; delivered 23% productivity gains, 18% IDP adoption uplift, 17% efficiency improvement, and earned the ASTD Award for Best Integrated Talent Solutions
★Drove org-wide talent, rewards & engagement transformation, instituting EDGE career architecture, life-stage wellbeing, analytics-led engagement, and modern rewards (ESPP/RSUs, retention plans); achieved 31% higher mobility, 21% faster progression, 40% stronger equity access, 13% engagement uplift, and 100% payroll accuracyOwned

HRBP charterPeople strategyTalent managementEngagement transformationHR Business PartneringOrganizational Development

KITES Internship Programme'16 - Summers

Apr 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos · On-site

★ Established ITC’s first Technical University “Gurukul”, conceptualizing and operationalizing a flagship Capability Building & Assessment Centre to institutionalize structured technical skilling, leadership readiness, and workforce capability pipelines; recognized with a Pre-Placement Offer for exceptional impact. Institutionalised this profit centre to generate 50+ Cr in revenue