Abhilash Mohan

• As an esteemed resource person at the College of Forestry in Sirsi associated with the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, since the fall of 2020, I have been actively engaged in designing, developing, and conducting specialized training programs. My primary focus is on empowering undergraduate and postgraduate students with essential workplace skills.
• Empathy-Centered Approach: My approach centers around empathy, recognizing the unique aspirations and challenges of each student. By understanding their individual needs, I ensure that the training programs are customized and impactful.
• Nurturing Entrepreneurial Spirit: While not all students may choose entrepreneurship or self-employment. I guide them in exploring their passions and talents to make meaningful contributions to the economy through their chosen career paths.
• Inspiring Curiosity and Purpose: I believe in instilling curiosity in students, encouraging them to question the "why" rather than just the "how" and "when." This approach leads to more fulfilling personal and professional growth.
• Promoting Self-Awareness for Success: A critical aspect of success in the modern workplace is self-awareness. As a mentor, I help these rural students gain clarity about their strengths and weaknesses, empowering them to excel in their chosen paths.
  
  Notable Workshops Conducted->
  
  1. Workshop on Essentials of a Successful Start-up Culture Conducted for UG students at Agricultural Sciences University, Dharwad under NAHEP- Institutional Development Plan
  Duration: 2 days
  Attendees: 55 students
  
  Description: This workshop aimed to instill an entrepreneurial mindset in Undergraduate students and foster problem-solving abilities for a sustainable future. As the lead resource person, I developed the workshop, cooperated with college faculty to organize the event holistically, and facilitated the introduction of the lean canvas model. Mentoring the students, we guided them in transitioning from ideas to concrete one-page business plans, promoting thoughtful evaluation before implementation. The workshop received positive feedback from students and faculty alike, with some expressing their newfound excitement and readiness to plan their post-college journey.
  
  2. Marketing & Negotiation Online Training Program Organized for University of Agricultural Sciences Students, Dharwad under NAHEP- Institutional Development Plan
  Duration: 1 day
  Attendees: 125 students
  
  Description: Geared towards both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students, this online training program focused on cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset and honing problem-solving skills instead of defaulting to traditional career choices. As the lead resource person, I created and conducted sessions that demystified "marketing" and "negotiation" for the students, equipping them with essential skills for success.

1. Workforce Planning and Management:
- Built and managed stakeholder relationships, resulting in 15% increase in collaboration and on-time staffing of projects.
- Aligned skills, career ambitions, and growth opportunities within practice, leading to 7% increase in employee satisfaction and retention.
- Led staffing efforts for cross-functional teams, resulting in 20% reduction in time-to-fill for key positions.
- Collaborated with client consulting teams to identify staffing needs, resulting in 25% increase in resource utilization.
- Improved resource forecasting accuracy by reducing variance between projected and actual resource needs by 10% within three months, resulting in more efficient hiring and resource allocation.
- Increased resource utilization rate by 10% within six months by effectively matching right talent with right projects based on skills and experience.
- Reduced recruitment cost by 15% within one year by strategically aligning hiring decisions with project budgets and resource requirements.
2. Project and Task Allocation:
- Worked closely with practice leadership to develop and implement fulfillment strategy, resulting in 20% improvement in project resource allocation.
- Prioritized workload and effectively staffed project teams, resulting in 30% improvement in project delivery timelines.
- Provided project managers with ongoing resource management and support, achieving 95% project manager satisfaction score.
- Decreased project delays by 15% within one year by promptly addressing resource concerns and proactively adjusting staffing and goals.
3. Budgeting and financial management:
- Allocated financial resources to different areas of organization based on priorities, monitored expenses, and ensured financial stability.
- Worked together with Director of Operations and Finance teams to accurately manage resource budgets.
4. Capacity Planning:
- Utilized capacity planning models to forecast resource requirements, optimizing staffing levels by 20% and reducing resource shortages by 10%.
- Monitored employee utilization, workload, and overtime hours, resulting in 20% reduction in overtime and boosted productivity.
5. Training and Development:
- Amplified employee skill proficiency by 20% within one year through targeted training and development programs, resulting in enhanced resource capabilities and better alignment with project requirements.
- Led restructuring of recruitment team, optimizing performance and reducing team size from 8 to 5 recruiters.
- United with people managers to plan, identify, and execute training programs, enhancing employee development and performance within organization.
- Established interactive employee evaluation dashboard, improving performance assessment and talent development initiatives, leading to enhanced employee productivity and growth.
6. Employee Relations and Engagement:
- Offered expert advice and coaching to people managers on employee relations issues, ensuring effective resolution across multiple countries and maintaining positive work environment.
- Streamlined on-boarding and employee engagement activities, aligning them with industry standards and improving overall employee experience.
- Led diversity and inclusion initiatives, resulting in 20% improvement in female-to-male ratio within organization, fostering more inclusive and diverse work culture.
7. HR Policy and Process Improvement:
- Designed and executed various HR policies and handbooks, including bench management, employee referral, recruitment, performance improvement, and workforce management, streamlining HR processes and ensuring compliance.
- Presented at virtual HR events, sharing expertise in recruitment, talent management, HR operations, and culture, contributing to organizational growth.
- Developed and implemented employee referral policy, resulting in 25% increase in role fulfillment speed and enhancing effectiveness of recruitment process.
8. Risk Management:
- Heightened resource utilization rate by 15% within six months by identifying and eliminating under-utilization, resulting in enhanced productivity and cost savings.
- Reduced project delays by 15% within one year by proactively identifying and mitigating resource-related risks, resulting in refined project timelines and client satisfaction.
9. Organizational Development:
- Successfully enforced flat organizational structure, resulting in boosted employee satisfaction and retention within 3 months.
- Conducted Job analysis, defined job roles, levels and bands based on competency model while researching industry pay standard trends to ensure pay equity.

10. Administrative Tasks:
- Maintained data integrity within staffing tools, ensuring accurate reporting for leadership and reducing data discrepancies by 95%.
- Prepared various written communications, reports, and documents to ensure smooth operations.
- Managed payroll and benefits-related data, minimizing financial discrepancies through expert program management.
- Provided high level support to C level executives including managing their calendar, meetings, preparing briefing materials & handling confidential matters diplomatically.
- Designed and developed interactive comic strips on what an employee must do when they visit any corporate events representing Teqfocus.
- Designed a Five step process Infographic for the same so the audience can have a quick reference.

Demand Management:

• Designing, Creating & Validating staffing plan with project/account team to get clarity on required skills and to Capture demands in system with respect to business needs.

Staffing Management:

• In time staffing for one of distribution sector clients lead to winning bid and proposal project worth of over 150 million.
• Led contractor staffing team of three & fulfilled nearly 500 notice board demands which were elite accounts for IBM resulting in crucial project kickoff within given deadline of month.
• Furnished viable staffing strategies to project managers accordingly to fulfill all demands.

Resource Management:

• Actively managing talent pool of 250+ practitioners and 50+ demands on day to day basis.
• Negotiated 20 plus agreements between employees to clarify misunderstood directions and resolve conflicts affecting performance.
• Advise strategies for Deployment leads to optimize utilization to achieve utilization target in their practice group for fiscal year
• Closely worked with L&D and capability leaders to analyze, plan, and develop training programs to keep internal supply coordinated to business needs as per HCM competency framework.

Administration Activities:

• Streamlined data-driven recommendations harmonized with overall company strategies and prioritized process improvement initiatives.
• Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents to ensure smooth operations.

Program- Supporting demand management and resource fulfillment for Germany & Switzerland Markets

• Understanding the staffing plan, Getting in touch with the project/account team to get clarity on required skills and to capture the demand in the system as per the business need.
• To suggest viable staffing strategies to project managers accordingly to fulfill the demands. It can be internal supply, contractors, or hiring.
• To support global sourcing and staffing of workforce as per the business needs.
• Generated various reports related to demands and as per the R&CM leadership team.

Program- Contractors fulfillment for Communication Sector across PAN INDIA

The project's main objective was to increase contractors workforce head count in the sector. Communication Sector had 70+ accounts which required contractors on need basis.

• Served as a Single point of contact for Contractors fulfillment in Communication Sector
• Handled the team of 3 sub ordinates to fulfill open demands through body shopping firms
• Vendor partners management and Project/Account team management
• Developed strategies and plan of action to fulfill the demands within the given Turn Around Time
• Successfully on boarded 650+ contractors in this tenure across various accounts
• Proficient in fulfilling notice board demands/Ad hoc demands through contractor channel

Program- SAP Graduate Hires Workforce Management across PAN India

• Ensured adequate graduate hires are deployed to the projects in India as per the business requirements
• Actively looking for projects to deploy the graduate hires aging on bench
• Initiate location transfer based on the project location in India for the graduate hires post their deployment in projects
• Encourage projects/accounts to absorb Graduate Hires in India to balance their client needs and profit margin
• Ensured Graduate hire practitioners hitting on bench was less than 3%

• Developed over 100 targeted strategies to locate and onboard specific candidate types, meeting short- and long-term business objectives.
• Established special recruiting events to draw in local talent.
• Administered tests, questionnaires and skill evaluations.
• Coordinated incoming job requisitions and applications.
• Sourced candidates via variety of methods, including social media platforms, job boards and head hunting.
• Recruitment Marketing.Vendor management of body shopping agencies to fill tactical short to mid-term basis roles.

• Performed end to end talent acquisition support for Titan Jewelers, Essae Teraoka and Buhler, India.
• Have handled around 100 niche skills headhunting and filled roles on time.
• Maintaining daily/weekly/monthly reports such as interview status reports, closure reports and feedback reports. Negotiating on offer with candidates and clients to drive for closure of position.

• Performed programming/commissioning of PLCs, SCADA, HMIs and Distributed Control System [DCS].
• Annual maintenance checkup of 250 Variable frequency drives. Liaised with company executives and project managers to acquire resources to move projects forward.