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Work History
Education
Skills
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Notable Accomplishments
Social Engagement
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Software
Certification
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Abilash Krishnan

Abilash Krishnan

Senior Learning and Development Professional

Summary

Accomplished Learning Professional and Transformational Coach, with nearly 13 years' experience in mastering HR situations, highly knowledgeable in a wide variety of professional disciplines and an expert at devising & implementing HR processes and policies in Retail sector.


Global Organizational Development Specialist, built high-performing teams through Leadership Development.


Led a cultural transformation that emphasized results and accountability that contributed to company turnaround, including increased productivity, quality, and employee engagement.

  • Certified DISC Assessor
  • Custodian of Learning & Development for retail and corporate employees in UAE and GCC.
  • Conceptualized, finalized and monitored the Potential Talent Program (PTP), identifying and developing talent. Steered the launch of:
  • Performance and Goal Management modules in SAP SuccessFactors in UAE.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
4
4
Languages

Work History

Senior Manager, Human Resources

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles
01.2023 - Current
  • Implemented Job Design Architecture to transform Daimler to a role based organization
  • Identified Mission Critical Roles amongst leadership to manage top and critical talent in leadership level
  • Curated Individual Development plans for Hi-pos and coached line managers on development aspects of employee
  • Rolled out training calender with an blended learning approach, to complete mandatory and behavioral training programs for employee basis the identified needs.
  • Increase retention of Gender Diversity employees through exclusive leadership development program for Women at workforce
  • Digitalized the capture of training database and leveraged on e learning platforms such as LinkedIn learning and Course Era


Manager - Human Resources

redBus
04.2021 - 09.2022
  • Conducting interactions with Business Heads and Leaders in forecasting the future manpower requirement and designing plans for acquiring requisite skills and competencies to strategize the long/ short-term directions
  • Partnering at all organizational levels to render strategic consultation on processes, programs & projects, enhancing operational effectiveness through transformation, automation and improvement initiatives
  • Steering strategic & analytical thinking, strong project management & execution, process orientation, quality assurance and interpersonal skills for managerial effectiveness
  • Envisaged and implemented the self help career growth module, by creating a digital solution to assess one's skills and co-create career pathing
  • Introduction of behavioral assessment for hi-potential business development managers as part of Talent management strategy
  • Developing and improving new hire on-boarding and training process; supervising joining & on-boarding as well as exit formalities


Assistant Manager - Learning and Development

UAE Exchange
01.2015 - 04.2021


  • Strategized Talent Management framework to achieve business goals that factors all major challenges of accounts and reviewing the steps taken
  • Coaching Leaders and Middle Management through the change management process
  • Deploying Learning & Development Interventions to facilitate the Change Process
  • Directing the strategic framework for learning-as-a-service, performance management, talent planning, development and assessment for employees; implementing learning solutions
  • Interfacing with Business Unit Leads to understand all necessary aspects and needs of training, and ensuring they are fully informed of the training & development objectives, purposes and achievements
  • Evaluating training effectiveness and utilizing relevant evaluation data to revise or recommend changes in instructional objectives and methods for the functional skill development of employees
  • Built, operated & transferred talent assessment exercises, competency mapping, and employee engagement programs for the organizations
  • Drove PMS to objectively identify SWOT for the organization
  • Delivered Competency based trainings for both Senior and mid management and delivered training for adoption of OKR Methodology.


Achievements


  • Leading a team of two associates, part time interns and cultural ambassadors since Jan 2019.
  • Increase in 5% of training man hours through implemented first ever E-Learning Platform (SAP Litmos) for UAE and GCC countries, aiding continuous blended journeys.
  • Designed and developed Supervisory Development programs, Management development programs and Senior leadership programs across organization.
  • Identified top 3 tiers of employees creating Potential Talent Pool and building career development path as part of succession planning.
  • Improved accuracy of talent identification through implementation of gamified assessments based in DISC profiling.

Executive - Human Resources ( L&D)

MRF Tyres
05.2011 - 12.2014
  • Reduced process gaps while supervising employees to achieve optimal productivity.
  • Facilitated onboarding sessions and on-the-job training for new hires bolstering position knowledge and skillset.
  • Negotiated favorable benefits packages for employees while maintaining cost-effectiveness for the organization.
  • Implemented diversity and inclusion initiatives, fostering a more inclusive workplace culture that valued all employees'' contributions.
  • Led process improvement efforts within the HR department, resulting in streamlined workflows and reduced errors in data entry or reporting.
  • Built strong relationships with external vendors partners provide high-quality services resources support organization''s objectives.
  • Coordinated technical training and personal development classes for staff members.

Education

Master of Arts - Human Resources Management

Madras School of Social Work
Chennai, India
04.2001 - 2011.04

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Loyola College
Chennai, India
04.2001 - 2008.04

Skills

Strategic & Operational capability building

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Notable Accomplishments

  • At redBus: Spearheaded the leadership development of capabilities/competencies based on strategic priorities of business. Collaborated with business leaders to help achieve business goals via talent management, Succession planning and Learning & Development. Curated Individual Development Plan aligning the senior leaders for identified critical roles in the organization. Offered consulting services to organizations across industries on Managerial and Leadership Capability Development; and Competency Development to increase productivity, Platform Delivery, Performance Consulting, Organizational Development and Instructional Design Skills.
  • At UAE Exchange: Bagged 'Best HR Employee of the Year' Award in 2016. Acted as Custodian of Learning & Development for retail and corporate employees in UAE and GCC. Effectively enabled continuous learning via LMS through blended/hybrid Learning Journeys based on business segments, career levels & job roles (2500+ employees). Steered the launch of Performance and Goal Management Modules in SAP SuccessFactors in UAE. Utilized Data to evaluate skill matrix and build mechanisms to up-skill & re-skill human capital.

Social Engagement

Vice President; NGO "Cheer", Chennai

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 09/12/88

Accomplishments

Digitalization of training programs at UAE Exchange

Implementation of OKR based performance management in redBus


Software

M365

SAP

MS Office

Powerpoint skills

Excel skills

Canva

Certification

SPHRi

Timeline

SPHRi

03-2024

PHR - Professional in Human Resources

03-2024

Senior Manager, Human Resources

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles
01.2023 - Current

Manager - Human Resources

redBus
04.2021 - 09.2022

Assistant Manager - Learning and Development

UAE Exchange
01.2015 - 04.2021

Executive - Human Resources ( L&D)

MRF Tyres
05.2011 - 12.2014

Master of Arts - Human Resources Management

Madras School of Social Work
04.2001 - 2011.04

Bachelor of Arts - Economics

Loyola College
04.2001 - 2008.04
Abilash KrishnanSenior Learning and Development Professional