Abirami Palani

HR Talent partner for EAS Salesforce practice (Oct 2021 - Present)

• Partnering with business to understand the talent needs and liaise with business leaders for Talent planning.
• Driving Connects and Engagement by facilitating manager huddles, leadership/ Manager skip connects based on the signed engagement charter and conducting HR connects with associates
• Facilitating Internal job moves program by discussing the progress with the leaders, strategies to improve the percentage of job moves and encouraging the eligible associates to apply for open positions
• Driving participation for Frontline leader program for all People managers and share the progress with business leaders
• Orienting the leaders and people managers on yearly Performance management guidelines, monitoring the final rating recommendation completion percentage and calibration process by ensuring bell curve fitment.
• Facilitating the Year end rating grievance process discussions by scheduling the discussions, documenting minutes of meeting, committee formation and closure.
• Facilitating Performance Improvement Plan for associates by monitoring their progress throughout the PIP process, ensuring proper documentation and closure. Executing consequence management based on the outcome of the PIP
• Working with the compliance team to execute consequence for non-compliance cases
• Supporting quarterly promotions, off cycle comp revisions and other employee life cycle processes
• Supporting the business in retaining the best talent by proposing counter offers for critical associates and rolling out the counter offers post necessary approvals.

HR Talent manager - Chennai Talent Management team (Feb 2019 - Sep 2021)

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• Assimilation: Ensuring new joiners are assimilated into organization through TM handshake sessions
• Connect and engagement: Conducting Town halls, Awareness sessions, leadership connects, SKIP level meetings, one on one meetings with associates, Focused group discussion and Reward and recognition Performance management: Ensuring Quarterly goal setting compliance, supervisors check ins and performance improvement plans
• Career Management: Ensuring CCA Role and skill profile completion
• Retention discussions: First level discussion with the associate and manager to understand the retention possibility and recommending for retention to HRBP
• Employee relations, health and safety, employee misconduct and disciplinary
• Partner with HRBP in driving people agenda
• Partner with Talent Management Group (TSE) to provide floor pulse
• Location level programs and engagement: TMG kiosk, Health and wellness programs etc.

• As Location HR leader, was responsible for managing HR at our location. In this role I partnered with Business and Function leaders to successfully execute the Workforce Engagement, and Retention Strategy & Plan
• Conducting quarterly skip meetings, forecasting the attrition and presenting the results to the respective business heads
• Solving employee grievances and queries effectively
• Effectively carrying out quarterly Rewards and Recognition program
• Conducting Fun Fridays, Festival celebration, Birthday bash, Quarterly sports event, medical camps, and other employee engagement activities
• Conducting exit interviews

• Was part of the team handling HR – Shared Services Operations for UK, Ireland & Jersey.
• Coordinated with the Technical team in launching leave Management System for the UK associates
• Key contact with India Talent Support, UK HR Talent Management Team and Payroll Centre to coordinate all required systems changes and other support for transfers, new hires and exiting employees in PeopleSoft HRMIS
• Preparation of Monthly and Weekly MIS reports.
• Manage HR Application tool with the employee database by making the necessary changes as applicable.
• Managing the separation process for employees.