Akram Ali Khan
Sr. Human Resource Professional
Ghaziabad,UP
Summary
An affirmative aptitude to contribute strategic & consultative HR practices to business in line of core organizational objectives. An IIM Lucknow alumnus and a Professional thought leader with +18 years of hands-on experience in aligning HR strategies to business by creating performance driven culture with diverse information systems and performing analysis of large data sets to improve the organizational decision-making capabilities. A highly passionate, result-oriented energetic & articulate leader with great respect for people, process, and innovation; possess excellent communication and people management skills that have been honed through managing multi-skilled teams; go getter with a "Can Do" attitude and a great eye for detail.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Head-Talent Acquisitions & Talent Management
Wurth Group
08.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: The Würth Group is the global market leader in the development, production, and sale of fastening and assembly materials. More than 400 companies operating over 2,700 branch offices and shops in 80 countries form part of this global family business, which hails from the German town of Künzelsau. The Group achieved sales of EUR 20.4 billion as per the financial statements in the 2023 fiscal year. In India, it has four business segments such as Automotive, Paints, Construction & Metal Division.
- Organization capability building, leadership development, drive cultural values, diversity & Inclusion, ethics, and fair governance practices to build positive workplace to retain key employees on long term, drive and implement parent organization's mission, vision and objectives in the BU.
- Talent Management Lead, Supporting & Partnering with Leaders of various function lines to agree and implement annual People plan, which effectively delivers people capability and engagement.
- Lead the Talent Acquisition & Management with hands-on expertise leadership hiring (up to CXO level) across the locations and Partnered with Consultants, contract finalization, consultant empanelment, TAT hiring, confidentiality of the position. From conceptualization of position JD to sourcing of talents, coordination with Functional Heads, O&M Heads and Project Heads, candidates screening to panel interviews, salary negotiations to on-boarding of candidates and hand holding to make the candidate familiar with the company environment, working culture and about policy procedures.
- Develop recruiting strategies based on workforce planning input and translate hiring forecast to support the staffing plan. Partner with strategic sourcing team to identify and apply best ways to find qualified candidates in predetermined sourcing channels, how to convert passive candidates, enhance network opportunities and to identify, develop and test ways to improve recruiting effectiveness, i.e. technology, social media venue and processes.
- Work on employer branding in the market and in order to attract the right talent.
- Managing the Hiring cost and Initiating cost reduction measures in the recruitment function & Provide leadership development and coaching for the recruitment team.
- Plotting out the Manpower Plans for all the Regions in consultation with function Line Head based on the annual operating plan (AOP).
- Manpower Planning & Preparation of annual HR & Admin Budget for all legal entities/ SPVs in line with AOP & monthly monitoring cost center wise, HR Analytics, Variance Analysis, HR Dashboard & MIS.
- Lead and coordinate the Performance Appraisal process, KRAs of all Executive category employees across locations / projects for assigning KRAs / Responsibilities to new joiners, appraisal coordination with Functional Heads for performance assessment of team members for Appraiser review, compilation of data, preparation of proposal and data analysis as per guidance of management.
- The Würth Group is the global market leader in the development, production, and sale of fastening and assembly materials. More than 400 companies operating over 2,700 branch offices and shops in 80 countries form part of this global family business, which hails from the German town of Künzelsau. The Group achieved sales of EUR 20.4 billion as per the financial statements in the 2023 fiscal year. In India, it has four business segments such as Automotive, Paints, Construction & Metal Division.
Lead-Talent Acquisitions & HRBP
Wuerth India Pvt. Ltd
05.2012 - 08.2023
- Formulated HR Roadmap for 3 years, executed HR Strategies & Policies at Corporate & Operational level in alignment with Business needs.
- Viable resource budgeting to formulate ROI from HR Manpower planning & Manpower Productivity Improvement Plan Implementation.
- Formulated & benchmarked functional best practices to focus on development of abilities to create synergy among present & future corporate goals in line with mission set by the Organization.
- Identifying hi-potential employees using talent management framework, designed & implement Individual Development Plan & Succession Planning model for middle & top management.
- Instituting change-management practices in the organization, including Organizational Restructuring & Manpower Rationalization Initiatives.
- Conceptualizing the recruitment strategies aligned with Business goals to achieve the recruitment numbers and prepare annual manpower budget as well as future projections for all locations.
- Market Intelligence and Partnerships-Generate industry-specific market intelligence reports, talent landscaping and branding the organization in specific forums to attract talent.
- Implementation of recruitment checklist based on type and level of hiring to reduce hiring TAT.
- Successful implementation of structured onboarding based on role requirement.
- An assessment was made of Organization structure design wherein multiple brainstorming session was conducted with Leadership team to build Vision, Mission & Values of the organization encompassing (Short-, medium- and long-term goals) and got it approved through Top Management & Board of Directors.
- Manpower planning was spearheaded in phases in line with business expansion by identifying Critical profiles in the organization.
- Formulated JDs for all hierarchal levels after defining Job Role Families, Structural Bands, Percentile based remuneration on 3P Model.
- Build robust PMS to bring Job Role Clarity, HR Dashboard Matrix to monitor, delegation of power & authority matrix, internal process which in turn resulted in Reduction in manpower loss of days.
- Planning & executing of manpower budget in line with month wise head count to ensure manpower planning is in line with the profitability & business goals of the company.
- Lead conglomerate-wide global mobilization, recruitment activities with strategic talent acquisition approach for varying talent levels and mapping competitive market to build critical talent pool by ensuring overall candidature profiling process with cost effectiveness.
- Responsible for designing & monitoring the sourcing mix, framing comprehensive search & selection strategies for Niche, Executive hiring needs. Refining innovative ideas & tools to scale up the standard recruiting processes.
- People Excellence - Manage attrition, retention, unscheduled absenteeism & shrinkage (planned and unplanned). The monetary incentive has helped motivate existing employees.
Assistant Manager - HR
Fossil India Pvt. Ltd
04.2012 - 05.2012
Assistant Manager - HR
Merino Industries Ltd
04.2008 - 03.2012
- Company Overview: Merino Group (Formerly known as Century Laminating Company Ltd.) is an INR 200 Cr. worth conglomerate with diversified business like laminates; Plywood to value added products like Post Formed components, ready to fit Furniture and Restroom Cubicles & FMCG.
- Employee Engagement Surveys and Interventions for High Performance Work Culture.
- Design and conducted Focused Group Discussions, Town Halls, HR connect sessions periodically to inculcate positive attitude in the employees towards the organization and its values.
- Launched 'Senior Speak' program, where industry experts, successful entrepreneurs & senior Executives are invited to share their journey to success and inspire the budding leaders.
- Created Group-Level platform, KIP (Knowledge Integration Program) for mutual sharing of Best Practices at plant and Group level.
- Devised & implemented Reward & Recognition Policy to motivate the teams & individuals across the organization.
- Merino Group (Formerly known as Century Laminating Company Ltd.) is an INR 200 Cr. worth conglomerate with diversified business like laminates; Plywood to value added products like Post Formed components, ready to fit Furniture and Restroom Cubicles & FMCG.
Executive - HR
CMS Traffic System Ltd
09.2006 - 03.2008
Sales Rep
HDFC Bank
06.2002 - 02.2004
Education
Executive Management Program - HR Analytics
IIM Lucknow
01.2021 - 01.2022
MBA - HR
Graduate School of Business & Administration
Gr. Noida, UP 01.2004 - 01.2006
B. Sc. - Chem.
Burdwan University
Skills
- PSPP
- SPSS
- Power BI
- Regression Analysis
- Factor analysis
- Reliability analysis
- MS-Office
- Advance excel
- Power Query
- Dashboarding
- HRMS
- Darwin box
- TCS Chroma
Education Credentials
- Executive Management Program in HR Analytics, IIM Lucknow, 2022
- MBA (HR), Graduate School of Business & Administration, Gr. Noida (UP), 2006
- B. Sc. (Chem.), Burdwan University, Kolkata, 2002
Certification
Certified Talent Acquisition Ready - Aon HR Learning Centre
Career Milestones
- Head-Talent Acquisitions & Talent Management, Wurth Group, 08/01/23, Present
- Lead-Talent Acquisitions & HRBP, Wuerth India Pvt. Ltd, 05/01/12, 08/01/23
- Assistant Manager - HR, Fossil India Pvt. Ltd, 04/01/12, 05/01/12
- Assistant Manager - HR, Century Laminating Company Ltd, 04/01/08, 03/01/12
- Executive - HR, CMS Traffic System Ltd, 09/01/06, 03/01/08
- Sales Rep, HDFC Bank, 06/01/02, 02/01/04
Timeline
Head-Talent Acquisitions & Talent Management
Wurth Group
08.2023 - Current
Executive Management Program - HR Analytics
IIM Lucknow
01.2021 - 01.2022
Lead-Talent Acquisitions & HRBP
Wuerth India Pvt. Ltd
05.2012 - 08.2023
Assistant Manager - HR
Fossil India Pvt. Ltd
04.2012 - 05.2012
Assistant Manager - HR
Merino Industries Ltd
04.2008 - 03.2012
Executive - HR
CMS Traffic System Ltd
09.2006 - 03.2008
MBA - HR
Graduate School of Business & Administration
01.2004 - 01.2006
Sales Rep
HDFC Bank
06.2002 - 02.2004
B. Sc. - Chem.
Burdwan University
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