Anoop Ramachandran

Directing and guiding my organization (www.phiedge.co.in) to ensure consistent growth by introducing new business verticals namely HR advisory, HRIS and Talent Acquisition thereby growing business by more than 100% in 3 years. Also managing business growth through new customer acquisitions.

Key Achievements:

• Have enhanced business growth (Top and bottom line) by 100% in 3 years by launching new businesses, business verticals namely HR advisory, HRIS, Talent Acquisition thus doubling customer base across verticals through digitization and social media marketing strategies.
• Started a SaaS based HRMS company (ISO27001 + AI enabled)- A business performance solution in AWS cloud. It is SaaS product and comprises of 20+ people modules in web and mobile app. The Tech stack used are Java, Angular, React, MySQL etc. We are serving more than 50 customers with a few international clients and plan to increase our customer database by more than 200 in the coming 2 years. The aim is to be among the top 5 players in the country catering to SMEs.
• Providing HR advisory services to multiple clients across manufacturing, retail, financial services, IT & ITES, FMCG/ CD, Construction, etc. . The interventions delivered in the past many years for more than 35 clients are as below:
• Organization Design: Building Vision, mission, values, cultures for organizations/ Bands, Grades, designations, salary ranges/ Job design- job evaluation/ organization restructuring including long range organization structures aligned to business projections/ competency modelling/ Benchmarked HR Processes
• Leadership development: Leadership coaching (coached more than 80 leaders in the last 3 years)/ Assessment centers/ IDP/ 360-degree review mechanisms/ succession planning and career planning/ leadership grids etc.
• Compensation & Benefits: C&B strategy & benchmarking/ C&B linked to performance.
• Learning & Development: L&D strategies & systems including measuring training effectiveness/ training design etc.
• PMS: Designing organization goals keeping in mind the market dynamics, business projections and dovetailing to dept and individual goals by using various formats like OKR, BSC, MBO etc.
• Building and enhancing employee engagement through online ESS design and delivery and improved engagement levels through multiple interventions & winning awards for multiple clients.
• Recruitment & Selection: Recruitment strategies to attract & retain, Headhunting CEO/CXO etc.
• Leadership coaching & development: To help build leaders through personal and professional development plans aligned to organization growth/ succession planning/ development centers.
• Guiding many HR heads on people strategies on a retainer model since many years.
• Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Cultivated a positive work environment that fostered employee engagement, increased retention rates, and boosted overall team morale.

As a Head HR (onroll 1600 + 3000 off roll), set up robust organisation structures and platforms, processes and systems to attract, develop and retain talent resulting in improved organisation deliveries in line with stake holder expectations namely >35 % reduction in employee attrition and >30% improvement in employee engagement since joining. Digitized the entire HR and made it a paperless function.

Key Achievements:

• Won the 2017 Gallup Great workplace award for the organisation. Only 4 organizations in the country and among the top 37 organizations globally to have won this prestigious award through a slew of best practices.
• Reduced the employee attrition from 34 to 20% in a span of 4 years through constant employee communication, adopting industry best practices and monitoring retention strategies.
• Digitized the entire HR processes and systems (Recruitment& Selection, PMS, Claims, Training, ELCM, Help desk etc.) through introduction of HRIS in web, mobile platform and chat bots.
• Brought about changes in organization design namely streamlining organization structures, productivity linked manpower planning, aligning designations and grades with industry.
• Designed competency models aligned to business needs / challenges and dovetailed all HR processes to it.
• Introduced various HR platforms namely in the field of
• Communication (Open House/ Leadership tele conference/ Town Hall)
• R&R (Star and Super Star of quarter/ appreciation cards/ annual award for support functions/ Online suggestion box named idea Hotline/ annual award for sales/ quarterly contest for support functions)
• L&D (Online induction/ online confirmation/ Refresher programs for on roll and off rolls)
• Career planning and growth (mobility programs/ special roles)
• Leadership development (development centers/ mentoring & coaching/ 360-degree)
• Improved working conditions through new age HR policies (Mandatory leaves/ 5 day working/ benchmarked designations/ flexi timings etc.)
• Digitized the payroll management for 3000 contractual staff from a paper-based billing.
• Made the PMS more robust and digitized (scoring and Ranking system/ central upload of targets)

Driving organization design, Talent attraction and retention, Performance Management, Employee communication and engagement through a team of Zonal/ regional HR teams reporting into me.

Key Achievements:

• Architect of regional HR structure/ Created communication platforms/ competency matrix/ creating role clarity/ Build R&R platforms/ Improved employee engagements across locations.
• Led cross-functional teams for the successful completion of major projects, resulting in increased efficiency and client satisfaction.
• Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals.

Heading the human resources function for the life insurance company and responsible for organization design, talent attraction and retention, compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, Learning & Development and HR operations through a team of 15+ HR professionals.

Key Achievements:

• Set up the entire HR function from scratch in terms of strategy, design, policies, processes/ digitized HR through HRIS/ quick headcount ramp-up from 30 to 1200+/ set up various platforms namely R&R, communication, L&D etc./ set up PMS.

Heading HR for the west zone and responsible for Talent Attraction and retention, PMS, C&B, Employee communication and engagement, OD interventions etc. through a team of HR professionals.

Started my career with L&T as Executive HR in the corporate HR function and then to L&T packaging/ Moved to Asian Paints as Sr. Executive HR handling recruitment, OD interventions, Training/ Moved to Guiness UDV and was handling C&B, Talent Attraction and retention, PMS, Training and OD.