Aparna Gautama

• Managed end-to-end employee lifecycle activities, driving a 10% enhancement in engagement scores for a closing business (82 to 92).
• Optimized operational efficiency by implementing organizational design and restructuring
• Collaborated with the leadership team to enhance deliverables for each employee, aligned with business goals, delivering an overall induction satisfaction score of 70%.
• Engineered Attrition Prediction model for assessing retention strategies of key talent, facilitating a 30% decrease in attrition
• Responsible for all levels of hiring for the brand, Allen Solly, delivering less than 10% infant attrition.

• Leading organization-wide engagement initiatives for various requirements on innovation, knowledge sharing, and culture building, visibly increasing engagement scores by 3%.
• Partner with the leadership team to create organization-wide HR strategies for the year to ensure a larger value chain creation.

• Transforming the traditional methods of training and development to more agile methodologies for on demand

Learning post-Covid-19 led to a 3x uptick in online programs.

• Capability building and sensitization across the organization for D&I initiatives covering 100% of employees pan India.

• Ensuring custom learning solutions for 1800+ managers, by studying individual development needs demonstrating coverage of 90% managers in upskilling

• Leading creative content and communication initiatives organization-wide to drive increased involvement and belonging among employees across all units, Pan India (nominated by Economic Times for a paper submitted on excellence in communication strategies).

• Silver Award Winner at the Human Capital Awards by the Economic Times for a paper submitted on Excellence in Team Building and Engagement.

• Leading employee experience efforts with regard to onboarding, induction, and culture, reducing complaints to 0% post-implementation of these initiatives.

• Mentored and supported junior team members with their daily roles and responsibilities.

ITC Limited, ESPB - Assistant Manager, HR, January 2017 – April 2019.

Part of a two-member team driving the HR charter for the Stationery Business (ESPB) for an overall headcount of 120 employees in the HO and 250 employees in sales.