CHAITRA BALAKRISHNA

• Responsible for onboarding and partnering with the recruitment team in hiring candidates based on business forecasts.

• Initiated employee development programs for the teams and lead HR initiatives and best Practices.

• Implementing change initiatives related to culture, recognition and policies

• Engage and work closely with Internal Stake holders to implement the new policies and training & development programs

• Coordinating with legal counsel to ensure that policies, actions comply to Statutory regulations

• Acted as a trusted advisor to the business in addressing on all the employee related issues/Grievances

• Providing Attrition analysis, includes- analyzing Exit interview , observe trends and highlight important aspects, prepare and publish & recommendations

• Driving Employee Engagement programs across the Business Units

• Served as a key member in the HR team during the merger & Acquisition in the year 2020 & 2021 in framing the policies & working closely with the acquired company on employee benefits

• As a Business Partner, the responsibility was to build trusted advisor relationships with all levels of management, partner with business units to apply policies, procedures and knowledge to establish rapport, confidence and credibility with management and employees.
• Providing strategic guidance on people and organizational issues - Employee Relations, Talent Management and HR Strategic initiatives.
• Managing employee relations issues and conduct investigations in support of corporate ethics and values.
• Reviewing offers and compensation of candidates ensuring they are hired at right salary and career level.
• Training and Facilitation - Depending on the requirement, HR conducts various training programs for employees and managers (Career Management, Performance Management, New Manager Assimilation, and Manager Essentials)
• Active involvement in town halls, monthly or quarterly manager meetings to discuss about challenges faced by the management which will enable HR to provide recommendations/solutions.

• Managed full employee life cycle including New Joiners Induction, Employee Grievances, Performance management, retention & Exit Interviews.
• Conducted monthly HR - Ops meeting to ensure business requirements are understood and delivered in specific timelines.
• Identified and Coordinated ALP and IJP Process & policies across the business group.
• Driving People Quadrant Project along with the business to bring culture of Excellence.
• Partnership with leadership management and senior managers to action on employee engagement survey results and action plans.
• Engaging and business partnering with different businesses and project teams for better facilitation, policy adherence and engagement to help improve performance and capability.

• Sourcing right candidates using job portals like Naukri, Monster and LinkedIn.
• Screening and Shortlisting potential candidates as per the requirement of hiring manager. Coordinating and Scheduling Interviews with Technical Panel.
• Plan and Coordinate for Walk-in drives.

Technologies:
SAP SD, SAP MM, SAP HR, SAP PP, SAP PM, SAP FICO, SAP ABAP WEBDYNPRO, SAP ABAP, SAP BASIS.