Dr.Suyog Vankudre

Set up and managed complete organization in South & Central Asia as per the requirement of Management

• Established and managed Talent Management processes, including hiring, reviews, and strategic restructuring
• Implemented HR and incentive policies, driving global training initiatives, Compliance
• Led the establishment of offices, warehouses, and sales teams across regions
• Active implementation of online tools for People and Business management such as Success factor, SAP, & OA .Developed and executed Gradation structure
• Reduced attrition from 50% to 0% and maintained for 5 years (during Global attrition trend also)
• Highest employee engagement index for our region within organization and also across competitors.

Restructure People Strategy as per the Need of the organization

• Responsible for the HR & Admin function for 1600 (smoothly restructured from 2050 to 1600) employees across India
• Responsible for all HR generalist functions, including support to Top management for organizational development efforts, employee relations and development, talent acquisition, compensation and rewards

Setting up complete HR and Admin function in Jewelex as per the re designed Organizational Structure

• Providing the Core Management with expert guidance, coaching, and support on all HR activities (including policies and procedures, Attendance management, Manpower Planning, performance management, succession/redundancy planning), in order to ensure a consistent and fair approach to people management throughout the organization

Talent Management and Employee efficiency

• Reduced employee headcount by 20% in a smooth transition as a need of an organization
• Fostered a teamwork/open-door environment conducive to positive dialogue across the organization that increased employee satisfaction and productivity
• Managed full-cycle Hiring – identifying needs, sourcing, screening/interviewing, the on-boarding program for smooth integration into the organization, all within time and budget parameters
• Develop Performance Management systems & matrix for all teams, Organization Vitality Process
• Ensure timely Appraisals and Identify Hi Potentials and develop an action plan and its seamless execution
• Prepare and implement HR Roadmap to support the overall strategy of Management
• Identify, design and implement strategic HR Policies & procedure and Training development program, as per the need of the organization
• Initiated end to end Competency Mapping which includes preparation of detailed Job Descriptions & alignment of the competencies required for each role

Learning and Development Initiatives :

• Coached the business leaders on effective leadership skills
• Identified, created and implemented integrated talent management programs

Compensation and Benefits

• Identified gaps and implemented salary structure correction by designing Employee Gradation Program
• Restructured the Compensation & Benefits program for retaining and attracting talent; conducted Compensation and Benefit Survey

Organizational Effectiveness

• Implemented an online performance management tool and global performance system which brought transparency to the entire performance evaluation process
• Introduced New Managers Assimilation Tool which improved communication between managers and their team; established a positive working relationship; shortened the team’s learning curve
• Implemented Competency Based Performance Management Program to bring clarity of expectations against KRAs; identify high performers and invest in their growth
• Introduced Weekly success story sharing session to motivate employees to achieve week-on-week targets.

• Develop and implement HR and Business strategy as per client’s requirement
• Learning & Development
• Employee Engagement initiatives
• Statutory Compliance
• Productivity / Performance Management
• HR Audit
• Preparation and implementation of various HR Policies.

Responsible for the HR & Admin function for 13 offices and 10 warehouses

Responsible for all HR generalist functions, including support to Top management for organizational development efforts, employee relations, and development, talent acquisition, compensation and rewards

• Established the complete HR function in Armstrong India being the first HR Partner
• Work closely with the leadership team providing them with expert guidance, coaching, and support on the full range of HR activities (including policies and procedures, terms and conditions of employment, Attendance management, Manpower Planning, performance management, redundancy planning etc.), in order to ensure a consistent and fair approach to people management throughout the organization
• To develop Performance Management systems & matrix for all teams, Organization Vitality process
• Ensure appraisal on time and Identify Hi Potential and develop an action plan
• Identify development need and develop & execute Action Plan
• Prepare and implement the HR Roadmap to support the overall strategy of the Management
• Identify, design and implement strategic HR Policies & procedure and Training development program, as per the need of the organization
• Competency Mapping
• Complete process of Competency Mapping which includes preparation of detailed Job Descriptions & alignment of the competencies required for each role

Key Milestones Achieved :

Talent Acquisition / Hiring :

• Hired people at all level and across India (13 offices/cities) .Hired from Business head to executive-level people
• Acquired best available talent from competitors

Talent Management and Employee Relations

• Reduced attrition from 30% and maintained last 3 years @ 15% range by benchmarking Employee Engagement and compensation & benefits survey
• Encouraged and initiated employee participation in decision-making which increased the Employee Engagement index from 71 to 80
• Fostered a teamwork/open-door environment conducive to positive dialogue across the organization that increased employee satisfaction and productivity
• Managed full-cycle recruiting – identifying needs, sourcing, screening/interviewing, on-boarding program for smooth integration into the organization, all within time and budget parameters

Learning and Development

• Enhanced effectiveness of the team by developing a training plan for all levels of managers; increased training man-days from 2 to 5
• Coached the business leaders on effective interviewing skills
• Identified, created and implemented integrated talent management programs

Compensation and Benefits

• Identified gaps and implemented salary structure correction by designing Employee Gradation Program
• Restructured the Compensation & Benefits program for retaining and attracting talent; conducted Compensation and Benefits Survey with Hewitt, benchmarking 23 positions with 15 competitor companies
• Piloted and implemented insurance policy

Organizational Effectiveness

• Introduced operational policies and procedures which increased overall productivity by 75%; reduced processing time by 3 days and enhanced efficiency by focus on core functions
• Remodeled the incentive/excellence award policy which brought focus to individual performance criteria resulting in increased overall efficiency and sales team productivity by 67%
• Implemented an online performance management tool and global performance system which brought transparency to the entire performance evaluation process
• Introduced New Managers Assimilation Tool which improved communication between managers and their team; established a positive working relationship; shortened the team’s learning curve
• Implemented Competency Based Performance Management Program to bring clarity of expectations against KRAs; identify high performers and invest in their growth
• Introduced Weekly Sales Achievement Plan to motivate employees to achieve week-on-week sales targets.

Managing HR for the BPO, audit, consulting and IT business with employee’s strength of 1,300 Across India

Initially appointed for the BPO business and given additional responsibility to support the HR function for other businesses

• Talent Acquisition / Hiring (Grown from 170 employees to 1300 employees in 3 years)
• Hired from Business head to executive-level with strategic competition poaching.

Talent Management and Development

• Focus on Quality as well as Quantity hire as organization grown from 170 to 1300 employees.
• Improved recruitment process, reducing hiring time from 45 days to 15 days
• Implemented incentive and recognition systems to attract, motivate and retain the team

HR Consultancy

• Handled HR consultancy assignments
• Complete HR processes for 40 clients with employee range of 400 to 3500
• Cost Saving Initiatives
• Saved manpower cost for the Audit Group by restructuring the team of Chartered Accountants, replacing some of them by hiring, training and inducting fresh M.Com graduates
• Introduced training for the first time in the company; saved cost by utilizing 90% of in-house resources along with external faculty

Other Initiatives

• Conceptualized and implemented a Continuous Education Program
• Increased awareness visibility for the organization by participating in various forums
• Conducted various corporate seminars and events
• Set up new offices with a capacity of 500 people as part of the strategy for growth.

• Independently converted Payroll process from manual to Automatic mode
• Implemented Time and Attendance System and ISO certification with MR guidance
• Involved with and settled various court cases

• As part of HR team for implementing all HR process.