Duke Roy
Pune
Summary
Strategic HR leader with expertise in talent management and workforce planning. Specializes in HR analytics and change management to enhance organizational effectiveness. Experienced Senior Human Resources Business Partner focused on building talent capabilities, improving employee relations, and aligning HR programs with business goals.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior HR Business Partner
SKODA Auto Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
04.2022 - Current
- Managed recruitment and retention initiatives, reducing voluntary turnover from 18% to 10%, cutting time-to-fill by 35%, and lowering consulting fees by 15% through collaboration with cross-functional leaders.
- Partnered with business leaders to implement performance management frameworks, mentored and coached emerging managers through structured development plans, and guided promotion and compensation decisions aligned with talent outcomes.
- Led talent management for a 4,000-employee organization, implementing succession and leadership programs that promoted 15 high-potential leaders and improved internal promotion efficiency by 10%.
- Mentored and coached high-potential HR and business talent through structured career conversations and feedback, increasing readiness for critical roles and supporting a 10% rise in internal succession coverage.
- Directed organization design and workforce planning using predictive modeling and skill-gap analysis, streamlining operations to save INR 2 cr and supporting a 20% efficiency increase.
- Developed HR analytics dashboards and generated monthly executive reports on headcount, attrition, time-to-fill, and internal mobility to support data-driven workforce decisions.
- Oversaw trade union activities and facilitated wage settlements for blue-collar and contractual workers, ensuring continuity of shop floor operations.
Manager, Talent Engagement
ReSource Pro Operational Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
09.2020 - 03.2022
- Designed and executed engagement programs and action plans in collaboration with business and HR teams that improved retention by 8%, engagement by 10%, and performance scores by 12% year-over-year.
- Led compensation benchmarking and Total Rewards strategy, designing annual salary and merit increments for 450 employees and presenting reports and dashboards to senior management that improved performance outcomes by 9%.
- Managed employee life cycle, statutory and payroll compliance, payroll coordination, and talent development across locations with 100% adherence to Indian labor laws.
- Mentored and coached five junior HR colleagues and implemented an attrition mitigation project that reduced attrition by 2% within one year while strengthening employee relations frameworks.
- Managed talent budget of INR 5,00,000 and streamlined vendor selection process.
- Designed communication strategies, executed global change management across three regional offices, and monitored mandatory training compliance to achieve 95% completion.
HR Business Partner
Maersk Global Service Centre - Maersk Drilling
Pune
10.2019 - 07.2020
- Designed and implemented employee engagement programs that improved retention by 12% and boosted performance ratings by 8%.
- Developed and drove site-level performance management, collaborating with business leaders to calibrate goals and creating HR dashboards consolidating training compliance, engagement scores, and attrition for leadership visibility.
- Mentored new people managers on HR processes and engagement practices, accelerating readiness and enhancing employee satisfaction scores by 7% within one year.
- Mentored and advised employees and line managers on HR policies, identified training needs, coordinated L&D for module development, and improved mandatory training compliance to 95%.
- Managed end-to-end employee lifecycle and strengthened vendor relationships while overseeing ramp-down of 200 FTEs, ensuring smooth reverse migration and internal deployment of 120 FTEs.
- Led HR agenda at site level, ensuring 100% delivery of plans by people managers while maintaining compliance with Indian labor laws and site requirements.
Manager, Human Resources
Ingram Micro Cloud, India (Ensim)
Durgapur & Kolkata
04.2018 - 10.2019
- Directed HR operations and compliance, reducing legal exposure incidents by 40% through policy audits and corrective actions, and achieving 100% compliance with revised labor regulations within 90 days.
- Developed talent management strategies and redefined compensation, improving retention for key roles by 20% and reducing voluntary attrition by 12% year-over-year.
- Led integration of systems and processes post-acquisition, collaborating with IT and finance to reduce onboarding time by 30% and consolidate four HR platforms into one HRIS.
- Designed OD interventions and change management programs, increasing employee adoption of new processes by 45% within six months and mentoring and coaching leaders to raise manager rating consistency by 25%.
- Implemented post-acquisition HR dashboards and consolidated reporting packs, enhancing leadership review speed by 50% and reducing report preparation time by 60%.
- Mentored line managers during post-acquisition changes, enhancing people-leadership capability and sustaining retention improvement of 20% for critical roles.
Manager (HR)
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Mumbai & Kolkata
08.2008 - 04.2018
- Led HR operations for ~2000 FTEs and 8 client accounts, mentoring 4 executives to enhance service delivery by 18%.
- Optimized talent management, recruitment, resource utilization, headcount rationalization, and promotions, reducing vacancy-to-fill time by 30%.
- Implemented talent development policies with HR COE and account leaders, fostering collaboration that achieved 85% compliance with learning plans and 95% mandatory training completion.
- Designed succession planning that increased internal role fill rate by 25% and improved performance calibration accuracy by 20%.
- Managed legal, audit, and statutory compliance for location, ensuring 100% adherence to Indian labor laws and accountability for audit outcomes.
- Developed HR dashboards and MIS for ~2000 FTEs, consolidating manpower, engagement, training compliance, and attrition to facilitate faster leadership interventions and improve decision timeliness.
Senior Executive - (Human Capital)
Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Ltd.
Mumbai
09.2007 - 08.2008
- Developed strategic plans to align projects with company goals and objectives.
- Led cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency across departments.
- Managed stakeholder relationships to facilitate collaboration and communication efforts.
- Mentored frontline employees on HR processes, onboarding practices, and workplace conduct, enhancing policy adherence and decreasing basic query escalations by 15% within six months.
HR Executive-Trainee
Godrej Industries Ltd. (Hicare)
Mumbai
12.2006 - 08.2007
- Mentored new joiners on HR operations, documentation standards, and compliance practices to accelerate ramp-up time and reduce onboarding errors.
- Assisted in developing training materials for new employee onboarding programs.
- Collaborated with teams to streamline operational processes and improve efficiency.
- Conducted market research to identify emerging trends and customer needs.
Education
MBA - HR
MIT School of Management
Pune01-2006
BA - Economics
Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce
Pune01-2004
Skills
- HR Strategy & Transformation
- Talent management
- Succession Planning
- Workforce Planning
- HR Digitalization
- Organizational effectiveness
- HR Analytics
- Change management
- Capability Building
- Talent Engagement
- Employee Relations
- Labor Law Compliance
- Collective Bargaining
- Collective Bargaining
Certification
- Carlton Advanced Management Institute, Certified Organisation Development Intervention Professional
- Carlton Advanced Management Institute, Certified Human Resources Analytics Metric Professional
- AON-Hewitt Learning center, Certified Job evaluation & Organisation design expert
- Indian Academy of Law & Management, Author & Published online training content on corporate disciplinary & domestic enquiry proceedings, https://www.ialm.academy/course/labor-laws-disciplinary-proceedings
Publications
Indian Academy of Law & Management, Author & Published online training content on corporate disciplinary & domestic enquiry proceedings, https://www.ialm.academy/course/labor-laws-disciplinary-proceedings
Timeline
Senior HR Business Partner
SKODA Auto Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2022 - Current
Manager, Talent Engagement
ReSource Pro Operational Solution Pvt. Ltd.
09.2020 - 03.2022
HR Business Partner
Maersk Global Service Centre - Maersk Drilling
10.2019 - 07.2020
Manager, Human Resources
Ingram Micro Cloud, India (Ensim)
04.2018 - 10.2019
Manager (HR)
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
08.2008 - 04.2018
Senior Executive - (Human Capital)
Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Ltd.
09.2007 - 08.2008
HR Executive-Trainee
Godrej Industries Ltd. (Hicare)
12.2006 - 08.2007
MBA - HR
MIT School of Management
BA - Economics
Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce