Gagan Dixitt
Ahmedabad
Summary
Dynamic human resource professional with over 14 years of experience driving innovative solutions in collaboration with diverse client teams across all phases of Human Resource Management. Expertise includes talent management, employee engagement, diversity initiatives, recruitment and retention, and grievance management, serving as a strategic Human Resource Business Partner. Specialized skills in strategic workforce planning and performance management systems contribute to fostering a culture that prioritizes employee satisfaction and organizational excellence. A strong commitment to enhancing workplace environments is demonstrated through targeted training and development initiatives that improve employee relations and proactively address grievances.
Collaborative leader partners with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager - Human Resources & Talent Acquisition
Adani International School (Adani Group)
03.2025 - Current
- Lead end-to-end recruitment for academic (IB & CIE) and non-academic roles, including expatriate leadership hiring including Head of School, Deputy Head, Principals and on boarding.
- Workforce planning based on attrition forecasting and new requirement. Ensure employer branding to attract top talent, and implement hiring, retention, and referral strategies to build a strong talent pipeline.
- Managed end-to-end hiring processes, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, negotiating and offer release.
- Spearhead compensation benchmarking, hiring budgets, and job description revisions.
- Developed and maintained HR dashboards and reports to track recruitment, compliance, and employee lifecycle activities for informed decision-making.
- Executed targeted sourcing campaigns to build a diverse candidate pipeline and reduce time-to-hire.
- Delivering an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience, strengthening the employer brand.
- Supported onboarding processes to enable smooth transition of new hires into the organization.
- Built strong professional networks across the India and international market and developed relationships with top-tier, diverse candidates.
- Selected and managed global search firm vendors, negotiated fee agreements, and ensured optimal vendor performance.
- Nestled in the heart of Ahmedabad, Adani International School stands as a beacon of excellence, shaping the minds of tomorrow's leaders. Founded by the Adani Group, a champion of India's growth, this school is more than just brick and mortar – it's a vibrant community built on the pillars of honesty, courage, kindness, compassion, and self-discipline.
Area HR Lead
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (Jio)
10.2022 - 08.2024
- Ensuring basic HR Hygiene and supporting IR team in compliance issues.
- Driving HR operations to ensure seamless employee experience.
- Managing and monitoring end to end employee lifecycle of the employee.
- Ensuring regular cadences and accountability of HR KPI's and initiatives.
- Driving performance management and rewards for the employees.
- Carrying out employee retention plan in the defined geography.
- Executing and monitoring employee engagement initiatives within allocated budget.
- Identifying high performing employees and help with career progression opportunities.
- Building talent pools, for all critical roles by market mapping and internal talent identification.
- Visiting Jio centers and Jio points to understand operation related challenges and help with solutions.
- Handling recruitment at area through effective source mix, defined TAT and quality parameters.
- Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, doing business as Jio, is an Indian telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, headquartered in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It operates a national LTE network with coverage across all 22 telecom circles.
Deputy Manager-Corporate HR
Haldiram Foods International Ltd.
02.2021 - 10.2022
- Responsible for the smooth operations of the delivery, managing HR end-to-end for an employee base of 6,500 employees.
- Handling full recruitment life cycle and managed the whole recruiting process from resume sourcing till the final offer is made.
- Working closely with Functional Heads to anticipate requirements & identify potential resource pools, which includes sourcing, screening, evaluating, and selecting candidates through a structured recruitment process designed to obtain the best candidates.
- Leading the HR operations and employees to establish key engagement initiatives and actively involved in the growth, and standardization of all HR programs and processes.
- Have experience of working with different levels of leadership and stakeholders. Designed and deployed programs in the areas of performance management and talent management.
- Employee engagement, career development, rewards & recognition, organization effectiveness and training & development.
- Monthly HR strategy meets with Leaders (operations, quality, training, hiring) to partner with them for driving successful HR transformation tactics.
- Developing KRA’s for all positions, productivity mapping and assessing training needs of employees.
- Haldiram Foods International Private Limited based in Nagpur is one of the leading players in the snack food industry. We are recognized as a Star Export House, by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, a department working under the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
Sr. Regional HR (Vidarbha & Chhattisgarh Region)
Podar Education Network
08.2014 - 02.2021
- Recruitment and Selection (Admin & Academic Staff): Shortlisting relevant resumes through various recruitment sources and screening the same to find suitable candidates matching the needs of the organization. Handled end-to-end recruitment cycle.
- Pre-Joining / Joining Formalities/ Exit formalities: Pre-Joining Coordination with the candidates, Preparation of Offer Letter, Verification of all documents/certificates as per the checklist, Issuing Appointment Letter, after all, joining formalities are completed. Organizing work facilities for new joiners. No dues, relieving, and full and final formalities at the time of resignation, termination, or retirement.
- Work on the requirement of Manpower and preparation of Advertisement in consultation with the respective department.
- Conduct first-level interviews to check communication skills, interest level, availability, salary, etc.
- Induction of new employees, prepare all the letters or documents and certificates related to all the employees.
- Coordinating with GM Administration for Admin-related matters, coordinating with Principal for Academic-related matters.
- Maintaining the decorum of the organization by taking corrective measures on any misconduct by any employee.
- Undertaking responsibilities of providing the employees with their offer letters, letters of appointment, confirmation letters, warning letters, and promotion letters.
- Conducting Exit Interviews to build up more knowledge on how to control the attrition level in the organization.
- I was assigned as Regional HR for Vidarbha Region where I am single-handedly taking care of HR operations of 15 schools, that majorly includes bulk recruitment drives for newly opening schools and existing schools as per the recruitment requirements.
- Established in 1927, the Podar Group has a strong presence across India with over 124 Podar-owned schools and combined student strength of more than 1,55,000 students. Website: www.Podar.org
HR Asst. Manager
L7 Infotech Pvt. Ltd. (L7 Group Company)
09.2013 - 08.2014
- Responsible for candidate Preliminary Sourcing, Screening, Shortlisting, HR Interview, Salary negotiation & Finalization for the position of Employees
- Responsible for preparing & issuing new candidates’ offer letters, appointment letters, employment and asset agreement, etc.
- Responsible for New employee background verification, and making arrangements for getting I-Card.
- Monitoring & maintaining employees' office timings and attendance.
- Updating and documenting Employees Leaves and leaving a record for the salary process.
- Weekly and monthly Biometric report Generation and circulation respective team among managers.
- To coordinate with the finance department for the monthly payroll system, make necessary entries for new joiners, separation cases, unpaid leave, salary advances, payroll inputs, etc.
- Facilitating performance appraisal and ensuring on-time completion, compensation revision, etc.
- Preparing and issuing employees confirmation letters in the company.
- Responsible for Employee Engagement Initiatives across the organization.
- To make sure that there is timely reparation of grievances leading to resolving of individual level, inter & intro group conflicts.
- Arranging office parties, events & get-togethers.
- Exposure of statutory compliance under various labor legislation.
- Interface and negotiate with vendors related to HR department work like Transport, Housekeeping, and Security & Uniforms, etc
HR Recruiter (Talent Acquisition)
Covenant Consultants
03.2011 - 01.2012
- Involved in Volume & Lateral Hiring for BPO (ITES Domain)
- Screening resumes from the Job Portals – Naukri, Monster, etc.
- Headhunting, and sourcing with help of professional sites.
- Preliminary and telephonic screening of the profiles – Checking for Technical Fitment, Behavioral Fitment, and Stability as specified by the client.
- Handling Drives for Volume/bulk requirements.
- Maintaining Client relations with respect to understanding their requirements.
- Ensuring client satisfaction by meeting their expectations in service delivery.
- Being in constant connection with the Client HR & the candidate in order to ensure proper scheduling and coordination.
ASSOCIATE
Wipro
01.2010 - 02.2011
- Handling clients in an effective manner.
- Coordinating with team members to achieve organizational objectives.
- Worked as an Auto Finance Bank Customer Service Representative where we provided Auto Loans and helped Customers with all types of Loan inquiry, make payments/arrangements, servicing accounts depending on Customer requests and sending the appropriate Correspondence. Keeping the Customers updated about the Policies/Procedures and/or transferring them to the correct departments depending upon the various concerns.
- Process: Capital One Auto Finance
Trainer & Recruiter (HR Associate)
The Mentor- Training and Placement Solution
05.2008 - 12.2009
- Involved in training job aspirants from various domains for employability Skills.
- Conduct seminars and presentations at the institutional and organizational level on various subjects as per the requirements.
- Conducting campus recruitment training representing The Mentor at various academic institutions.
Education
MBA - Human Resource
IMR College, Pune University
Pune, IndiaPGDBM - undefined
Department of Business Management, Nagpur University
Nagpur, IndiaB.Com. - Computer Application
P.C.C, Nagpur University
Nagpur, IndiaSkills
- Strategic Planning & Execution
- Stakeholder Management
- Budgeting & Cost Optimization
- Governance expertise
- Risk Management
- Process Improvement & SOPs
- Team Leadership & Mentoring
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Performance & Change Management
- Vendor & Contract Management
- Project & Service Delivery Management
- Data-driven Decision Making
- Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis
- KPI Tracking & Reporting
- Executive Communication & Negotiation
- Training & Knowledge Sharing
- ERP / HRMS & Enterprise Systems
- Process Digitization
- Audit, Documentation & Information Security
- Performance management
- Goal setting
- Policy implementation
- Budget control
- Risk management
Certification
- Leadership: Practical Skills
- Leadership Mindset
- Goal Setting Objectives and Key Results
- Delegating Task
- Communication within Teams
- Conflict Resolution Foundation
- Delivering Employee Feedback
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Time Management for Managers
- Managing a Diverse Team
Timeline
Manager - Human Resources & Talent Acquisition
Adani International School (Adani Group)
03.2025 - Current
Area HR Lead
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (Jio)
10.2022 - 08.2024
Deputy Manager-Corporate HR
Haldiram Foods International Ltd.
02.2021 - 10.2022
Sr. Regional HR (Vidarbha & Chhattisgarh Region)
Podar Education Network
08.2014 - 02.2021
HR Asst. Manager
L7 Infotech Pvt. Ltd. (L7 Group Company)
09.2013 - 08.2014
HR Recruiter (Talent Acquisition)
Covenant Consultants
03.2011 - 01.2012
ASSOCIATE
Wipro
01.2010 - 02.2011
Trainer & Recruiter (HR Associate)
The Mentor- Training and Placement Solution
05.2008 - 12.2009
PGDBM - undefined
Department of Business Management, Nagpur University
B.Com. - Computer Application
P.C.C, Nagpur University
MBA - Human Resource
IMR College, Pune University