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Girija Shankar

Girija Shankar

HR Professional
Gurgaon

Summary

Result-oriented human resources professional with drive for helping employers recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity. Motivating and positive with excellent interpersonal, coaching and communication skills, with around 4 years of experience in early stage startups and established organizations.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

HR Manager

Fashinza
Gurgaon
05.2022 - Current
  • Managing the whole HR Operation for an headcount of 260+, with 50+ employees based outside of India
  • Defining various policies for all employees including but not limited to expense policies, ESOP policies, Travel policies, etc
  • Streamlining the entire onboarding process to reduce the induction TATs and providing NJs a better onboarding experience
  • Prepared from scratch the entire HR Dashboard MIS for both TA and OPs functions within HR
  • Handling the total rewards function for employees including the C&B and R&R and timely disbursement of all benefits to employees
  • Tackling employee grievances and streamlining the whole process for grievance handling to reduce TAT for redressal
  • Conducting different engagement activities like Friday Fun, Founder open hour, Team Luncheons, etc

HR Manager

Farelabs Pvt. Ltd
Gurgaon
03.2021 - 04.2022
  • Heading the whole HR function (Operation & TA) for the company with a team of 5 and head count of 420+
  • Devising Various HR policies and documents from scratch like Offer Letter, Appointment letter, Employee policy handbook, Employee ethics, etc
  • Defining and streamlining various SOPs and trackers related to hiring, Onboarding, off-boarding, Induction, etc
  • Implemented HRMS solution from scratch for all employees and reducing the Various HR TATs
  • Core part of company's growth story; overseeing an 80% headcount increase during my tenure which resulted in ~ 80% MoM growth in Revenue (after tax)
  • Implemented various hiring policies to reduce average CTC for company and increasing headcount at the same time
  • Leveraged the company's Training capabilities and introduced a new revenue source with an average revenue of ~2 Lakhs/Month with potential of ~10 Lakh/Month
  • Reduced attrition rates from >10% MoM to 1.5-2% MoM by introducing various engagement and R&R activities
  • Optimized the total Payroll process by reducing TAT by 50% within 3 Months and further 90% within 7 months
  • Maintained documents and handled the yearly compliance and audit requirements as required by various authorities all round the year
  • Spearheaded the university relations for the organization and maintained a steady flow of resources from 30+ campuses by signing MOUs

HR Manager

K12 Techno Services
Bangalore
03.2019 - 02.2021
  • Built the entire PMS framework for an staff strength of 450+ from scratch and implemented the whole system within 4 months
  • Understood the L&D requirements of the organization and started L&D cell in the organization
  • Coordinated with various depts. for their L&D needs and conducted atleast 5 L&D session every month on an average
  • Developing competency mapping framework to support the TA team in leadership hiring roles
  • Establishing KPIs for more than 350 corporate staffs across verticals and designations
  • Spearheaded various HR automation process which reduced TATs for activities like onboarding and offboarding
  • Supported the engagement team in all the activities year-round and through the GPTW recognition process

Education

MBA - General Management

IIM Udaipur
Udaipur
06.2017 - 03.2019

BBA - Human Resources Management

Osmania University
Hyderabad
06.2014 - 04.2017

Skills

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Certification

SHRM-CP - SHRM Certified Professional

Timeline

HR Manager

Fashinza
05.2022 - Current

HR Manager

Farelabs Pvt. Ltd
03.2021 - 04.2022

HR Manager

K12 Techno Services
03.2019 - 02.2021

MBA - General Management

IIM Udaipur
06.2017 - 03.2019

BBA - Human Resources Management

Osmania University
06.2014 - 04.2017

SHRM-CP - SHRM Certified Professional

HR: Payroll and benefits

Aligning Recruiting with Job Requirements

Advanced Excel

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