Jairaj Thakkar
Summary
Seasoned HR professional with 16 years of experience specializing in HR business partnering, Learning and Development, Talent Acquisition, HR Digital, HR Analytics, Plant HR, and Employee Engagement. Proven track record of success leading a 5-member team, driving results and fostering a collaborative work environment. Valuable asset to any organization seeking a dedicated and strategic HR leader.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head - Corporate HR
RAYCHEM RPG
12.2020 - Current
- Responsible for talent acquisition of mid and senior level hiring with focus on quality of hire and diversity hiring
- Improved brand visibility to improve quality of hire and TAT
- Review of hiring process to improve candidate experience
- Mapped key positions for diversity hiring and improved the same from 12 to 25% within a year
- Responsible for campus hiring for creating talent pipeline (GMR/MT/ GET)
- Design and drive the central induction plan for all new joiners across locations.
- Driving learning blend self learning courses and classroom sessions as per training need identified by the business
- Driving OD interventions for the organization like Rayse - Sales excellence drive, Customer intimacy across organization, Internal trainer for RPG corporate university programs, New leader assimilation, Authentic conversations (driving a culture of conversation and feedback) etc
- Responsible for new digital initiatives like chatbot for employees, digital grievance module, digital onboarding
- Managing all central projects like improving customer intimacy, launch of Mission and Vision across organization.
Senior Manager - L&OD (COE)
Ceat Limited
06.2019 - 12.2020
- Driving training interventions for the sales team PAN India in consultation with business leads
- Distribution excellence model for sales senior team being the key intervention
- Driving Customer centricity as a intervention for manufacturing teams across 6 plant locations
- Driving competency based assessment for manufacturing and designing planned interventions for the plants
- Part of the internal employer branding team working on Linkedin, alumina committee, CGT committee
- Part of inside trainer pool who delivers training programs at junior levels till manager for RPG corporate university
Senior Manager - HR (Corporate HR)
Ceat Limited
06.2016 - 06.2019
- Looking into manpower planning, recruitment of management employees and managing attrition ensuring the same at lowest levels across
- Handling recruitment for Plant (Bhandup) & corporate functions like Materials, Outsourcing, Quality etc
- Putting a training calendar at the beginning of the year through TNI at the beginning of the year with inputs from all stakeholders
- Ensuring smooth execution of training calendar for workmen and management and achieve yearly target of mandays
- Analyzing Training feedback and effectiveness for all the programs and submitting monthly report to the management
- Conducting quarterly engagement survey for managers & workmen and participating in yearly GPTW survey for management employees
- Creating DAP (Development action plans) for all employees in a structured manner while encouraging conversations on the same
- Driving OMR and succession workshops for all the functions on yearly basis, sensitizing business on talent gap and succession planning
- Driving Coaching across the functions for people development and engaging top talent
- Organizing quarterly FGD's followed by action planning and closure of points
- Driving TQM culture across organization by training and other group interventions in HR
- Driving performance management system which is online across the levels while ensuring linkage to goals and meeting of timelines
- Conducting Goal audits on quarterly basis and bringing alignment to goal setting process
Deputy Manager - Human Resources
EMCO LTD
12.2012 - 05.2014
Manager HR
Piramal HealthCare Limited
03.2012 - 11.2012
HRBP Sales team & Emco Power
EMCO LTD
08.2010 - 03.2012
Assistant Manager - HR
Diligent Media Corporation (DNA)
02.2008 - 08.2010
Education
MBA - HR
SIES COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Mumbai01.2008
B.COM. - undefined
MUMBAI UNIVERSITY
01.2003
Dilpoma in HR
Welingkar Institute of Management
Mumbai03.2005
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Learning and OD
- Change Management
- Performance management
- HR Digital
- Plant HR
- Process orientation
- Employee engagement
Certification
- Certificated @ RPG for Insighting
- Certified PPA practitioner (Thomas assessment)
- Internal trainer for junior and middle management employees at RPG
Accomplishments
- Raychem Super chargers award, 01/01/24
- Raychem Challenger award, 01/01/23
- RPG HR excellence award, 01/01/23
- IMPACT AWARD, 01/01/22
- EXCELLARATE award, 01/01/22
- Published a book 'The Happy Secret', 01/01/18
Timeline
Head - Corporate HR
RAYCHEM RPG
12.2020 - Current
Senior Manager - L&OD (COE)
Ceat Limited
06.2019 - 12.2020
Senior Manager - HR (Corporate HR)
Ceat Limited
06.2016 - 06.2019
Deputy Manager - Human Resources
EMCO LTD
12.2012 - 05.2014
Manager HR
Piramal HealthCare Limited
03.2012 - 11.2012
HRBP Sales team & Emco Power
EMCO LTD
08.2010 - 03.2012
Assistant Manager - HR
Diligent Media Corporation (DNA)
02.2008 - 08.2010
B.COM. - undefined
MUMBAI UNIVERSITY
Dilpoma in HR
Welingkar Institute of Management
- Certificated @ RPG for Insighting
- Certified PPA practitioner (Thomas assessment)
- Internal trainer for junior and middle management employees at RPG
MBA - HR
SIES COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
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