Kalpana Patil

Leading the Total Rewards function for Siemens Energy India Ltd. with an employee base

of ~5,000 and growing

Work closely with senior management to define total rewards plans for their various Business Verticals with strong link to performance and alignment with business needs.

Ensure that Compensation and Benefits programs are competitive, sustainable, scalable, and linked to

Organizational philosophy.

Compensation Planning & execution

* Design, Plan and execute the annual merit (increment) cycle in line with business objectives, market dynamics.

* Design and implement short term incentive plans for LoBs, ensuring that they are designed to drive employee performance.

* Deployment of the Annual Performance Bonus for all the Business verticals.

* Design, deploy and communicate Long Term Incentive Plans including ESOPs – administration, vesting schedules, and taxation globally.

* Compensation structure alignments

* Executive Compensation - benchmarking, design, pay mix.

* Tailor made performance and retention plan design for niche BUs, roles and countries.

Benchmarking

* Effectively benchmark compensation practices/offerings to remain competitive as well as legally compliant.

* Partner with HR consulting companies for market insights on compensation & benefits trends via surveys, forums and literature

* Create pay ranges in line with market movement and internal business nuances.

Career Architecture, Job Designing, Integration & Harmonization

* Responsible for creating and rolling out the job architecture framework for new geographies & new businesses.

* Compensation and benefit plan harmonization and rollout

Business Partnership

* Executive hiring and compensation design

* New role /job family pricing

* Integration and Harmonization of acquired, merged companies, business units, BoTs, rebadging.

* Providing inputs with respect to new roles being priced to the client.

* Business reporting in terms of positioning of existing employees as well as fitment of new hires in the pay range

HR Policies & Compliance

* Design HR policies framework aligned with business needs and compliant with legal regulations.

* Review HR policies and processes on regular basis to identify areas of improvement, with respect to efficiencies.

* Publish regular dashboards on policy as well as process compliance to identify areas of concern and work with

* HR and business partners to design action plans

Analysis & Reporting

* Direct and manage the analysis of HR data and metrics on a regular basis, including internal and external comp equity analysis as

well as cost and budget analysis, to provide relevant information to HR and business leadership.

* Cost modelling for new/ revised compensation as well as benefits programs to support business decision making.

Statutory compliance management

* Administer and manage statutory and regulatory compliances like PF, ESI, Gratuity, New Labour code

Benefits Design and Administration

* Benchmark organization benefits against the market to identify areas of opportunity, not only in terms of aligning with the industry,

but staying ahead of the curve

* Analyze, design, and implement benefit programs on an enterprise-wide basis.

* Administer benefits programs, including group insurance plans, flexible benefits, etc., statutory benefits and compliance.

HR Systems & Automation

* Implemented and rollout of HRMS (Workday) and Payroll Alldigi

* Automation of compensation structures and allowances

* Implementation of Ai incl Chatbots to handle L1 queries in both C&B

• Led strategic learning initiatives, digital learning transformation and leadership development programs
• Partnered with global business units to identify learning needs and co-create strategic learning roadmaps
• Led the design and deployment of scalable learning solutions aligned with organizational goals.
• Facilitated leadership development programs and curated content for high-potential talent.
• Championed digital learning platforms and analytics to measure learning impact
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive culture transformation through learning.
• Led the Digital Learning Prject for Blue Collar emp in India ( 20 Factories covering approx 1300 emp)
• Drive OD projects as ambassador to cultivate a growth mindset and Learning Culture.
• Consult Busines and communities with Challenges and Strategic learning need and Support and engage Global Learning team on Global Projects and drive Business excellence
• Led strategic steering and decsion making to leavarage learning data and anlaytics & consult on related measures.

· Governance and Controlling of all local and global policies related to Incentives and Rewards

· Responsible for Target Setting of Senior Managers of all Siemens entities

· Drive Target Setting for Non Senior Managers - PAN India for SL, STSPL and SFSPL, SLIPL,SPPAPL and Bangaldesh

· Drive Equity related schemes for all Siemens entities in India

· Responsible for designing and execution of Incentive Policies for Sales, Non-sales, PM and Manufacturing

· Responsible for leading the Equity Based scheme for all entities of Siemens in India (LTI,SMP,MIP ,SPS and CEO stock Awards in India

· Part of employee awareness program : GRIP Implementation – Experiential Awards

· Employee Communication for C&B related matters

· Responsible for Managing Siemens Ltd Benefits Trust (PF, Grauity and Superannuation).

· Responsible for Process improvement in Social Benefits area

· Responsible for monthly compliance related to PF and Superannuation Trust for SL, STSPL, SHPL and SWPPL

· Monitoring and controlling administration process of Trust along with GBS

· Ensuring Annual Audits and closure of Auditors remarks

· Monitoring Vendor Process Management ( PF / EPS Transfer in, Transfer out and EPS settlements)

· Providing consultancy to business related Social Benefits

· Plan and Execute Social Benefits related processes in M&A environment

· Monitoring and strict compliance of Govt. policies and guidelines related to Employee Social Benefits

· Employee Communication

· Handled Equity Based Compensation – for Senior level emp.

· Responsible for Payroll SISL ( approx 7000) emp

· Harmonization of Comp. structure - Merger & Acquisition environment

· HR process outsourcing

· Change Management in SAP HR

· Company wide Objective Setting – Policies and guidelines

· Benchmarking position and Compensation Surveys

· Policies and guidelines related to Employee Benefits

· Participation in Industry Surveys and Forums

· Single handedly represented Siemens Ltd and Siemens Information Systems Ltd. for 5 modules of SAP being implemented – Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Training and Event Management, Payroll and Time Management

· Gathering information and Developing “As-Is” and “To be” process document

· HR Process re-engineering along with SAP Consultants

· Data collection, data Mapping and migration

· Testing HR processes and reports

· End- User Training and User manual documentation

· Ensuring timely “Go-live”

Responsibilities included:

· Manpower Planning/Budgeting and Recruitment for all levels

· Compensation Survey and Review

· Coordinating Performance Appraisals

· Attrition Management

· MIS

· Coordinating Campus Interview

· Database Management

· Appreciation / Reward Management

· Creation and maintenance of the Human Resource Intranet site

· Co-coordinating with SAP Technical Team for Development of the System and upload of all India data

· Policy research, analysis (MIS), documentation

· Process definition and improvements for all Human Resource Activities

· Participating in Surveys and Analyzing results