Kamal Artwani

Responsibilities & some key highlights:

• Job Architecture, Competency Framework, Employer Branding, Employee Engagement & Benefits
• TA Strategy development for India and APAC for Ramp up of India from 500+ to 2000+
• TA and Sourcing strategies for Global Teams and TA Policy Streamlining

• TA Strategy development for India Research Lab

• Strategic and Key Initiatives to ensure that the right talent is hired, developed and retained
• HRBP for critical/global business units in India, Japan and Singapore with a 30-60-90 connect.
• Strategy and Talent Management with Japanese stakeholders and counterparts
• Integration of Rakuten Symphony with Rakuten by devising and setting up the People strategy towards TA, Total Rewards and HRBP from April 2021 as one of the key responsibility
• Performance Management Strategy, Succession Planning, Grievance Management
• Title and Skill Mapping by a structured Competency Framework
• Curate and Develop People Practices, Policies and Processes for India and Japan
• Develop Total Rewards Strategy for compensation and benefits benchmarking (internal & external)
• Develop & Drive a detailed University Relations Strategy
• Organizational growth from 225 to 2100 in 4 years
• Statutory Audits and Global Internal Audits
• Develop a Social Media strategy for the organization

• Heading Employee Relations, Employee Engagement & HR Operations
• HR Process Automation, People Analytics and Metrics to drive HR efficiencies
• Responsible for streamlining of the HR processes/policies of the organization
• Grievance Redressal & Disciplinary Committee, Performance Issues Resolution Mechanism, PoSH
• Responsible for devising the Total Rewards strategy
• Responsible for the Systems road map of the organization - Core member of the Global ERP project
• Statutory Audits and Global Internal Audits

• Introduction of the HR Business Partner concept & head the HRBP function
• Talent Management Strategies through Succession Planning and Leadership Development
• Training and Development initiatives for Managers (Leadership Aspects) and Employees
• Employee Engagement – ESAT Survey, Speak Your Heart Sessions, The Buddy Program, Health & Wellness, Partners In Growth, Employee Hand Book and Guide, Business Conduct Policy etc
• Revamping of Total Rewards, Compensation Restructuring & Performance Management Revamp
• Compliance with POSH Act, Training, Issue Resolution & Committee Member
• Grievance Redressal & Disciplinary Committee, Performance Issues Resolution Mechanism
• Talent Acquisition through ramp up from 500 to 1700 in 10 months’ time frame
• Great Places to Work Participation, BCP, Statutory Audits and Global Internal Audits
• Merger and Acquisitions, Compliances of all regions India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka

• HR Policy revamping with Process Automation and Systems revamp
• Responsible for implementation of local and organization systems road map
• University Relations and Graduations Program

• Talent acquisition and process re-engineering through introduction of the ATS for the Juniper India
• Automation to reduce TAT (Time to Hire) & Cost Per Hire, Employee Referral
• Employment branding & Hiring through Social Media
• University relations head for Global Shared Services
• Training Managers/Leads on Interview Handling Skills
• Key member of the Value Based Interviewing team