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Karthik Vempa

Edinburgh

Summary

Vibrant and Performance driven HR professional with over 16 years of experience as Strategic HR Business Partner, with key focus in various functions including Talent Development, Performance Management, Compensation & Benefits, Leadership Development and Coaching, Employee Relations, HR Analytics, Merger & Acquisitions, Policy formulation, HR Operations & Talent Acquisition.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

HR Business Partner

Analog Devices
02.2019 - Current
  • Business Unit HR Business Partner (August 2024 – till date)
  • Supporting a Business Unit as their Line of Business HR Partner from August 2024
  • This is in addition to the Regional HRBP for UK & Northern Europe
  • Regional HR Business Partner
  • UK & Northern Europe – Lead, HR Business Partner (Nov 2022 – till date)
  • Regional HR Business Partner for United Kingdom & Northern Europe (Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway)
  • Supporting 300+ Headcount across 4 sites in UK and 3 sites in Northern Europe. This group consists of a diverse talent pool, including both engineers and sales professionals.
  • Facilitated the harmonization of entities in UK.
  • Partner with Compensation & Benefits stakeholders to analyze market date and implement key benefits and compensation ranges.
  • Collaborated with key leaders to drive the growth of the Scotland design center.
  • Analog Devices, Bengaluru (Bangalore) (Feb 2019 – Nov 2022)
  • Regional HR Business Partner for India supporting 1100+ Headcount across 4 sites and 3 locations and leading the HRBP team consisting of 3 members.
  • Partner with business leaders to proactively address business and people challenges pertaining to talent management, workforce planning, employee engagement, talent development and policy management
  • Coaching and partnering with leaders to enable harmonization of all the sites in India
  • Partner with key vertical stakeholders like C&B, L&D, Legal, HRIS etc to bring efficiency and development for the site
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Job levelling exercise and Benchmarking of compensation and benefits
  • Follow industry trends and build networks
  • Coach managers on compensation philosophy, job levels, market reference points and benchmarking
  • Learning & Development
  • Focus on talent and leadership development in India
  • Lead learning programs for India partnering with L&D Team, India leadership and business stakeholders
  • Build learning strategy and continuously work on new learning initiatives
  • Coach new people managers through management essentials
  • Partner with top Business schools/ Universities for work integrated programmes
  • Lead and drive various key HR processes and projects like Benefits management, Employee wellness programs, Employee Retention, Performance Management, HR Automation, HR Audits and compliance/legal matters for the site
  • Regular review of Employee Lifecycle process, HR Analytics, Policies to proactively address gaps
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition team to create hiring strategy, campus hiring, achieve diversity goals and facilitate building of new groups in India
  • Collaborated with leadership to align HR strategies with business objectives.
  • Facilitated employee relations through conflict resolution and effective communication.

HR Business Partner

Microsemi India, Hyderabad
Hyderabad
08.2013 - 02.2019
  • Handled 2 sites in Hyderabad with a HC of 346 employees
  • Managed site wide Compensation Review – market benchmarking, budget planning, salary corrections
  • Handled promotions, annual appraisals, and merit cycle
  • Worked with Department Heads directly to execute and conclude the compensation revision exercise.
  • Support management reviews and provide accurate recruitment reports, market data on hiring trends and present findings to stake holders.
  • Compensation Benchmarking Surveys & Job Levelling: Participated in salary surveys (like Mercer & Aon Hewitt Surveys) and analyze the survey results to determine the competitiveness of the company's compensation package.
  • Partner with the Worldwide HR teams in fine tuning and delivery of key corporate HR Projects and programs.
  • Formulation & Implementation of Policies: Creation of new policies and making changes to existing policies to ensure employee friendly workplace
  • Strong attrition analysis on periodic basis for understanding the root cause of the organization performance.
  • Supported in Merger & acquisition - HR due diligence
  • Involved in implementation of many initiatives, tools and process improvements. Carried out process documentation, policy/guideline formulation.
  • Perform the necessary audits and checks in line with the agreed guidelines, managed internal and external audits
  • Performance Evaluation:
  • Ensure the entire appraisal process is conducted as per agree timeline
  • Competency Mapping, Organizational Communication & relation
  • Oversight of University Relations and New College Grad hiring actions & Internship programs
  • Responsible for Recruitment
  • Hiring for 2 sites in Hyderabad. Managed a team of 2 recruiters and ensured timely closure of reqs
  • HR Tools (Hands on experience) - Workday & Applicant Tracking System from ADP

Analyst - Talent Acquisition

SmartPlay Technologies Hyderabad
Hyderabad
10.2011 - 08.2013
  • Complete Recruitment process and vendor management
  • Preparing & maintains of weekly, monthly & quarterly MIS/PPT reports.
  • Interaction with Stake holders and Senior Management for head count forecasting and bench planning.
  • Provide Market Intelligence/ Market Mapping to Technical Managers/ Heads
  • Manage and administer joining formalities
  • Conduct Orientation and Induction for new batch of recruits and ensure timely completion of joining formalities
  • Executive Employee engagement activities for the Business Unit
  • Bridge employee career development with T&D teams to streamline employee expectations
  • Taking initiatives for various cultural activities & administration of different employee welfare programs

Sr. Recruitment Consultant IT

Adecco India, Hyderabad
Hyderabad
04.2011 - 10.2011
  • Placed at client’s place – Motorola Mobility
  • Responsible for END – END Recruitment life cycle for mobile domain
  • Liaison with the Recruiting Manager’s and Vertical Lead’s to understand the hiring needs.
  • Identifying the potential candidates through various sources like references, advertisements, job portals, social networking sites, data base etc.
  • Pre-Screen Candidates
  • Collect all the HR documents required by client
  • Statistics Report to Client – daily report, daily hiring status etc.

Sr IT Recruiter

Options Executive Search Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad
Hyderabad
09.2007 - 04.2011
  • Responsible for recruitment in IT vertical
  • Involved in the entire recruitment cycle from sourcing, screening, short listing of resumes, scheduling of interviews, Client / Candidates follow ups (till the candidate Joins) and Invoice Processing.
  • Identifying the potential candidates through various sources like references, head hunting, advertisements, job portals, cold calling, reference, data base etc

Education

PGBA - Human Resources

Magnus School of Business
India
01.2008

Bachelor of Science -

Ganga Kaveri Institute of Science & Management
Hyderabad
01.2005

Intermediate -

Sri Sai Chaitanya College
India
01.2002

SSC -

Chalapathi Residential School
India
01.2000

Certification

SPHRi Certified from HRCI in 2023

Timeline

HR Business Partner

Analog Devices
02.2019 - Current

HR Business Partner

Microsemi India, Hyderabad
08.2013 - 02.2019

Analyst - Talent Acquisition

SmartPlay Technologies Hyderabad
10.2011 - 08.2013

Sr. Recruitment Consultant IT

Adecco India, Hyderabad
04.2011 - 10.2011

Sr IT Recruiter

Options Executive Search Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad
09.2007 - 04.2011

PGBA - Human Resources

Magnus School of Business

Bachelor of Science -

Ganga Kaveri Institute of Science & Management

Intermediate -

Sri Sai Chaitanya College

SSC -

Chalapathi Residential School

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