Kisali Mukadange

• Lead the end-to-end people strategy for Marketing & Finance functions.
• Champion key Talent & Capability initiatives for the Sales Function.
• Accountable for people costs and workforce planning in market, ensuring delivery of overheads.

Took over the role while continuing to lead recruitment

• Championed the Talent, Capability & Culture agenda for the largest business function, introducing leadership programmes, customising field trainings with global leads, and delivering exposure visits for key talent - driving a 20% increase in career development & learning scores.
• Strategised and implemented a new structure for the sales function while leading the end‑to‑end talent agenda, achieving the highest cross‑channel moves in function history and ensuring 100% leadership transition success.
• Championed employee engagement initiatives, resulting in the best employee survey outcomes since 2021, with improvements recorded across all measured areas.

• Led the end‑to‑end talent acquisition strategy for the business, achieving a 33% reduction in time‑to‑offer.
• Designed and spearheaded an accelerated onboarding strategy for all new recruits, ensuring seamless integration into roles and company culture while achieving a 95% onboarding satisfaction rate.
• Led the proactive talent pipeline strategy for all critical roles, including Director‑level positions, ensuring business continuity and reducing vacancy risks through succession planning and targeted external sourcing.

• Acted as the single point of contact for HRIS Workday for all permanent employees (employee data changes, transfers, promotions, bonus cycle changes, exits) whilst ensuring 100% data accuracy for all employees.
• Launched 'Moments That Matter' an initiative which identified key employee moments and created better employee experience through automation and simplification.
• Supported the people operations pillar for all key employee moments including onboarding, transfers, promotions and exits.

• Pioneered the recruitment of female shop‑floor employees at the Horana factory for the first time, leading the end‑to‑end talent acquisition process & onboarding - driving diversity, inclusion, and cultural transformation within the shopfloor.
• Revamped and automated employee self‑service systems, simplifying access to HR processes and driving successful change management among shop‑floor employees, with 70% of HR services transitioned to digital platforms.
• Led the development and rollout of the factory’s yearly engagement initiatives, disciplinary inquiries & ensured 100% data accuracy for 800+ employees in all factory locations.

• Launched the Customer Development Internship program 'Next Gen' for Unilever Sri Lanka driving the Diversity & Inclusion and talent pipelining agenda for Unilever.