Lohith J
Bangalore
Summary
As a seasoned leader with holding experience of a track record of crafting and executing successful HR Business Partner & HR Operations professional with 18 years of experience in strategic HR partnering, HR partnering, employee relations, workforce planning, and end-to-end HR operations. Strong expertise in payroll, statutory compliance, HRMS, policy implementation, and stakeholder management, with a proven ability to align HR initiatives with business goals and drive organizational effectiveness. Engaged closely with 75 UK clients, 20 US clients ( IT, Finance, Energy , Media, Insurance &Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail and Ecommerce, Public Sector)
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior HR Manager
Entune
05.2022 - 05.2025
- Partner with Senior Leadership team to develop execute HR strategies that supports business goals and succession Planning for the global clients
- Translate business needs into actionable HR strategies
- Lead end-to-end talent processes of workforce planning: recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and career development of the UK and APEC clients
- Plan and drive employee engagement initiatives that foster a high-performance and inclusive culture.
- Proven Ability to influence and build cross- functional relationship
- Identify skill gaps and create upskilling/reskilling programs with training and development programs for the employee
- Successfully onboarding new staff and conducting induction reviews with clients against specific agreed KPIs.
- Monthly review with each and all Client staff you are responsible for through a defined company process & reporting structure.Implemented focused activities for critical positions and top performers that supported their development, retention and succession planning leadership pipeline development globally
- Resolving any Client issues identified in a timely manner, mitigating any risks.Act as a trusted HR partner to the CEO and leadership team, offering data- backed insights and strategic guidance
- Serve as a culture ambassador, ensuring alignment between leadership behavior and company values.
- Deep understanding of client business models, KPIs, and pain points
- Manage sensitive employee issues with discretion and legal compliance
- Conducted projects on Talent Retention Strategies , Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Technology in HR. Projects
- Handled complete Annual Appraisal to evaluate and employee ability and skills and to ensure they have meet the KRA and management expectations
- High Ownership, visibility and growth in a fast- moving environment
Senior Manager HRBP
Mobile Programming India Pvt Ltd
08.2019 - 02.2022
- Partner with Leadership team on workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment
- Handling Talent Management with the Europe, UK and APEC
- Implement/administer/interpret corporate policies/programs/procedures
- Designed and implemented a corporate training framework that increased employee productivity by
- Led a team of 5 training specialists and coordinated with external vendors to deliver leadership and technical training programs.
- Developed onboarding programs for new hires, reducing early attrition
- Conducted regular training needs analysis in coordination with department heads.
- Responsible for HR practices in the Business & ensure high level of employee engagements.
- To be a catalyst to drive HR strategy to enable the organization to be one of the premier associate experience providers
- Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention
- Training need analysis and managing the training calendar in consultation with the business team
- Developing succession plans to the business unit
- Serve as an Escalation point for complex associate relations issues & provide guidance & intervention, as needed to resolve associate grievances for the business
- Conducting Skip level meetings with business team
- Developing succession plans to the business unit
- Work closely with the management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale and increase productivity and retention
Senior Human Resource Manager
Avankia Software Pvt Ltd
03.2018 - 07.2019
- Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention with the US team/ external Europe clients
- To ensure that the sensitive issues are handled effectively & are brought to a logical conclusion with constant communication to relevant stakeholders
- To drive the engagement and Rewards and Recognition programs as & when defined/rolled out, and work with leadership to affect change. Single point of contact – Partnering to internal clients
- Act as councilor and trust advisor to the employees and business units on needful situations.
- Conducting Skip level meetings with business team
- Worked proactively in the areas of diversity, attrition analysis and retention strategies, and change management and communications
- Drive Training & Development, Employee life cycle for the business units
- Responsible for HR practices in the Business & ensure high level of employee engagements
- Partner with Leadership team on workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment
Senior HR Manager
Hill Milk Dairy Ventures PVT Ltd
09.2017 - 02.2018
- Single point of contact – Partnering to internal clients
- Planning and implementing Employee engagement activities
- Supporting the internal clients in Achieving their Business goals
- Established HR best practices to be used by business units
- Conducting HR and business Town halls to communicate the Business developments and organization Growth
- Partnering with Talent Acquisition, Campus hiring and Tracking, monitoring and ensuring quality hires into the Business Units
- Conducting HR and business Town halls to communicate the Business developments and organization Growth
- Coordinating with the L&D function for planning & implementing employee and managerial development program.
- Act as councilor and trust advisor to the employees and business units on needful situations.
- Developing succession plans to the internal clients.
- Handling HR connects and solving employee concerns
- Conducting Skip level meetings
- Training Consultant in order to again new skills and competences to achieve the required goals
- (Ecommerce Startup)
HR Consulting
08.2014 - 01.2017
- Single point of contact – Partnering to internal clients
- Planning and implementing Employee engagement activities
- Supporting the internal clients in Achieving their Business goals
- Established HR best practices to be used by business units
- Partnering with Talent Acquisition, Campus hiring and Tracking, monitoring and ensuring quality hires into the Business Units
- Worked proactively in the areas of diversity, attrition analysis and retention strategies, and change management and communications
- Responsible for HR practices in the Business & ensure high level of employee engagements
- Conducting HR and business Town halls to communicate the Business developments and organization Growth
- Coordinating with the L&D function for planning & implementing employee and managerial development program.
- Act as councilor and trust advisor to the employees and business units on needful situations.
- Developing succession plans to the internal clients.
- Setting up Process and Policies for a smooth function of the organization
- Handling HR connects and solving employee concerns
- Handling HRMS for the entire organization
- Conducting Skip level meetings
- (Start Up Companies Aintree Tech, Legal Desk .com, Licious)
Senior HR Business Partner
DXC
01.2011 - 07.2014
- Responsible for HR practices in the Business & ensure high level of employee engagements.
- Partner with Leadership team on workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment
- Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention
- Work towards enhancing business performance through efficient business collaborating.
- Evaluate potential employee challenges and address proactively to enhance employee satisfaction.
- Worked proactively in the areas of diversity, attrition analysis and retention strategies, and change management and communications.
- Implemented focused activities for critical positions and top performers that supported their development, retention and succession planning globally
- Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention
- To ensure that the sensitive issues are handled effectively & are brought to a logical conclusion with constant communication to relevant stakeholders
- Handling Europe market
Training Operations and Consulting
SAP
01.2008 - 12.2010
- Assessing the training needs of the various employees in with the various team heads or the authorized senior people in the respective team
- Preparing the Annual and monthly Training calendar
- Organization development
- Vendor Management
- Sourcing of Internal trainers 60% in a week
- Maintaining Trainer development plan
- Organizing for the Training content
- Handling outbound trainings
- Maintaining the Training records (Evaluation sheets Feedbacks, Trainers Profiles) for Audit purpose
- Handling Induction
- Preparing the Annual Training Report
- Worked in German clients
HR Business Partner and Operations
L&T
06.2007 - 11.2007
- Single point of contact – Partnering with the Business for all HR needs
- Conducting Induction Programs Joiners
- Employee relation
- Supporting payroll team with monthly salary inputs
- Attendance management
- Handling performance management system
- Organizing out bound trainings and fun activates at work (Birthday &Anniversary wishes)
- Implementing effective Rewards and recognition programs for the Business Units
HRBP
Infinite Computer Solutions (I) PVT
06.2005 - 02.2007
- Interface with Business Managers for implementation of various HR initiatives
- Handling Performance Management system
- Conducting Skip level meetings
- Organizing out bound trainings and fun activates at work (Birthday &Anniversary wishes)
- Campus Selection Process
- Employee grievance handling and counseling
- Awards and Rewards for the employee completing 3years & 5years
- Sports activities (Cricket, Football TT and Chess Tournaments)
- Coordinating with the L&D function for planning and implementing employee and managerial development
- Employee engagement
- Handling Performance management cycle for business units
- Handling Business and HR town halls
- Deploy employee engagement initiatives in the business units.
- Focus on Work-life balance for employees in Business Unit Recruitment
- Indian and Europe and UK Market
HRBP
Adecco
04.2004 - 05.2005
- HR Employee Relation Operations and Recruitment
- SPOC for 200 associate deployed through Peopleone in whole of South India which involved in Joining, Problem solving, Client Relation, Releasing offer letter.
- Salary transfer on time, Procuring attendances for payroll generation, Statutory and Replacement of employees on resignation.
- Employee Engagement
- As Recruitment- Consultant, I was primarily in to Head Hunting, Screening of Resumes from Job Portal based on the requirement( Marketing , Sales HR )
- Worked extensively in the area of Client relations ( ICICI Bank, Dell, GE, Cerise, Knight Frank, Airtel. Reliance. VSNL,Carlson Cavin Care, Glaxo, Pepsi & ABB )
Education
MBA - Human Resource
SIMS
01.2004
BBM - Human Resource
Seshadripuram college
01.2001
PUC - Commerce
Sadashivnagar Youth Association
01.1998
SSLC - Schooling
PPEC
01.1996
Skills
Business Partnering with Global Clients
Coaching and Consulting Leadership team
Performance Management Building a Competitive Organization
Employee Engagement and Retention
Skill development and Training
Handling complete employee Lifecycle
Driving culture transformation
Workforce segmentation and skills mapping
Expert-level employee relations handling
Managing complex, competing stakeholder and Client agendas
Leading digital HR transformation
Adapting HR practices to future of work trends
Managing end-to-end Global client engagements
Timeline
Senior HR Manager
Entune
05.2022 - 05.2025
Senior Manager HRBP
Mobile Programming India Pvt Ltd
08.2019 - 02.2022
Senior Human Resource Manager
Avankia Software Pvt Ltd
03.2018 - 07.2019
Senior HR Manager
Hill Milk Dairy Ventures PVT Ltd
09.2017 - 02.2018
HR Consulting
08.2014 - 01.2017
Senior HR Business Partner
DXC
01.2011 - 07.2014
Training Operations and Consulting
SAP
01.2008 - 12.2010
HR Business Partner and Operations
L&T
06.2007 - 11.2007
HRBP
Infinite Computer Solutions (I) PVT
06.2005 - 02.2007
HRBP
Adecco
04.2004 - 05.2005
BBM - Human Resource
Seshadripuram college
PUC - Commerce
Sadashivnagar Youth Association
SSLC - Schooling
PPEC
MBA - Human Resource
SIMS
PERSONAL DETAILS
- Date of Birth: 27-04-1979
- Nationality : Indian