LOKESH MR

Employees: 600 Plants: 2 HR team size: 4

DELIVERABLES

• Led the strategic design and execution of Global HR Policies across all plan.
• Designed and executed 180- and 360-Degree Employee Evaluation to identify competency and skill gaps and increase productivity and transparency in evaluation process.
• Implementation of automation in HR – Success Factors; Led the coining & cascade of Core Values across Organization.
• Created & implemented Reward & recognition program for Company
• Reduced significant volume of open issues concerning employee dissatisfaction from 80%-10% by introducing Coffee with CEO series of informal discussions to bridge communication gap with the top management. This drastically reduced employee exploitation, opened transparent lines of communication and ensured harmonious working relationship between staff and management.
• Drove process improvements across technical and non-technical staff of the plant through Group Kaizen Activity with total employee involvement and Development of 5M (Man, Material, Machines, Money, Mechanism); driving cost savings to the tune of 2 Cr annually and efficiency increase of employees by over 40%.
• Reduction in Attrition from 45 % p.m. (March 2023) to 18 % p.m. (October2023 onwards)
• Led the preparation of SOPs for HR; Creation & Implementation of various policies & associated change management; Managed external stakeholders effectively and avoided industrial unrest
• Managed and monitored plant occupational health and safety to make sure strong safety culture at workplace and the compliance with both local and corporate guidelines.
• Established the HR department, worked from scratch to create core values and a work culture that drives ownership of work, high performance, and one that builds a healthy work environment. Reduced attrition rates and saved INR 2 Cr per year.
• Support HR strategy in implementing various HR Initiatives and keeping all stakeholders informed.
• Support in implementation of Performance Improvement Plan for employees on extension of probation/during the year.
• Support and advise the stakeholders on dealing with all Employee Relations matters.
• Formulating organization structure as per business plan and updating HR policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Manage and conduct all Employee Relations procedures with support from HR Operations on disciplinary, grievance, performance management and redundancies, Internal Complaints Committee, conducting Exit interviews, coordinating the employee’s exit from the firm and tracking status of full & final settlement.
• Identifies training and development needs by analyzing operational results, job requirements, operational problems, plans, forecasts, and current training programs. Satisfies training and development needs by researching, consulting with the subject matter, training and design implementation experts under L&D Drive.
• Assist management in achieving their business goals by sharing ideas and best practices between and amongst business units.
• Resolves manager and employee dissatisfaction by investigating complaints and concerns; evaluating and offering possible courses of action; providing advice, guidance, and direction.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses.

• HR Business Partner for 6 Business Units (Singapore & India)

• Head HR for PAN INDIA-IT, Gaming & Digital Engineering Verticals

• HR Business partner for Product Development Division

• HR Business partner for Noida Location

• HR Business partner for 4 verticals

• Talent acquisition specialist for PAN India-handling requisitions for 18 locations (DELL service centers)

• Managed HR responsibilities for Software Services department