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Medha Takawale
Pune
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Summary
Result-oriented HR Professional with high execution capabilities driving HR as a strategic business partner. Led and motivated diverse teams toward organizational growth, providing expertise across various projects. Managed large and dispersed workforces across corporate offices, shared service centers, and manufacturing plants.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Director, India & South East Asia
ITW India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2023 - Current
- Lead HR team of 8 members of a multi-site organization and drive people strategies that align with and support the overall business objectives.
- Design HR policies & processes that are aligned to the needs of different stakeholders. Review policies from time to time to ensure they are relevant and in line with the ITW Global and local industry best practices.
- Drove change and organization development initiatives (org restructuring, strategic planning facilitation, wage negotiation agreements, leadership team development programs) to enhance operational effectiveness.
- Led leadership development and succession planning initiatives, building capability within the business teams.
- Drive the organization's culture or engagement survey; and develop implementation strategies to narrow the gap between the desired and actual culture.
- As part of the senior management team, I am jointly responsible for contributing towards the achievement of the Company's strategic and operational targets and overall business aims in line with Annual Plan and Long-Range Plan.
- Built and maintained employee and organizational capability through talent development, ensuring a robust leadership pipeline and planned development initiatives.
- Conceptualize and drive timely implementation of Performance Management processes across Business Units. Ensure quality of Goal Setting, Annual Merit Review processes & Moderation Process.
- Designed compensation and benefit policies, annual salary increments, off-cycle promotions proposals, and variable pay guidelines, ensuring alignment with defined compensation philosophy and effective communication.
- Foster a culture of diversity and inclusion, ensuring that workforce reflects the diverse client industries served by Company.
- Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is an American Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. ITW India Pvt. Ltd. (Automotive Group) is a subsidiary of ITW Inc.
Country HR Manager, India
Celanese Chemical India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2021 - 12.2022
- Enable the achievement of the Celanese Vision and objectives in India.
- Deliver comprehensive HR programs, initiatives and solutions to enable successful execution of business strategies with high levels of employee engagement.
- Provide HR perspectives on business strategies and be a strong advocate for changes needed to be successful.
- Work with line management to proactively identify areas of improvement related to human capital and business needs and develop appropriate strategies to address these. Include organizational design, succession planning, talent management, industrial relations and productivity.
- Support and influence culture and climate and coach line managers to become excellent leaders.
- Implemented HR policies to ensure compliance across all levels of the organization. Ensure application of HR policies and represent the needs of Celanese India with regional/global HR.
- Facilitated integration of Celanese India and Next Polymers to streamline operations. Integrate Celanese India, especially Next Polymers, Santoprene into Celanese.
- Ensured effective use of service delivery model, providing feedback to regional/global HR on implementation issues and identifying Site-level service needs from CoE.
- Celanese {NYSE: CE} is a Fortune 500 global chemical and specialty materials company that engineers and manufactures a wide variety of products essential to everyday living.
General Manager - HR
SANDVIK Asia Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
05.2014 - 12.2020
- Formulating the Talent & Succession Planning and HR Initiatives with a focus on Org structure, quality, culture, values, diversity and performance. Identifying Hi Potential employees, Critical Positions and effectuating talent development plans to strengthen employee skills and develop them for the new roles.
- Business partnering by managing Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, Onboarding, Talent Development, Performance Management, Training & Development, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement & Communication.
- Supporting long term Business goals with a Strategic HR Framework. Implement Global and Local HR Initiatives.
- Reviewed HR policies and established HR processes for 'Hire to Retire'.
- Drive organizational development and restructuring agenda through delivering of L&D programs.
- Drive employee Reward & Recognition, Health, Safety & Wellbeing programs in alignment with business themes.
- Conducted employee engagement surveys, guiding managers in designing action plans for enhanced employee satisfaction.
- Identified organizational grey areas, advising on corrective measures and action plans for improvement.
- Advising/Coaching the management team on critical issues such as work culture, productivity, costs, talent and employee management trends.
- Ensure effective management of all employee relations issues across the business, including conflict resolution, redundancy and chronic poor performance cases.
- Manage proactive employee relations, Union Negotiations and long-term settlements.
- Implemented FTE hiring scheme, achieving cost savings of up to 2 MINR while maintaining manpower flexibility of 10%.
- Exposure in Digital Transformation 4.0, Cross Functional Team projects. Support for Change Management Process.
- Reviewing the compensation trends, participating in external and internal surveys to facilitate scale revisions and annual/off cycle increment and bonus/incentive cycles. Manage Merit Budgeting & Review process.
- Conceptualizing and developing Shared Service Model for various HR Services resulting in improved productivity with higher capability for enriching Service Level Agreements.
- Assist leaders with regular employee communication that comprises organization updates, organization announcements, conducting townhalls meetings, sharing of employee feedback and action planning.
- Heading as POSH Chairperson for Dapodi & Chiplun site and successfully solved one case. Conducted annual conference for IC members at SAPL India. Investigate matters of employee grievance and violation of Code of Conduct.
- Work with Global Team on Employer Branding - Great place to work.
- Sandvik is a global industrial Swedish group with advanced products and world-leading positions in selected areas - tools for metal cutting, equipment & tools for the mining and construction industries.
- Provided guidance and support to subordinate managers in order to foster an atmosphere of cooperation throughout the organization.
HR & ADMIN Manager
UNI Klinger Ltd.
12.2011 - 04.2014
- Revised HR Policies. Reduction in Attrition Rate from 20% to 12%.
- Coordinated hiring processes across sales, design, production, and other functions, enhancing talent acquisition efficiency.
- Implemented Competency Framework, Talent Management, Individual Development Plan, Reward & Recognition process.
- Implemented Balanced Score Card - Performance Management System.
- Revised compensation structure for all staff and integrated time office and payroll systems, improving in-house payroll processing.
- Designed and Conducted Employee Satisfaction Survey and advised Managers to implement the relevant actions to harmonize employee relations.
- UNI Klinger is a leading manufacturer of Fluid Control & Fluid Sealing Products in India, with over 20 products under these 2 Sales & 3 Production Business Units.
Assistant Manager - HR
Konecranes India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2008 - 07.2011
- Managed employee onboarding and orientation processes for new hires.
- Coordinated training programs to enhance staff skills and compliance.
- Implemented HR policies and procedures to align with company goals.
- Facilitated performance evaluations to assess employee development needs.
- Collaborated with management to develop strategies for workforce planning.
- Ensured compliance with local labor laws regarding payment of wages, overtime rules and other regulations.
- Coordinated employee benefits programs including health insurance, retirement plans, vacation and sick leave policies.
- Organized events such as team building activities, workshops and seminars to promote workplace morale.
- Supported top talent identification processes by interviewing candidates and executing onboarding, orientation, and benefits processes.
- Managed full-cycle human resource operational activities to maximize HR employee performance.
Sales Coordinator
Josts Engineering Company Ltd.
10.2005 - 10.2008
Retainer Executive
IDEA Cellular Ltd.
03.2004 - 09.2005
Education
Master in Personnel Management -
Pune University
06-2003
Bachelor's - Computer Science
Pune University
06-2001
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Talent & Succession Management
- Performance Management
- Employee engagement
- Diversity initiatives
- HR Policies & Processes
- Compensation & Benefit
- Industrial Relations
- Organizational design
- Strategic HR Business Partnering
- Business Transformation
- Learning & Development
Affiliations
Member of NIPM, PUNE
Professional Trainings Completed
- 16 Personality Factor Certification
- Certified Rewards Professional
- Train The Trainer
- International Position Evaluation
- Effective Recruitment Skills
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Sandvik One SGL & One SGE
- HRBP Business Acumen
- Thomas International PPA
Awards Recognition
- Got Best Contributor award for Sandvik Coromant Pune Unit given by Global VP - HR in 2019.
- Got Promotions in Sandvik Coromant, UNI Klinger & Konecranes Organization.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/12/81
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
Notable Accomplishments
- Experience and exposure in Merger & Acquisition and Company Demerger Project.
- Successful transition of Key Leadership positions through Talent Management, Job Rotation and Job Enlargement.
- Implemented Compensation and Benefits Evaluation Project, Career Framework for 500+ employees.
- Developed Talent Assessment Centre for employees.
- Exposure in Employer Branding, Global Diversity & Inclusion and Digital Transformation Projects. Implemented D&I Initiatives.
- Developed HR policies, Analytics and Dashboards & HR processes adhering to Company value & philosophy and in compliance with Corporate and Industrial guidelines.
- Closed 100+ Positions in Design, Sales, Central Services and Production functions.
- Total participated in 4 Long Term Settlements. Dealt with Internal & External Unions. Experience in Plant Closure Project.
- Rolled out Voluntary Retirement Scheme. Annual Cost Savings up to 23 MINR.
Overseas Exposure
True
Timeline
HR Director, India & South East Asia
ITW India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2023 - Current
Country HR Manager, India
Celanese Chemical India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2021 - 12.2022
General Manager - HR
SANDVIK Asia Pvt. Ltd.
05.2014 - 12.2020
HR & ADMIN Manager
UNI Klinger Ltd.
12.2011 - 04.2014
Assistant Manager - HR
Konecranes India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2008 - 07.2011
Sales Coordinator
Josts Engineering Company Ltd.
10.2005 - 10.2008
Retainer Executive
IDEA Cellular Ltd.
03.2004 - 09.2005
Master in Personnel Management -
Pune University
Bachelor's - Computer Science
Pune University