Nandhini Nagarajan
HR - Business Partner
Summary
HR business partner -Manager with 12 years of experience in aligning HR aspects with business objectives to develop integrated solutions. Enthusiastic in creating a positive, productive work environment and building credibility through integrity, consistency, analytical thinking and effective communication. Key role is to Consult, design and execute people strategy and solutions. Operational experience in all facets of HR, processes and systems. 12+years of HR experience in IT, Telecom, BPM - Insurance/Finance and Automotive industry.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2013
2013
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Manager - Business HR
Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre
09.2024 - Current
- Reduced turnover rates by fostering a positive work environment and addressing employee concerns promptly.
- Conducted regular compensation analyses to ensure pay equity across positions within the organization.
- Implemented diversity and inclusion initiatives, creating an equitable workplace culture that values all employees'' contributions equally.
- Managed annual performance review process, ensuring timely completion of evaluations and subsequent feedback sessions.
- Implemented succession planning strategies to prepare for future leadership changes and maintain organizational stability.
- Developed strong relationships with external partners such as recruiting agencies or benefit providers to support company''s strategic goals effectively.
- Negotiated competitive benefits packages to attract top talent
- Maintained current knowledge of industry regulations and legislation to amend policies and promote compliance.
- Devised hiring and recruitment policies for Niche skills-employee company.
- Structured Job evaluation for 200 roles using korn Ferry - Hay grading methodology
Deputy Manager- HR
Valeo India Private Limited
03.2018 - 09.2024
- Acted as an HR consultant for the system & Software unit supporting IT, Research and development divisions managing an employee span of approximately 600 staff inclusive of both onsite and offshore.
- Work as part of a team to deliver HR support & operational services to people managers, employees and HR colleagues across all aspects of an employee's time with the organization including joining, career moves and development, reward and leaving.
- Provide expert HR advice to business managers, and to proactively manage the day-to-day HR advice requests from employees ensuring they are addressed through the appropriate support structure.
- Coach, develop and support line management to develop their people management capability, partnering with the OE & Employee Relations/HR Business Partner teams to ensure coordinated development, support and information is available to people managers.
- Created a basket of new awards to create a culture of rewarding and recognizing individuals.
- Lead out on specific HR priority initiatives within the team, as well as contributing to cross functional delivery of key programmes of work through HR squads.
- Champion employee experience and consistently take an end to end view of initiatives and consider broader impact of projects, looking for opportunities to collaborate and create synergies.
- Participating in various surveys to benchmark best practices in comparison with other organizations in the industry.
- Identify and conduct engagement reviews with top talents.
- Risk mitigation and action with stakeholders.
- Conceptualized and Conducted Campus workshops for external branding.
- Design & implementation of the new HR policies rollout.
- Enhancing effectiveness of bottom-up communication.
- Involved in the integration of the global performance management system.
- Successfully rolled out firm wide communication, branding the new performance management system.
Associate Specialist- HR
Syntel Private Limited
05.2016 - 03.2018
- Acted as an HR consultant for the Retail logistics & Telecom unit supporting IT, Automation and development divisions managing an employee span of approximately 1000 staff inclusive of both onsite and offshore.
- Strategized and supported business with retention, especially top performers
- Provided ongoing support for business leaders and people managers in HR related needs
- Helped create a tool to identify high risk resources for mitigating attrition with about 80% accuracy
- Helped in creating the actuarial study support framework as part of the retention and development strategy
- Conducted HRBP interviews to gauge stability, fitment, early risk and to set expectations based on attrition trends
- Induct new joiners into the respective teams and establishing a credible relationship from the pre-hire stage
- Acted as a change agent in effectively communicating and managing key policy changes for the organization.
- Handled PMS for the function with rating calibrations for promotions, increments and governance of feedback mechanism.
- Framed new PMS- 'STEP BETA Version' for evaluating employee on Proficiency indicators (Performance, Potential and Learning as main parameters) by setting the old rating mechanism and clean execution of implementation across Organization.
- Created IDP for the cream layers and executed a mentoring program for them to up skill to the next level.
- Supported the organization in running E-Sat surveys, cascading results and planning actions for better engagement and satisfaction
- Responsible for driving recognition as a culture and improving the existing R&R framework
- Successfully implemented the Major transformation phase of Syntel on a Project 'Syntel X.0'- Executed the new performance evaluation by sun setting the old rating mechanism.
- Driven the competency mapping exercise for the businesses to arrive at career paths for different bands
- Designed Resonate- 'Design Thinking' program for the Project Managers and Project Lead.
- Direct contact with the clients from the HR perspective - Driven reviews with clients on a monthly basis from a reporting, compliance and people perspective.
Assistant Manager – HR
WNS Global Services Private Limited
05.2013 - 04.2016
- Acted as an HR consultant for the Insurance business unit supporting Finance & Accounting and Actuarial divisions managing an employee span of approximately 600 staff
- Managed recruitment efforts to attract top talent, utilizing targeted job postings and thorough candidate screening processes.
- Conducted performance appraisals to provide constructive feedback to employees, encouraging professional development opportunities.
- Maintained detailed records of employee data securely, safeguarding sensitive information from unauthorized access or disclosure.
- Coordinated employee exit processes, conducting thorough exit interviews to gather valuable insights for future improvement efforts.
- Served as a point-of-contact for employees regarding policy inquiries or concerns, providing prompt resolutions when needed.
- Enhanced team workflows and employee job satisfaction by coordinating communication between managers and employees.
Education
MBA - Human Resource Management and Finance
DG Vaishnav
Chennai, Tamil NaduBBA - undefined
Sathyabama University
Chennai, Tamil NaduSkills
Workforce planning
Organizational development
Employee retention
Succession planning
Diversity and inclusion
Compensation management
Compliance
Employee engagement
HR in data Analytics
Leadership Development
Recognition
Received I –Applaud for the best practice session on ‘Emotional Intelligence.
Received the ‘Shooting Star' award for excellence at work for FY2014.
Received the ‘Achiever ‘award for effective stakeholder management., Received 11 spot awards during the year May 2016- Nov 17.
Received “Leadership Award” for driving the Syntel X.o project across verticals.
Study on Employee engagement survey with AI and sentimental analysis for 3000 Plus employees, launched top 10 focus areas to be driven for best employee experience.
JD standardization- a project of 300 plus JD streamlined to 40 plus JD.
IATF & ISO Audit- Successfully represented Valeo 6 times in India without any Non conformities
Timeline
Manager - Business HR
Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre
09.2024 - Current
Deputy Manager- HR
Valeo India Private Limited
03.2018 - 09.2024
Associate Specialist- HR
Syntel Private Limited
05.2016 - 03.2018
Assistant Manager – HR
WNS Global Services Private Limited
05.2013 - 04.2016
BBA - undefined
Sathyabama University
MBA - Human Resource Management and Finance
DG Vaishnav
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