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Education
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Pooja Kabra

Pooja Kabra

Lead Business HR

Summary

An experienced and results-driven HR business partner who aligns the HR initiatives and functions with business objectives and business needs. Having 9 + years of experience in human resource management aiding the organization in adding value to overall business objectives, providing HR solutions, resolving personnel grievances, retaining a talented workforce, and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages

Work History

Lead Business HR

Accion Technologies Pvt. Ltd (Accionlabs)
07.2022 - Current
  • Managing complete Employee Lifecycle of 200+ Employees
  • Consult with line management and provide daily HR guidance
  • Analyse trends and metrics with the HR team
  • Resolve complex employee relations issues and address grievances
  • Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale and increase productivity and retention
  • Implemented HR initiatives resulting in meeting annual goals and aligning policies and procedures to company objectives and goals
  • Developed relationships with managers and staff and served as an advisor across a multitude of HR topics resulting in increased employee engagement
  • Driving different engagement activities like open houses, Townhalls, Annual Day, Celebration of different festivals and days
  • Collecting training needs through different activities, Prepare the L&D plan and execute with help of L&D Team Preparing Analytics and reports for monthly / quarterly meetings with delivery
  • Attrition Management Ensure goal setting across levels and timely completion of Midterm and Annual reviews
  • Rewards and Recognition coverage Succession planning Operational excellence Taking final HR discussions of selected candidates.
  • Motivated employees through special events, incentive programs, and constructive feedback.
  • Facilitated onboarding sessions and on-the-job training for new hires, bolstering employee job position knowledge and skillset.
  • Organized and led staff orientation programs and training to promote collaboration.

HR Consultant

PRM Soft Solution Private Limited
08.2021 - 07.2022
  • As per company policies, conducting final HR round for shortlisted candidates cleared technical round through Video conferencing
  • Conducted 70 HR Interviews, did salary negotiation and closed positions as per organization structure and requirement.
  • Built HR consulting capabilities focused on clients undergoing organizational change and development.

Senior Executive - HR

Videocon Industries Ltd.
08.2007 - 01.2015
  • Talent Acquisition To monitor manpower position as per manpower plan
  • Based on instruction received from superior, organize interviews at all levels for vacant positions as per laid down procedure
  • To maintain an application data bank for various categories of professionals from competitors and relevant industries
  • To conduct Video- Conferencing for out station candidates
  • To keep in constant touch with the placement agencies for soliciting applicants/ organizing interview
  • To maintain relation with B-school and Engineering colleges for campus recruitment
  • Induction & Orientation To ensure timely completion of joining formalities of new joinees
  • Induction on HR policies & procedures and his role in enterprise portal etc
  • To ensure induction of new joinees
  • To ensure every new joinee has been given in writing brief job description & KPI by concerned HOD at the time of his/her joining
  • Training and Development Training needs identification through Training feedback forms, PRDP, Competency Mapping & suggestions from superiors
  • Submit MIS on T.N.I
  • Preparing Training Calendar & Budget in consultation with Units & HR Heads on the basis of T.N.I
  • Delivering Functional & Behavioural Training Programs at different locations from time to time
  • Coordinating with External Trainers & HR Team to organize Training Programs at different locations
  • Evaluating Training and Development effectiveness & after Training progress of employees Identifying and Developing Internal Trainers on different Topics to reduce the Training Cost Identifying External Training Agencies for imparting the specific Trainings & shortlist some of them for getting associated for our needs
  • Reducing the Training cost by Identifying No Cost Venues
  • Pre and Post Training Communication
  • Preparing Monthly, Quarterly Review Reports, Budget, Metrics and MIS for the various training activities
  • Training Forms and Formats standardization across the Units Training Records updation in internal portal HR- Buddy Maintaining all Training records for ISO 9001 – 2008 Performance Management System Introduction of JDKPI to new Joinee JDKPI setting process for all employees and maintaining JDKPI in system
  • Conduct Monthly Performance Review Based on review evaluate performance and suggest action plan Conduct Annual Performance Review and Development Plan (PRDP) Benchmarking of PMS with other Industries/Competitors Organizational Development & HRIS Preparing & Maintaining Org-Structure
  • Preparing Monthly & Weekly Reports for Top Management
  • Coordinating with all locations for HRIS Coordination for new initiatives as and when required
  • Updating all updates regarding organization development in internal portal HR Buddy
  • Employee Communication Prepare Event Calendar, employee engagement Schedule & budget, execute the same
  • Creation of news magazine and other modes of Employee Communications, Staff Welfare and Event Management, Facilitating and coordinating OD and employee related survey
  • Handing Employee Grievances
  • Conducting HR Interface on Monthly Basis
  • Encouraging HR interface and being a part of the same
  • Wishing all the employees for their Birthdays; Anniversaries; Festivals through personal meetings, emails, greeting cards etc
  • At time to time
  • Time to time updation of internal portal HR Buddy
  • Exit Process: Completely involved in Exit formalities, including conducting Exit Interviews & taking the feedback, handling Clearance, Final Settlements and Relieving Formalities
  • Corporate Social Responsibility: Supporting NGO by organising their stalls twice in years as employees can buy something from them
  • Employees are encouraged to donate clothes, Toys & books which could help these children
  • To buy Greeting Cards from them for wishing our employees on their Birthdays
  • Planning Visit & spending some time with Women's & kids & distributing some sweets
  • Arranging firefighting drill for all employees every year
  • Organising Blood Donation Camp once in a year
  • Organising different Awareness Drive for employees to contribute to Green Economy concept
  • Employee Relation & Grievance Handling: Performance Counselling
  • Attendance Counselling
  • Conflict resolutions
  • Handling employee queries
  • One to One session with Employees
  • Assisting in the resolution of specific disciplinary or grievance cases
  • Acting as an arbitrator between the employee and line manager
  • HR Management: Taking final round of HR interview for shortlisted candidates
  • Data management, generating various report related to MIS, attendance, attritions, new hires, transfers
  • Maintaining HR Dashboard with details related to Joining, resignation, exits, appraisals & Increment & promotions
  • Updating management with weekly report
  • To prepare different letters such as address proof, acknowledgement of resignation Letter, confirmation Letter
  • Handling background checks for Existing employees
  • Also providing verification for Exit employees
  • Providing valuable inputs in policy formulation & updating employee's handbook as per current trend which are adhering to laws.

Education

MPM - Human Resources Management

Pune University
Pune
04.2001 - 2007.04

PGDM - Marketing

VSBMR, Pune
Pune
04.2001 - 2007.04

Bachelors in commerce - Accounting

Dr BAMU University
Aurangabad
05.2005

Skills

Retention Strategies

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Accomplishments

  • Introduced Employee Engagement Tool – Infeedo.
  • Organised Annual Day within a week after joining.
  • Introduced internal Magazine/newsletter.
  • Introduced and successfully implemented Balanced Scorecard.
  • Conducted Employee satisfaction survey.
  • Conducted Succession Planning.
  • Introduced Competency Mapping for Middle level Management Employees.
  • Designed and streamlined the internal processes documents for HR policies.
  • Appreciated as Best Auditee in final external ISO 9001:2008 Audit.
  • Appreciated for successful Company Registration, Provident Fund Registration, Professional Tax Registration, Shop Act Registration for Hospitality Division of Videocon and Received Star Performer Award.
  • Appreciated as Internal Trainer for different Functional & Behavioural Training Programs like 5S, Business Etiquettes, Team Building, Personality Development etc. (Imparted 40 Sessions till today).
  • Appreciated for innovative Employee Engagement initiatives (Coffee with HR, Thought for the day, 15 HR Tools, Sports Mania, Celebration of different Festivals & Days, Various Templates for birthday Bash, Family Day Party, Picnic & many more.)
  • Familiar to my SAP ERP – HCM Module and Success Factor.
  • Won Divine METTAS Mrs. India Maheshwari Elegant – 2019 title.
  • Won Intercollege Group Dance Competition.
  • Numerous achievements in School and College in Dancing, Singing, Debate and Drawing Competitions.

Professional Preface

A dynamic professional with 9 years+ of qualitative experience in Core HR Management. Currently working as a Lead Business HR with Accionlabs. Worked as a Freelancer for a year. Lastly associated with Videocon Industries Ltd., Aurangabad as Senior Executive - HR. Outstanding Performance in Strategic workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Performance Management System, Learning & Development, Organisational Development, HR policies and procedures and HR program/project Management. Resourceful & solution focused professional with excellent interpersonal skills. Possess excellent Interpersonal, Mentoring and Organizational Skills with proven abilities in team building. Excellent communicator with strong negotiation skills having team player quality & analytical power. Ability of conceptualising future goal, meticulous planning and effective presentation.

Training

Leadership & Teambuilding Seminars

Timeline

Lead Business HR

Accion Technologies Pvt. Ltd (Accionlabs)
07.2022 - Current

HR Consultant

PRM Soft Solution Private Limited
08.2021 - 07.2022

Senior Executive - HR

Videocon Industries Ltd.
08.2007 - 01.2015

MPM - Human Resources Management

Pune University
04.2001 - 2007.04

PGDM - Marketing

VSBMR, Pune
04.2001 - 2007.04

Bachelors in commerce - Accounting

Dr BAMU University
Pooja KabraLead Business HR