Pranjal Upadhyay

• Led organizational structure changes to enhance efficiency and alignment.
• Spearheaded a company-wide job evaluation impacting 14,000 employees across 390 unique roles.
• Developed a Power BI dashboard for comprehensive manpower analysis, including manpower budgeting, attrition analysis, HR ops dashboard, etc.

Manager – HR, July 2024 – April 2025

• Led CSR initiatives, achieving 9.5 per capita volunteering hours at the organizational level.
• Drove a 1,400% increase in participation for Individual Volunteering Projects (ProEngage).
• Partnering with four corporate functions at the pan-India level to drive HR strategies.
• Managed HR headcount budgeting, optimizing workforce planning.
• Conducted data analysis for floor seating and new office location planning.
• Used data and analytics to improve company processes for recruitment, selection and onboarding.
• Oversaw employee data management and designed impactful HR solutions.

• Business Partnering for 2 zones and 5 branches, overseeing ~150 employees
• Leading campus placements for Abrasive business.
• Revamped third-party payroll systems to enhance efficiency and compliance management by:Digitalized on-boarding, Effective data management, Digitalized attendance management, Monthly reports using Power BI dashboard
• Designed and implemented a new Manning Model aligned with business objectives- Role Identification, Redefined JD, Compensation Benchmarking (External & Internal), Institute Selection,Selection, On-boarding, Training etc.
• Conducted exit interviews with departing employees to identify areas of improvement in the workplace.
• Developed and implemented recruitment strategies to meet the organization's talent acquisition objectives.
• Coordinated employee training programs such as safety awareness, sexual harassment prevention, customer service skills.
• Organized Employee Engagement activity such as team building exercises, Shutterbug, Walkathon.
• Advised managers on organizational policy matters and recommended needed changes.
• Monitored compliance with applicable laws and regulations by keeping abreast of current legislation affecting human resource functions.
• Achievements a)Cost Analysis lead to savings of 18Lac INR b)Reduction in Employee Grievances by 78% in 6 months

• Served as HR Business Partner for the Marketing - Homecare division (100+ Employees), HUL's largest revenue vertical and Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUF)
• Established and managed Mentor-Mentee programs to facilitate professional growth.
• Coordinated HUL x Altuni partnership for certification in Digital Marketing for more than 800 participants (30 certications)
• Analyzed data from surveys and other sources to identify trends in employee engagement and satisfaction.
• Created reports and dashboards summarizing HR metrics including turnover rate, diversity statistics.

Employee Relations Executive (Kolkata)- Aug2020- Aug-2022

• HRBP of 400+ factory workers (650 Cr. TO), Handling contract labour,Vendor Management, Compliance Management, Liaisoning with external agency
• Lead Capability development for unit Employees.
• Leading D&I agenda and deployed 24 female employees on shopfloor consisting of 400 employees
• Digitalization Initiatives: i) Grievance Registration (most replicated initiative in HR across factories) ii)Live Tracking of HR Metrics such as Absenteeism, Over-time, Training Records etc using Power BI
  iii) Developed L&D Dashboard to track progress report of more than 10k employees across 27 employees in Supply Chain (recognised by ED-HR HUL)
• Lead negotiation with the labor unions for signing progressive Long Term Service(LTS) Agreements before due date.
• Managed employee engagement and communication activities, guiding employee safety and workers' compensation activities.
• Advised leadership and personnel on driving HR policies, union negotiations and business strategy implementation.
• Conducted and managed domestic inquiries to address workplace issues and ensure compliance with company policies & applicable laws