Praveen Kumar

• Strategic Leadership
• Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
• Employee Engagement & Retention
• HR Compliance & Risk Management
• Organizational Culture & Change Management

• Proactive liaison with Service Line Directors, Consulting and Portfolio Managers to understand project requirements and wider needs of deliverable to facilitate effective resourcing plan.
• Manage resource allocation and optimization across EMEA, APAC, and ANZ regions.
• Collaborate with finance teams to accurately forecast and achieve revenue targets.
• Partner with HR teams to develop and implement hiring strategies.
• Team-up with practice leads to meet individual target utilizations of the regions and offer career development opportunities.
• Oversee team performance by providing line managers with stakeholder feedback.
• Support project managers in addressing their staffing needs and resource gaps.
• Engage with consultants to resolve day-to-day project issues and ensure smooth execution.
• Coordinate with global RM counterparts to facilitate resource and strategy sharing.
• Provide insights and recommendations to senior management for effective decision-making.

Resource Management:

As a Senior Resource Manager with professional services line of business- ensure delivering high quality staffing solutions and effectively balance resources between multiple high-priority assignments in APAC regions.

• Understand capabilities (skill sets), interests of resources and factor into staffing decisions.
• Build strong partnership across the business units to provide the highest level of customer services.
• Collaborate with cross regional Resource Managers to formulate approaches, develop solutions and improve team capability to successfully deliver projects.
• Generate and publish reports for utilization trends and forecasts.
• Support headcount management and capacity planning.
• Support continuous improvement on resourcing throughout project timeline.

Sub-Contractor Staffing and Vendor Management :

Leading Subcontractor Staffing and Vendor Management Process - Responsible for design , develop , Implement and enhancement of Subcontractor staffing and Vendor Management module in EMEA and APAC regions.

• Successfully Completed Multiple Onsite Assignments in challenging environments across Europe to develop and implement RMO Subcontractor staffing strategies.
• Manage vendors and their service contracts globally and responsible for legal paperwork’s for On & Off boarding resources.
• Work with the Business Teams to identify potential needs and help in deploy Contingent workforce.
• Manage transactions across in-house cross functions ,setting up regular meetings and scheduled reports to make the vendor transactions effective.
• Single point of contact for Employee and Sub-contractor database solutions.
• Highly recognized for problem solving and customer services Skills.

BU : GBS

• Resource & Delivery Management
• Resource Allocation
• Utilization/Bench Management
• Capacity Planning
• Recruitment & Post Recruitment Process
• Training and Development
• HR- Audits

Client : Michael Stores Inc, US

• Process bi-weekly US payrolls for hourly and salaried employees with a high degree of accuracy and strict adherence to deadlines
• Ensure payroll requests/information are fully documented and duly authorized prior to input to systems
• Review, sort and distribute pay statements and prepare and maintain relevant payroll records
• Ensure pay compliance to government legislation and company policy
• Research and resolve problems, perform scheduled activities, and liaison with payroll service providers.

• Plan & organize campus visits for overall requirements .
• Organized written test, selection process and campus Presentations.
• Regular liaison with the targeted colleges for campus requirements.
• Inducting and Training final year students on Role transition. (Evolve)
• Managed the helpline number and E-mail Box for corporate Communications .

• Recruitment – End to End
• HR Policy Documentation and Enhancement
• Maintain Statutory Compliance Process and Documentation
• Employee Engagement
• Payroll
• HR Partner