Preeti Chavan

• Forecasted quarterly and annual technical staffing needs in partnership with delivery heads and project managers, enabling effective capacity planning.
• Allocated technical professionals to IT projects based on skills, experience, and project timelines, ensuring alignment with delivery requirements.
• Collaborated with talent acquisition teams and internal RMGs to fulfill niche IT skills, including DevOps, Cybersecurity, and MS Fabric, meeting critical project demands.
• Managed relationships with third-party vendors and contractors to address urgent talent gaps and support timely project staffing.

• Partnered with business leaders to deliver strategic HR expertise across people management in 47 countries, fostering alignment with organizational goals.
• Supported the talent review process by delivering analytics on the talent pool, managing performance reviews, and facilitating calibration sessions.
• Provided expert guidance on global onboarding and offboarding processes, as well as business unit restructuring plans.
• Implemented reward and recognition initiatives to boost employee engagement, contributing to improved organizational performance.
• Developed and maintained talent-related policies and procedures to enhance effectiveness of people management practices.

• Collaborated closely with senior management teams to support talent development and retention through the design and implementation of effective training and development plans
• Supported the talent review process by providing analytics on the talent pool, managing performance reviews, and facilitating calibration sessions
• Identified hiring needs and managed end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
• Developed and implemented a consistent and compelling onboarding process to help new joiners become efficient and proficient as quickly as possible
• Created and implemented talent-related policies and procedures, establishing a clear organizational structure for talent management

• Assisted Global HR Business Partner with resource planning and ensured timely hiring for FTE project resources.
• Worked directly with Project Leaders and Site HR Leaders to establish detailed month-by-month, position-by-position hiring plans for each growth project.
• Coordinated with HR Talent Attraction, Corporate Communication, and local HR Site teams to develop targeted lead-generation activities that facilitated on-time hiring.
• Implemented social media campaigns, university recruiting events, newspaper advertising, and other lead-generating initiatives to strengthen the Rec-Delivery team funnel.

• Led HR business partnering for 1200 resources, aligning people priorities with business needs across the organization.
• Partnered strategically with senior leaders to align human resource strategy and programs with business goals, including succession planning, resource planning, talent acquisition, training need analysis, compensation, and performance management.
• Served as change management specialist to assess, define, and implement initiatives that enhanced organizational effectiveness and fostered culture change.
• Facilitated divisional talent review process by providing analytics on talent pool, managing performance reviews, and leading calibration sessions.
• Analyzed business data to identify trends and recommended solutions that enhanced performance, retention, and employee experience.
• Collaborated closely with recruitment on campus hiring initiatives and delivered orientation and onboarding programs.

• Drive & support the talent review/calibration process in business unit, to ensure high performance is rewarded and developed in line with the Management Development Cycle
• Partnered with senior leaders to drive programs in succession planning, talent acquisition, training needs analysis, compensation, and performance management.
• Counsel/guide managers/ employees on career development opportunities and choices
• Work on seasonal and permanent recruitment

Demand & Bench Management:

• Managed staffing and talent development for 1000 resources at Microsoft Technology, addressing complex staffing needs for niche skills like Sitecore, SharePoint, and MS CRM Dynamics.
• Monitor and understand Open demand requests from business
• Identified internal resources or collaborated with recruitment to find external resources to fulfill demand.
• Conducted skill mapping and fulfillment for key projects; analyzed training needs to optimize resource utilization.
• Conducted skill mapping and fulfillment for key projects; analyzed training needs to optimize resource utilization.

• Extracted data using SQL and presented findings in Excel, utilizing Pivot Tables, V-Lookup, conditional formatting, and data validation for enhanced analysis. Developed process documents and SOPs to standardize operations and ensure consistency across workflows.

• Prepared project status reports and metrics biweekly, analyzing TAT, SLA, and process productivity to inform stakeholders.