Rahul Guru
Sr. HR Generalist
No 1A, Gulmohar Street, Sreenagar Colony, Chennai,TG
Summary
A proficient result-oriented individual with 11+years of experience working as a strategic HR business partner providing guidance to business to create greater business value.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. HR Generalist
Genesys Telecom Labs
Chennai, India
07.2019 - Current
- Project Manager of G reat P laces T o W ork (GPTW) exercise for the year 2023 & 2024 out of which Genesys India was ranked in Top 100 Best Places to work for in 2022 (90th) and in 2024 (34th).
- Process owner of GenConnect program – a candidate engagement program for the offered candidates to improve the joining rate of the offered candidates. This program helped us to improve the joining rate from 76% to 93%.
- Automated the manual process of Exit management & Clearance system and Employment Letters in Workday by working closely with the HRIS team.
- Work closely with the India recruiting team to get the right talent on board for the business unit.
- Ensuring timely execution of policies at organization level. Worked and implemented disciplinary and absconding policy, reformed leave policy to be statutory aligned.
- Designed and implemented the idea of Floating Holidays which replaced the earlier fixed holidays.
- Anchored the “Did you know” series which is a weekly series of benefits and policy nuggets.
- Designed and implemented the idea of GenWiki – a go to person in Genesys who acts as a buddy for new joiners before they are onboarded.
- Sustainability ambassador to execute Sustainability initiatives for Genesys India.
- Manage the entire Group insurance of Genesys India which includes yearly renewal process, Benchmarking exercises, claim analysis, escalation etc.
- Single POC for background verification process with FADV team which included case follow ups to closure for priority cases, escalations and analysis of the data.
- Seamlessly executed the resizing & restructuring projects at Genesys India.
- Process owner of E arly W arning A ttrition Tracker (EWAT) which is a proactive mechanism derived by India HR to track potential attrition specially to retain top talent. This helps people managers in evaluating employee behavior & indicate potential attrition proactively.
- Support deployment of global HR programs such as the annual performance & rewards cycle and the employee listening survey.
- Drive Corrective Actions (Performance/Behavior) in partnership with business, Legal & other stakeholders.
- Worked on Great Managers Awards, Avtar & other external surveys to uplift the EVP of Genesys India.
- Champion of site engagement by partnering with site leaders on cultural activity, diversity & inclusion initiatives (Co-lead of “EmpowHer” team), and solutions to enhance the employee experience.
- Winner of Culture Award in 2020 and Process Excellence Award in 2024 Annual Excellence Awards (UTSAV).
Associate Consultant HR
Capgemini Technologies Services Pvt. Ltd
Chennai, India
01.2018 - 07.2019
- HR POC for BCM3 BU comprising 1300 employees spread across 3 accounts across India.
- HR representation in the Induction & Onboarding of the new joiners to Capgemini.
- Managing the entire performance appraisal process that happens on a Quarterly & Annually basis using bell-curve formula.
- Attrition analysis for the entire BU to identify trends and advise the business management on relevant observations, Flight Risk Analysis, Retention exercise for resigned employees, Exit & Stay interviews.
- Encourage to leave (ETL), Probation negative closure, PIP initiation and closing appropriately, Organized HR Genie Launch, Long Service Awards Events etc.
- Location POC for Capgemini SIPCOT Campus, ERT Member, Policy implementation SPOC for SIPCOT Location.
Sr. Coordinator HR
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai, India
09.2015 - 01.2018
- Facilitated the Onboarding and New hire induction & orientation for Life Science BU North America employees.
- Responsible for handling the end-to-end Rewards & Recognition activities for Life Science BU.
- Managed & collaborated with leaders in organizing monthly & quarterly leader talks, BU specific updates & Town Halls for Life Science BU.
- Successfully developed and managed an interactive training module called as Manager Toolkit for Cognizant people managers across all BU's.
HR Officer
Standard Chartered Global Business Services
Chennai, India
12.2012 - 09.2015
- Handling end to end process of Employee Hire & Exit.
- Managed various activities like exit interviews & formalities, regular exit analysis, full and final settlements.
Education
Executive Diploma in Human Resource Management
Loyola Institute Of Business Administration04.2017
MBA - Human Resources Management
Anna University
Chennai 04.2001 -
Skills
Emotional Intelligence & Critical Thinking
Employee Engagement
Employee Relations Management
Employee Retention
Exit Management
HR policies and Procedures
Performance Management
Recruitment and Selection
Project Management
Strategic Thinking & Negotiation
Talent Acquisition
Workday, Peoplesoft 89 & 92
Timeline
Sr. HR Generalist
Genesys Telecom Labs
07.2019 - Current
Associate Consultant HR
Capgemini Technologies Services Pvt. Ltd
01.2018 - 07.2019
Sr. Coordinator HR
Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2015 - 01.2018
HR Officer
Standard Chartered Global Business Services
12.2012 - 09.2015
MBA - Human Resources Management
Anna University
04.2001 -
Executive Diploma in Human Resource Management