Raj Shah

• Manage employee life cycle for India location – headcount of 70 employees all over India .
• Plan and forecast manpower requirement for present and forthcoming projects. To make strategies for acquiring requisite skills and competencies through Job Portals, Job Postings, Referrals, Consultants and Social Networking.
• Maintained payroll and benefits for employees in various locations and diminished financial discrepancies through expert program management.
• Facilitated onboarding sessions and on-the-job training for new hires, bolstering employee job position knowledge and skillset.
• Motivated employees through special events, incentive programs, and constructive feedback.
• Coordinated immigration process for visa and green card applications to support mobility requests for domestic and international long and short-term assignments.
• Advised decision-makers on complex and confidential matters ranging from performance management to employee relations issues.
• Led decision-making and implementation of HR policies, procedures, programs and functions.
• Created vision and goals for HR team and motivated staff to achieve excellence in customer support and core HR processes.
• Recommended, initiated and finalized HR actions regarding faculty and staff position management, compensation and employment postings, hiring proposals and new hire onboarding.
• Guided leaders and employees on company policies, programs, benefits and salary administration.
• Used technologically relevant digital systems to manage payroll and benefits programs.

• Managing the recruitment life-cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources after identification of manpower requirements for new / existing departments - headcount of 100 employees all over Gujarat for Amazon India.
• Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity, and within company to reach business goals.
• Investigated and liaised with legal department to respond to complaints of harassment, discrimination, employee grievances, and other sensitive issues.
• Collaborated with leadership to assess and improve policies across board.
• Managed full cycle of recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new employees.
• Conducted employee surveys and interviews to evaluate employee engagement and job satisfaction levels.
• Discovered and resolved complex employee issues that affected management and business decisions.

• Managed strategic partnership initiatives to drive measurable outcomes and deeper relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Monitored accounts, ledgers and reporting systems to comply with regulatory requirements and corporate policy standards.
• Networked with other professionals and organizations to expand contacts and opportunities.
• Established firm's financial strategy by adequately distributing funds across company, monitoring monthly budget and evaluating results.
• Understanding the manpower requirement, prepare an assignment brief and candidate detail from specific to the position.
• Managing customer relationships.
• To identify new streams of recruitments for talent management. Experience in sourcing candidates through – Job Portals, Head Hunting, References, Internal database repositories etc.
• Doing Job Posting and Mass mailing for various vacant positions of the company.
• Screening the sourced profiles as per client’s requirements.

• Handle Employee Life cycle and managing recruitment process, compensation, policies, appraisals and regulatory compliance for headcount of 125 employees India and overseas.
• Employee searching, analyzing, interviewing, salary negotiation & performing background checks.
• Rolling out induction and orientation programs for the new recruits.
• Administering employee feedback surveys and ensuring corrective action, wherever required.
• Documentation of different Statutory acts like - PF, ESIC, LWF, Emp. Exch., Apprentice Etc.
• Exit formality process, F&F settlement.
• Handling employee payroll, verification of leaves & permission slips.
• Monitoring of the compensation trends overseeing wage & salary administration function.
• Offer release, bank account opening, ID card coordination, sending details to the top management.
• Analyzing employee performance during the time of appraisal.
• Drafting the Plans, Policies, Processes and Strategies for better operational effectiveness and manpower development.
• Budgeting and organizing customized training program based on the training need analysis to enhance the manpower skills and efficiency.
• Counseling / grievance handling of the employees to maintain a healthy work environment and facilitating.

Events Managed and Attended: -

• ITW 2009 International Telecoms Week, Washington DC, USA, May 2010
• ITW 2009 International Telecoms Week, Washington DC, USA, June 2009
• ITEXPO Conference & Exhibition, Los Angeles CA, USA, September 2008
• VoIP World Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Dubai, June 2008