Rajeev Pandey
Noida
Summary
'People Manager' with 13+ years of experience has proven track record in Human Capital Management, HR Automation, Employee Engagement & Performance Management
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant General Manager - HR
Republic Media Pvt Ltd
10.2024 - Current
- Comprehensive Recruitment Management: Oversee the full recruitment lifecycle, encompassing the strategic planning, budgeting, and execution of recruitment initiatives.
- Develop and implement effective recruitment strategies and processes to ensure the attraction and placement of high-quality candidates.
- Leadership and Team Management: Lead and manage a team of five recruiters, including assistant managers and senior executives.
- Strategic HR Partnership: Collaborate closely with senior leadership to design and implement HR policies and practices that support the company’s strategic objectives.
- Provide strategic guidance to enhance employee satisfaction, performance, and retention.
- HR Program Development and Enhancement: Contribute to the ongoing development and refinement of HR programs, including those related to recruiting, employee retention, compensation, benefits, and Learning & Development.
- Ensure these programs are effective, and aligned with organizational goals.
- Training and Development Collaboration: Partner with the Learning & Development team to design and implement value-added programs focused on employee training, career development, and performance enhancement.
- Diverse Recruitment Expertise: Manage all aspects of recruitment, including bulk hiring, lateral hiring, headhunting, and the placement of candidates for both frontline and senior-level positions.
- Demonstrate specialized expertise in recruiting for non-tech roles and sales positions across various levels, from entry-level to executive roles.
- ATS Optimization and Automation: Enhance the recruitment process through the optimization and automation of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), specifically focusing on improvements in the 'DarwinBox' system.
- Oversee the preparation and execution of Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs), and other administrative activities.
- Grievance Handling and Resolution: Address and resolve employee grievances and queries efficiently.
- Provide support and solutions to ensure employee concerns are managed effectively and in accordance with company policies.
- Market Research and Compensation Analysis: Conduct market research to identify business opportunities, and prepare comprehensive reports.
- Analyze compensation and benefits data to understand market trends, evaluate the effectiveness of current reward policies, and benchmark HR benefits and policies against industry standards.
- Hire-to-Retire Solutions Support: Support the entire employee lifecycle, from onboarding through offboarding.
Sr. Manager - HRBP
Times Network
01.2024 - 09.2024
- Talent Acquisition: Planning human resource requirements in consultation with heads of verticals across executive & managerial levels (Growth and attrition)
- Handled Digital hiring & Technical recruitments
- Sourcing through various sources mixes Internal sourcing teams, Vendors, referrals, Internal job postings, Professional networks (LinkedIn), On/Off- Campus, and Interns
- Responsible for executing talent identification sourcing strategies related to pipeline activities across multiple functions
- Expected to leverage current and relevant social media and job board channels to identify the best possible executive talent
- Creating and maintaining a pool of available talent as per Business Requirements
- Maintaining an effective hiring channel / source mix, and delivering within the recruitment budget and timelines
- Determine selection criteria, conducting interviews for bulking hiring as per business requirement
- Lead Screening of applicants, scheduling Interviews and Position closure within pre-determined TAT
- Conducting HR interviews to ascertain the competencies, skills and aspirations (based on competency, position, compensation, & other aspects)
- Monitoring HR key metrics including time to hire (release offers within stipulated time), source of hire
- Driving Internal job positing
- Lead Offer Discussions and Compensation negotiations
- Talent Management: Succession Planning, Hi-potential performer’s identification, and management, promotions, career movement along with critical HR and organization-wide initiatives, Individual Development, and Leadership Development
- Collaborate with the team members and senior management to maintain a continuous stream of information regarding the Assignments
- Grievance Handling
Manager - HRBP
India Today Group
Noida
08.2021 - 12.2023
- Talent Acquisition and Management: End to end recruitment for various verticals of the India Today Group
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborated with other departments to address HR-related issues and support overall business goals
- Built strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels
- Performance & Talent Management: Succession Planning - Hi-potential performer’s identification and management, promotions, career movement
- Performance management systems, including goal setting, feedback, and development planning
- Achieved significant improvements in employee performance and productivity
- Employee Relations and Engagement: Proactively managed employee relations, resolving conflicts and maintaining a positive work environment
- Designed and executed employee engagement programs that improved overall job satisfaction
- Grievance Handling: Handled employee grievances
- Learning and Development: Identified skill gaps and implemented training programs to enhance employee skills.- Conducted AI trainings/ workshops for various departments
- Established a culture of continuous learning and development
- Data-driven Decision Making: Tracked and reported key HR metrics to measure the effectiveness of HR initiatives
Assistant Manager - HRBP
India TV
Noida
11.2014 - 08.2021
- Key Deliverables: Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Performance Management, Strategic HRM, Training and Development, Policy Formulation, Employee Engagement, Grievance Handling
Executive – Human Resource
Tractebel Engineering Pvt Ltd (GDF SUEZ)
11.2013 - 11.2014
- Key Deliverables: End to end recruitment, Change Management, Employee engagement, CSR initiatives, Employee Grievances, Policy Formulation
Executive – Human Resource
Sodexo India Pvt Ltd
Noida
03.2011 - 11.2013
- Key Deliverables: End-to-End Recruitment, Sourcing – Naukri, LinkedIn, etc
- Managing Employee life cycle, Handle employee grievances (Queries related to Salary, ESI, PF, etc.), Maintain Monthly Headcount, New Joiners, and Exit Report, Legal Audits/Internal Audits, Site Visits on regular basis and executing Buddy Initiative
- Reward and recognition program for employees
Education
PGDM - Human Resource Management
IAMT
Ghaziabad01.2011
Bachelor of Business Administration -
University of Petroleum
Dehradun01.2009
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Performance Management
- Campus recruitment
- HR Automation
- Employee Engagement
- Training and development skill
- Vendor relationship management
- Employee relations
- Employee engagement
- Employee retention
- HRIS management
- Talent management strategy
- Strategic planning
- Succession planning
- Grievance handling
- HR policies development
- Talent management
Timeline
Assistant General Manager - HR
Republic Media Pvt Ltd
10.2024 - Current
Sr. Manager - HRBP
Times Network
01.2024 - 09.2024
Manager - HRBP
India Today Group
08.2021 - 12.2023
Assistant Manager - HRBP
India TV
11.2014 - 08.2021
Executive – Human Resource
Tractebel Engineering Pvt Ltd (GDF SUEZ)
11.2013 - 11.2014
Executive – Human Resource
Sodexo India Pvt Ltd
03.2011 - 11.2013
PGDM - Human Resource Management
IAMT
Bachelor of Business Administration -
University of Petroleum
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