Sailee Dhokale

Entrusted with building, mentoring and managing the team to deliver smooth HR operations, strategic employee engagement and organizational alignment across two locations in Pune and one in Mumbai.

1. Team Leadership & Development:

• Led and mentored a team of 15 HR professionals, strengthening capability and ensuring smooth functioning
• Built team cohesion through structured guidance, workload balancing and delegation as per individual strenghts

2. Strategic Employee Relations:

• Oversaw resolution of complex employee queries, grievances, and investigations across 5,000 employees
• Acted as escalation point for sensitive employee relations issues, ensuring fairness and compliance

3. Performance Management:

• Directed and monitored Performance Enhancement Plan (PEPs) for Team Leaders, Assistant Managers and above, ensuring leadership-level performance improvement.
• Provided coaching and structured interventions to drive measurable outcomes across management tiers.

4. Policy Development :

• Drafted, reviewed, and implemented HR policies to ensure compliance and alignment with global and local standards.
• Standardized employee relations practices across branches, strengthening governance and transparency.

5. Operational Excellence :

Directed execution of HR processes including engagement activities, surveys, performance appraisals, budgets, and rewards.

6. Data-Driven Insights :

• Consolidated reports from executives into strategic dashboards for leadership
• Presented HR analytics and insights to stakeholders, guiding effective decision-making

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• Reports & Analytics: Prepared Weekly and Monthly Business Reviews, presenting HR data and insights to stakeholders for informed decision-making.
• Data-Driven Advisory: Analyzed workforce trends, highlighted risks/opportunities and coached leaders to adopt effective solutions.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Guided and mentored executives, strengthening HR capability and building a pipeline of future HR leaders
• Strategic Influence: Elevated HR’s role from execution to advisory by translating data into actionable business intelligence.

Core Responsibilities :

• Resolving complex employee queries through investigation, interviews, and remedial actions.
• Driving participation and closure of HR processes: engagement activities, surveys, appraisals, budgets, rewards.
• Monitoring Performance Enhancement Plans (PEPs) to support underperformers.
• Implementing Early Warning Systems with RAG analysis to forecast attrition and lead retention efforts.
• Partnering with business leaders on cultural and regulatory issues (hiring, termination, performance, rewards, talent).

1. Engagement, Influence & Trust-Building

• Act as a trusted advisor across all organizational levels.
• Drive alignment between business objectives and people-related goals.
• Build credibility through consistent communication and delivery.

2. Employee Relations & Conflict Resolution

• Handle complex employee queries requiring investigation and interviews.
• Conduct witness and subject employee discussions to propose remedial actions.
• Ensure fair, transparent, and timely resolution of grievances.

3. HR Engagement & Cyclic Initiatives

• Coordinate employee engagement activities, surveys, and performance appraisals.
• Manage annual HR budget cycles, reward nominations, and ad hoc HR projects

4. Performance Management

• Monitor Performance Enhancement Plans (PEPs) to support underperformers.
• Provide coaching and structured interventions to help employees achieve goals.

5. Attrition Forecasting & Retention

• Implement Early Warning Systems using RAG (Red-Amber-Green) analysis.
• Forecast quarterly attrition and conduct retention-focused interviews.
• Address root causes of disengagement proactively.

6. Strategic HR Advisory

• Partner with business leaders to address cultural and organizational challenges.
• Provide expertise in regulatory aspects of employment: hiring, termination, rewards, talent management.
• Align HR practices with compliance and business strategy.

1. Talent Acquisition:

• Sourced candidates through job portals and professional networks and conducted first-round interviews while screening candidates for role fit
• Coached candidates for interview preparation to improve success rates

2. Interview Coordination

• Partnered with operations managers to schedule and manage interview processes.
• Ensured timely communication between candidates and hiring teams.

3. Onboarding & Documentation

• Managed documentation and prepared offer letters for selected candidates.
  
  

• Recruitment agency focused on IT staffing and recruitment services
• Managed end-to-end IT recruitments for various clients
• Sourced profiles from job portals like Naukri.com and Timesjobs
• Conducted interviews with corporate HRs for various positions
• Conducted daily admin activities with excellent communication