Sarika Pankaj Prakash
HR Professional
Pune
Summary
Conscientious and compassionate human resources professional with drive for helping employers recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity. Possess excellent interpersonal, coaching and communication skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
HR Manager
Aeon Software Pvt. Ltd.
11.2022 - 06.2024
- Devised hiring and recruitment policies for 80-100 employee company. Develop comprehensive process for new hires (IT & Non-IT) and review new hire productivity, optimizing onboarding effectiveness.
- Facilitate onboarding for new hires and conduct induction activity.
- Handle Attendance & Leave for employees across different locations.
- Handle Payroll and Employee Benefits program using third party payroll platforms.
- Handle Performance Management function for all employees..
- Participate in business meetings, acting as HRBP and helping management to achieve business goals
- Strategize & provide suggestions for implementing new and effective HR Policy guidelines.
- Streamlined HR processes for increased efficiency with the use of HRIS systems
- Manage employee relations, investigating and resolving conflicts to maintain a positive work environment.
- Organize and lead staff orientation programs and training to promote collaboration.
- Create and implement forward-thinking initiatives to improve employee engagement.
- Handle day to day HR operations and administrative activities.
Deputy Manager- Student Relations
T.I.M.E. Pvt. Ltd.
03.2019 - 03.2022
- Delivering detailed customized product inputs to potential customers (parents & students) and influencing the buying decisions. Counseled more than 500 students in 3 yrs. of tenure.
- Introduced new methods, practices and systems to reduce turnaround time. Conferred with customers each day to maintain current understanding of needs and preferences, resolve issues.
- Helped the organization to collect more than 50% of target revenue during tough COVID period of 2020-21.
- Partnered with upper management in executing functional strategies and achieving business goals. Managed to achieve 80-100 % of quarterly and annual targets in terms of numbers and revenue, assigned to the branch.
- Enhanced supervisory and leadership abilities by working closely with the counseling and marketing teams.
- Acting as a Center Manager, supervised, trained and mentored a team of 5 members.
- Functioned as a point of contact for center managers focused for and successful target achievement.
- Delivering marketing seminars at Colleges and other events.
Sr. Manager- Recruitments
Unison International Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
10.2009 - 06.2012
- Managing end to end hiring needs for clients and efficient candidature management.
- Worked with some of the most reputed clients in the industry like Sapient, Sonata Software, Samsung Data Systems, Infodart technologies (Videocon Group), Walmart (Ecommerce vertical), RIM Ltd, AspenTech, Pepsi, Proctor & Gamble, Reliance Brands Ltd., etc.
- Proved successful in understanding the client's requirements, handling all levels of mandates (middle to senior management) within tight deadlines and delivering relevant profiles with high TAT.
- Mentoring 2 team members and grooming them to independently handle corporate accounts
- Actively involved in interviewing candidates before sending them to the clients and also for internal hiring for the organization.
- Coordinating various employee engagement activities, grievance handling, etc within the organization.
- Assisted the Training head in conducting internal training for the organization and speaking in a couple of training programs focused on client management and relationship building.
- Achieved 80-100% of annual target in terms of revenue collected.
Sr. Consultant- Recruitments
Elixir Web Solutions
10.2006 - 07.2009
- Taking care of end to end recruitments and mapping assignments for clients by sourcing profiles via ad posting, search in job portals, headhunting, referencing.
- Have been appreciated for successfully achieving targets and completing mapping
assignments. - Have overachieved targets for the financial year for two consecutive years.
- Got promoted to a senior consultant within 1.5 yrs of joining.
- Got appreciated for my work and billing done with clients like Canara HSBC Life Insurance; Religare Macquarie.
- Was at 21st position in the organizational ranking (Elixir) for 200 plus people based on the merit of hires done and revenue collected.
Admin Executive
AccountAid India
11.2004 - 09.2006
- Handling office correspondence through mails and phone.
- Scrutinizing applications and coordinating interviews for vacant positions in the firm
- Preparing financial profiles of NGOs, consolidating reports, compiling and updating databases etc
Education
B.Com - Commerce
DU
New Delhi 07.2001 - 06.2004
PGDM-HR -
AIMA
New Delhi 01.2005 - 2006.01
Some College (No Degree) - Global Career Counsellor
Univariety in Collaboration With UCLA
Online 07.2021 - 01.2022
Skills
- Onboarding & Induction
- Talent acquisition & Talent Management
- Attendance & Leave management
- Performance Management
- Employee Engagement, Employee relations
- Grievance handling, Conflict resolution
- Payroll and Benefits Administration
- HRBP
- HR policies and procedures
Accomplishments
1. Managed the workforce of 80-100 employees single handedly.
2.Successfully implemented "Employee of the Month" initiative in the organization.
3. Planned employee engagement activities (including outdoor activities) regularly to keep the staff motivated thereby reducing attrition.
4. Released internal E-magazine on a monthly basis for the company to increase employee engagement by involving their contributions and improve internal network.
5. Managed to close internal positions with zero to minimal hiring costs.
6. Hosted many events in the company successfully.
7. Managed internal changes/transitions smoothly in terms of shifting employees from payroll of one sister concern to another.
8. Aced Vendor management as well as Client (Middle East) interaction as per the business needs.
Timeline
HR Manager
Aeon Software Pvt. Ltd.
11.2022 - 06.2024
Some College (No Degree) - Global Career Counsellor
Univariety in Collaboration With UCLA
07.2021 - 01.2022
Deputy Manager- Student Relations
T.I.M.E. Pvt. Ltd.
03.2019 - 03.2022
Sr. Manager- Recruitments
Unison International Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
10.2009 - 06.2012
Sr. Consultant- Recruitments
Elixir Web Solutions
10.2006 - 07.2009
PGDM-HR -
AIMA
01.2005 - 2006.01
Admin Executive
AccountAid India
11.2004 - 09.2006
B.Com - Commerce
DU
07.2001 - 06.2004
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