SHIRISH SHETE
Head Corporate HR
Pune
Summary
Seasoned HR Leader & Strategic HR Business partner offering more than 16 years of experience. Fostered Employee Experience with tactical leadership. Driven HR function with excellence & process improvement. Ability to diagnose issues and influence long term solutions and outcomes. Facilitated the best decisions for employees and the business in an environment of ambiguity and rapid change.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Head Corporate HR (AVP)
Bajaj Allianz Life
Pune
06.2021 - Current
- Set up Central Function/Corporate HR by strategic business partnering erstwhile it was Central TA function.
- Set up Corporate HR Team by hiring HR Business partners and led effectively to establish HR practices in HO.
- Designed Organization Structures for HO functions and built sub verticals, supported with leadership hiring. 30+ AVP and above onboarded. Overall 350+ Corporate Talent onboarded in last 2 years. Niche Function headcount doubled viz. Analytics, Actuarial and Technology.
- Transitioned all Corporate Functions from Annual Performance Bonus to Quarterly Incentive Plan in consultation with CHRO and Mancom. Variable reward earning improved by 8-9% on an average in Top 2 bucket of performance.
- Designed SMART KPIs across Corporate functions including Leaders to imbibe Performance and Meritocracy culture.
- Introduced Talent Ring- Fencing to tackle Great Resignation and retained critical Talent. Significant retention of Talent through various Techniques and practices.
- In partnership with L&D team introduced LXP - Instalearn 2.0 digital platform by defining Learning journeys as per business need.
- Significant improvement of Employee Engagement Score in last 2 years. FY 22 it was improved from 51 to 65 and in FY 23 it was improved from 65 to 78. It has resulted organization to achieve recognition of GPTW - Great Place to Work and Kincentric Best employer for consecutive 2 years i.e. 2022 and 2023.
- In partnership with Organization Development COE implemented Talent Management in Corporate Functions in AVP and Chief Manager Levels erstwhile it was only for VP and above segment of employees.
- Strengthened the bottom of pyramid by launching and executing Campus to Corporate program.
- Designed career pathing for Fresh talent especially in niche roles and Functions.
- Responsible for Bajaj Group Career Mobility and Internal BALIC career Mobility program. In last 2 years 900+ career movements under these programs across India.
- Additional portfolio of In-house Call centre assigned in Oct 2022 which is 4Cr+ business channel. Established HR practices to Attract, Engage and Retain Talent.
- In partnership with HR Ops and Tech team involved in implementing HR BOT (eEZe) in an organization to cater employee’s queries and requests; primarily with Salary slips and Tax statements followed by claim reimbursement and admin support.
- Streamlined Manpower budgeting for Corporate Functions which gets reviewed by Board during LRP - Long Range Plan and AOP- Annual Operating Plan.
- Involved in building Strategic Business Teams (Focused Business Groups) at Organization Level by ensuring respective FBG KPI weightages followed by quarterly assessment and Incentive payouts.
- Rated SE-Significant Exceeding Expectation consecutively for 2022 and 2023 and TT - Top Talent in Talent Assessment.
- Awarded as Best Employee (under the Individual category of Customer Champ) in Annual Business Convention April 23 felicitated by Chairman Sanjeev Bajaj.
Deputy General Manager – Corporate HR
Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai
Pune
02.2016 - 06.2021
- Worked for Aditya Birla Solar Power business, Applause Entertainment and Idea Cellular
- Dual reporting, MD of the Solar business and Sr. VP-HR in ABG
- Managed Team of 5 HR professionals and overall manpower of 2000
- Closely worked with Leadership and business functions to enable solutions.
- Formulated HR Strategy and linked HR plans with objectives.
- Set up the HR from scratch, HR systems & processes for business
- Talent upgrade across the organization including Talent Assessment
- Designed Total Rewards for both new businesses including designing of Annual Variable Pay, LTIP and Bi-annual appraisal system.
- Managed end to end PMS and succession planning.
- Introduced systematic changes and contemporary practices
- Linked HR practices with business goals
- Lead transformation and large scale mind-set change to build a future-ready Organization to become a power conglomerate.
- Repositioning role of HR as that of capability building, transformational and future –ready as against the erstwhile transactional role
- Established payroll for subsidiary companies within Solar.
- Established the salience of the HR function as a Business Partner.
- Learning need Analysis & created development plan for all level of employees
- Responsible for Administration of the Business – Employee Wellbeing, Travel, Infrastructure
Manager - Business HR
Reliance Jio
Pune
07.2015 - 01.2016
- Human Resources (HRBP) ¤ Payroll Management, Pune ¤ Statutory Compliance ¤ SAP – End user HR
- Managed 3500 employees across 6 geographies ¤ Change Management
- Reported to State HR and Matrix reporting to Regional Head HR ¤ Contract/GIG workforce Management
- Team of 6 Area HR and 1 Circle Executive HR
- Member of Pre launch team and reporting to State HR Head
- Identification of High Potential, high performing Talent
- Hired Circle Leadership and Manager level across functions
- Designed Organization structures at Circle Level Awards
Deputy Manager
Vodafone, Pune
Pune
07.2009 - 07.2015
- Managed 2000 employees across 11 geographies
- Reported to Head HR, Maharashtra & Goa
- Handled 3 roles, always rated as top performer
- Managed 3 cycles of Performance, Compensation & Rewards
- End to end HR Operations and Payroll for Circle office
- Involved in implementing SAP HR in organization.
- Employee Life cycle Management – Goal Setting, Mid Probation, Probation
- Created a high performance culture by driving Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) process
- Managed Separation process starting from Exit Interview, F&F Settlements and attrition analysis
- Initiated and managed HR cost management programs
- Contract Manpower Management life cycle management Personal Details
- Handled statutory compliance under labour Laws
- Committee member of “Project Comfort” for women employees
- Handled Health & Hygiene element under HSW.
Legal Compliance Executive
Adecco Flexione Workforce - Reliance Communication
Pune
03.2007 - 07.2009
- Supported HR Team with Joining Formalities and in HR Generalist work
- Managed Employee Files and record
- Maintained up to date records and registers under various Labour Laws.
- Attended Court matters as and when required for Statutory purposes
- Responsible for handling Legal inspections conducted by the Government authorities.
- Liaisoning with Labour law related Government authorities in Maharashtra & Goa Circle.
- Drafted of reply letters to the notices and letters received from Government Authorities.
- Maintained monthly MIS of legal HR related matters / issues and court cases.
- HR generalist activities – Joining and Employee onboarding
- Employee query handling and Survey completion
- Designed Contract Labour statutory record keeping database and checklist
Education
MBA - Master in Personnel Management
Pune University
Pune 07.2006 - 04.2008
Skills
HR Planning and Budgeting
undefinedCertification
Foundations to Fly for Leaders
Timeline
Foundations to Fly for Leaders
09-2022
Head Corporate HR (AVP)
Bajaj Allianz Life
06.2021 - Current
AIHR Academy - HRBP 2.0
09-2020
World at Work -Global Remuneration
03-2020
Korn Ferry - Job Evaluation
02-2019
AON Hewitt - Personality Test
01-2019
Deputy General Manager – Corporate HR
Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai
02.2016 - 06.2021
Manager - Business HR
Reliance Jio
07.2015 - 01.2016
Deputy Manager
Vodafone, Pune
07.2009 - 07.2015
Legal Compliance Executive
Adecco Flexione Workforce - Reliance Communication
03.2007 - 07.2009
MBA - Master in Personnel Management
Pune University
07.2006 - 04.2008
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