Sowmya V
Summary
Strategic HR Business Partner with a deep understanding of organizational structure, business operations, and financial impact. Skilled in collaborating with leadership to strategize, develop, and implement talent initiatives aligned with business objectives. Proven ability to design and execute people programs that enhance decision-making and drive business value across all organizational levels. Over 15 years of experience delivering innovative HR solutions, with a relentless passion for creating value in Human Resource Operations. Expertise in implementing best practices and building high-performing HR departments from the ground up, ensuring alignment with business goals and compliance standards. Strong track record in reinvention and redesigning HR strategies by leveraging forward-thinking insights and HR expertise. Adept at creating future-oriented HR functions and driving transformational change to support evolving business needs.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Lead HR (Site HR)
ThinkPalm Technologies Pvt Ltd
06.2023 - Current
- Provide functional support & direction to Business Unit Heads, ensuring optimum levels of performance, productivity and quality
- Collaborate closely with senior executives to develop and implement HR strategies aligned with the company's goals and objectives
- Facilitated seamless onboarding and induction programs to integrate new hires, ensuring they quickly adapt to the company culture, processes, and tools
- Follow Effective Communication Strategies to establish connect with employees
- Conducting skip meetings, one on one meetings, focus group meetings, town halls etc to foster a culture of open communication and identify areas of improvement in various teams and propose appropriate engagement intervention
- Designed and executed employee engagement initiatives, fostering a positive work environment and enhancing employee satisfaction through regular connect sessions, activities, and feedback mechanisms
- Facilitated annual and periodic goal-setting sessions to align individual, team, and organizational objectives
- Spearheaded the transition to a goal-based appraisal system
- Focused on enhancing transparency and aligning individual performance with strategic business objectives
- Provided prompt and effective support to employees by addressing queries and resolving HR-related issues, ensuring a high level of employee satisfaction and compliance with company policies
- Monitored and analyzed attrition trends, conducted exit interviews, and implemented strategies to improve retention by addressing root causes and enhancing employee experience
- Have maintained the attrition percentage for the location less than 2% in a year
- Designed and executed POSH compliance training programs, achieving 100% compliance across multiple locations and ensuring adherence to legal and organizational standards
- Led the automation of the processes, collaborating closely with development and business analysis teams to define and communicate requirements, resulting in streamlined operations and improved efficiency
- Devised and implemented a comprehensive internship policy to attract, engage, and convert interns into full-time employees based on performance
- Successfully partnered with an engineering college to onboard and nurture talent through structured internships
Manager - HR
LEADER IT PVT LTD
05.2021 - 12.2022
- Have handled various HR activities ranging from Business partnership, HR operations management, Payroll processing, HR generalist activities that include on-boarding, exit formalities, also being part of various HR initiatives, handling employee relations and employee welfare projects
- Have been actively involved in reframing and introducing Policies and changes including revision and implementation of policies and procedures ensuring compliance with various regulations
- Work with business stakeholders to facilitate the end-to-end HR needs for the business pertaining to Talent Management, Performance Management, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Staffing, Succession Planning, Learning, and Development
- Responsible for identifying the training needs of the employees (technical & personal development) and organizing workshops that meet business needs, quality, and budgetary requirements
- Facilitating employee communication within the Business Unit and providing a platform to raise their concerns and opinions through regular HR Meetings, Skips, and Open house meetings
- Handling entire recruitment for Leader India, devising, and executing strategies by leading the team from the front
- Worked with Stakeholders, Business Heads, Delivery Heads, Functional Heads, and Line Managers for strategic recruitment analysis and understanding the business requirements
- Develop & maintain key hiring metrics for measuring the efficiency of hiring at regular time intervals (TAT, Offer to Join Ratio, Source Utilization, Quality of Hire, Aging)
Assistant Manager
UL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (PVT) LTD
03.2014 - 08.2016
- Orchestrated a set of HR systems from scratch and proved to be the prominent entity within the industry in a short period of time
- Ensured an ongoing and proactive focus on driving change within the business, linking change management needs, communications, tools, and processes with overall business culture and change direction
- Led the building of the QMS System and used several quality management tools to design the TQMs strategies for the organization's continual improvement at and across every level
- Steered efforts as a MR in the audit process
- Conceptualized and introduced a unique student entrepreneurial program as a part of the company branding strategy to encourage students to develop entrepreneurial skills
- This campaign connected with the community and successfully built brand presence and awareness
- Strategic HR Management Partner with the business to understand the current market position and work continuously to build the company presence and brand with target demographics
- Initiate various policies like flexible work hours, employee referral, PMS, CSR policy etc
- Restructure the salary components systems
- Introduce Employee Referrals programs and achieve strategic benefits in terms of cost savings, higher-quality new hires, and improved employee engagement
- Steer the organization for ISO certification and assume the role of a management representative in the audit process
- Encourage the adoption of social media best practices as a potent tool into company culture to support the company's internal social media-related engagement projects
- Played a vital role in adopting effective processes and management strategies to align organization-wide and individual goals
Sr. Executive
ACCEL FRONTLINE LTD
08.2010 - 02.2014
- Formulated a competency matrix to assess the required skills for a project or team
- Training needs are identified by setting the organizational framework for the desired competency level for each skill area based on experience/role
- Instrumental in the development of an internal learning portal for automating the process
- Adopted an E-Learning solution and rolled out an effective training plan on E-Learning platforms
- Restructured salary components based on grade/band to further streamline the system
HR Executive
RR DONNELLEY INDIA
03.2008 - 07.2010
- Performed the role of Relationship Manager for the entire SBU (600+ employees)
- Played an imperative role in integrating HR policy across APAC regions with a focus on the region and its successful rollout to the entire business unit within the stipulated time-period
- Successfully migrated to a new performance management and development system in a single review cycle
- Efficiently managed the transition of over 600 employees (entire SBU) in a single appraisal process
HR Executive
SPERIDIAN TECHNOLOGIES (P) LTD
02.2007 - 09.2007
Senior Recruiter
MAGNA INFOTECH PVT. LTD
03.2006 - 02.2007
Staffing Specialist
VEEDAY CONSULTANTS
11.2004 - 02.2006
Education
MBA - Human Resource Management
Visvesvaraya Technological University
01.2004
Skills
- Strategic HR Planning
- Performance Management
- Employee Engagement
- Talent Acquisition Strategies
- Learning and Development
- Succession Planning and Development
- Organization Development
- Process Improvement
- HR Analytics
- Change Management
- Rewards & Benefits
Certification
- HR Analytics, CHRMP
- HRBP Advanced, CHRMP
Timeline
Senior Lead HR (Site HR)
ThinkPalm Technologies Pvt Ltd
06.2023 - Current
Manager - HR
LEADER IT PVT LTD
05.2021 - 12.2022
Assistant Manager
UL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (PVT) LTD
03.2014 - 08.2016
Sr. Executive
ACCEL FRONTLINE LTD
08.2010 - 02.2014
HR Executive
RR DONNELLEY INDIA
03.2008 - 07.2010
HR Executive
SPERIDIAN TECHNOLOGIES (P) LTD
02.2007 - 09.2007
Senior Recruiter
MAGNA INFOTECH PVT. LTD
03.2006 - 02.2007
Staffing Specialist
VEEDAY CONSULTANTS
11.2004 - 02.2006
MBA - Human Resource Management
Visvesvaraya Technological University
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