Surekha Jaidevaraj
HR Business Partner
Bangalore Urban District
Summary
Results-driven Human Resources Business Partner skillful in strategic planning, policy integration and performance improvements. Always pursuing ways to maximize efficiency, employee satisfaction and cost savings. Well-qualified HR leader skilled in managing employees, associates and day-to-day department operations with decisive and organized approach. Skilled leader, problem-solver and persuasive communicator with open and authoritative style.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
HR Business Partner
OMG Group Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - Current
- Designed and implemented diversity and inclusion programs to integrate diverse employees into the workforce and enhance retention
- Collaborated with leadership to assess and improve policies across board.
- Strategized and led the formation and execution of a People Transformation project to address the need for more transparency across organizations and leaders, reducing attrition by 15%
- Partner with business leaders to resolve complex employee relation issues; conduct thorough and effective investigations, keeping all cases out of litigation
Provide training related to employee relations to front-line managers - Designed Employee Relation (ER) framework in partnership with business to enable proactive employee sensing that resulted in timely intervention
- Managed full cycle of recruiting, hiring, and onboarding new employees.
- Demonstrated ability to build quick rapport and trust, manage confidentiality, and influence individuals to raise issues for resolution with management and parties
- Developed and implemented HR strategies for the assigned business groups, including performance management, succession planning, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion
Maintains knowledge of current trends in human resources management, including employment law, compensation, benefits, and training and development - Conducted exit interviews with employees leaving company to gauge areas of success and opportunities for improvement
Resolved understaffing issues, disputes, employee terminations, and disciplinary procedures
HR Executive
Vibgyor Group of Schools
Bangalore
05.2019 - 09.2020
- Recruitment (sourcing) for the project team, arranging for technical panels and coordinating at all levels of interviews, on boarding & exit process, payroll management, preparing and maintaining various reports like tracker sheet, attendance sheet, employee engagement programs etc
- Managed a team of 200+ employees
- Researched and analyzed human resources trends and best practices and drove corporate policy changes to optimize business performance
- Developed and executed HR policies and programs, workforce and job development, recruitment and hiring, compensation and benefits and employee and labor relations to build staff-focused human resources office culture
- Built human resource organization and aligned people and culture with corporate strategic priorities and operations.
- Maintained human resources regulatory compliance with local, state and federal laws.
HR Executive
SideBySide Agency
10.2017 - 04.2019
- Spearheaded end-to-end HR process from recruitment, on boarding, HRIS management, attendance & leave, payroll management, statutory compliances, exit formalities, full & final settlement of employees for various IT & non IT clients
- Maintained human resources regulatory compliance with local, state and federal laws.
- Interviewed potential hires, negotiated salaries and benefits and performed reference checks.
- Developed and executed HR policies and programs, workforce and job development, recruitment and hiring, compensation and benefits and employee and labor relations to build staff-focused human resources office culture.
- Educated employees on company policy and kept employee handbook current.
- Coordinated and engaged with leadership in planning and organizing calendars, events and activities.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
St. Joseph's College of Commerce
01.2012 - 01.2015
Master of Business Administration - HR & Finance
Presidency College
01.2015 - 01.2017
Skills
Employee RetentionTeam ManagementEmployee RelationsHRISPerformance ManagementAttrition management by active engagementRetention council and instrumental in resignation
Optimizing performance
Personnel recruitment
Payroll coordination
Labor negotiations
Workforce improvements
Timeline
HR Business Partner
OMG Group Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - Current
HR Executive
Vibgyor Group of Schools
05.2019 - 09.2020
HR Executive
SideBySide Agency
10.2017 - 04.2019
Master of Business Administration - HR & Finance
Presidency College
01.2015 - 01.2017
Bachelor of Commerce -
St. Joseph's College of Commerce
01.2012 - 01.2015