Tapas Chakrabarti
Human Resources Business Partner
BANGALORE,Karnataka
Summary
Dynamic and results-oriented HR professional with extensive expertise in designing and implementing strategic initiatives to attract, develop, and retain top talent. Known for building high-performing teams, driving organizational growth, and fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head of Section - Senior Manager HR
Kia Motors
Penukonda
10.2024 - Current
- Managing the HRBP section for Plant location comprising of 1900 Onroll (Office Team Members & Line Team Members) and 2000 Offroll (contractual,NEEM & NAPS trainees)
- Implemented and launched the Great Place to Work survey and People Pulse survey to understand employee sentiments.
- Worked on creating the departmental business plans (Plan S) for the HRBP section
- Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity to setup and enhance the HRBP section
- Established strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring long-term partnerships and repeat business.
- Conducted periodic townhall representing HR & Admin section to ensure communication of management strategy to the last mile.
General Manager HR
Zetwerk Manufacturing
08.2022 - Current
- BWorking as HRBP leading EPC (Railways, Water, General Fabrication) and Defense Business Units for a manufacturing unicorn, handling end to end employee lifecycle of 800 on roll and 1000 off roll employees
- Organization design - Work closely with department heads on team structure
- Ensure manpower deployment as per business direction and as per new and existing projects
- Redeploy surplus manpower and optimize current team structures
- Ensure alignment of headcount and manpower cost as per AOP targets
- Performance Management - Ensure finalization and communication of OKRs for each business units
- Drive the i yearly performance review cycles, support business with finalization of performance ratings, increment, promotion and salary correction inputs
- PIP closures as per performance outcomes
- Manpower Productivity – Monthly and quarterly tracking of performance as per ZMAP productivity metrics focusing of technical and behavioral competencies of the Project Managers
- Reward and recognize top performing projects in quarterly and annual townhalls
- Remedial actions against lagging project managers
- Talent Acquisition - Work with the TA team in closing open requirements as per project plan and lifecycle
- Ensure hiring is as per AOP plan and ensure adherence to sanctioned org structure
- Provide position details - JRF, applicable job and pay band
- Conduct final HR interview and support in preparing offer proposals based on internal pay parity and market benchmarks
- Strategic Projects – Working on creating org wide program on engineer’s club for core engineering talent across the company, create talent pools based on assessment development centers and create specific talent initiatives as per the talent segments to drive critical business agenda and ring fence key talent
- Capability Building – Completion of training needs assessment of the business units focusing on the learning agenda and initiatives, work with vendor partners and L&D team for adherence to the learning calendar
- Ensure timely completion of key course contents on LMS
- Employee Engagement - Drive engagement intervention for corporate and remote locations, ensure action planning against GPTW survey feedback of last year and deploy key interventions at Business level
- Conduct monthly townhall across the BUs, work on monthly and quarterly R&R
- Awarded Super Hero performer of the quarter award for impactful cross functional projects and exceptional HR partnering role in ZETWERK for Q3 2022
- Awarded Super Hero performer of the quarter award for impactful cross functional projects and exceptional HR partnering role in ZETWERK for Q2 2023
Senior Manager HR
Reliance Retail Limited (Ajio.com)
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Worked as Sr. HRBP handling end to end employee lifecycle of 540 employees
- Manpower management – Ensured alignment of manpower deployment as per strategic plan and maintained Pay band and parity of all roles across the organization as per compensation benchmarks as relevant across critical roles
- Talent Acquisition - Worked with the talent acquisition team in closing open requirements
- Supported recruitment process interview matrix to close positions and bring innovative practices to improve efficiency & quality of hire
- Conducted final HR interview and supported in preparing offer proposals based on internal parity and market benchmarks
- Performance Management - Ensured closure of Goals & Objectives within stipulated timelines
- Drove mid-year and annual performance review discussions and process
- Helped prepare final performance ratings, increment, promotion and salary correction inputs
- Talent Management – Tracked internal movement, collaborated with HRBPs for all internal movements against open positions
- Worked on identifying critical roles and successors for leadership positions and other key roles across the business
- Reviewed periodically to lower attrition and increase top talent retention across all target groups, work towards retaining employees in critical roles
- Brought about rigor in exit interview process
- Employee Grievances - Proactively connected and resolved employee grievances and ensured timely resolution and appropriate HR service delivery by the team
- Onboarding & induction including leadership onboarding - ensured all new joiners are inducted and onboarding feedback monitored on an ongoing basis
- Ensure milestone connects with new joiners
- Learning & Development - Worked on learning initiatives across teams
- Drove mandatory courses across the business
- Collaborated with L&D team to carry out periodic TNA and delivery of learning interventions
Manager HR
Landmark Group (SPAR Hypermarkets)
11.2020 - 03.2022
- Worked as corporate HRBP handling end to end lifecycle of entire corporate and regional level employees (200 Headcount approx.)
- Handled Performance Management process for all employees (corporate, regions and stores) of the organization (1600 Headcount approx.)
- Worked on talent management initiatives for the organization i.e., conducting talent assessment, managing talent grid, conduct talent review with function heads and career conversations with key talent, managing talent pools, implementing succession plans and identifying and retaining Hi Potentials
- Conducted People Pulse survey across the organization and drove focus group discussions on dissemination of survey results and creation of action plans, quarterly review of the action plans with teams and senior leadership
- Worked on various Capability building programs across the organization, understand the training needs of the employees and organizational focus areas regarding learning initiatives, work with vendor partners to adhere to the learning calendar
- Ensured smooth exit processes, preparing and presenting exit analysis and conduct exit interviews and retention discussions
- Worked on incorporating HR excellence across employee lifecycle by streamlining and documenting policies and processes, job descriptions and organogram
- Awarded performer of the quarter award for exceptional business partnering role in SPAR for Q1 2021
Deputy Manager HR
IRCON International Limited (Indian Railways PSU)
11.2018 - 10.2020
- Worked on running end to end Performance Management process and handling of Annual Performance Reports of all concerned employees of the organization and liaising with leadership and Railway Board
- Worked on various Performance management systems of the organization and of Ministry of Railways
- Worked on Competency Mapping of skills and proficiency levels for the employees and creating and managing the skill repository and conduct development center and individual development plans
- Involved in PMS policy documentation for People Capability Maturity Model ( PCMM ) ML2 certification
- Worked on as is process mapping for HR function of the organization for implementation of SAP HCM (S4/HANA)
Senior Executive HR
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2015 - 11.2018
- Worked on performance management and competency mapping with HR Transformation and Consulting COE Team
- Worked as a functional consultant and SME on process consulting requirements of the organization
- Involved in project managing the career architecture program, implementing performance improvement plan, year-end appraisal and promotion processes with various stakeholders for global launch of the same
- Involved in design and implementation of HR processes via systems across the organization
- Awarded for delivery excellence and seamless program management of competency mapping project in Cognizant for Q2 2015
- Annual Award for Best Team – 2016 awarded for outstanding cross functional teamwork
Assistant Manager
UCO Bank
04.2012 - 06.2013
- Worked as an Officer in MIS cell of UCO Bank’s Department of Information Technology
- Was actively involved in development and maintenance of MIS applications hoisted in the Bank’s websites
- Development of various online reports as requested by top management and deploying them on MIS servers
- Involved in developing and deploying in house applications for Human Resource department via the banks portals eliminating the need for out sourced vendors
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2010 - 04.2012
- Worked as Programmer Analyst with Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Was working with a prominent BFSI account as a software Developer
- Was actively involved in development and maintenance of the client’s Workstation
- Awarded Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding performance and contribution to the BFS Vertical
- Awarded Certificate of Appreciation for being First Runner up in Ascend Technical competition by Cognizant Technology Solutions
Education
MBA - HR
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneshwar
01.2013 - 01.2015
BTech - CSE
Institute of Technology And Marine Engineering
Kolkata, WBUT 01.2006 - 01.2010
XII - CBSE
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Deoghar
Deoghar, Jharkhand 01.2003 - 01.2005
X - CBSE
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Deoghar
Deoghar, Jharkhand 01.1997 - 01.2003
Skills
- HR Business partnering
- Stakeholder Management
- HR Transformation
- Strategic planning
- Talent development
- Succession Planning
- Performance Management
Certification
AON Hewitt Certified HR M&A Professional
Extracurricularachievements
Member Student Placement Committee at XIMB
Timeline
Head of Section - Senior Manager HR
Kia Motors
10.2024 - Current
General Manager HR
Zetwerk Manufacturing
08.2022 - Current
Senior Manager HR
Reliance Retail Limited (Ajio.com)
03.2022 - 08.2022
Manager HR
Landmark Group (SPAR Hypermarkets)
11.2020 - 03.2022
Deputy Manager HR
IRCON International Limited (Indian Railways PSU)
11.2018 - 10.2020
Senior Executive HR
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2015 - 11.2018
MBA - HR
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneshwar
01.2013 - 01.2015
Assistant Manager
UCO Bank
04.2012 - 06.2013
Programmer Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2010 - 04.2012
BTech - CSE
Institute of Technology And Marine Engineering
01.2006 - 01.2010
XII - CBSE
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Deoghar
01.2003 - 01.2005
X - CBSE
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Deoghar
01.1997 - 01.2003
AON Hewitt Certified HR M&A Professional
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