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VANDANA NAYAR

Bangalore

Summary

Organizational Development Manager dedicated to partnering with leadership team to create a employee driven, productive and growth centric work culture.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Organizational Development Lead

Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2021 - Current

Organizational Development

  • Drive, integrate and implement OD initiatives within Oracle Tech Cloud Sales, India in alignment with Oracle JAPAC business strategy.
  • Design and deliver change management initiatives which foster high-performance culture, with vision to uphold values of continuous learning and people development.
  • Sales performance improvement by diagnosis, process/system reviews to understand barriers and engineer solutions.
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders and eco-system partners to ensure strategies are implemented effectively.
  • Develop internal coaching, mentoring programs to enhance productivity and collaboration, team effectiveness.

Learning & Development

  • Engage with JAPAC HQ for delivery of sales enablement programs appropriate and relevant to development needs of teams.
  • Monitor utilization of learning opportunities available to resources, track success by capturing stakeholder perceptions leading to higher productivity, customer satisfaction, improved engagement metrics and retention.
  • Design and develop internal communication channels to ensure effective communication and consultation processes and to build employee engagement.

People & Culture

  • Build a sustainable workplace culture aligned with Oracle's Values of Integrity, Mutual Respect. Excellence, Teamwork. Fairness. Open Communication and Compliance.
  • Lead New-Hire Onboarding Program for new hires joining from locations across India.
  • Identify employee sentiments and create opportunities to improve engagement through cross-collaboration and synergies in REMOTE/HYBRID work environment.

Employee Engagement

  • Conduct internal surveys. develop strategies based on review results to strengthen employee engagement.
  • Facilitate career discussions with Managers every quarter and develop IDP aligned with goals and aspirations of employee.

Head - HR & Operations

Bharat Thakur Artistic Yoga Pvt. Ltd.
04.2012 - 08.2019
  • Lead HR & Operations encompassing Talent Management, Performance Management, Employee Policy Design, Compensation and Benefits, Training & Development.
  • Centre Head - Bangalore for 3 years responsible for revenue operations.
  • Client Retention Manager for global customer base spanning India, UAE.
  • Lead L&D initiatives for 6 months residential training program.
  • Lead talent acquisition and resource management for global open positions including international deployments.
  • Lead Inbound sales operations and media campaigns to promote sales.

Group Manager - Talent Management

HCL Technologies Ltd.
08.1997 - 03.2012
  • Talent Acquisition for all open positions in Capital Market Services LOB based in Bangalore
  • Led 7 member team offering mentorship and guidance to achieve targets.
  • Leadership hiring for Mid-level Consulting positions
  • Developed strategies for active candidate pipeline
  • Managed large scale bulk hiring off-campus events implementing same-day offer rollout.
  • Used sophisticated ATS applicant tracking systems
  • Vendor management, including empanelment of third party agencies and RPOs.
  • Established strong stakeholder relationships with BU head, Delivery Managers and Hiring managers.
  • Set aggressive targets to ensure targets are met, missing deadline means loss of revenue, meeting SLA is success.

Education

PG Diploma - International Marketing & Advertising

Mysore University
Mysore, Karnataka
08.2007

Bachelor of Arts - Literature, Journalism, Psychology

Mount Caramel College
Bangalore, India
05.1997

Skills

  • Effective communication
  • Coaching/Mentoring
  • Program Management
  • Leadership Development
  • Business Acumen
  • Organizational Development

Certification

Senior Certified Professional Coach

Coach Transformation Academy, Dubai UAE

(ICF Accredited Curriculum)

Timeline

Organizational Development Lead

Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.
12.2021 - Current

Head - HR & Operations

Bharat Thakur Artistic Yoga Pvt. Ltd.
04.2012 - 08.2019

Group Manager - Talent Management

HCL Technologies Ltd.
08.1997 - 03.2012

PG Diploma - International Marketing & Advertising

Mysore University

Bachelor of Arts - Literature, Journalism, Psychology

Mount Caramel College

Accomplishments

  • Implemented OD initiatives in remote working environment during pandemic by capitalizing on digital transformation opportunities.
  • Published 14 editions of Employee Newsletter at Oracle.
  • Bangalore Centre was consistently profitable even when market conditions were adverse.
  • Awarded Super Star for 2 consecutive years at HCL, one amongst top 5% outstanding achievers organization wide.
  • Awarded 2 promotions in a span of 5 years during my stint with HCL Technologies.
VANDANA NAYAR