Deepa Sarath

 Deepa Sarath Plot #307, P.T.P Nagar PO, Trivandrum, Kerala.38 Tel: -; Mob: -; Email:- A Management professional with progressive, proven leadership experience of over 18 years in human resources, directing both workforce-development programs and HR initiatives.Select competencies include: Core Recruitment &Talent development. Training, Induction and Employment Management,HR Policies & Procedures Development/Benefits & Compensation Coordination / Employee Relations / Employee Grievances... Succession Planning and Implementation /Team Development & Leadership /Employee Engagement Core Skills Excellentrecruitment skills with exposure in global and local recruitment within the budget, timelines and business needs . Employee induction skills and talent management. Thoughtful management of compensation and rewards. Innovative performance management, peer recognition schemes, employee engagement and leadership development programs. HR generalist with a good conceptual understanding of HR systems in IT and BPO domains: set up an HR department and implemented all the process functions, leave, administration, recruitment, induction and training. Effective at employee relations, maintainlow attrition,inculcating healthy work-culture and facilitating high employee-productivity Recognized HR project coordination skills. Ability to handle administration in a fair and firm manner with transparency in working and employee relationships. Excellent team player and good listening skills. Result oriented with strong time management skills. Certified internal Quality Auditor. Trained in work station assessment from Cardinus, UK. (www.cardinus.com) Career History Independent HR Consultant 2012 to till date. Core areas HR advisor to companies on recruitment, employee engagement and Compensation and Benefits. Conducting HR training programs for Companies and Institutions. Handbook drafting and member of sexual harassment committees. Recruitment and selection activities. Training activities for corporate. Leadership development Retention and staff well being . Subject Matter expert interviewer for Government agencies like REACH, Kerala Women’s development Commission. Flytxt Mobile Solutions Private Limited, Technopark, Trivandrum. GM HR ( March 2011 to April 2012) Flytxt is a world leader in providing mobile marketing and advertising technology and services. Flytxt’s technology and services are focused at transforming the mobile advertising business as we know it today by making mobile operators a key player in the eco-system leveraging their unique assets of unparalleled reach and subscriber data. Report to Head HR Responsibilities To maintain and develop HR policies, ensuring compliance and to contribute the development of corporate HR policies. To develop the HR team, to ensure the provision of a professional HR service to the organization.Manage a team of staff. Responsible for mentoring, guiding and developing them as a second line to the current position. To ensure timely recruitment of required level / quality of Management staff, other business lines staff, including non-billable staff with appropriate global approvals, in order tomeet business needs, focusing on Employee Retention and key Employee Identification initiatives. Provide active support in the selection of Recruitment agencies which meet the corporate standard. Ensure Corporate Branding in recruitment webs and advertisements. Develop, refine and fine-tune effective methods or tools for selection / or provide external consultants to ensure the right people with the desired level of competence are brought into the organization or arepromoted. Prepare information and input for the salary budgets. Ensure compliance to the approved salary budget; give focus on pay for performance and salary benchmarks where available.Ensure adherence to corporate guideline on salary adjustments and promotions. Coordinate increments and promotions of all staff. To develop the HR business plan. Ensure appropriate communication at all staff levels. To maintain and develop leading edge HR systems and processes to address theeffective management of people in relation to the following in order to maintain competitive advantagefor: Performance Management. Staff Induction. Reward and Recognition. Staff Retention. Management Development / Career Development. Succession Planning. Competency Building / Mapping. Compensation / Benefit programs. To recommend and ensure implementation of Strategic directions for people development within the organization. Ensure a motivational climate in the organization, including adequate opportunities for career growth and development. Administer all employee benefit programs with conjunction with the Finance and Administration department. Provide counsel and assistance to employees at all levels in accordance with thecompany's policies and procedures as well as relevant legislation. Oversee the central HR Administration - employee offer letters salary letters and employment contracts. Approve updated organizational charts on a monthly basis and maintaincomplete/accurate personnel records. Co-ordinate the design, implementation and administration of human resourcepolicies and activities to ensure the availability and effective utilization of human resources for meeting the company's objectives. Responsible for Corporate HR function. Responsible for overall centralized HR admin function , Counseling and Guidance cell - provide support to Managers in case of disciplinary issues. Independent HR Consultant , Trivandrum (Aug 2009 to March 2011) Working in the capacity of consultant and advisor to a company engaged in the business of IT solutions. Engaged by a company in Bangalore for conducting interviews for senior positions; working on key HR projects based on Global mobility, employee engagement, Performance enhancement, recruitment, Setting up HR systems and Leadership training. Independent Technology Systems (India) Private Limited (Intec) Bangalore Manager HR (Aug 2007 to Jul 2009) Intec is a leading OSS product vendor for fixed, mobile and next-generation networks (i.e. WLAN, 3G and IP), with more than 650 installations of its products worldwide in 460 customers. Founded in 1997, Intec was listed on the London Stock Exchange in June 2000. Intec is a market leader in billing, mediation, mobile service charging and activation systems. Report to Regional HR Head APAC and Director HR Intec UK, managing a staff strength of 400+. Responsibilities Head of HR for Indiaoperations. Attract, motivate, retain and support the development of the best talent in Intec. Establish process and procedures for role. Handle recruitment at all levels across the company and understand and support the specific training requirements. Target hiring for Niche skills within deadlines. Manage the expectations of business leaders in terms of right person for the job and within their budget. Responsible for aligning people, process & practices to business goals & objectives. Plan and co ordinate work activities relating to employment, compensation, benefits and employee relations. Head the global mobility for inbound and outbound assignees and staff. Administer Global projects regionally on Global leveling, Leadership development, travel safety. Employee engagement and creating an organisation culture (“Great place to work”) Statutory compliance of local laws Travel safety co-ordination for India. Participate with the global HR on bonus / salary review activities. Custodian of the Performance Review processes for Indian Operations. Attending to disciplinary and grievance issues. Vendor management activities pertaining to HR SAP activities for HR department. Value launch in India and instilling the values in all activities viz, recruitment, performance appraisalsetc Conducting Leadership training for the professional services group and also senior management in India. Achievements Successful completion of PRP process of 98% in the global level for India. Streamlined Recruitment processes. Growth strategy for the company implemented Ex-employee rehires program and referral recruitment initiatives. Target recruitment of niche skills pertaining to Intec’s Product within deadlines. SAP accuracy for Intec India. Compliance with statutory bodies Launched tax equalization activities with Deloitte for assignees Reorganized HR department in India. Help migrate the organization to be more performance driven. Successfully launched Global Leveling in India. Leadership training and value launch in India Successfully launched global leveling and global mobility in India. Maintained low rates of attrition. Maintained the HR department at zero non compliance in external and internal audits. Alamy Images India Pvt. Limited, Technopark, Trivandrum Manager HR (Apr 2004 to Aug 2007) Alamy Images (www.alamy.com) provides a one-stop shop for leading, specialist and "hard0.00mm; image brands worldwide. The company, which has been in operation since 2001 has offices in the UK, US and Asia Pacific.Alamy's image collection has doubled in size since March 2004. The increase takes the total collection to over 5 million images from over 350 agencies and 6000 photographers worldwide. Alamy India is a fully owned subsidiary of the UK office. Services from India include Back Office finance, Customer service, Picture research, Content management and technical functions. Reported to the CEO India and UK Operations head Responsibilities Coordinating with the UK Management. Drafted the recruitment policy and project definition document for recruitment in different departments in the company. Head the recruitment team that conducts and selects personnel for all recruitment in India. Providing advice and support to UK managers for better co-ordination with their teams in India. Advising and supporting managers regarding staff issues e.g. sickness, absence and contractual issues Attending to disciplinary and grievance issues. Managing employee induction and training programmes. Implementing the work station assessment training and monitoring the progress. Advising the Indian management on the selection of contractors and other vendors for the Company. Discussing issues with employees pertaining to their terms and conditions of employment. Recommending options that can be taken in a given situation and the possible repercussions to the Company. Giving advice and support in accordance with employment law and company policies / procedures. Advising managers when employees are due for probation review. Advising and conducting the performance reviews for employees in India. Advising on the travel, both in- bound and out- bound and coordinating Visa procedures for employees of the company. Point of contact with Technopark authorities for the company. Head administration related activities in the Indian office. Providing advice to new managers and employees on relocation and initial adjustments with the new change. Seeing to the general health and safety of employees. Achievements Drafted the company Handbook. Principle point of contact for senior management in UK on items that need to be agreed together. Member of the senior management in India. Successfully migrated the skills that are not available in India from the UK and set up a department for that skill. Successfully launched the HR and Administration Departments. Maintained low levels of attritions. SAE Technology, Trivandrum Manager - Operations, Kerala (Sept 2002 to Apr 2004) SAE Technology College is an Australian based international college affiliated to Middlesex University, with 42 campuses across the world and 5 campuses in India with its head office in Chennai. SAE conducts specialized programmes in Media technologies, Digital film making and Audio engineering. Reported to the CEO India and managed a staff of 20. Responsibilities Managed the Trivandrum operations including marketing, planning, scheduling, coordinating and budgeting. Coordinated with the Indian HO and Asian HQ in Singapore. Supervised staff recruitment and training for all Indian operations. Developed training manuals and best practice manuals. Managed placement and internship activities. Advised on welfare and appraisals. Achievements Selected as member of the senior management team. Received the Best Employee award from the CEO (India) within 3 months of joining SAE. Transmatics Systems Pvt. Limited, Trivandrum Manager HR (Software Division) & Head of C-DAC PACE (Nov 2000 to Sept 2002) Transmatics Systems Pvt. Limited is a company engaged in government telecom projects across India. Listed with the stock exchange had key ongoing projects with MTNL .20 offices across India for implementation and support. Key project stakes at Seychelles and Sri Lanka. Diversified into education, consulting sector and later mergered with USHUSTEC a software company based at Technopark. Reported to the CEO and Director of C-DAC PACE, managed a team of 14 in Transmatics Systems. Responsibilities Manpower planning, recruitment, induction and orientation. Training needs analysis, delivering and organizing programmes. Compensation management and administration of payroll. Performance Management and Reward Systems - both monetary and non-monetary. Nurturing fun and creativity at workplace. Statutory compliance and handling the labour issues with the company lawyers. Managed the C-DAC PACE operations in Kerala. Formulated the business strategy and HR plan for the company. Coordinated inter department meetings. Recruited and processed visa requirements for international projects. Achievements Was nominated recruiter for GE Capital services from Kerala in 1997. Championed the quality movement successfully in all assignments during my career. Helped resolve the conflicts among the C- DAC PACE centers with State in Charge (Transmatics Systems). Software Resource Consultants Inc., (USA), Trivandrum Manager - Business Development India (Aug 1998 to July 1999) SRC Inc ,a company based in Memphis, US engaged in IT consulting. Reported to the Director Business Development (USA). Responsibilities Coordinated the setting up of a business unit at Trivandrum. Documented and administered the Indian operations. Created a database for business promotion in India. Ensured compliance with H1-B process SDS InfoTech Pvt. Limited, Trivandrum Manager - Personnel and Administration (May 1996 to Aug 1998) SDS InfoTech Pvt. Limited was an application re-engineering company located at Technopark, Trivandrum. Reported to the Managing Director. Responsibilities Administration activities of day to day operations. Drafted the personnel policies and procedure document. Employee induction, benefits administration. Wage and salary administration. Involved with Performance appraisals and increments planning. Manpower planning, recruitment and welfare activities. Coordinated with the client in the US for manpower deployment. Compliance with H1-B process. Trainings/Certifications Internal Quality Auditors certifications from Total Quality Point, Chennai Nasscom seminars on HRD Dave Ulrich workshops Trained in work station assessment from Cardinus, UK. ( www.cardinus.com ) BEC certification from Cambridge. Consultant Assignments Helped set up HR functions which includes recruitment and compensation and career progression for staff for a company in semi conductor domain in Kerala. DegreeC is a company based out in US which has started its operations in Kerala. Served as advisor for a long period on honorary basis. Memberships National Institute of Personnel Management. Executive member Educational Qualifications PGDPM HRM from NIPM, Calcutta in 1996 (Project Topper). B.Com (Accounting), Kerala University in 1993 References available on request.