Sohil Hemnani
MBA (HR), B.Tech.
Certified Life Coach
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Bengaluru, India
linkedin.com/in/sohilhemnani
Summary6.5 years of corporate experience in HR with Aditya Birla Group with an expertise in
Organization Design, Workforce Planning & Budgeting and Employee Engagement
MBA in HR from MDI, Gurgaon and a Certified Life Coach from Coaches Alliance
Took a career break in Nov 2017 to volunteer, travel, write, and explore parallel paths
Experience Career Break, Nov 2017 – present
Completed ‘Life Coach’ certification with Coaches Alliance. On path for ICF credential
Volunteer & Mentor with Make-A-Difference working with shelter home children
Volunteer with Senior Citizen’s Forum (Nitya Kshemam) for digital services
Referee at Sports Events (badminton, football, cricket) for corporate and schools
Undertook ‘Elementary Pilot’ level course for Paragliding with APPI accreditation
Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail (Madura Fashion & Lifestyle), Jun 2011 – Oct 2017
(India’s leading apparel retail organization with revenues of Rs. 6000 Cr.)
Head - Organization Effectiveness (Group Manager – HR) - Feb 2017 – Oct 2017
Define & drive organization culture, leading change management and interventions, organization effectiveness and development (OD/OE)
HR Business Partner - Aug 2012 – Feb 2017
Dotted reporting to Business COOs; employee span – 500+. People agenda at strategic & operational level - organization design, workforce planning, talent management, people manager coaching, talent engagement, HR policy and process review, C&B cycle management, performance management system (PMS)
Joined as Business Management Trainee (Jun 2011 – Jul 2012) in MFL’s Young Talent Program with stints across Business Operations, Sales HR, Organization Effectiveness and Talent Acquisition
Highlights & Achievements
HR Lead for e-commerce setup focusing on organization design and capability planning. From 2012 until 2016, built HR practices and systems to ramp the team from 2 to 140+ employees along with the Business Head, a challenge in a traditional retail organization, through critical stakeholder management, manpower planning, talent acquisition and management
Anchored Workforce Budgeting & Planning to help business achieve revenue sales and profitability - business units consistently delivered 20% year-on-year growth in revenues while realizing savings on overheads and improvement in per person productivity
Further received appreciation from CHRO for Retail Workforce Planning – creation of a benchmark process leading to annual cost savings of Rs. 2 Crs
Optimized the sourcing organization structure and enabled the creation of Strategic Sourcing Cell leading to savings of Rs 70L, which helped fund critical growth opportunities
Conceptualized, developed & executed HR One-one-One framework which, not only helped business track employee issues and grievances closely, but also provide a vulnerability index of the unit - led to a dip in attrition of key talent by 10%
Designed & developed multiple talent management and engagement initiatives
Steered the exercise of talent profiling and calibration using the ‘9-Box Talent Grid’ with the objective of identifying talent pipeline in the organization and developing clear succession plans
Revamped recognition framework and launched online tool enhancing the appreciation culture
Refined onboarding by introducing ‘wow’ experiences and enabling technology - increased the new joiner feedback score by 7%
EducationPost Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, MDI, Gurgaon, 2009-11
Cultural Secretary, Student’s Council, (Sanskriti) – leading a 50 people team for events and interest groups. Editor, Corporate Communications Cell
B.Tech. (Information & Communication Tech.), DA-IICT, Gandhinagar, 2004-08
Engineering Internship: Infogain India, Noida - Received a Pre-placement Offer
Other Interests Organized, participated & won accolades in various sports in college & corporate; PADI® Certified Open Water Scuba Diver; adventure sports, trekking and cycling enthusiast
