Richa Kale (GRP)

Experience

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  Business Access India

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2003

  Associate Consultant
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  Medusind

  Oct 2003 - Oct 2004

  Executive HR

  HR Generalist Role : Performance Management, Managing Annual Increments, Performance Bonus Payouts, Payroll Inputs, Personnel File Management, Recruitment, Induction, Employee Engagement Activities & Grievance Handling.Special Project : Launch of the Corporate Website - Independently managed the development of the Corporate Website - liasing with the vendor, content creation, inputs for creatives and design of the website.s

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  IBM Daksh

  Nov 2004 - May 2007

  Assistant Manager Human Resources

  Managing the ER function for the Pune BU : Employee Communication: Drive employee communication through pulse meetings, Focus Group Discussions, One-o-one meetings, counselling sessions.Run mailer campaigns to increase awareness of policies and organizational updates.Grievance Handling :Drive timely closure of employee grievancesMonitor and track grievances and do appropriate esclations as per processEmployee Engagement:Drive ER initiatives, activities to facilitate employee engagement.Plan and Execute key events such as Family Engagement Programs, Townhalls, Annual Day.Retention:Conduct Retention meetings and exit interviews.Employee Development :Conduct small developmental / motivational programs for employees. Employee Growth : Facilitate employee growth through Internal Job Posting process.Employee Welfare:Initiate and sustain meaningful employee welfare initiatives such as Medical facilities, Counsellor,Helpdesks, Health Camps, Hospitalization Insurance. Show less

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  Zensar Technologies Ltd

  Jun 2007 - Dec 2008

  Associate Manager Human Resources

  Compensation & Benefits :HR Policy & Process Monitoring & streamlining, Policy & Process Awareness Sessions, Policy Certifications of HR Team members, Facilitating Policy Review process, Regular Updation of Policy Manual , Compensation Rationalization, Median Analysis, End to end Implementation of Annual Increments process, Annual Performance Linked Bonus payouts, End to end implementation Anniversary Increment ProcessManaging other offcycle compensation revisions, Mapping of Compensation Bands Employee Relations: Employee Engagement, Grievance Handling, Attrition Management, Process Compliances, Scorecard Reporting to Corporate HR on monthly basis, Performance Management, Managing Key Initiatives :Critical Talent, Redeployment, Onboarding & Induction, Early Warning System, Training Analysis & Monitoring for the BU, Team Management Show less

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  John Deere India Private Limited

  Jan 2009 - Apr 2012

  Manager Compensation & Benefits

  Responsibilties in the area of compensation and benefits covering all units of John Deere in India, as a regional specialist. Ensuring alignment to global John Deere compensation philosophy and guidelines in all units in India. Reviewing market alignment of salary structures and benefit plans. Plan and implement custom market benchmarking through services of external consultants. Participation in other compensation surveys. Perform in-depth analysis of survey data to support development of compensation & benefit plan proposals to country leadership. Plan and execute annual compensation - performance linked increases. Organizaton wide roll-out of variable payouts. Show less

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  Encore Capital Group

  Apr 2012 - Dec 2018

  Leading the Human Resources Business Partner function at Encore. Key areas of responsibilities include : HR process management & statutory compliance: Drive adherence to HR processes and ensure health of HRIS systems and data, Onboarding and assimilation of new employees. Drive retention with focused interventions for high potential talent and diverse talent.Employee Engagement: Facilitate forums and interventions to gather employee feedback, and encourage participation in initiatives, lead critical organization wide engagement events like annual townhalls, deploy employee engagement survey and drive rigor around action planning.Performance Management : Drive effective performance management processes including Goal setting, mid year reviews, year end reviews, Performance improvement plans. Facilitate training and timely communication to ensure understanding of processes and adherence to performance management philosophy.Managerial and leadership effectiveness by providing consistent feedback, facilitate conflict resolutions, partner with business to identify development opportunities and liason with L&D / OD teams to deliver training / development solutions to the business. Communication and awareness: Communicate critical organization wide messages, facilitate feedback forums and drive awareness of important initiatives. Change Management: Support important organizational changes by assessing people impact of changes and mobilizing positive employee sentiment to embrace change. Strategic Partnership : Be intellectually engaged in the core business decision making and enable creative solutioning of complex business problems.Diversity and Inclusion : Lead the D&I agenda at Encore by creating a roadmap with clear leadership sponsorship for identified goals. Drive organization wide change to become an intentionally inclusive organization, where diverse talent is embraced into the mainstream. Show less

  • HR Business Partner, India Operations

    May 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Assistant Vice President, India Operations

    Mar 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Assistant Vice President, Human Resources

    Aug 2014 - Feb 2016

  • Assistant Vice President, Compensation and Benefits

    Apr 2012 - Sept 2014
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  EGON ZEHNDER INFORMATION AND RESEARCH SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

  Jan 2019 - now

  Head HR, Knowledge Center India & Global HRBP, Digital Teams

  Leading the People and Culture agenda at the Firm including, Talent Acquisition, Performance Management and Org Effectiveness, Learning & Development, Compliances, Total Rewards, Employee Engagement, HRIS, payroll and HR Operations. Strategic HR Partner for Global Digital and Tech talent encompassing global location strategy and manpower planning, Talent Management and Succession Planning, L&D, Performance Management, and Total Rewards management.