S SOUNDARAPANDIAN

S SOUNDARAPANDIAN

Mobile: 96003 88119 l EMail: sspandian67@gmail.com

Human Resource Management l Organizational DevelopmentHR Generalist with 26 years of rich experience and expertise in People Management and Organizational Development.Core Competencies include:

Change Management Workforce Relations and Risk

Employee Engagement Learning and Development

Performance Management Corporate Sustainability

Professional HighlightsChange Management

Have the experience of using various OD interventions for bringing about desired changes at various levels leading to better business results.

Optimized jobs across a Strategic Business Unit for bringing performance accountabilities and cost savings by reducing resources.

Put in place frameworks and practices for better communication and trust between Union & Management. This has introduced continuous Leadership Council Meetings / Employee Communication Forums / Line HR activities / Grievance Handling Committees. Effectively introduced TPM tools and platforms for productivity improvements schemes across organization

Workforce Relations and Risk ManagementHave signed more than 15 wage settlements across career and have handled various industrial unrest situations like, strike, lockouts & closure. In the current organization, in the recent past, by on time execution of the strategies, achieved remarkable improvement in productivity and discipline by signing a TPM way of working wage settlement & yet another one with unique annual increment concept. Successfully closed manufacturing facilities at Aurangabad and Jigani near Bangalore.

Handled month long labor unrest and settled in favor of organization at West Bengal in the current organization. Wide exposure in handling labour cases with various authorities like Labour Court, Tribunals, High Court etc in consultation with attorneys.

Brought out various developmental initiatives to ensure smooth and amicable industrial relations scenario, productivity improvement, and better discipline. Put in place a Flexi Lab our Management system to ensure better retention through regular training programs, Welfare activities etc.

Have established and maintained liaison with Factory Inspectorate, Labour dept. officials and with external trade union leaders apart from wide networking with professional forums.Learning & Development

Have handled Training & Development initiatives for bringing out specific results Improvement in Productivity, Discipline Management, ensuring multi skilled workforce and ISO / OHSAS activities. Ensured appropriate systems are in place for need Identification process, execution methodologies and evaluation procedures Constant reviewing of E & T pillar in TPM across plants. Put in place a 1 year Development Program as a part of the career enhancement plan for Supervisors. Implemented a career progression policy for workmen Employee Engagement Worked on Employee Engagement based on CLCs model for Engagement- Continuously surveyed employee perceptions towards Job, Team, Manager and Organization and worked on action plans to improve scores. Revamped the suggestion scheme and small group activities for active involvement in (CUFEST) and external competitions. Team member of the Engagement Study project and responsible for improvement in Engagement Scores in the units. Introduced Family Connect a strategic quarterly activity to build belongingness with the organization.Performance Management

Part of the Calibration Team for Performance Appraisals and Annual Compensation Revisions of the SBU which has 400 Management staff.

Panel member for HiPo Identification which is based on the Judgment, Drive, Influence model. Individual Development Plans were created for HiPos.

Co-created a HR Manual for a Green field project.

Introduced an Hi-Po identification system as a part of Performance Appraisal process for elevating unionized workmen Corporate Sustainability Started a Center for Skill Development which looks at developing medium skilled workforce by providing learning opportunity for the deprived from rural background. This model, after its successful implementation and sustenance for more than three learning cycles, now getting replicated across the Country. This program was honored by World HRD Congress as Best Program for the Cause of Learning in 2013. Adopted villages and Schools in Hosur and Chennai for structured and need-based community development drives.

Implementation of an online Compliance Management System for ensuring and monitoring compliances across Units, Subsidiaries and Joint Venutres.

Experience ChronologyS. NoName of the OrganizationPositionDuration

1Carborundum Universal LtdGM -HRSep 09 to till date

2AVTEC (Formerly HML)Divisional Manager ERMay 99 Sep 09

3Samco Metals & Alloys Ltd.Manager HRDJan 98 May 99

4Maxworth Homes LtdManager HR

Feb 96 Jan 98

5Sundaram Brake Linings Ltd. ( TVS)Personnel OfficerDec 94 Feb 96

6Saketh India Ltd.Sr. Personnel OfficerOct 93 Dec 94

7Renowned Auto Products MfrsPersonnel OfficerOct 89 Oct 93

EDUCATION

M.S.W (PM) from Madurai Institute of Social Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University - 1989 B.A (Sociology) from Madura College, Madurai Kamaraj University 1987 CompensationC T C: 25 lakhs / p.a.

Personal DataAge & Date of Birth : 47, 19th July 1967

Marital Status

: MarriedAddress

: 518, 10th A Cross, 29th Main, I sector, H S R Layout,

Bangalore 560 102