Sona S

Senior HR Manager

LS Device Pvt Ltd • Tiempo completo

Jun 2025 - Nov 2025 • 5 mos

• Led recruitment initiatives that increased headcount by 35%, enhancing organizational capacity to support a 20% revenue growth within four months ensuring a diverse talent pipeline to meet the startup’s growth needs. • Partnered with leadership to redesign job roles, optimize talent alignment, and manage workforce scalability. • Designed and managed a structured onboarding process, resulting in an 10% reduction in new hire turnover and improved time-to-productivity. • Automated the onboarding process in Zoho People app for smooth functioning. • Designed Employee Handbook and New joiner induction deck. • Revamped job roles with salary benchmarking to streamle job profiles for improved efficiency. • Developed incentive and reward models with leaders to drive desired metrics and enhance team effectiveness • Supported line managers to optimize merit and promotion budgets, ensuring an effective annual appraisal • Designed the entire Performance appraisal workflow and automated the same in Zoho People. • Developed Competency Framework for 4 levels (~80 employees) to enhance performance evaluation and hiring support. • Designed & Delivered Technical training workshops for the field sales employees. successfully addressing key knowledge gaps and enhancing employee effectiveness in their roles. • Organized Sales workshops for 80+ sales employees, offering mentorship and facilitating career discussions which boosted employee engagement and retention.

Deputy HR Manager

Mindsprint Pte Ltd • Tiempo completo

Aug 2019 - Jun 2025 • 5 yrs 10 mos

• Focal to handle performance management program for 30000+ employees globally, starting from form launch till rating upload across all regions. • Managed end to end Performance management process via Successfactor tool. • Instrumental in automating the HR case management, Ticket escalation matrix and HR dashboards across Pan India Entities of Olam and expanded the project globally. • Automated HR processes in HR chatbot and rolled out globally. • Led a Team of 8 and the CoE for Global HR Compliance Strategy, driving the development of processes, standards, and communications across the organization, resulting in cost savings and optimized headcount management. • Designed and Managed Organizational Changes, including career architecture for 1,800+ employees and the successful merger of large teams, ensuring smooth transitions and talent alignment. • Ensure an informed succession planning process is in place with the Executive team and create a leadership pipeline for key roles in the organization • Ensure alignment of people performance to business performance· Maintain appropriate relationships with the Leadership Team to discuss performance and leadership requirements and develop processes to address the same. • Driving Eureka contest (Idea generation using Crowd Sourcing), invite more improvement ideas from stakeholders, coordinating with different departments and drive them for implementation.

Senior HR Executive

Photon Infotech Pvt Ltd • Tiempo completo

Jan 2018 - Aug 2019 • 1 yr 7 mos

• Work with Account Managers, Delivery Heads & Founders to identify appropriate resource requirements for each account and project Plan Internal Movements, track Bench Utilization & actively propose pool resources for Cross Skill Training. • Maintain constant knowledge of current and upcoming projects and business development activities & plan fulfillment. • Interviewed potential hires, negotiated salaries and benefits and performed reference checks. Educated employees on company policy and kept employee handbook current. Collaborated with stakeholders across organization to maintain proper flow of communication and execution of planned initiatives and projects. • Managed HR Vendor Relationships across various service areas, including recruitment, payroll, benefits administration, and employee training, ensuring high-quality service delivery and adherence to contractual agreements • Negotiated Contracts with HR Vendors, optimizing costs and ensuring alignment with company needs while maintaining strong, collaborative relationships with service providers. • Drive engagement initiatives like – New hire Buddy/ mentoring program, Voice of Employee, Round tables and R&Rs. Partner with HRBPs to drive Career path sessions/ initiatives. Support the L&D team in conducting training needs assessment for employees across levels. . Building managerial capability for leadership. • Defining KPIs/Goals to facilitate PMS, identifying skill gaps, and facilitating learning & capability building programs. HR Operations and Change Management initiatives. Review payroll processing systems to ensure timely/accurate processing of transactions including salaries, benefits, taxes, and other deductions