Qatar
Kirti is a results focused HR professional with a broad exposure within multiple verticals of HR . With over 15 years of international experience with leading organizations in India and the Middle East , Kirti has engaged with senior HR Professionals and business leaders enabling business strategy through custom designed HR solutions. Her broad international experience across HR covers Rewards, Compensation, Generalist HR, Learning & Development, Policies and Procedures, Performance Management, Organization Design, Manpower Planning, Organization Effectiveness , Talent Management, Employee Recognition and HR Projects. With a consultative management style and strong business acumen, Kirti has been successful in institutionalizing HR strategy, programs and practices in culturally diverse global organizations such as KPMG, Standard Chartered Bank, Dr. Reddy's, Oracle Corporation and Sidra. Kirti is a Post Graduate in Management, a certified Global Remuneration Professional, certified KornFerry Hay Job Evaluator, and a strategic workforce planner from professional bodies in the US.
Located in Doha, the capital of Qatar, Sidra Medical and Research Center is a state-of-the-art facility that will focus primarily on women’s and children’s healthcare. It encompasses three essential missions: World-Class Patient Care, Medical Education and Biomedical Research Key Achievements: • Business Process Owner for HR for the implementation of Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, implementation in a short time frame of 8 months • Manage the migration of employees to a new rewards framework utilizing change management principles. • Design of an integrated incentive scheme, including short term and long term incentives. • Development of all compensation and benefits related policies and procedures. • Transition of employee from various associated entities to Sidra. • Implementation of novel benefit programs furthering attraction from target markets. • Design of various tools for compensation calculation and contract generation. Key Responsibilities: • Contribute the design of Rewards Strategy • Design of job family wise salary structure based on salary survey data, performance bonus and incentives plan, long term incentives plan and benefit programs for employees • Job evaluation using Aon Hewitt JobLink methodology. • Project Management and implementation of approved reward program. • Development of proposal for annual pay review. • Review and formulation of compensation policies and procedures. • Review and formulation of processes for automation and efficiency enhancement. • Manage inter departmental interactions and vendor relationships. • Mentorship of team including specialists, analysts and graduate associates.
From 2009 until March 2015, undertook several consulting assignments for leading organizations in India and Qatar through various reputed consulting organizations. Notable clients are Ooredoo Group, Supreme Council for Delivery and Legacy, Qatar Investment Authority, Unicef, SC Johnson, Vodafone, Philips, Siemens and Britannia . Key Achievements: • Design of a job evaluation methodology for a large FMCG client. • Formulation of HR Strategy and Roadmap for a high profile government organization. • Set up of Compensation and Rewards function for a government project. • Formulation of policies and procedures for a government project. • Preparation of manpower plans and budgets for a government organization. • Content development for several development programs including service excellence, HR Business Partner, Performance Management, Communication. • Audit of HR practices for an entertainment company. • Acquisition of key clients.
Position held Specialist - Human Resources Key Achievements • Design of Performance Management & Compensation programs. • Formulation of HR Policies & Procedures. • Spearheading the annual review exercise with departments to prepare manpower plans for presentation to the Ministry of Finance. • Recommendation for improving employee productivity and organization design (OD) based on Employee Productivity Analysis. • Action planning for all internal and external audit observations to streamline processes.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company with over 2 Billion dollars in revenues and 20000 employees worldwide. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of pharmaceuticals in India and overseas. The company has over 190 medications, 60 active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for drug manufacture, diagnostic kits, critical care, and biotechnology products. Positions held: Jan 05- Oct 07: Manager Compensation & Benefits Oct 07 - Aug 08: Senior Manager International HR Operations, Senior Manager - Learning & Development. Key Achievements: • Design and implementation of C&B strategy, merit increases and annual performance bonus plans • Recommendation of annual merit increases based on market survey results • Management of compensation and benefits processes including offer management, promotions and salary reviews for all business units within SLAs • Preparation of annual manpower plans based on robust productivity assumptions recommended in collaboration with Finance • Design & implementation of industry level Leadership Development Programs with 7 participating organizations • Recommendation to improve HR processes in manufacturing locations based on Internal Audit results • Manage all HR processes for business operations in India, GCC, South-east Asia, Central & Eastern Europe & South Africa • Implementation of employee engagement surveys and initiatives leading to a “top 5” position in “Best Places to Work for” during my tenure • HR due-diligence for acquisition efforts in Germany and South Africa leading o successful bid for Betapharm, Germany • Mentorship of team including managers and officers