Aravind Kumar Mallada

Ascended to take on additional responsibility of setting up and leading HR ACES (People Tech and Tools) Organization in India Operations apart from Heading HR for India AMZL Operations to improve employee experience and HR Team efficiency. Launched Amazon North America People Tech tools and programs in IN Operations as part of Global Tech and program parity plan

Role: HR Leader India Fulfilment Center Network Recruited in a PAN India HR Leadership role in a high-growth, agile organization to scale Fulfillment Centre Operations foot print in India and drive Amazon towards being the world leader in customer centricity.

As part of the plan to integrate PepsiCo Beverages Sales and Distribution system with that of Foods business implemented the people strategy, manpower planning & implementation plans in alignment with global guidelines and PepsiCo values and policies for the transformation of India Region Power of One (PO1) Sales organization. Coached business/ HR team members to drive effective Change Management for the PO1 Sales team.

Elevated to a new pan India role to lead HR for PepsiCo’s Company Owned Bottling Operations Sales Units in the Country. Developed and executed a comprehensive learning and talent development strategy and programs; developed and implemented employee engagement initiatives; and drove diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Assessed the Organization’s current talent pool and future talent requirements and strategically developed the workforce that met the Business and People related goals.

• Organisation design and Strategic Workforce Planning: Partnered Business in development of the organization structure and roles, manpower planning and execution of the plans for COBO Sales -India Beverages Organization when the organization transitioned into function-based structure • Strategic Planning and Execution: Leveraged Franklin covey’s 4 Disciplines of Execution (4 Dx) frame work to step up the execution Capability of Sales employees at all the 7 Sales Units in COBO Sales in India Beverages. Executive Alignment: Engaged leaders at all levels by facilitating Wildly Important Goals review calls every week which has enabled in improving the performance of sales team members in the country. • Attrition Control: Reduced attrition of Sales frontline ( Customer executives) to 18% in 2014 ,the lowest ever compared to the previous 5 years through 360 degree engagement initiatives. • Awards & Recognition: Applauded with CEO (Collaborate, Execute and Own) award by the PepsiCo CEO for the outstanding work in driving 4Dx agenda at COBO Sales Units

Role: Developed and implemented a comprehensive enterprise-wide diversity, inclusion and engagement strategy for Sales Units and Plants in Peninsular Market (South & West Regions in India Beverages). Built a roadmap to deploy programs to provide learning and leadership development opportunities as well as increase the number of women employees at the Sales Units and plants. • Diversity & Inclusion: Planned and executed a comprehensive Diversity and Inclusion charter for Peninsular Market Unit that enabled in increasing women employee head count at the 10 Plants and 5 Sales Units compared to that of previous year. • Infrastructure Setup: Created basic infra at all these work locations including installation of pre-fabricated washrooms for women employees at the Distributor points which did not have basic wash room facilities. • Inclusion work culture: Organized D&I sensitization workshops for all the employees at 5 Sales Units and 10 plants to train employees to demonstrate inclusive behaviours which has enabled in building a safe and an inclusive work environment which has enabled in increasing the retention of women employees in the organization. • Leadership Development: Developed Leadership capability of People Managers at Sales Units and Plants by coaching HR Team members in facilitating Building Bridges sessions of People Managers.

• Strategic Planning and Execution – Partnered Business in designing & executing long term and Annual Operating Business and HR plan which has enabled South Market Unit. • Employee Engagement: Led efforts to promote employee engagement through 360 degree engagement initiatives to achieve highest ever employee satisfaction scores for the South Market Unit. • Capability Building: Developed the functional and Leadership competencies of Executives and Assistant Managers, Managers, General Managers in the Plant and Sales Unit employees. Designed and organized Development centres and training programs in partnership with the Business leaders and L&D team. Played a key role in building people capabilities by leveraging PepsiCo’s 70/20/10 learning model. • Leadership Development: Achieved 100% capability building engagement & improvement through Innovative & digitized empowered learning initiative for employees branded as LearnSmart. • ER and Productivity linked Long Term Settlements: Signed 5 Productivity linked Long Term settlement ( LTS) with the Union and employee representatives at Nelamangala, Sangareddy, Madurai, Palakkad plants and drove employee productivity and efficiencies, flexibility in deployment of workmen across multiple production lines in the plants through multi-skilling of associates and performance linked pay incentive scheme schemes.

Role: Took on challenging roles to deliver a flawless execution of organization development initiatives, employee engagement, culture development across Sales Units and Bottling Plants in North Market Unit in PepsiCo India Beverages. Partnered with BU leaders and HR partners to design, develop, implement and direct the organizational and talent capabilities planning & development strategy in alignment with enterprise-wide Talent Management strategies, that encourages culture enablement, teamwork, leadership and supports optimal pan-region and market commercial enablement.

Handling Balanced Scorecard based Performance Management System Ensuring positive IR climate in the factory where there are three federated craft based Unions Handling Integrated Branding systems in the Unit Leveraging HRIS in ERP,Oracle 8i, to achieve Business Goals / Objectives Recruitment, Selection, Induction & Placement of Human Resources Training and Development of Human Resources Signing Long Term Wage Agreement with the Union Handling Statutory Compliance Systems Complying with the HR related elements in IQRS, SA 8000:2001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001. Was the Element champion for “Employee Involvement & Communication” element in IQRS Handling welfare activities (Canteen, Hospitals, Sports, Recreation and employee functions) Handling CSR programs Purpose of the Job: To execute HR Strategy and Initiatives to achieve business goals .