Maruthuraj Uthaya Kumar

As the Head of HR for a 1,800-employee healthcare group, I oversee the full HR lifecycle—from strategic planning to policy execution—ensuring alignment with business goals while fostering a high-performance and compliant culture. I lead workforce planning, recruitment, employee engagement, compensation strategy, legal compliance, and post-merger integration. My leadership ensures efficient operations, risk mitigation, and a people-first culture that supports long-term growth. Key Highlights: 1) Directed annual HR budgeting aligned to business strategy and resource optimization. 2) Overhauled talent acquisition framework, streamlining recruitment and reducing time-to-fill. 3) Developed and implemented targeted retention initiatives, lowering turnover and boosting engagement. 4) Designed performance management and development frameworks to grow internal talent. 5) Led compensation reviews to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity. 6) Partnered with legal on employment matters to ensure full regulatory compliance. 7) Played a critical role in M&A HR due diligence and integration processes. 8) Resolved complex employee relations issues and guided leaders through disciplinary protocols. 9) Instituted consistent HR policies and SOPs across all branches.

TalReso is a professional, Digital Recruitment Agency based at Malaysia, with operations also in India and Singapore. We strive to provide the best service and work to a high standard of service for both our clients and candidates. Our recruitment consultants incorporate their own energies and personalities to their service whilst maintaining a professional, consultative and genuine service. We have been growing as an agency and have recruitment consultants that specialize in several sectors. We work across a number of specialisms and that makes us special and a lot sought-after

Expanding clientele for the company and providing ongoing recruitment & training solutions that meet the evolving business needs and requirements of the market in MENA and APAC Providing Talent Acquisition & Management solutions to align people's qualifications, wants, needs, passions and goals to the requirements of the organization and specific jobs Align Engagement Strategies with Employee Expectations with actionable data, based on leading indicators of employee expectations, to plan and align optimal strategies that will motivate employees at the individual, group and organization levels. Conduct research on up and coming trends in the HR space and coordinate trainings for relevant clients to keep them engaged in the future of HR and human capital development in their organization Championed a new tool that is launched globally across 14 countries to engage the digitalisation and tech influence in HR and help organizations globally enhance their employer branding experience to attract the best talents. I also managed the training needed for partners in all 14 countries to ensure a synchronized content roll-out globally. Expanding partnership across APAC and MENA. I’m responsible to identify potential partners in these regions and approach to prospect to discuss the value proposition offered in this venture Creating marketing strategies to give the brand an exposure in APAC and MENA. Digital marketing platforms and conferences around the region were part of the strategies used to have a successful marketing campaign. ROI’s were taken into account by turning the leads from these marketing strategies into business.

• Managing the entire HR function. • Building and developing the HR policies and procedures • Manage recruitment and talent sourcing. • Deals with all statutory related tasks, such as EPF, Socso, Labour office, Income Tax and others • Provide training to all workforce within the organization, internally and eternal trainings.

- Leading a recruitment team & talent management for Malaysia. Singapore. Thailand and China. - In charge of management team hiring and decision making on recruitment and talent management related. - Perform hiring for Senior role ie Project Managers & Business Analyst for permanent roles. - Part of the hiring committee for Capco Asia which discusses on hiring plan, status and budget. - Manage the recruitment team of 5 members. - Partners liaison when it comes to manpower requirements, training's and any new business.

- Recruitment - In charge for recruiting senior level positions, such as Managers, Assistant Vice President, Vice Presidents and Department Heads. Recruitment involves Malaysian citizens and non-Malaysian (Expats) from all regions. - Sourcing; Using recruitment vendors & Resume search Systems - Person in charge for HSBC Malaysia recruiting tools, Taleo. All queries and issue are directed to me for solutions. - Reporting's - In charge of all reporting's for HR department in Malaysia, which includes , weekly , monthly ,quarterly and yearly reports. - Vendor Management - Identify performing vendors in the Malaysian market and approach them to sign a deal with HSBC. - Manage all vendor in regards to their contract negotiation, payments and relationship management. - Involved in many new migrations/new business in terms of headcount and recruitment.