Vikas Yadav

1. HR Business Partnership: - Handled HR Business Partner role for North & East India for over 3 years. - Currently managing ASEAN, Middle East & Africa regions for 2.5 years, overseeing full employee life-cycle management. 2. Talent Management: - Designed and deployed annual Talent Management Process for APMEA region. - Organized APMEA Talent Council to identify critical roles and potential successors. - Planned and executed MDPs & IDPs for high-potential employees. 3. HR Technology Transformation: - Managed implementation of new Employee Self-Service Portal for APMEA region. - Continuously assessed needs and gaps for process improvement and automation. - Prepared training plan and support system for HR team and end-users. 4. Employee Engagement and Employer Branding: - Expertise in driving annual employee engagement surveys like Great Place to Work® & Willis Towers Watson. - Aligned company leadership and implemented actionable strategies. - Drove overall employee engagement strategy and positioned Apollo Tyres as Employer Brand of Choice. 5. Diversity & Inclusion: - Developed and implemented diversity and inclusion strategies. - Planned & executed “Building Inclusive Workplace” workshops. - Conducted role evaluation and feasibility analysis for hiring diversity candidates. 6. Org Change Management: - Established communication channels, stakeholder engagement initiatives, training opportunities, and provided support for change initiatives like Inclusion, Technology Transformation, and Engagement.

1. Talent Acquisition (McKinsey Implementation Consulting) – Responsible for PAN India recruiting for McKinsey Implementation. Recruitment process, candidate experience and stakeholder management were the major KPIs. 2. Lateral talent integration – Recruiting champion for lateral hire integration contributing to identifying gaps in "as-is" on-boarding and induction process and building "to-be" process for new lateral hires 3. Lateral recruitment for middle and leadership role in Auto, Digital, Analytics, Oil & Gas & Aerospace consulting practices for pan India Implementation Consulting track 4. Database & compliance – Designing recruiting analytics reports and dashboards for India office in alignment with Firm global practice 5. Campus Recruiting (new initiative for MI): • Identified right PGPEX campuses to establish McKinsey's brand as a recruiter for experienced professionals • Managing the candidate pipeline and interview process to ensure efficient and excellent candidate experience

Talent Acquisition & Campus Recruitment: 1. Oversaw PAN India lateral hiring for Shine.com and HTCampus.com, focusing on sales, technology, and corporate functions. 2. Collaborated with business and sales heads to identify hiring needs for North & West regions, managing end-to-end recruitment processes. Learning & Development: 1. Established a 30-day cross-functional Sales Trainee Program for tier 2 B-School hires at Shine.com and HTCampus.com. 2. Designed and implemented the HT Product Engineer Program, a 45-day training initiative for technology campus hires at HT Media Ltd. Digital Businesses. Talent Management: 1. Developed job specifications for sales & technology roles at HT Media Ltd. Digital Businesses. 2. Defined KRAs, tracked performance, and issued improvement plans for employees. 3. Conducted career planning discussions with line managers to retain top performers and drive motivation. Employee Engagement: 1. Implemented 6-month accelerated programs for potential sales managers, enhancing mid-management sales productivity and reducing attrition. 2. Launched a drive to encourage tech and product teams to propose new business ideas, providing selected projects with a 6-month implementation window.

Functional Test Engineer.

• Event Coordinator AUTOFEST’07, a national level technical event organized by SAE-SVNIT India. • Event Coordinator SPARSH’08, a national level cultural festival organized by SVNIT. • Member of Publicity Team, Mindbend’07, a national level technical event organized by SVNIT.