Venkatachalam Iyer

Head Of Human Resources
Vadodara, IN

About

•Plant & Operational HR Processes •Talent Acquisition •Compensation & Benefits Design •Performance Management •Employee Relations/ Industrial Relations •Organizational Re-structuring •Training & Organizational Development •Change Management

Work Experience

Group Head – HR

Bidco Africa
Dec 2009 - Jun 2012
Thika, Kenya

Led team of 10 for HR functions across Kenya & Tanzania for FMCG Company with $400M annual turnover & 3000+ employees

Group Head – HR

Export Trading Group
Jul 2012 - May 2016
Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania

Led team of 20 for HR functions for 26 countries across Africa for FMCG & Commodity Trading Company with $2.7B turnover & 6000+ employees

Head HR

United Creations LLC
Jun 2016 - Oct 2016
Ad-Dulayl, Jordan

Led team of 12 for HR & Employee Relations functions for 3 manufacturing units with 3000+ employees. Achieved 20% increase in daily production

H R Adviser (Self Employed)

Self Employed
Dec 2016 - Present
Vadodara, India

Providing Free lance consulting to clients on various HR needs including HR Systems setup, IR audit, HR Audit/Statutory Compliance

Education

P G Diploma in Human Resources Development

M S University of Baroda
Present - 1994

P G Diploma in Labor Laws

M S University of Baroda
Present - 1993

Master of Social Work

M S University of Baroda
Present - 1992

Kaizen Practitioner (Total Service Management)

Kaizen Institute India
Present - 2011

Nairobi, Kenya

Internal Auditor- Quality Management Systems & SA 8000

D N V
Present - 2012

Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania

Languages

English - Fluent
English - Fluent
Gujarati - Fluent