Varun Vashisht

varun.vashisht10@gmail.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/varunvashisht10 | +91 8886794104

Career Snapshot:
• MBA, XLRI Jamshedpur (2017-19) || 5.37/8 || 7/8 in C&B & OD
• B-Tech – IIIT Hyderabad (2011-2015) || Cleared IIT (National Rank - 5879) & AIEEE (National Rank - 3576)
• Experience Highlights - Compensation & Benefits | HRBP | Program Management
• Certified Rewards Ready Professional, Aon
Work Experience
Promoted to Senior Manager for extraordinary performance and ownership
• Won two National awards - Chairman’s Award for People & HR Superstar Circle Award
Senior Manager • Managed employee life cycle across Sales, Network, Customer Experience, Finance, SCM and Legal
Airtel • Digital Appreciation – National module launched on improving Digital Literacy for our Top Leaders
(Jul’21- Present) • Track Amber scores to predict early attrition trends for each BU and suggest corrective actions
• Talent and Performance Management – Complete ownership of Mid and End-Year Appraisal Process
• Nationally best scores on top talent retention and engagement for continuous two years
• Designing rewards philosophy (short term and long term) for the Technology vertical
Manager • Benchmarking study with AoN to come at right comp & levelling post detailed Attrition Analysis
Swiggy • Owner of complete employee life cycle in Technology from hire to retire
(Dec’20- Jul’21)
• Designing metrics to track and measure HR effectiveness and biz impact || Performance Management
Group Rewards & Benefits
• Designed group wide ACR approach for 2020 during Covid circumstances for specific businesses
• Designed AIP framework for the group for FY 21 and benchmarked AIP plans against set comparators
• Prepared a proposal for cost reduction for group business across various parameters | Wage, AIP
• Conducted market benchmarking through consultant studies and self-research from annual reports
Program Aditya Birla Capital
Manager • Designed the Birla Way of Engagement – a 5X15 daily sales routine to be followed by each employee
• Conceptualized the 25-year Sales Contest for 500+ employees by preparing employee level dashboard
• Coordinated with IT & Sales to launch a new tool – VYMO right from negotiations to implementation
Aditya Birla
Cultural Immersion Project in Novelis, USA (7 out of 48 Trainees)
Group • Build collaterals to support the roll-out of Gender Diversity initiatives || Benefits & Creche Policy
• Benchmarked current termination process to identify gaps and build an Exit Survey on SurveyMonkey
(Jun’19 – Jun’20) • Launched University framework in GVC app to create an AI powered platform having 700+ courses
IR Manager, Hindalco Plant
• Proactive IR and Union Relations - Develop and maintain cordial Industrial Relations with the union
and external parties to maintain peaceful IR at the plant. Managed one Long Term Settlement
• Legal & Compliance - Legal drafting & documentation, support to legal in litigations, initiating action
against workmen or contractors, auditing of records & preparing details for compliance meeting
• Awarded with Pre-Placement Offer (4 out of 27 interns) to join Aditya Birla Group Leadership Program
Summer Intern • Identified existing mgmt. gaps & benchmarked with 11 other MNCs to prepare a rating model in Excel
(2017) • Created checklist of laws & benchmarked with CLRA to design contractor compliance tracker in Excel
• Prepared Workman Skill Matrix and designed a specific training module using Philips ROI Model
• Pre MBA workex of 2 years as a Software Developer in Pegasystems India – Promoted in 2 Year
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SDE – 1
ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS | COMPETITIONS
• National and State Rank Holder in multiple editions of International English, Science and Mathematics Olympiads
• Consistently ranked among top 3 for 5 consecutive years for meritorious performance in St. Joseph’s Convent
• Recipient of the Yogya Scholarship (1 of 15 students) awarded by Bharat Vikas Parishad from 1100 application in Pathankot
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY | EXTRA CURRICULAR HIGHLIGHTS
• Sr. Exec Member, Sports Committee XLRI - responsible for all sports events and infra maintenance.
Executive Member Conceptualized first ever Xavier Meet as well as responsible for arranging coaches for 16 sports
Student • Secretary LOGS (Placement Support) - Led a team of 10 and coordinated with XLRI administration,
Committees Placecom and 3 other support committees for placement of 720+ students of ‘16-18 & ‘18-20 batch
• Football Vice-Captain-XLRI | Futsal Coordinator-IIIT-H | Core Organizing Team – XL-IIMC, Xavier’s Meet
Sports • Winner of a total of 12 tournaments for Football & Badminton at XLRI, IIIT - H and in school
Social • Organized a 1-day exhibition of tribal art to raise awareness and helped contribute Rs. 100000
Contribution • Member of the teaching staff at Ashakiran – weekend school for underprivileged at IIIT Hyderabad
LIVE PROJECTS
• Designed Training & Development program for 200 Instrumentation & Electrical Workmen and
Grasim identified 33 KSAs, performed person-gap analysis & designed 5 training modules of 37 hours
• ERP - Mapped financial, supply chain and sales structure of MuesX in ERP after extensive research and
ERP
gained hands-on experience in SAP by implementing PR, PO & analyzed impact on finances
Case Competition • Campus finalist of Asian Paints - IR case study competition dealing with plant closure strategies
• Finalists of Breaking AD organized by MAXI in association with Hindustan Unilever in XLRI