ANIL KUMAR MISRA

Mumbai | +91 99100 90229 | akmisra73@gmail.com| https://www.linkedin.com/in/misraak

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Diverse Experience Spanning American (Fidelity), British (Tesco), Indian (Reliance, Oberoi
Hotels, JustDial, MagicBricks) and Japanese (Denso) organizations.

Verifiable Record of Accomplishments in Restructuring HR, Executing path to profitability strategy,

Talent & Culture Transformation interventions and Leadership Development

Leadership expertise of over 27 years with proficiency across sectors (Retail, Online/ E-commerce, Real Estate, BPO/ KPO, IT Services,
Hospitality and Manufacturing). Developed innovative HR strategies designed to significantly impact on profitability and enhance the cumulative
value of a business. Proven acumen in fostering an environment of trust, collaboration, and commitment to keep people agenda at the core of
the organization.

CORE COMPETENCIES:  Strategic HR Leadership Start-up Specialist Leadership Coaching and Mentoring Workforce
Management Performance, Productivity & Profitability Management  HR Business Partnering  Change Management
 HR Analytics and Predictive Modelling Employer Branding Budget and Cost Optimization Talent Management

 Founder of Dr. HR Youtube Channel & taught more than 5000 + business school graduates
 Featured amongst Top 25 CHRO’s across national and international forums
 Speaker at NASSCOM, CLO, NHRD, IHRD, CLO Summit, India HR Live as ‘Thought Leader in HR Profession’ since 2005
 Facilitated Training for 18 Civil Servants of Afghanistan as Part of Government of India’s Nation Building Initiative, 2015

Professional Experience
 Current Role

Reliance Retail Limited, (New Commerce Grocery) Mumbai

Chief Human Resources Officer: I am accountable for driving the strategic people agenda for about 36,000+ colleagues for new commerce
B2B business.

Key Accountabilities:

 Ramped up the hiring from 15000 to 36,000+ colleagues in a span of 12 months for meeting high business growth requirement
 Visioning and Executing HR Strategies to serve a 11000 Cr business
 Leading a team of over 180 HR professionals
 Developed Workforce management mechanism to drive productivity, cost and path to profitability
 Built a leadership team from scratch and put in place people enabling processes to enhance employee experience across HR lifecycle
management
 Develop & Implement “Aagman” – Induction Plan to enhance Employee Onboarding experience
 Put in place HR Dashboard, Ticketing Tool, to track employee grievances and improve HR efficacy
 Great Places to Work :
 Employee morale survey conducted across organization
 “What you said & What we did” intervention to build HR credibility
 Town halls, Fresh Eyes, Coffee Table discussions with the employees for understanding what matters to our colleagues
 Top Talent development programme put in place to build a pipeline of “Ready to Move” talent
 Organization Restructuring through Value Streams, Unique Job Positions (UJP’s) & Unique Job Roles (UJR’s) put in place working
with Bain, Korn Ferry & Mercer
 Functional Leadership for all strategic people interventions like Leadership talent pipeline building, Culture transformation through
values, developing future of work, Building a great place to work and entire process of Talent Management
 Leadership during crisis and managing the entire outplacement / redeployment of available resources
 Spearheading Employee Relations across 400+ small towns across India

Key Achievements and Initiatives as Chief People Officer / HR Leader:

 Put in place Leadership Academy to drive competency enhancement aspirations of people & organization
 Performance Management – Hands on experience of building a high performance culture through Performance Planning, Linking
Performance to pay, Managing poor performers & Career Management from scratch
 Managing high business growth - Ramped up headcount requirement from 15000 to 36000 + ensuring minimum hiring cost in 9
months’ time & Built from scratch product & technology center ensuring appropriate availability of talent as per business
requirements
 Complete ownership for Change management and organizational transformation initiatives viz. strengthening organizational value
and culture, implementing robust performance management process, talent management strategy and people process automation
 Great Place to Work: Strengthened employer brand by revamping Employee Lifecycle experience & creating a sense of pride
amongst colleagues
 Introduced RBO (role-based organization) for higher efficiency by clearing up the levels/grades
 Building a leadership talent pipeline by running Hi-Po program, Succession planning and proactive hiring along with industry –
academia collaboration
 Devised EWS (Early Warning System) as a predictive modelling tool to identify potential attrite and make course correction
proactively to retain top talent
 Conceptualized varied robust HR policies, facilitated life skill training programs, designing internal employee morale survey
initiative, and managed employees connect, CSR initiatives and team communication activities
 Hands on experience of managing people, policies and processes across geography like US, UK, APAC as Head of HR

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Course work) – Performance Management (University Topper), FMS, New Delhi, 2001
Master of Arts – Human Resources Management (University Topper and Gold Medalist), Berhampur University, Odisha, 1995