Hardik Kothari - Sr. Manager - HR at Mercedes-Benz: Benchmark Cars-Landmark... - Ahmedabad

Hardik Kothari
8.6 Yreas Of Experience In Human Resource
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
HR Talent Acquisition Employee Engagement
Dainik Bhaskar

IBS-International Business School

About Hardik Kothari

Hardik Kothari works as Sr. Manager - HR at Mercedes-Benz: Benchmark Cars-Landmark Group and is based in Ahmedabad, India. Hardik studied Post Graduate Programme in Business Management (HR-Human Resources) at International Business School (2008-2010). Hardik lists talents in HR Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Performance Management and HR Talent Management.

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Professional Path

Sr. Manager - HR

Mercedes-Benz: Benchmark Cars-Landmark Group Full Time

Apr-2016 To present 10 years 5 months

# Handling over 400 employees in Gujarat. ? End to end management of the employee life cycle - New Hire Orientation, Talent Management, Performance Evaluation & Management Systems, Personal Development & Employee Capability Building, Driving high performer development, Succession Planning, Competency Development, Employee Engagement, Creating an effective reward and recognition culture, Retention and attrition management, Relationship Building, Grievance handling and exit management, Single point of contact for all employee queries. ? Designing and implementing people solutions to drive key business challenges & business metrics. ? Ensure HR Operations effectiveness by analytics and reporting. ? Driving HR Calendar for Benchmark Cars. ? Effective vendor partner management to ensure seamless HR Experience for associate employees.
1. Recipient of People Choice Award for excellent in people practices. 2. Awarded by the management for reducing employee welfare cost. 3. Created a huge “WOW” by effective implementation of best HR practices. 4. Conceptualized & executed the “Buddy Program” for mentoring New Joinees.

Assistant Manager - HR

Dainik Bhaskar Full Time

Jul-2013 To Nov-2014 1 years 4 months

# Responsible for 1500+ employees across 9 cities of Gujarat supported by 4 indirect reportees.
? End to end management of the employee life cycle and alignment with the business goals.
? Implementing people solutions to drive key business challenges & Business Metrics.
? Ensure HR Operations effectiveness by Analytics and Reporting.
? Conceptualized, launched and branded Unit and Vertical Level HR initiatives.
? Driving HR processes and ensuring sustainability of the same.
? Contribute to the evaluation and development of Performance Management and Improvement Systems.
? To incorporate robust employee engagement practices, increasing manager effectiveness through learning & development initiatives, enabling line managers to own their teams and building HR connect with employees.
? Driving Employee Satisfaction for brands to ensure highest level of belongingness.
1. Joined as Sr. Executive – HR and promoted as Asst. Manager – HR within two months of joining D B Corp Ltd.
2. Successfully reduced attrition rate by 8% (from 32% to 24% in FY 13-14)

Consultant - Recruitment

Randstad India Ltd Full Time

Mar-2010 To Jul-2013 3 years 4 months

? Handling End to End recruitment by understanding staffing needs, job specifications, qualifications and skills. ? Mapping companies for sourcing niche skills. ? Sourcing & shortlisting profiles as per the company's requirement, coordinating interviews. ? Handling salary negotiations and compensation administration ? Maintaining and updating a computerized system of data bank consisting of CV’s of varied positions. ? Managing the client communication for recruitment updates and pipeline hiring. ? Responsible for achieving targeted source mix (Job Portal, Social networking sites, competition mapping etc.). ? Responsible for internal hiring, Salary negotiation and joining formalities. ? Distributing the client’s manpower requirements to the team members. ? Motivating and helping the team members in achieving their targets ? Handling the performance matrix for team apart from individual responsibilities. ? Maintaining weekly and monthly reports of business and sharing with Branch Head
1. Awarded STAR PERFORMER OF THE MONTH AWARD in the financial year of 2010-11. (5 times) 2. Got Out Standing Debut Award in the financial year of 2010-11. 3. Achieved 120% in 2012 against the set target of 13 lacks and in first quarter of 2013 (Jan–Feb-Mar) achievement was 215% against the set target of 4 lacks

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