Sahil Kataria

Compensation and Benefits:

• Manage and review compensation philosophy & strategy
• Design/Redesign pay scales for ensuring competitive and equitable compensation
• Managing job evaluation projects to ensure fair pay structures across departments.
• Designing and managing of Short-Term incentives (STI) and Long-Term Incentives (LTI) for the group
• Designing and managing the annual salary review process for increased accuracy and efficiency.
• Participating in salary surveys to gather valuable information for benchmarking purposes and evaluate market trends to implement enhanced benefits and entitlements.

C&B for International Offices:

• Prepare financial model for employee cost for business feasibility check during acquisitions/contracts in new countries
• Design and manage compensation philosophy, payscales for new geographies e.g. Egypt, Jordan, Angola, Somalia, Turkey, Vietnam etc.
• International Deputation/ transfer contracts for new business development

Organizational Development:

• Manage Manpower cost planning, HR budgeting, organization and clusters’ structures
• Manage new organizations’ integration in to AD Ports
• Achieve workforce alignment by revising job descriptions to accurately reflect roles and responsibilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement effective talent management strategies.

Compensation and Benefits

• Managed compensation philosophy & strategy for the group.
• Designed and implemented sales incentive programs to motivate employees and enhance overall performance levels.
• Designed LTIP, integrating cash and SAR options, directly influencing performance of senior leadership.
• Designed and implemented Global Rewards & Recognition program across countries in MEA, India & China
• Managed UAE and expat payroll operations, nationalization projects, and expats compensation structures

Performance Management:

• Oversaw employee performance management processes including goal-setting meetings, progress check-ins, annual reviews, and feedback sessions.
• Streamlined performance review processes, resulting in more accurate assessments and targeted professional growth plans for each staff member.
• Developed high-performing teams through effective training, coaching, and performance management.

Organizational Development:

• Increased alignment with business goals by designing and implementing efficient organizational structure.
• Managed Opex planning with manpower cost across geographies.
• Managed productivity analysis of field delegates and share data, action points to business.
• Managed succession planning for all leadership roles.

Policy Governance:

• Ensured compliance and relevancy of policies, improving organizational effectiveness through meticulous auditing and monitoring
• Managed HR Audits (internal and external)
• Gap analysis of HR policy and regulations and recommending changes as per compliance.

HRMS Implementations:

• Led HRMS (Darwinbox) Implementation
• Spearheaded project to consolidate disparate HR systems into a single unified platform, reducing system complexity and maintenance costs.
• Executed the rollout of Darwinbox, overseeing requirement gathering, configurations, UAT, go-live, integrations, and change management.
• Conducted comprehensive HRIS training sessions for managers, fostering better understanding of system features and functionalities.
• Stabilized HRMS modules and led HR data analytics for insightful internal & external reporting, and managed all people dashboards for demographics, cost, and productivity

Employee Engagement:

• Boosted employee retention rates by conducting regular feedback surveys and implementing improvements based on results.
• Conducted focus groups to gain in-depth understanding of specific issues affecting morale or engagement levels among staff members.

• Led Total Rewards, HRBP, Employee Wellness functions and Workday implementation
• Designed and managed Total Reward Framework and Total Reward Statement
• Managed quarterly and annual Compensation and Benefits Planning and Budgeting
• Managed Annual and Midyear Merit reviews
• Designed and managed short-term incentives with tracking of payout vs accrual
• Participated in compensation surveys and utilized data to make informed compensation adjustments
• Managed internal pay audits to identify and address bias
• Managed benefits and policies benchmarking
• Designed and manages Rewards & Recognition program
• Audited and monitored the effectiveness of existing compensation policies, ensuring compliance and relevancy
• Designed and managed Employee Wellness Framework and Interventions
• Led implementation of Workday Compensation & Benefits, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Dashboards module

• Led HRBP for Retail clients of Wipro for 5000+ employees
• Designed and managed HR Lifecycle for approximately 5000 employees, resulted in bringing attrition down by 14%
• Managed and designed Employee Engagement Framework by talent profiling, resulted in improvement of employee satisfaction by 7%
• Managed Training Need Analysis and interventions across business
• Managed Rewards and Recognition within Retail vertical and Data Analytics across Consumer BU
• Managed Manager Capability and Prevention of Sexual Harassment across BU
• Managed Merit Budget, distribution and present Merit Analytics for BU to CHRO
• Certified Wipro C&B expert - awarded Badge of Honor for topping the certification
• Rewarded for support during Chennai Floods by CEO, Wipro Limited
• Rewarded HR of the Quarter, Q2 FY17-18 Vertical level
• Finalist, Impetus, White paper competition - Managing Talent in Digital Age, Wipro Limited
• Winner, Studio Impetus, Enhance Communication in Wipro Limited

• Managed employee referral portal and offer letter design
• Managed e-Recruitment portals for Infosys Limited for smooth hiring
• Developed offer letter smart forms for Infosys BPO and Infosys Public Services, USA
• Managed operations of Infosys Career site and internal e-Recruitment portals for HR

• Managed new elite customer technical queries
• Offered Remote Diagnosis to Home Users and Business Clients (Small and Medium Businesses)
• Offered home services through third party