Roshni Ravindran

Senior HR Business Partner with 10+ years of experience partnering with business and operations leaders to turn business goals into people strategy. Currently lead HR for Pizza Hut Karnataka, owning workforce planning, employee relations, talent and compliance for a multi-location, high-volume workforce. Built inclusive talent pipelines through NGOs, skill development centers and specially abled hiring, and use workforce data (attrition, labor hours, cost of labor) to guide business decisions.

Strong in stakeholder influence, employee relations and statutory compliance.

Regional HR Lead – Pizza Hut at SAPPHIRE FOODS INDIA LTD. | KFC & PIZZA HUT (2026-07 – Present)

• Lead regional HR strategy and people initiatives aligned with business priorities and operational requirements.
• Partner with business heads, regional leadership, Operations, and corporate stakeholders to address workforce and organizational priorities.
• Drive manpower planning, recruitment, onboarding, and workforce optimization across the assigned region.
• Manage employee relations, disciplinary matters, grievance resolution, counseling, and employee issue closure.
• Oversee payroll governance, statutory compliance, HR audits, and consistent implementation of HR policies.
• Support performance management, succession planning, and leadership capability development.
• Monitor Labour Hours (LH) against targets, analyze store-level variances, and drive corrective actions with Operations.
• Track Cost of Labour (COL), manpower deployment, and workforce productivity to support labour cost control and operational efficiency.
• Develop workforce MIS covering headcount, recruitment, attrition, LH, and COL to support data-driven decisions.
• Strengthen employee experience through employee connects, skip-level meetings, engagement surveys, recognition initiatives, and culture-building activities.

Assistant Manager – HR Business Partner at SAPPHIRE FOODS INDIA LTD. | KFC & PIZZA HUT (2021-07 – 2026-07)

• Partnered with Area Managers to translate business objectives into workforce plans and people initiatives.
• Supported 20 store openings, achieving 100% launch manning with zero compliance lapses.
• Strengthened frontline talent sourcing through NGOs, educational institutions, and government skill development centers.
• Supported retention initiatives and bench planning to improve workforce continuity and operational readiness.
• Conducted store visits, employee connects, onboarding reviews, individual development plans, and employee roundtables.
• Supported recruitment and people management for specially-abled stores.
• Managed payroll accuracy, statutory compliance, employee grievances, and HR audit requirements.
• Coordinated with Operations stakeholders to address employee concerns and support consistent HR implementation across stores.

Store People Officer at Future Group – Big Bazaar (2015-10 – 2018-11)

Officer – HR Operations at Thai Group of Companies, Kozhikode (2014-02 – 2015-05)

HR Coordinator at Daffodils, Kottayam (2013-01 – 2014-01)

MBA in HR & Marketing – RVS Institute of Management, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

B.A. in English – Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Calicut University, Kerala

12th – Kendriya Vidhyalaya – Malappuram, Kerala