Sathish Kumar

Strategic and results-driven Senior Manager HR with over 16+ years of experience in Business HR functions, HR Operations, Performance Management System, Succession Planning, Leadership Development, Employee engagement, payroll and end to end HR activities in Non-IT sector. Demonstrate strong work ethic, integrity, flexibility, and a commitment to diversity, with proven skills in problem solving, leadership, coaching and team building. Proven expertise in managing high performing HR teams, driving organizational performance and aligning HR strategies with business objectives.

Analytically strong and adept at developing innovative solutions to complex problems.

Senior Manager - HR - iMarque Solutions - Chennai

(2025-09 - 2026-04)

• Leading end-to-end HR functions across locations, including talent acquisition, employee engagement, performance management, and HR operations
• Driving strategic HR initiatives aligned with business objectives, supporting workforce planning and organizational growth
• Overseeing Talent Acquisition, Employee Engagement, Performance Management, Payroll Governance, and Compliance functions
• Managing and mentoring a geographically dispersed HR team, ensuring process standardization and policy adherence across locations
• Implementing HR policies, SOPs, and governance frameworks to improve operational efficiency and control deviations
• Partnering with Operations and Business Heads to drive productivity, cost optimization, and attrition control
• Handling employee relations, disciplinary actions, grievance redressal, and HR escalations at a senior level
• Leading performance review cycles, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives
• Led performance review cycles and employee development initiatives
• Conducted skip-level meetings, HR connect sessions, one-on-one discussions, and employee pulse initiatives
• Handled grievance management, disciplinary actions, and employee conflict resolution

Senior Manager HR - Novac Technology Solutions (Shriram Group) - Chennai Perungudi

(2019-06 - 2025-08)

• Responsible for handling the HR functions of Chennai & Jaipur CC
• Employee Engagement and Communication: Preparing monthly engagement calendar to align with given Budget. Ensuring there are various connect session (Skips, one on ones, Regular HR pulse session, and Fun activities are conducted with the help of the Fun committee members
• Employee Recognition and Awards: Ensuring Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly RnR is conducted regularly within assigned budgets
• Employee Retention and attrition management: maintaining weekly attrition analysis reports, creating an HR (People Plan) to retain associates, Grievance handling and, Maintaining Early warning system (RAG) analysis
• Performance Management: Managing the Performance Appraisal, Performance Improvement Plan and Internal Job Posting Process
• HR Operations: Payroll inputs and Queries, Medical and Life insurance, Background Verification, Redeployment of resources, Exit management
• Responsible for controlling the monthly attrition within the target given
• Hiring employees under the contract of the NAPS Apprenticeship Act
• Recruitment: Managing the complete recruitment life cycle for Novac Chennai
• Manpower planning- Responsible for head count lock with finance based business like Collections, Service, Renewals, Reminder, Digital platform & sales
• Ensuring that only the best candidates with the right qualifications, skills and experience are employed
• Monitoring the performance of recruitment team and driving them to close the requirements as per the timelines given

Manager HR - Magus Customer Dialog Pvt Ltd - Chennai

(2016-03 - 2019-06)

• Heading the HR team of Magus Chennai branch
• Maintaining Weekly, Monthly attrition analysis reports, RAG reports, retention tracker, and Exit feedback
• Conducting Monthly, Quarterly R&R, Fun activities and Games Session to the employees
• Driving and controlling the Monthly Attrition for Chennai
• Maintaining the employees records as per the ISO Audit Standard norms of 9001 - 2008 certification
• Representing the Chennai HR team for ISO Quarterly, Half yearly, Yearly audit
• Taking care of statutory compliance like ESIC, EPF and norms under shop Establishment act
• Hiring the employees under Contract of Central & State Apprenticeship act
• Managing & Designing the complete recruitment plan for the team members
• Maintaining good relationship with Clients, Consultancies, and NGOs
• Representing the weekly and monthly review with different business clients
• Managed and oversee the accurate and timely payment of salary to all staffs
• Employees Grievance handling, to ensure the smooth functioning of salary processing & Employees satisfaction towards their job
• Preparing the Monthly Attrition report for the employees
• Preparing the new joiners employee codes & Entering the details in HRMS
• Ensuring the timely fitment to the documentation work for the new joined employees and send their details to the central payroll team in Mumbai
• Preparing the Input statement, OT, Arrears, Allowance & conveyance, PL, SL&Comp off for all employees on monthly basis for their salary processing
• Doing the Exit Formalities & Issuing the Relieving & Experience letter
• Checking the output statement sent by Mumbai payroll team and process the salary for all employees in Chennai location
• Taking care of statutory compliance like ESIC, EPF & Maintaining the shop & Establishment act records P,Q,R,S,T,A,D & form 1,2,3,4,5
• Responsible for handling the recruitment team & monitoring their performance level and making them to close the requirements as per the timelines given
• Managing the complete recruitment life cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources, campus drive , NGO, Training Institute and consultancies

Assistant Manager HR - Andromeda BPO Pvt Ltd - Ambattur Industrial estate

(2010-09 - 2016-03)

• Employees Grievance handling, to ensure the smooth functioning of salary processing & Employees satisfaction towards their job
• Preparing the Monthly Attrition report for the employees
• Preparing the new joiners employee codes & Entering the details in HRMS
• Ensuring the timely fitment to the documentation work for the new joined employees and send their details to the central payroll team in Mumbai
• Preparing the Input statement, OT, Arrears, Allowance & conveyance, PL, SL&Comp off for all employees on monthly basis for their salary processing
• Doing the Exit Formalities & Issuing the Relieving & Experience letter
• Checking the output statement sent by Mumbai payroll team and process the salary for all employees in Chennai location
• Taking care of statutory compliance like ESIC, EPF & Maintaining the shop & Establishment act records P,Q,R,S,T,A,D & form 1,2,3,4,5
• Responsible for handling the recruitment team & monitoring their performance level and making them to close the requirements as per the timelines given
• Managing the complete recruitment life cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources, campus drive , NGO, Training Institute and consultancies

HR Executive - Connect Consultancy

(2010-01 - 2010-09)

MBA - Vel Tech Group of Colleges (2010)

MLM - Annamalai University (2011)

BBA - The New College (2008)

PhD - Human Resources - AMET