yashwant kumar

Serves as the primary HR interface for unit heads and functional leaders across multiple West India manufacturing sites, translating business goals into workforce strategies and people interventions. Leads manpower scaling, industrial relations, and HR digital compliance initiatives at plant level.

Led plant HR and industrial relations initiatives across multiple locations, focusing on cost optimization, organizational effectiveness, and workforce planning. Managed performance and leadership development, compensation reviews, succession planning, labor compliance, and union/grievance processes to sustain stable operations.

Implemented Darwinbox HRMS across corporate and plant functions to improve HR process efficiency and enable workforce analytics. Supported corporate HR initiatives for organization and hierarchy restructuring, and designed group engagement and rewards/recognition frameworks in partnership with EY.

Led HR operations and people strategy for a greenfield grinding unit plant, aligning HR initiatives to business goals. Built succession planning and large-scale recruitment (including campus hiring), and implemented engagement, training, and welfare programs alongside SCRUM-based contract labor management.

Designed and implemented a recruitment management system with parity and approval workflow controls. Managed candidate screening for technical interview rounds and produced MIS and structured approval notes for senior management review.

Spearheaded recruitment of clinical and operational roles during hospital restructuring while supporting internal mobility, exit, and grievance processes. Led competency-based interviews, campus alliance building with medical colleges, onboarding/engagement programs, and retention-oriented workforce planning and budgeting.

Grade: 78.1%

Completed an IMBA (HR) program at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Deemed University) from 2011 to 2016, scoring 78.1%.