Vice President - Human Resources - Travel/eCommerce

The company has recently raised funds from a renowned Private Equity fund and is keen to invest further in its organizational capabilities.

Objective: The company is looking for a seasoned HR professional who will be a key thought leader to the CEO and drive the HR function and Organizational culture to enable the company to achieve its operational objectives.

Prior qualifications:

- ~7+ years experience in HR function in a mid-size professionally run company.

- Of which at least ~1-3 years of a leadership role in the HR function

- Experience with the rollout and management of HRMS systems will be a plus

- Experience in e-commerce/technology/travel companies is good to have

Responsibilities:

Define, communicate and drive the mandate and scope of the HR function:

- Develop HR policies

- Analyze the effectiveness of our HR procedures and tools

- Lead employer branding efforts (like recruitment marketing)

- Formulate career development plans, clear organization structure, and progression path

Employee lifecycle:

- Work with business functions to identify hiring needs

- Drive recruitment, conduct the first round of interviews

- Onboarding, training of new hires

- Setting annual goals and ongoing performance appraisals, tracking KRAs achieved vs target KRAs

- Streamlining the end-of-year appraisal process including compensation, promotion and career progress.

Organizational Design and Evolution:

- Map the org structure; identify organizational improvements over time

- Proactively plan for organisational change in order to support growth initiatives

People integration post acquisitions:

- Implementation of HRMS tools to manage the employee lifecycle

- Track external talent within the industry

KRA's:

- Hiring pipeline fulfilment

- Rollout of transparent/timely/effective assessment processes, KPIs, and regular review cycles

- Career development, org design

- Low Attrition, Glassdoor ratings

- HR compliance management