Kuladeep Kumar Reddy Yeduru

C\o.Finesse FZ LLC,
2908, 29th Floor,
Citadel Towers,
Business Bay,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Mobile UAE: +971 55 977 6238
Mobile India: +91 738 607 5068
Email: kuladeepreddy@yahoo.com                   
Date of Birth: June 26, 1977

                                                                            Kuladeep Kumar Reddy Yeduru

Generalist Human Resource Manager with Expertise in Talent Acquisition \ Staffing & Employee engagement

Kuladeep’s objectives are very simple; to make his company’s objectives his own, to live their values in his every day work, over achieve their targets and effectively deliver against their strategy. He is a loyal and honorable employee and he is committed to ensuring all actions are aligned to the company’s objectives.

In Middle East has worked largely on the Banking Sector Requirements penetrating to Information Technology with Banking like  Retail Banking \ Corporate Banking \ Islamic Banking \ Investment Banking \ Core Banking \ EDelivery Channels \ Retail Transformation \ T24 Functional \ Business Analyst \ Technical (Temenos) \ Finacle Functional \ Business Analyst \ Technical & Flexcube Functional \ Business Analyst \ Technical. Also Recruited people on CTL Prime \ Business Intelligence \ EMV Implementation \ Java \ Systematic \Oracle Applications Technical AND Techno Functional AND Functional \ SAP \ Capstone & Vision Plus.

Professional Strength:
·         Taking initiative and accepting Responsibilities Cheerfully.
·         Being a part of the solution to any work problem – if happened - and not the problem itself.
·         Ready to learn anything and to have any required Training.
·         Accepting Others Opinions through Listening and Understanding.
·         Making Very Strong Presentation in any aspect.
·         Willing to ‘Travel an Extra Mile’ when work needs that.
·         Assignments are challenges for growth and development.

HR Functions at a Glimpse:
·         Talent Acquisition & Retention
o    Overall co-ordination with the Hiring Managers for Manpower Planning, Recruitment, Induction & Ensuring cultural fit
o    Handled Internal Job Posting & Job Rotation policies for providing opportunities to existing employees.
o    Developing/ implementing recruitment/selection policies as per staffing requirements.
o    Succession Planning up to Departmental Head
o    Induction- On boarding of new Incumbents by designing an Induction Program of New Joined with a structured way
o    Developing / implementing new Recruitment / Selection policies as per staffing requirements & reviewing.
o    Handling salary negotiations and compensation administration in line with the industry standards. 

·         General Administration 
o    Planning & budgeting administration expenses and working towards minimizing operational expenses/ costs. 
o    Verifying & processing bills for payment of the outsourced/ contracted jobs.
o    Identifying scope for process enhancements for continuous process effectiveness.

·         Employee Relations & engagement:
o    Coffee with CEO (Employee of the month Program) & Star Employee ( Employee Development Plan) are initiative under this category
o    Design and implement new Employee engagement program for the Involvement of Employees- Quiz Competition
o    Initiated various communication forums like monthly & Quarterly Open Houses,
o    Identifying patterns, trends and root causes for making recommendation(s) to Management to improve motivation, increase retention, engagement and efficiency of employees.

·         Appraisals
o    Handling the Balanced Scorecard based Performance Management System and identifying scope for improving the same.
o    Hands on experience in Balanced Scorecard Implementation
o    KRAs for the various departments. Annually issue the appraisal forms, to train employees on defining their KRA’s, to ensure timely submission of the forms from various departments co-ordination of Monthly performance review meet, Data analysis of the received ratings
o    Handling Performance Appraisal Process & Identifying scope for enhancing the same.
o    Initiating rewards & recognition programmer through perpetual assessments.
o    Potential Appraisal and Cultural Building.

NON-IT Segments Handled
 ·         Banking                                                                    Construction & Fabricating                                                     Oil & Gas                                                              Telecom & ISP
·         Life Insurance Sectors                                             Sales & Marketing                                                                      Pharmaceutical & Bio Technology
·         (Strong Area of Work done in the following industries)

Professional Experience  
Present Company
Working in Finesse FZ LLC, Dubai, UAE as a Manager – Human Resource from 08th March, 2009 to Present.  Deputed to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as Recruitment Manager – Staffing & Employee Relations from 08th March, 2009 to 31st June, 2010

Role        Manager – Human Resource in Dubai

&

Talent Acquisition & Retention Manager – Recruitment & Employee Relations in Saudi Arabia

Responsibilities
·         Talent Acquisition & Retention
§  Hands on experience with Recruitment\ Staffing of the candidates for various banks in Middle East. 
§   Improved Relationship management techniques with clients and prospects, to ensure that we our requirements pipeline is healthy.
§  Sole point of contact to understand all IT job descriptions from clients / prospects, which is then explained to the team to source the right profile in less time to the client.
§  Attrition management techniques to sense early warnings of back outs from candidates
§  Handling all aspects of contract negotiations/ signing/invoicing/ payments follow up.
§  Devised head hunting techniques based on the recruitment intelligence being built within the company
§  Conduct recruitment campaigns in India on behalf of our clients
§  Was responsible for optimum utilization of the resource pool and ensure minimum resources in free pools 

·         Employee Relations and Corporate Alignment: 
§  Creating harmony between organizational and personnel goals with a view to ensure achievement of organizational mission. Hands on experience with Off Campus Recruitment \ Staffing
§  Regularly discussing specific issues with employees regarding their grievances, hindrances and undertaking steps for resolving them.
§  Determining motivation & satisfaction levels of employees through personal interaction & surveys.
§  Monitoring leave/attendance system and leave data availability.
§  Managing Employee grievances and employee relations

·         Leadership Development Program:  
§  Co-designer and process owner for the leadership development program - an initiative for building leaders within the organization 
§  Tracking and identifying star performers from various vertical/practice across centers 
§  Responsible for tracking the progress of the individual, this goes as an input for the performance appraisal of the employee 

Past Company
Worked in Invensys Development Centre India Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India as Manager – Talent Acquisition  \ Employee Relations from 19th November, 2007 to 6th March, 2009

Role   Manager – Talent Acquisition \ Retention & Employee Relations

 Responsibilities
·         Talent Acquisition  & Retention:
§  Handling Sourcing for Entire IDC of Hyderabad
§  Interaction with Resource Partners (RP) and Client Partners (CP) on sourcing needs and fulfilling the same with excellent turnaround time.
§  Responsible for hiring Project employees, Contract to Hire and Fulltime employees
§  Responsible for getting the candidate for an onsite interview, accordingly coordinate with the client/candidate and Admin dept. for his/her travel, stay and transportation.
§  Processing relocation reimbursements for the candidates who come for an in person interview by coordinating with the Finance Team.
§  Negotiate rates / salaries with candidates / sub vendors 
§  Release offers with the help of Recruiter to the selected candidates and follow-up regularly till they join
§  Interact and build good professional relationship with candidates / clients / consulting firms.
§  Well versed with Synergy an e- recruitment site developed for In-house Recruitment.
§  Preparation of MIS on status of open requirement, closures, recruitment activities by the Team, Team performance report and submit to Management.
§  Well versed in Internet job portals like Dice (for US candidates), Monster, Naukri, Career Builder and Hot Jobs (for US candidates).
§  Well versed in both Onsite (America & UK staffing) and Offshore (India & Singapore) recruitment.
§  Conducted Campus Interviews along with the Hiring Teams members.

 ·         Vendor Management:
§  Handling the short term contract opportunities for the open requirements.
§  Coordinating with vendors and getting suitable candidates for the open positions
§  Identifying potential vendors and submitting status reports on the vendor’s performance to the MGMT.
§  Negotiate contract terms with the vendors
§  Excellent exp. in negotiating rates with the vendors.
§  Excellent in follow-ups with the vendors and making selection to closure.
§  Handling issues with the contractors/Vendors and routing them to the concerned departments.. 

·         Employee Relationship Management: 
§  Creating harmony between organizational and personnel goals with a view to ensure achievement of organizational mission.
§  Regularly discussing specific issues with employees regarding their grievances, hindrances and undertaking steps for resolving them.
§  Determining motivation & satisfaction levels of employees through personal interaction & surveys.
§  Monitoring leave/attendance system and leave data availability.
§  Managing Employee grievances and employee relations
§  Handle issues pertaining to salary, incentives, leaves etc.
 
Past Company
Worked in Catalytic Software Ltd., Hyderabad, India as Senior Manager – Resourcing & Human Resource from 04th October, 2004 to 30th September, 2007.

Role   Senior Manager – Resourcing & Human Resource

 Responsibilities
·         Recruitment and Selection:
§  Coordinating with cross-functional departmental heads for assessing their manpower requirements. \
§  Maintaining a data bank of potential candidates/ ex-employees.
§  Interfacing with recruitment agencies/ placement consultants for selection of appropriate candidates and forwarding vital information about the position requirements and associated remuneration and privileges.
§  Managing the post-selection activities such as generation of offer/ appointment letter, induction, etc.

·         Performance Appraisal:
§  Assessing employee performance on a periodical basis, as per the specified company policies.
§  Working towards improving PMS for providing rewards/appreciation’s for successful performers.
§  Charting out promotions, bonus, and salary increments etc., based on employee performance.

·         Employee Relationship Management: 
§  Creating harmony between organizational and personnel goals with a view to ensure achievement of organizational mission.
§  Regularly discussing specific issues with employees regarding their grievances, hindrances and undertaking steps for resolving them.
§  Educating the employees about company policies and rules, to be followed.
§  Determining motivation & satisfaction levels of employees through personal interaction & surveys.
§  Personnel files, Handling generation of offer / increment / promotion / confirmation letters, etc., created these & put into place all the relevant forms & documents required
§  Monitoring leave/attendance system and leave data availability.
§  Managing Employee grievances and employee relations
§  Handle issues pertaining to salary, incentives leaves etc.

Past Company
Worked in TeamLease Services Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India as Senior Career Consultant \ Team Leader – Sourcing SBU from November 2003 to October, 2004

Role   Senior Career Consultant \ Team Leader

Past Company
Worked in CellExchange (India) Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India as Manager – Resourcing from March 2002 to November 2003

Role   Manager – Resourcing

Responsibilities
·         Recruitment and Selection:
§  Coordinating with cross-functional departmental heads for assessing their manpower requirements.
§  Maintaining a data bank of potential candidates/ ex-employees.
§  Interfacing with recruitment agencies/ placement consultants for selection of appropriate candidates and forwarding vital information about the position requirements and associated remuneration and privileges.
§  Managing the post-selection activities such as generation of offer/ appointment letter, induction, etc.
§  To strengthen the core development team from the existing 28 employees to 140 employees in a time frame of 6 Months.

Past Company
Worked in Peopleone Consulting (India) Pvt. Ltd., formerly known as Go4careers (India) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai & Hyderabad, India as Consultant – Recruitment & Outsourcing from October 2000 to March 2002. 

Role   Recruitment & Outsourcing

 Past Company
Worked in Resource Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India as Resource Executive –Telecom & Client Server from June, 1998 to September, 2000 

Role   Head Hunter

Responsibilities (in Resource Management Consultants, Peopleone Consulting & Team Lease Services)
§  Independently handling Staffing \ Outsourcing (Flexi force) for Top Software Corporate in Hyderabad. 
§  Handling Front\Back end Business Development for Peopleone & TeamLease. 
§  Head hunting IT Professionals from the companies located in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Trivandrum & Chennai. 
§  Mining of existing clientele for more Recruitment Mandates.
§  Motivating the Team Members for achieving their target.
§  Handling On-line Recruitment for US Clients Studying the requirements of the Clients 
§  Scrutinizing \ Skill-set Assessment 
§  Strengthening the Recruitment Team in Hyderabad \ Chennai \ Bangalore.
§  Identifying the qualified candidates as per the requirement of Client 
§  Participated in the Salary Negotiation
§  Follow UP with the candidate for joining the company
§  Payment Follow up with the client after the candidate joins

·         Achievements 
§  Responsible for their Sourcing SBU, building up team size & infrastructure in Hyderabad.
§  Started the operations with ZERO resumes in database and achieved 3000 Active Profiles as of date from various parts of the world.
§  Achieved the Targets set for the Entire Year (Ranked Number Three out of Seven Centers, Bangalore being the First)
§  All the team members achieved their 80% of their target in order to qualify for Incentives.
§  Closed critical requirement for our clients within a short notice. 
§  Closed Several Senior Critical Positions for clients starting Head HR till the Chief Technology Officer.
§  Actively involved in the Performance Management System for Hyderabad Branch.
§  Received Appreciation Letter from the company for IBM event held in Chennai.
§  Received Appreciation Letter from SSI Technologies Ltd., Chennai for closing several critical positions for their company.
§  Closed several critical requirements of senior profiles like BDM, PM and PL’s within a short Notice to our clients like Wipro, Aristasoft & Mentor Graphics 

Academic Qualification:
Bachelor of Science, in March 1998, from Osmania University, Hyderabad, AP, India 

HR Qualification:
Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management from National Institute of Labor Education & Management, Chennai (PGDHRM)

Diploma in Computer Applications from Corporate Data, Visakhapatnam, AP

Awards:
Received Best Employee award on Jan 5th 2002 from Peopleone Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.,
Received an appreciation letter from Peopleone Consulting India Pvt. Ltd., on behalf of IBM Global for the IT fair done in Chennai, INDIA 

Workshops & Certifications:
Brain Bench Certified in Computer Fundamentals (Win 95/98).

Brain Bench Certified in HR Concepts (US). 

Brain Bench certification in Managing People (U.K.).

Attended a Two-Day workshop conducted by XLRI on Competency Mapping and Psychological Testing