Anand K. Andy Chandarana

About Anand K. Andy Chandarana

My work efforts have combined consulting, marketing/sales, operational, and talent management experiences across a variety of industries with a focus on bringing new ideas and perspectives to the table, an inquisitive and analytical thought process, a status-quo challenging mindset, along with a demonstrated proficiency in the following areas among others:• Constructing, administering, and a wide variety of analyzing insight-revealing and action-oriented surveys• Performing statistical analyses of large sets of disparate data (financial, operational, HR, survey, etc.) to uncover actionable insights and make data-informed recommendations to internal/external executives and project teams• Designing, organizing, and leading focus groups, stakeholder interviews, and subject matter expert working sessions• Analyzing workforce preferences and motivations and integrating them into change management initiatives• Building logic models and using them to calculate the ROI of a wide variety of human capital initiatives• Forming and facilitating online communities of practice, knowledge-sharing, and skill-development forums

Experience

1. Director of People Analytics & Insights

   Cencora

   Nov 2021 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Contributing people analytics subject matter expertise to various projects, collaborating with HRBPs/Generalists, other HR COEs, Finance, and Operations teams to improve operational excellence, workforce planning/budgeting, organizational design, candidate/employee experience, DEI/ESG efforts, HR policies/processes – with a focus on business and talent outcomes• Nov\'21-Oct\'24: Mentored and helped to upskill a team of five analysts based in Canada, the UK, and Lithuania in all of the above, improving our team\'s consulting and analytics skills on a daily basis• Nov\'24-present: Leading Cencora\'s HR data governance efforts along and People Analytics Products & Projects team, managing a team of three data engineers/scientists, with our work focused on the continuous improvement and expansion of our data warehouse foundation, architecture, dashboards, and analytical tools/products

Education

• Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  B.S., Finance

• University of Illinois Chicago

  MBA, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

Skills

• Onboarding
• Microsoft Excel
• Executive Coaching
• Performance Management
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Analysis
• Data Analysis
• Strategic Thinking
• Spss
• Social Network Analysis
• Salesforce.com
• Marketing
• Leadership Development
• Organizational Development
• Training
• Sharepoint
• Organizational Design
• Networking
• Tableau
• Talent Management
• Data Visualization
• Performance Improvement
• Coaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Training Delivery
• Strategic Planning
• Highly Detail Oriented
• Human Resources
• Management Consulting
• Zen
• Change Management
• Balanced Scorecard
• Dashboarding
• Business Impact Analysis
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Employee Engagement
• Business Development
• Benchmarking
• Project Management