Laxmipriya Tomasso

Senior Dei Business Partner @Amazon

London, GB

Developed and implemented DEI Strategy for Operations in the UK impacting employees spanning across warehouse operator, managers, senior managers, and directors. Example of goals and activities achieved below:(1) Talent Acquisition: planned and deployed a “returnship” initiative: a unique hiring process for individuals who have been out of employment for an extended period of times. The programme attracted 70% women: 65% parents & care givers and 35% long term leavers (sickness, travel etc).(2) Upskilling & Training: sourced DEI training for executive leadership (Directors & VP) and sourced contract with Catalyst – who now provides free DEI employee resources for the female workforce (workshop, webinars, online events, reports – etc).(3) Data Analysis: created and implemented DEI scorecard to monitor, analyse and report on DEI statistics used to make recommendations where appropriate. The scorecard provided a visual representation of organisational health for leaders which brought buy-in to support activities.(4) Organisational Structure: Develop and launch the Governance to enable regional and country specific activations that enable the achievement of the company’s DEI goals. • Defined and implement roles and responsibilities of the UK regional leads in alignment with the go forward strategy and objectives. • Support the UK annual planning process for DEI and work with People Officers, Executives and Leaders to establish and confirm clear and measurable outcomes that cascade into individual and team accountabilities. • Evolved and developed the employee network groups to become a strategic driver and catalyst for change within the UK and EU. • Partner with the Communications team to build and implement ongoing partner management and communication plans to engage team members effectively and share the right messages at the right time

City University London

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), International Politics, 2.1