Raghu Kumar Gowda

About Raghu Kumar Gowda

Start-up specialist & a HR strategist having more than 20 years of industry experience with extensive exposure to a gamut of areas including recruitment, training, L&D, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Engagement and HR operations. My proven competence lies in setting up operations and provided support to successfully scale up the businesses. I have demonstrated excellence in engaging with internal as well external stakeholders and ensuring buy-in and alignment with long-term business objectives. I am also adept in building & leading teams. Additionally, I possess comprehensive knowledge about the prevailing market trends. I have also gained strategic experience in taking critical decisions imperative to run crucial operations.My convincing power and out of the box thinking are key strengths that have seen me through tough situations. Moreover with my strong liaison & relationship skills, I build & maintain long standing relations with stakeholders & key decision makers to strategically secure profitable business. I am deft at monitoring performance, analyzing status & progress reports and manage complex business challenges with strong work-ethics, interpersonal communication, relationship management and analytical skills.

Experience

1. Director, Global HR

   Diona

   Feb 2013 — Present

   Currently, I am driving a multi-location team spread across the globe to handle entire HR accountability for all employees in India, USA, Europe, Canada & New Zealand. I have ably provided leadership to the entire setting up of business operations from HR standpoint, now a stakeholder in the company. My responsibility included entire recruitment based on the quantum & profile of workforce needed and ensured availability of qualified professionals. I also designed SOPs and manuals in order to ensure standardization of processes and enabling seamless operations across the worldwide organization. I was also accountable for designing the process for selection, on-boarding & training of new hires, ensuring high level of competence and readiness to deliver projects. My role was pivotal in implementing and now driving a highly effective employee engagement plan, successfully achieving high level of retention among the employees.

Education

• Bangalore University

  BE

  1994 — 1998

• B. M. S. College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Skills

• Strategic HR
• Management
• Talent Management
• Employee Benefits
• Requirements Analysis
• Sourcing
• Technical Recruiting
• Consulting
• Personnel Management
• Policy
• Organizational Development
• Employer Branding
• Training
• Executive Search
• Resource Management
• Performance Management
• Employee Training
• Screening
• Deferred Compensation
• Onboarding
• Team Management
• Management Consulting
• IT Recruitment
• Performance Appraisal
• Change Management
• Leadership
• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Vendor Management
• Temporary Placement
• Screening Resumes
• Human Resources
• Employee Relations
• Interviews
• Recruitments
• HR Consulting
• Program Management
• Outsourcing
• Recruiting
• HR Policies