Rajeshwari Arulkumar

About Rajeshwari Arulkumar

HR DIRECTOR / Head-Talent Management / Head - HRBP – leveraging 20+ years. of experience. Dynamic HR professional with a track record of successfully implementing and supporting important HR initiatives to save costs and position businesses for development. Catalyst, problem solver, and coach for functional groups and senior management. Encourage teamwork and personal growth. offering an array of skills in accurate employee job performance assessment, recommending and implementing action plan strategies to meet HR needs, interdepartmental coordination, consultative relationship building, and schedule planning. Proven ability to multitask in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while meeting all deadlines.PROFILE SUMMARYExecutive Program in Strategic Human Resource Management” from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Highly motivated and result-driven Human Resource Professional with over 20+ yrs. of experience and 15+ yrs. as HRBP, business acumen in various IT Service/Product Organizations, managing from hire to retire and ensuring positive employee experience. Proven Success executing Human Resource strategic initiatives, including Start-up for planning and integration resulting from M&A’s, business reorganizations, and implementation of strategic downsizing initiatives. History of leading different business units for several domains and businesses employing 100 – employees throughout multiple locations in India, Canada, USA, Europe (UK, Germany, Philippines, etc.), and APAC regions. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Oversaw the people agenda for a major restructuring exercise impacting a maximum of members and achieved an 8% Headcount reduction• Redeployment strategies resulting in 92% utilization of the BU• Managed, implemented the Global HRSS Transformation, PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Implementation, Change management for India, and effective roll out for India, impacting members• Redesigning the resourcing framework, leading to a 28% reduction in time to hire and positively impacting bottom line and redeployment strategy of 55% and 50% for new accounts• Achieved reduction in attrition turnover rate by 50% by following different strategies like promoting healthy communication, Employee surveys, prioritizing professional development, evaluating feedback from employee exit interviews etc,• Successfully led the team to hire and deliver 1200 roles (2006-08) • Hired SAP resources within the timeline (3 months) and saved the Transformation costs to the effect of 1 Million SEK

Experience

1. Country Succession and Workforce Planning Leader

   IKEA

   Nov 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  Strategic Human Resource Management, Human Resources Management and Services

• Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

  Post Graduate in Human Resource Management, HRM

  2013

• National Institute of Information Technology

  Professional Diploma in Software Technology and Systems Management, Computers

  1996 — 1999

• NHRD Network's Bangalore Chapter

  Professional Certification Program, Program for HR Professional Development

• Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bangalore

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General