Vaibhav Kelkar

About Vaibhav Kelkar

Seasoned HR professional with nearly two decades of wide-ranging experience in HR practices such as HR consulting, business HR (domestic & international), employee relations, and resource management in the IT sector. With activities spanning across India, the US, UK, and APAC, my global exposure allows me to bring diverse perspectives to my work.Leveraging extensive business HR experience, I\'ve led numerous teams, managing operations with over employees. A highlight of my past roles includes developing an HRBP structure crucial for delivering substantial business value and setting up HR function for new locations. I\'ve been entrusted with driving business partnership, talent management, senior stakeholder management, strategic HR, employee engagement, and HR process improvements end-to-end.My accomplishments also include successfully delivering HR transformation projects for clients, leading rebadging exercises, and initiating career development initiatives, business refactoring, and employee engagement charters. I\'m confident in driving change management across business units.As a leader, effectively influencing senior management to achieve team and functional goals is one of my strengths. I have a customer-focused approach and have honed my problem-solving capabilities over the years.Possessing comprehensive knowledge of IT service organizations, onshore-offshore operational models and emerging IT industry trends, I adeptly navigate the landscape. My approach is highly personalized, customized, process-oriented, system-aligned, and consulting-focused.My specialties encompass business HR, talent engagement, career development, succession planning, business partnering, program design and management, performance management, and guiding organizational change.For networking or discussions around potential roles, feel free to reach me at k••••••••@gmail.com. For roles that require an experienced, globally equipped HR professional who brings people and processes together to drive business growth, I am poised and ready to make a substantial impact.

Experience

1. HR Business Leader and Head-hr

   Persistent Systems

   Jun 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

Education

• Bharati Vidyapeeth

  MBA, Human Resources

  2004 — 2006

• Aon HR learning Centre

  Certified Behavirol Event Interviewing Expert, Behavirol Event Interviewing

• NHRD

  The new age Global Leader certificate program

• Govt. Holkar Science College A.B. Road, Indore

  bachelor of science, Computer Science

  2001 — 2004

• People Matters- BeNext

  Certification, The HRBP in the New World of Work

Skills

• Team Management
• Interviews
• Performance Appraisal
• Recruitments
• Screening
• Strategic HR
• Human Resources
• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Strategic Human Resource Planning
• Workforce Planning
• Personnel Management
• Management
• Resource Management
• Leadership
• Recruiting
• IT Recruitment
• Hris
• HR Policies
• Employee Engagement
• Technical Recruiting
• Sourcing
• Employee Relations