Manish Verma

Company Overview: 49000 employees in 39 countries. REVENUE: 36Bn Euros. Randstad is world's Largest Talent Services Company

• Global Leadership & Team Management: Lead a global team to design and execute a unified and integrated talent strategy and execution across Talent Acquisition, TM, OD, Culture, Performance, Leadership and Learning.
• Strategic Partnership: Oversee the full global talent strategy, ensuring HR initiatives drive results and foster a high-performance culture. Partner with executive leadership on talent, performance, and succession planning, acting as a connector for total rewards. Support Board engagement on talent matters
• Organizational Transformation: Spearhead organizational change management and design initiatives, focusing on culture, behavior, and employee experience. Oversee compliance, risk management, and talent technology, ensuring a modern and effective HR function.
• Talent and People Strategy: Own and drive the global talent strategy, including EVP (Employee Value Proposition) attraction, performance management, global leadership, and employee development programs. Deeply focused on fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion, and building overall leadership tone and behavior.
• Streamlined internal processes for improved efficiency in talent processes for greater business performance.
• Enhanced employee engagement and retention by redesigning global strategies and implementing programs.
• Improved leadership bench and succession by designing and implementing targeted intervention.

CARGILL, a global food, agriculture, trading company. 165,000 employees in 67 countries. Revenue: $160Bn

• Globally accountable for strategy and delivery of talent acquisition, succession planning, culture, learning and employee engagement.
• Designed and implemented succession profile models and talent assessments to align with leadership expectations to increase leadership bench.
• Drove the global and business-led talent planning and pipelining process for deeper and greater visibility to develop talent.
• Responsible for executive hiring processes and providing expertise on talent analytics and development tools.

Led a team of 350 HR professionals for the APAC region, providing HR services to 60,000 employees.

• Partnered with the Regional CEO and other business leaders to define and deliver strategic people plans.
• Led business transformations for greater client centricity, streamlining GTM and manufacturing excellence, which was one of the largest change projects.
• Oversaw HR strategy and business plans for the region, including talent solutions, recruitment, and employee relations.
• Led HR Transformation to modernize HR in Cargill, this is the largest change project Cargill had ever seen in HR function.
• Promoted diversity and inclusion through culture, leadership and education.
• Supported organizational growth by managing workforce planning initiatives.

• Responsible for the end-to-end talent acquisition in APAC.
• Built a new service delivery model for talent and recruitment for Cargill APAC.
• OD role, integration lead for APAC- Responsible for change management and OD efforts under restructuring, integration and process standardization for shared services rollout.
• Enhanced talent acquisition strategies by streamlining processes and implementing innovative recruitment methods.

Nokia is a leading data networking and telecom equipment company HQ in Finland. 100,000 employees. Revenue: Euros22BILLION

• Overall ownership of strategy and execution of Workforce Architecture, Diversity, Talent Strategy, Integrated Talent Management and Talent Engagement. Responsible for driving the business by aligning the entire company globally across the levels of businesses and regions.
• Led cross-functional teams to achieve company-wide goals, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Led Motorola acquisition with due diligence efforts, valuation modelling and integration planning and execution APAC.

Accenture is a full services consulting company. Employs 750,000: $65Bn

• APAC Head of HR – Accenture (25000 employees). I was responsible for supporting the business across APAC for tech and consulting business focusing on HR business partnering, including talent management, talent engagement, rewards, manager coaching, career building and employee development.
• Led change management efforts, ensuring smooth transitions during mergers and acquisitions.
• Developed high-performing teams through targeted training and development programs.
• Improved organizational culture by promoting diversity and inclusion practices.
• Implemented performance management systems to drive accountability and goal achievement.
• Advised senior management on organizational development and change management initiatives.

Mahindra- BRITISH TELECOM, NOW TechM, global provider of IT and Telecom tech solutions to markets. A USD 4Bn company, 150,000 employees

• Regional HR head – UK & Europe responsible for the business partner role, team management and HR service delivery for 5000 employees across the UK and continental Europe. Led large scale change management, including Sales re-organization on org model, competency, rewards, culture building and careers.
• Built high-performing teams by recruiting top talent and providing ongoing HR strategic support through professional coaching and HR programs.
• Championed change initiatives, successfully navigating teams through periods of transition while maintaining morale and engagement levels.

Now acquired by VIP Bags, established in 1971, VIP Industries Ltd. is Asia’s No. 1 luggage manufacturer. Its four factories produce nearly 10 million pieces a year, making it the second largest producer of luggage in the world. I was the HRBP and Corporate HR Executive. This was a job from my MBA Campus interview in Human Management. Then promoted to the Corporate HR Executive position for VIP Industries. I had a team supporting ER, Training and also HR at plant.

• Managed company-wide performance evaluations, ensuring timely feedback and appropriate action plans for improvement.
• Championed workplace strategies on HR initiatives that improved retention of sales staff and engagement.
• Delivered high-quality HR services, maximizing resources efficiently without sacrificing quality standards or outcomes.

• The Krupp Industries, a 42 billion Euro company is a prominent one–world–again German establishment, have become famous for their production of steel, artillery, ammunition, and other armaments.
• HR Intern– On-the-Job assignment to learn and deliver various HR practices such as recruitment, L&D and quality.