Siddharth Yadav

I support the Consumer Robotics (CoRo, part of Devices business at Amazon) Go To Market, Software Engineering and Software Launch Teams in US and India and facilitated the org redesign as part of VP (business leader) transition at CoRo. In addition, I have designed and implementing a listening mechanism for ~7000 data associates within Devices business Globally (11 countries).

Led a team of 46 HR professionals supporting 9 Fulfillment centers that serviced 21% of India Amazon e commerce business. As a part of India HR team I designed and implemented an adaptive labor model to manage labor demand fluctuations through a business year with the ability to avoid cost of USD 12M per annum.

• Transitioned the company from a cofounder led to professionally managed organization while delivering a revenue growth from USD 8M to 18M
• Established a mechanism for functional teams to work backwards from company goals and define functional objectives with clear KPIs for the org. This also led to identification of capability gaps to meet future business plans.
• Built the HR team from scratch and delivered HR systems capability by implementing the HRIS, ESOP, payroll, Communication and Compliance Management Platforms.

I started as the HR business partner for 9 commercial business units (out of 11) for Abbott Pharmaceutical business supporting ~3000 employees. Subsequently I was promoted to Head the HR function of Abbott Nutrition business (commercial and manufacturing) with a total turnover of USD 161M. Abbott was rated amongst the top 10 best companies to work for in India in 2018 by 'Business Standard'.

Led the HR function for India & Nepal affiliate (300 employees). Established India as the talent hub for the region thereby enabling India business to attract top talent from the market. International assignee base from India grew from 6 to 38 by 2015

I handled various assignments in the areas of, Compensation & Benefits Design and Delivery, Commercial, R&D & Manufacturing HR and Talent Acquisition.

• As HR business of a manufacturing center, I engaged with local government to resolve 4 labor compliance challenges resulting in a cost avoidance of USD 24 M. Partnered with local school to drive initiatives leading to enrollment of 200 female students. Led change management with plant leadership directly resulting in an increase of female employees on shop floor from 6% to 28% over 2 years
• Designed and implemented the Asia wide R&D Talent Acquisition program – harmonized talent acquisition process across 4 Innovation centers in Asia – targeting talent from US, EU & Asia - Total Offer in 1st year: 60 students from 8Disciplines, 9Nationalities, and 6countries of education with a diversity ratio of Female: Male 53%:47%, out of which 93% had PhD/Master’s Degree.
• Designed and implemented a Compensation framework Distributor field force – This included mapping of 13 distributor organization across India - this framework has been adopted as an Asia wide standard in P&G and an Industry wide standard by Hewitt India.
• Designed and delivered a unique outplacement program for 250 strong sales field force - enabled Gillette to disengage 750 distributors and transition business to P&G with zero legal cases and unsettled accounts with distributors.