Bajaj Allianz Life | Aditya Birla Group | Reliance | Vodafone India

Dedicated Strategic Thinker & Business Partner with over 16 years of experience in driving
HR functions to excellence and process improvement. Renowned for exceptional business
acumen, adeptness in diagnosing issues, and influencing long-term solutions and
outcomes. Proven track record in building high-performing teams, enhancing company
effectiveness, and expertly administering benefits. Recognized for fostering employee
trust, achieving remarkable results, and steadfastly supporting company goals and
objectives
SHIRISH
Head Corporate HR (PAN India)
SHETE Deputy Vice President: Apr’24 till now
Associate Vice President: Apr’23 to Mar’24
Chief Manager: Jun’21 to Apr’23
Contact  Managing Team of 12: Direct are 4 BHR and Indirect 8.
 Responsible for Corporate HR vertical and In-house Sales of 25 cr+ (APE).
Address
 Designed Organization Structures for HO functions & sub verticals.
Pune, MH, IN 411051
HR Strategy –
Phone  Designed & developed HR strategies in alignment with the business priorities.
+91-9822003141  Established people practices that provided a high-performance culture.
E-mail  Manpower budgeting for LRP - Long Range Plan period of 4 years and
shirish_shete22@hotma AOP- Annual Operating Plan (Annual financial year)
il.com Recruitment and Onboarding -
 Leadership hiring - 30+ AVP and above on-boarded.
 Recruited and on-boarded more than 300 Talent includes Campus hiring.
Awards
 Strategic hiring for niche Functions viz. Analytics, Actuarial & Technology.
Bajaj Allianz Life  Designed and developed productive Team structure.

● Customer Champ HR for  Strengthened bottom of pyramid through Campus to Corporate program.

FY22-23 in Annual Business  Introduced WIN-BACK (Rehire) program and onboarded 25+ Talent.

Convention Performance Management

● 6 CXO Achiever Award in  Designed SMART KPIs across Corporate functions including Leaders to imbibe

FY22, 23 & 25. Performance and Meritocracy culture.

 Quarterly KPI management of all functions and of all FBG employees.
● Awarded as Emerging HR
Rewards and Benefits
leader in 2023.
 Transitioned employees from “Annual Bonus" to "Quarterly Incentive" (92%)
 Variable pay earning improved by 8-9% Employee Retention
Aditya Birla Group
HR Projects and Governance
 Pillar of Solar in Oct’19
 Strategically Ring-fenced Talent to tackle Great Resignation
 Living Values in Feb’17
 Critical Talent retention (35+) through various interventions & HR practices.
 Reduced attrition by 15% (in 27.8% in FY’23 to 12.7% in FY24) in Corporate
Vodafone
Organization development & Culture Building
● Best HRBP of the year in
 Organization achieved GPTW - Great Place to Work consecutive 3 years and
Mar 2015
Kincentric Best employer (top 10 in india) for consecutive 2 years.
● Supernova in Mar 2014
 Engagement Scores improved from 51 to 65 in FY22 and in FY 23 it was
● MegaSstar in 2011 further moved to from to 85.
Certifications &
Trainings Learning & Development and Talent Management
 In partnership with L&D team introduced LXP - Instalearn 2.0 digital
Foundations to Fly for
platform by defining Learning journeys as per business need.
Leaders Sept’02
 Implemented Talent Management for AVP and Chief Manager level
AIHR Academy-HRBP 2.0  Designed career pathing especially in niche roles and Functions.
Sept’20
BAJAJ Group and Internal Career Mobility
World at Work -Global  Responsible for Bajaj Group & Internal career Mobility programs.
Remuneration –Mar’20
 1500+ career movements since last 2 years
Korn Ferry - Job Evaluation Digital HR
Feb‘19
 Contributed in developing BOT (EEze) to enhance EEx and resolve queries.
AON Hewitt - Personality  Attendance & leave regularization and manager approvals through BOT
Test Jan’19
 Feature of downloading Salary slips, Tax statements, E-cards through BOT
Strategic Programs
Sports Accolades  Custodian of forming Strategic Business Teams introduced by MD&CEO.
Self-Performance
¤ Cricket –
 Rated SE consecutively for 2022 and 2023 and in Top Talent Pool
 Nationals Man of the
 Best Employee for FY 22-23 (under the Individual category of Customer
Match in 2014 at
Champ) in Annual Business Convention April 23 awarded by MD & CEO.
Vodafone
 Promoted in April 2023.
 Man of the Match in
Dec 2022 at Bajaj
Allianz Life DGM – HR Jan 2021 to Jun 2021(PAN India)
 Best Wicker Keeper Manager: Feb 2016 to Dec 2020
in Dec 2023 at Bajaj  Managed 2 businesses Aditya Birla Solar Power business & Applause
Allianz Life Entertainment from 2019 to 2021 and Idea Cellular during 2016 to 2019.
 Reported to MD & CEO of ABReL & Group CHRO
¤ Football –  Managed Team of 5 HR professionals and overall manpower of 1200.
 Best Goalkeeper in  Closely worked with Leadership and business to enable solutions.
at Vodafone Feb’15 Responsibilities
 Best Goalkeeper in  Formulated HR Strategy and linked HR plans with objectives.
at Idea Cellular  Linked HR practices with business goals
Jul’17  Set up the HR systems and processes from scratch in both the businesses
 Best Goalkeeper at  Talent upgrade across the organization including Talent Assessment
Bajaj Allianz Life,  Designed Total Rewards for both new businesses including designing of
Dec’22 Annual Variable Pay, LTIP and Bi-annual appraisal system.
 Best Goalkeeper at  Managed end to end PMS and succession planning.
Bajaj Allianz Life,  Introduced systematic changes & contemporary practices
Dec’23  Lead transformation and large scale mind-set change to build a future-
ready Organization to become a power conglomerate.
¤ Marathon –  Repositioned role of HR by capability building and future–ready
 10 Kms in Dec’23  Introduced payroll for subsidiary companies within Solar business.
 3 Kms in Nov’22  Established the salience of the HR function a Business Partner.
 Based on Learning need Analysis & designed development plan
 Responsible for Administration, Employee Wellbeing, Travel, Infrastructure.
 Education Manager - Business HR Jul’15 to Jan’16

Master in Role – HR Business parter for Mah & Goa

Personnel Management  Managed 3500 employees across Six geographies

Pune University | IMCC -  Reported to State HR and Matrix reporting to Regional Head HR

Pune  Team of 6 Area HR and 1 Circle Executive HR

 Rank 1 Student –  Member of Pre launch team and reporting to State HR Head

Batch 2008  Identification of High Potential, high performing Talent

 Best Student award in  Hired Circle Leadership and Manager level across functions

2007 and 2008  Designed Organization structures at Circle Level Awards

Bachelor of Science: HR Business Partner, Mah & Goa Jul’09 to Jul’15

Science  Managed 2000 employees across 11 geographies
 Reported to Head HR, Maharashtra & Goa
University of Pune | MES
 Handled 3 difference roles, always rated as a top performer
Garware - Pune, India
 Managed Performance, Compensation & Rewards
 First Class with Distinction
 End to end HR Operations and Payroll for Circle office
passed out in Apr 2006
 Involved in implementing SAP HR in organization.
 Employee Life cycle Management: Goal Setting, Mid Probation, Probation
Seminars and
 Created high performance culture. Driven PIP process
Conferences
 Managed Exit process: Exit Interview, F&F Settlements & attrition analysis
 Managed HR budgeting and HR cost saving initiatives
 12th CII HR
 Contract Manpower life cycle management
Conclave on 29 – 30
 Handled statutory compliance under labor Laws
November 2022 at
 Committee member of “Project Comfort” for women employees
The Lalit, Mumbai
 Handled Health & Hygiene element under HSW.
 13th CII HR
Conclave on 29 – 30 Executive - HR Mar’07 to Jul’09
November 2023 at
Role : HR Generalist & Legal Compliance for Mah & Goa
The Lalit, Mumbai
 Supported HR Team with Joining Formalities and in HR Generalist work
 Managed Employee Files and record
Skills  Maintained up to date records and registers under various Labor Laws.
 Attended Court matters as and when required for Statutory purposes
 HR Planning and
 Responsible for handling Legal inspections of Government authorities.
Budgeting
 Liaisoning for Labor law related Government authorities
 Strategic HR
 Drafted legal reply to the notices received from Labour Law Authorities.
 Talent &
 Maintained monthly MIS & dashboard of Compliance related matters
Performance
and court cases.
Management
 HR generalist activities – Joining and Employee onboarding
 PMS, Rewards &
 Employee query handling and Survey completion
Benefits
 Designed statutory compliance database and checklist
 Learning &
Development