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Junaid Ahmed

Junaid Ahmed

Dhaka

Summary

Performance-driven HR Professional with 15 years+ of experience aligning People with business requirements, policies and regulatory requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in modern HR practices to drive results based on sound overall business judgment.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Independent Human Resources Consultant

Self Employed Services
09.2023 - Current
  • Assisted and guided clients on HR procedures and program development by devising performance evaluations, job descriptions and industry-standard salary ranges.
  • Implemented comprehensive onboarding programs, ensuring smooth transitions for new hires and increased productivity levels.
  • Streamlined recruitment processes for improved efficiency, resulting in reduced time-to-fill rates.
  • Guided clients to develop organization structure, outline job families and and prepare job descriptions.
  • Conducted talent sourcing from both within the country and cross-border.
  • Designed and implemented HRIS and digitalization of HR processes.

Vice President - People & Culture

ShopUp
10.2021 - 06.2024
  • Leading HR & Admin teams of 3 Business Units comprising of 65 people.
  • Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding: Customized assessment centers, Gamified assessment modules, recruiting techno-commercial resources, critical role and resource identification, talent pool readiness, University collaborations, Targeted Digital Campaigns,
  • HR Business Partnering: 6 Business Partner Portfolios, Data driven insights, Business centric HR Interventions, HR Budgeting
  • Organization Development: Learning modules, LinkedIn learning, e-learning platforms, Performance Management platforms, Performance Management Process, Performance Improvement Plans, Promotion and Grade Structures, Succession Planning
  • Digital HR: Own developed HRIS (WebApp & Mobile App), 18 Automated HR Services, Analytics platforms, Automated Admin Services, Automated reports, API integrations with Workplace and other internal tools.
  • Compensation & Benefits: Flexible Reward models, Market Compa Analysis, Compensation Architecture
  • HR policies: Introduced 16 Internal Policies, DIFE compliance
  • Employee Engagement: Periodic eNPS and Culture Surveys, Engagement Calendar, Team-wise Engagement measures, Townhalls, Regional Engagement initiatives.
  • Employee Recognition: Value Cards, Digital Value Recognition, Quarterly Performance and Value Awards, Monthly Recognition Programs.
  • Organization Transformation: Segragation of Business Units, CEX Outsourcing, Freelancing Rider model, Space optimisations, Matrix Org Structures.
  • Workplace Setup and Management: Designing a state of the art workplace, Market Research, Integrating UX during Design and Development.
  • Employee Experience: Automated Self Service availability, NPS of all HR & Admin Services, Customized onboarding journeys based on Role, Workplace designed to cater collaboration and remain stress free, Culture Surveys, Employee Feedback sessions

Chief of Staff

ShopUp
11.2020 - 09.2021
  • Strategic People Advisor & HR Transformation
  • Organization Restructuring & people mapping
  • Defining the talent landscape across industries
  • Key Talent Identification, mapping & acquisition
  • Talent Retention
  • Employer branding and partnerships
  • Recruitment Governance & Modern practices
  • Reward & recognition modalities
  • Setting organization policies
  • HR Transformation: Functional setup per BU, Digitalization-Process, automations and efficiency drives across organization
  • Employee Engagement strategies for startups
  • Unifying HR across BUs for business enablement

Senior Specialist-Talent Management (Talent Management Lead)

Grameenphone Ltd
11.2019 - 11.2020

•Talent Acquisition products: Assessment tools, Gamified Recruitment module, Assessment Center, Recruitment Governance and LinkedIn Recruiter services.

•Performance Management and Development.

•Management Trainee Program.

•Critical role & Resource Identification.

•Succession Planning

•Flight risk, Loss Impact and Retention measures

•Internship

Lead Specialist-Talent Management (Talent Manager)

Grameenphone Ltd
06.2017 - 10.2019

This role requires me to drive business continuity and growth through enabling a culture of high-performance and focused talent sourcing, development and succession planning

• Sound performance and talent intervention plan, ensuring effective practice of performance management and talent management principles

• Effective performance and talent assessment process in GP, ensuring Global TDP process adherence with Group. •Establish a robust succession planning for critical roles to ensure business continuity

• Sound talent sourcing practices to ensure high-quality entry into GP’s existing talent pool, support development framework, and facilitate growth

• Drive and manage Management Trainee Program

Lead Specialist-HR Business Partner

Grameenphone Ltd
12.2013 - 05.2017
  • Strategic HR Partner for commercial functions: Product, Business Intelligence, Enterprise, Retail & Distribution, Customer experience and Business Circles.
  • Successfully partnered, coached and advised business unit leaders to ensure a common understanding both one-to-one and in forums.
  • Consistently ensuring proper alignment with Teams and leaders and to be the bridge between HR and line has been one of my core responsibilities.
  • Manage performance, salary review, termination and exit management
  • Involved in the execution of talent acquisition, long-term competence
  • People Development roadmap across my function, identifying gaps and facilitate development plans.-In context of today's Industrial Relations scenario, also responsible for playing the role of people counseling and managing Grameenphone People Council.
  • Constantly guide line managers to make effective placement, development, and engagement decisions to ensure right direction and decisions on people and organizational development

Senior Executive-Training and Information Management, People and Quality Management

Grameenphone Ltd
02.2012 - 11.2013
  • Determine Training Needs of the department, prepare training module, conduct training sessions and measure ROI.
  • Prepare process and modalities for different products and services in order to ensure up-skilling and re-skilling.
  • Update and maintain an “Information Hub” for employees’ empowerment.
  • Ensure clear communication to different stakeholders create smooth flow of service.
  • Provide onboarding and learning sessions for newly joined employees.
  • Provide analytics on employees' learning status, scope of learning and adoption.

Service Delivery Expert (Contractual), Online Communications, Customer Experience

Grameenphone Ltd
06.2009 - 01.2012
  • Member of a team that leads written communication for Grameenphone Customer Experience team.
  • Provide customer service to customers over all of GP's online channels.
  • Provide resolution to critical customer complaints from 2nd tier.
  • Ensure positive customer experience and retrieve customer insight over email.
  • Analyze customer insights to identify customer pain points and product fault.

Education

Bachelor's in Social Sciences (Economics) and Minor in Human Resource Management -

BRAC University

Advanced Level Examinations -

Mastermind

O Level Examinations -

Sunnydale

Skills

  • Talent Management
  • Performance Management
  • HR Strategy
  • Process Development
  • Business Process Outsourcing
  • HR Policies
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Succession Planning
  • Workforce Planning
  • Digital HR
  • Employee relations
  • Benefits administration

Certification

  • INSEAD-Telenor Strategy Execution Programme 2017 (with Distinction) - INSEAD
  • Integrated Talent Management - Michael A.Potter International
  • External and Internal Communication - HR Kites
  • Negotiation Skills - Pro-edge Associates
  • Insead- Telenor Strategy Execution Programme 2018 - INSEAD
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) - Scrum Alliance
  • Deloitte - Telenor Strategy Execution Programme 3.0

Honors Awards

  • Employee of the Year 2015
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q4 2014
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q1 2015
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q3 2016
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q1 2017
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q1 2018
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q3 2018
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q4 2018
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q1 2019
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q2 2019
  • Quarterly Award for Best Performer Q3 2019
  • CHRO's Special Recognition Award for Q4 2019

Professional Highlights

  • Employee of the year 2015 in GP
  • Launching the first ever Gamified Recruitment Module in Bangladesh
  • Launching platform SHE with GP, the first mentorship program for upcoming female grads.
  • Maneuvering the people journey of Shopup from an 800 to 8000 in the last 3 years.
  • Automated 80% of entire HR operations in ShopUp to achieve maximum efficiency.
  • Developed a one of a kind workplace for ShopUp spanning over a 65,000 sqft space.
  • Developed empoyee services over app and web application to enhance employee experience.

References

-Tauhid Abdallah

CEO, DMT, Dubai

mobile: +971 56 837 0700 email: tauhid.abdallah@gmail.com

-Shahed Mohammad Quazi

Partner & Co-Founder, Zunoks Consulting

mobile: +8801711083333 email: shahed@zunoks.com

Timeline

Independent Human Resources Consultant

Self Employed Services
09.2023 - Current

Vice President - People & Culture

ShopUp
10.2021 - 06.2024

Chief of Staff

ShopUp
11.2020 - 09.2021

Senior Specialist-Talent Management (Talent Management Lead)

Grameenphone Ltd
11.2019 - 11.2020

Lead Specialist-Talent Management (Talent Manager)

Grameenphone Ltd
06.2017 - 10.2019

Lead Specialist-HR Business Partner

Grameenphone Ltd
12.2013 - 05.2017

Senior Executive-Training and Information Management, People and Quality Management

Grameenphone Ltd
02.2012 - 11.2013

Service Delivery Expert (Contractual), Online Communications, Customer Experience

Grameenphone Ltd
06.2009 - 01.2012

Bachelor's in Social Sciences (Economics) and Minor in Human Resource Management -

BRAC University

Advanced Level Examinations -

Mastermind

O Level Examinations -

Sunnydale
Junaid Ahmed