Saturday, January 5, 2008

My Profile

Vandana J.

Profile – a quick look:

I am a result oriented professional with 13 years of work experience in the field of Admin. and HR including technical recruitment. Armed with an MBA degree from Symbiosis, Pune and also a diploma in Computerized Financial Accounting from DataPro, various assessments during my professional career have indicated that I am a good team player and work well in a structured environment. My interest in social work has taken me to many countries like Egypt, Pakistan etc.

Profile – in detail:

Work Experience:

Organization: ECMi Software Pvt. Ltd October ’06 to date

Designation: Associate handling administration and HR

Responsibilities: Supervising the administrative staff
Training the administrative staff in various facets of administration
Participating in creating policies related to administration
Recruiting of senior software professionals for India and the US
Technologies include Java, ABAP, SAP, Data warehousing, BI, and System Administration for O/S like Unix, Linux, Tivoli and window based systems
Coordinating with outside staffing agencies for the recruitment
Coordinating for the selection process with the US colleagues
Designing and implementing HR policies
Induction of new employees
Handling routine HR matters
Managing the entire appraisal process
Training other HR staff for handling their role

Organization: URC PVT. LTD. May ‘06 to September ‘06

Designation: Manager – Resource

Responsibilities: Handling the staffing requirements for top Indian companies and MNCs
Short-listing candidates based on their profile and compatibility with the organizational culture
Head hunting for senior positions for clients
Recruiting middle and senior level candidates for IT and Non IT companies
Handling the recruiting of Super Computer specialists
Handling IT recruitment for IT quality assurance and various technologies like Embedded, Mainframe, Data warehousing, AS 400 and Java

Undertook an international peace project for Friends without Borders during February ’06 to April ’06. (http://www.friendswithoutborders.org/)

Organization: METRIC CONSULTANCY LTD. June ‘05 to January ‘06

Designation: Manager – Administration and HR

Responsibilities: Administration:
Entire administration of the company as well as that of sister concern Metric Knowledge Management Services Pvt. Ltd.
Supervision of the clerical and junior staff
Managing the office stationery and inventory
Coordination with Government agencies e.g. STPI
Organizing events for the company
Dealing with external agencies for outsourcing of certain functions

HR:
Organizing and managing internal training programmes
Handling HR functions viz. Recruitment, appointment, resignation or termination of the employment
Sanctioning of leave of absence
Checking attendance for calculation of salary for staff
Following HR policies for employee retention and development

Facilities:
Supervising of facilities and their maintenance
Undertaking of restructuring of the office premises and their supervision
Organizing the accommodation of the unmarried staff within the leased properties
Supervising of the housekeeping, gardening and maintenance of the office premises
Recruiting and induction of drivers for office vehicles
Supervising of upkeep, maintenance of office vehicles and various log books for the vehicles

Organization: ASHTA NO KAI April ‘04 to May ’05

Designation: Administrator

Responsibilities: Documentation and maintenance of office records Coordination with the field staff In charge of use and maintenance of key office equipment Coordination of communication with all donors and supporters General office administration and procurement
Maintenance of records for the attendance of the staff
On site visits to check the administration at the field office
Providing inputs and suggestions for the better efficiency of the field staff

Organization: SMARTPUNE SERVICES October ‘02 to April ‘04

Designation: Consultant

Responsibilities: Coordination of all key business functions including strategic planning, finance, marketing, quality assurance and client servicing

Organization: INTEGRATED TRAINING SYSTEMS October ‘94 to April ‘02
Designation: Office Manager

Responsibilities: Handling complete office administration
Supervising of office staff
Handling office accounts
Dealing with walk-in & telephone clients
Managing office correspondence
Organizing consultants’ travel arrangements
Coordinating pre and post -training requirements
Following up with clients for payments


Organization: BHARAT FORGE LTD. May ‘84 to July ‘84

Position: Management Trainee (Finance)

Responsibilities: Review of the entire costing system of the organization



Personal Information:

Edu Qual: B.Com. from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, Pune
M.B.A. (Finance) from Symbiosis Institute of Business
Management, Pune
¨ Addnl Qual: D. C. F. A. (Dipl in Computerized Financial Accounting) DATAPRO

Key personality traits include a willingness to improve and a high degree of honesty

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