Gaurav Sharma

1. Organizational Design & Structure 2. Talent Management & Capability Building 3. Culture & Engagement 4. Governance, Compliance & ER 5. HR Systems & Business Alignment

• Co-led job leveling and organization structure design for Engineering and R&D functions to align talent architecture with evolving business needs.
• Partnered with functional heads to establish clarity in roles and reporting, facilitating better collaboration across Supply, R&D, and Q&FS.
• Anchored career and development conversations across functions using structured frameworks, enabling focused growth planning.
• Built visibility into mission-critical roles, created dashboards, and initiated succession planning conversations with key leaders.
• Onboarded and integrated senior hires (e.g., Supply Director, Manufacturing Head) with targeted early engagement interventions.
• Led cultural transformation agenda focused on performance mindset, cross-functional collaboration, and values-based behaviors.
• Rolled out contractor connect forums and monthly grievance sessions, enhancing voice and trust among shopfloor workforce.
• Strengthened employee connection through townhalls, functional offsites, and direct communication channels.
• Designed and implemented Governance and Risk Committees in partnership with union representatives to reduce conflict overlap and clarify mandates with Works Committee.
• Ensured ombudsman access and visibility across site through awareness campaigns in English, Hindi, and Marathi.
• Created a structured grievance mechanism for contractor workforce with contractor POCs and escalation routes.
• Developed people dashboards for tracking critical metrics, enabling data-driven people decisions for site leadership.
• Supported HR readiness for D2C and B2C business scale-up, aligning capability and structures with strategic priorities.

1. Labour Law Compliance & Governance 2. Capability Building & Communication 3. Employer Branding & Talent Advocacy

• Led labour law compliance for India Business Unit with a structured and digitized approach to reduce risk and ensure consistency across sites.
• Developed a proactive ER & compliance framework to reduce reactive issue handling and embed preventive governance mechanisms.
• Digitized PF/Gratuity enrollment and nomination workflows, significantly improving compliance accuracy and process efficiency.
• Launched the ER Nuggets Series, a practical learning program designed to build ER and compliance acumen among HR and people managers.
• Positioned compliance as a value-adding business enabler through regular sessions, easy-to-digest content, and engagement-focused delivery.
• Designed and executed the Tech Immersion Program, enabling top campus talent to experience Mondelez operations and become brand ambassadors.

1. Team Leadership & Strategic ER 2. Employee Relations & Capability Building 3. Culture, Engagement & Inclusion 4. HR Operations & Trust Building 5. Talent & Leadership Development

• Led People Experience team of 2 Managers and 7 retainers at a unionized plant with 1400+ workforce.
• Successfully concluded a critical Long-Term Settlement (LTS) well ahead of deadline with a win-win outcome, exceeding management expectations and enabling a multi-million dollar NR project.
• Contributed to the HR Strategy 2024 project as part of a select team led by Country HR Leadership.
• Designed and delivered ER capability sessions for frontline managers across all Indian manufacturing sites.
• Reduced barriers to execution by piloting and implementing the People Service App, digitizing HR access for shopfloor employees.
• Shifted 102 headcounts from NEEM to Apprentice, significantly reducing non-compliance risk.
• Conceptualized and implemented an engagement revamp strategy based on 4 pillars: Continuous Listening, Collaboration, Manager-led Engagement, and Focused Interventions.
• Delivered a 4-point increase in SG5+ engagement score (Glint Survey).
• Improved gender diversity from 15% to 21% and expanded Rewards & Recognition (R&R) coverage to 15% of the workforce.
• Drove continuous improvement in HR operations (canteen, transport, trainee hiring), resulting in reduced grievances and increased employee trust.
• Supported site People Lead in executing succession planning and career development interventions.
• Nominated for the prestigious End-to-End Future Leadership Program (MSC) at Mondelez.