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LAVANYA NEELAKANTAM

LAVANYA NEELAKANTAM

Kuwait City,KU

Summary

Dedicated HR professional with over a decade of experience in Retail and Oil & Gas industries. Proficient in full-cycle talent acquisition, HR operations, payroll management, employee relations, and digital transformation. Committed to improving individual and operational efficiencies while fostering innovation. Seeking an opportunity to apply expertise in a forward-thinking organization dedicated to sustainable growth and operational excellence, with a strong passion for people.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

HR Officer- Recruitment

Kuwait Drilling Fluids & Oil Services
02.2024 - Current
  • Directed and managed end-to-end recruitment operations for blue-collar and senior-level positions, covering job advertising, CV screening, structured interviews, assessments, and offer management.
  • Successfully handled offer negotiations, Offer issuance, pre-boarding, onboarding formalities.
  • Independently sourced, recruited, and onboarded 150+ employees across multiple hiring models, including direct hiring, KOC-seconded staff, third-party outsourcing, and Kuwaitization.
  • Strengthened talent pipelines by expanding sourcing channels through partnerships with recruitment agencies and local universities, enhancing access to diverse candidate profiles across technical, administrative, and operations roles.
  • Oversaw skills testing, ATS (Applicant Tracking System) managed in excel & dashboards.
  • Presenting detailed recruitment reports to senior HR leadership.
  • Tracked and analyzed recruitment KPIs such as Time-to-Fill, Offer Acceptance Rate, Offer Rejection Rate, and Onboarding Turnaround, using data-driven recruitment matrices.

HR Supervisor

Alessa Med
06.2023 - 02.2024
  • Played a pivotal role in managing recruitment, payroll, performance management, and HR operations.
  • Led the implementation of a performance management system aligned with departmental KPIs, enabling consistent quarterly tracking and reporting.

HR Team Leader

Diebold Nixdorf, India (HO: U.S.)
05.2021 - 09.2022
  • Managed Onboarding transactional activities for employees and contingent workers, ensuring timely and accurate data transactions.
  • Be the first point of contact for all process-related queries/issues and ensure the data transactions worked by team are getting audited internally.
  • Ensure process-related SOPs are documented and updated & reviewed on a periodic basis.
  • Ensuring SLA compliance in transactional activities.
  • Led HR projects, ensuring compliance with deadlines and SLAs. Managed testing activities on Oracle (Pay Elements, Recruiting Cloud, Core HR) and played a key role in CRP and User Testing.
  • Liaise with the teams, recruitment, HRBP's, HRIT.

Payroll Officer / HR Coordinator / Admin Roles

Alshaya Group
09.2010 - 09.2020
  • Delivered payroll services for 4000+ using Oracle HRMS, including attendance tracking, salary updates, final settlements, and monthly reconciliations ensured accuracy and compliance in Oracle.
  • Delivered payroll induction sessions for new joiners and prepared HR documents such as experience letters, salary certificates, transfer memos, and salary transfer letters.
  • Coordinated with IT and HRMS teams for system issues and contributed to UAT testing for payroll functionality.
  • Provided administrative support to the HR Services team and Regional HRS Managers across Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran, including report preparation, tender documentation, and organizational structure updates, roll outHR Communications and HR audits.
  • Supported regional HR teams across Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria with reports, audit preparation, and organizational updates.
  • Managed insurance operations, including annual policy renewals, reissuance of medical cards, claim form verification, and coordination with the Finance Department for payment processing and reconciliation for employees and dependents.

Education

Bachelor's- Engineering - Information & Technology

Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University

Skills

  • Comprehensive recruitment management
  • Workforce planning proficiency
  • HRMS/HRIS (Oracle, Odoo, MS Dynamics)
  • Payroll processing expertise
  • HR Dashboard Reporting & Analytics
  • HR Projects, UAT & Change Management
  • MS Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Internal Policy Development
  • Team leadership
  • Onboarding and orientation
  • Background checks

Additional Information

  • Current Location- Kuwait , Visa: Article 18 (Transferable)
  • Kuwait Driving License: Valid
  • Willing to relocate and open to migration opportunities

Certification

  • “Grow with Us” HR Leadership Program – Alshaya Group
  • “Busy Bee” Certificate of Excellence – Diebold Nixdorf
  • Payroll Migration Champion (Oracle to Odoo) – Alessa Med

LANGUAGES

English
Hindi
Telugu

Timeline

HR Officer- Recruitment

Kuwait Drilling Fluids & Oil Services
02.2024 - Current

HR Supervisor

Alessa Med
06.2023 - 02.2024

HR Team Leader

Diebold Nixdorf, India (HO: U.S.)
05.2021 - 09.2022

Payroll Officer / HR Coordinator / Admin Roles

Alshaya Group
09.2010 - 09.2020

Bachelor's- Engineering - Information & Technology

Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University

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