Hema Mani has over 20 years of experience in leadership capacities in various Human Resources functions such as strategic HR business partnering, Talent acquisition, Talent & Organization Development, Talent Management, Compensation, HR Operations, HR Legal, Employee Relations, Corporate Communication and HR generalist and has been a key task member in the HR leadership team in driving HR processes and linkages throughout the organization besides being a key partner in the business for strategic planning, growth initiatives, and PCMM assessments.
Her strengths include operating in a global environment in matrix and virtual setups, strategy formulation and execution, learn ability and adaptability, designing and implementing organization wide processes, experience in organization design and change management, understanding of the high technology business, knowledge of statutory compliances and legal frameworks on HR front. 6 Sigma – Green Belt certified. Possess experience of working with global senior leadership teams, strategic people leadership & management, communication and networking skills.
Hema Mani, from Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship began her career at Kelly Consultants, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Jain Group of Institutions, i2 Technologies, Honeywell Technology Solutions and Lennox India Technology Centre, where she is presently the Director- HR For the group in India & China.. As part of her responsibility in Lennox India & Asia sourcing leadership team, she spends considerable time in developing HR talent in the organization and developing them into a global team of excellence.
Under her leadership, Lennox India has won several honours for HR such as the 13 best workplaces in Tamil Nadu by Times of India, 100 Best places to work for women in India 2016 by Avatar and Dream companies to work in 2016 by Times Ascent.
Additionally, Hema has driven a functional excellence mindset for HR - growing competence in areas such as leadership development, competency mapping, human capital planning, talent review and succession planning, and organization design and development work.
She had a short stint as a freelance trainer with Accord Management consultants. She was one of the founding members of Mahaveer Academy of Technology and Sciences (part of the Jain Group of Institutions), here she was responsible for developing the HR curriculum for post graduate studies in collaboration with Industry and Academic experts.
She has represented on topics of Human sciences in forums of IHRD and NHRD. She has published a couple of papers on Execution Excellence in HR which is compiled into a journal released by Indian Institute of Science and another one on Innovative learning strategies was recently recognized by Nasscom and published on their site. She is recognized as one of the 30 Women Super Achievers by World HRD Congress