Samedha Chowdhury

 SAMEDHA CHOWDHURY Phone No.: - E-Mail:- PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS Total 20 years of experience in General Administration, Coordination & Client Servicing, HR, Recruitment, Employee Management & Others. Presently employed with Blitz Multimedia as Assistant Manager-HR Strategic Thinker. Working closely with the Middle/Senior Management team on providing direction, business planning and forecasting for new ventures or additional business segments. An effective communicator with strong problem solving & organizational abilities. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Sep. 2007 – Oct. 2017 BLITZ MULTIMEDIA PVT. LTD. Assistant Manager-HR Blitz Multimedia is a lifestyle and entertainment publication company covering Media titles Cine Blitz, Hi Blitz, Happy Flying & Hi Club Magazines. Currently managing end-to-end Recruitment process and HR Operations/Generalist task which is as follows: Recruitment : Handle recruitments through various job portals and regularly manage job postings, screening resumes, conducting first round of interview, coordinate interview schedule between finalized candidates and hiring managers. Preparing Job Descriptions after understanding role and responsibilities for the vacant positions. On-boarding & Induction : Carry out pre-joining and joining formalities of new hires once the offer letter is rolled out. Ensuring that the new employee has been integrated in the system properly. Organizing induction of new employees to company history, background and culture. Briefing new joiners about HR policies, office timings, processes etc. Probation Period, Confirmation of Employee : Coordinate with immediate manager for confirmation review of probationer. Issuing letter of confirmation or extension of probation period as the case is to the employee. Policy Implementation : Implementing HR policies and procedures to ensure effective, fair and consistent management of staff throughout the organization. Attending emails, calls and meetings with employees to provide advice and guidance on individual employee relations cases, ensuring that these are well managed and meet the requirements of the company’s policies, best practice and employment. HR Records and HR Audit Maintaining records of all employees files and carry out regular audits of all files. Preparing, managing and regularly updating all HR related MIS, reports as per the requirement of the management. Ensuring timely submission of monthly PF (Provident Fund) of employees and ESIC (Employee Sate Insurance) along with challans to the respective government departments Strictly monitor & maintain attendance records of employees and ensure it’s compliant with Bombay Shops & Establishment Act. Conducting HR audit of all the statutory records such as PF, ESI through external auditors as per company requirements. Leaves and Attendance Preparing and updating monthly attendance of employees, calculate pay days, leaves and leave without pay days. Input leave and attendance data for salary data preparation. Maintain physical as well as digital record of employee leave balances & ensure that they are up to date. Ensure proper follow-up with employees on their leaves. Performance Management System (PMS) : Assist in execution and end to end process of performance management system. Ensure PMS initiation and adhere to the timelines Employee engagement activities : Celebrating annual get-together and major festivals such as Holi Festival, Diwali Festival, Christmas or New Year etc. Wishing each employee on his Birthday to make him/her feel special Exit Process : Ensuring the completion of Clearance and Handover process Issuing relieving letter and experience certificates to the resigned employees Liaise with Finance for releasing Full and Final settlements of the resigned employees after taking management approval. General Administration : Coordinate and oversee all office activities and operations to secure efficiency and compliance to company policies. Direct and oversee implementation of the assigned works, activities, and projects viz Housekeeping, Stationary, Travel, Pantry, postal, maintenance, security. Customer Relationship management including order processing and payment follow-ups. Responsible for the AMC and renewal of contracts.  Dec. 1998 – Sep. 2007 BINANI INDUSTRIES LTD. Sr. Asst.–Commercial Binani Industries Ltd. is a leader in the fibreglass and composites industry with a global business in manufacturing and supply of fibreglass and related products. Assisting the Vice President (Commercial) in his day to day activities Follow-up with the various functional heads to obtain necessary information desired by VP Interacting with the plant for daily report relating to production, stocks & dispatches for domestic as well as export supplies Follow up with international customers for orders, acknowledgement, payment etc. Preparing monthly sales report to track sales performance of various customers Travel & accommodation arrangements Screening of Emails and tracking action Prepare various circulars to be issued to the staff Coordinate & monitor activities of the office support staff Maintaining simple, suitable and easily accessible filing systems Planning & scheduling meetings as per the importance of meeting Replying promptly to various correspondences relating to sales matters based on the factory figures May 1996 – Dec. 1998 ORIGEN COMPUTING Sales Coordinator Education Post Graduation Diploma in Human Resource Management from Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research., Mumbai - 2011 B.A. (Economics) from Wilson College, Mumbai - 1996 Shorthand knowledge Software Skills Windows 2010 ( MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint) Attendance Software (Enpax) Payroll Software (Spine) Personal Information Date of Birth: - Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Notice Period: - Nationality : Indian Languages Known: English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali