Sanjay Pingili has been chosen by Ingersoll Rand, the industrial machinery manufacturing company, to play director – human resource (HR) Middle East, India, and Africa (MEIA). He was, till recently, with dsm firmenich, as associate director global-Asia Pacific (APAC) India Global Employer Services (GES) HR.
Armed with an MBA in Human Resources, Sanjay Pingili started off his career as an HR analyst with Deloitte in 2004. He was elevated to senior analyst in 2006, and then, assistant manager in 2009. Another elevation made him manager-HR operations, from 2013 to 2018. The role saw him handling people management, quality control management, crisis and problem solving, project management, management of teams, employee relations & orientation, talent acquisition & development, organisational planning & development, as well as disciplinary and grievances.
March of 2018 saw him joining DSM as service delivery lead-human resource shared services (HRSS) India.
Dsm-firmenich roped him in for the role of senior service delivery lead for APAC and HRSS ICF Global Champion, in 2020. He was elevated to associate director global, APAC India GES HR in April of 2022.
Known to be an “absolute task master with an appetite for delivery”, he will be an asset to Ingersoll Rand, given his over two decades of experience in people management and HR service delivery.
Sanjay Pingili’s appointment reflects Ingersoll Rand’s focus on strengthening people leadership across a diverse and complex geography. His career, spanning over two decades in HR operations, service delivery, and global employer services, equips him with both the scale and precision needed to manage workforce priorities in industrial manufacturing. For Ingersoll Rand, his role will be pivotal in harmonising HR processes across markets, driving efficiency, and embedding resilience in a sector where talent management and operational excellence are tightly interlinked.
