PeopleStrong, the human capital management SaaS platform, has roped in Aashay Manake to play chief people officer (CPO). Manake was earlier vice president-HR, Jubilant FoodWorks.
An alumnus of Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development, Manake has a BTech in Electronics and Communications to his credit.
He began his career with ITC as a trainee assistant in June of 2009. Within seven months he was appointed assistant manager-HR. By April of 2014, he had been elevated to acting HR manager, ITC where he spent over five years before moving to GE Healthcare in 2015.
As human resources manager at GE Healthcare, Aashay Manake spent over two and a half years strategising and operationalising initiatives related to performance management, talent management, succession planning, business partnering, organisational development, employee engagement and so on. Additionally, he also led learning and development.
Manake’s next stop was OYO where he served as director-HR for over two years, from 2017 to 2019. From 2019 to 2021 he played AVP-HR, OYO Vacation Homes. The next year and a half was spent
building and driving KPIs and performance management for the supply teams there in addition to designing and implementing HR systems and processes.
His association with Jubilant FoodWorks began in April of 2021 when he joined as national HR business partner-supply chain. Over two years into this role he was elevated to HR lead-corporate functions. By Mayof 2023 he had reached the position of VP-HR, Dunkin’, Popeyes, Hong’s, international business, digital and corp functions. He managed an employee base of over 2500.
Now, in his new assignment at PeopleStrong, he will lead the people and culture strategy, and also strengthen leadership capability, workforce effectiveness, and organisational readiness, as the company scales across markets.
Sandeep Chaudhary, CEO, PeopleStrong believes Manake is “a leader who brings together strong HR domain expertise, sound process thinking, and genuine human understanding”.
Aashay Manake himself is keen to “work with the leadership team to further strengthen capabilities, create scalable people systems, and a culture that brings joy, energy and meaning to work.”