Native, a human resources services company, has appointed Rahul Pinjarkar as managing partner and head-enterprise growth. He brings to the table over two decades of experience, having begun his professional journey way back in 1999, as senior executive-HR at Wockhardt. Two years later, in 2006, he moved to Philips as factory manager, corporate HR-L&OD & BU HR. After a five-year stint, he moved to ICICI Prudential AMC, as senior manager-HR, sales and operations (All India). The next two years saw him partnering with business leaders on end-to-end HR for distributed teams across branches, looking into talent acquisition, talent management, engagement, and compliance.
Novartis India roped him in for the role of head-HR, vaccines and diagnostics, in June of 2008. During his four-year long tenure, he established HR systems, built policies, and culture to attract, develop and retain talent aligned to the business vision in a JV environment.
June of 2012 was witness to Rahul Pinjarkar taking up the role of VP-HR at Saint-Gobain. For six years, he worked out of Mumbai he successfully steered HR transformation in line with business growth across culture, capability, rewards, talent, and ER/IR in a complex stakeholder ecosystem.
From 2018 to 2023, he was with Trent as director-HR for Trent Hypermarket.
His association with Tata Chemicals began in June of 2023, where he played chief human resources officer (CHRO) for over two years, handling HR governance across India, Americas, Europe and Africa.
In his latest assignment at Native, he will steer enterprise growth for the group companies, Native, AlterNatives, Northward, Woven and QUNBA.
With his breadth of experience across manufacturing, retail, chemicals and global HR governance, Pinjarkar’s move signals Native’s intent to blend deep domain knowledge with enterprise growth ambitions. His track record of steering transformation in complex, multi stakeholder environments positions him well to drive scale, stability and innovation across the group’s diverse businesses.
HRKatha wishes Rahul Pinjarkar all the best as he gears to help Native perform, scale, and stay stable through change!