Vikram Kaul has started a new position as human resources director and chief people officer (CPO), Leadec.
He has excitedly posted on social media that this new role will see him leading the HR function, overseeing recruitment, retention and development of employees; managing compensation and benefits; and ensuring compliance with labour laws. He will also be responsible for the function that looks after general administration and office facilities across the country, for this global service specialist for factories. Additionally, he will be the executive director for Leadec’s management board in India.
An alumnus of IIM-Lucknow, Kaul was manager – HR and admin with F-TEC Skill Development, in the early years of his career. Just over a year and a half later, in 2003, he joined Ochoa Laboratories as HR business partner. Based out of Delhi for over a year and a half, Kaul successfully looked after the recruitment process including shortlisting, searching, screening, conducting and scheduling interviews and coordinating with various job consultants and job portals.
In 2004, he was appointed HR manager, Bharti Airtel. Almost five years into this role, he was elevated to senior HR business partner (Airtel shared services), looking after talent management, employee transformation, training and development, HR automation, process implementation and HR analytics and talent acquisition.
From 2010 to 2014, he was head – HR, North India, The Future Group. In this role, he shouldered the responsibility of manpower planning, employee development and training, performance management, and so on for North and Central India operations, Future Retail.
It was in August 2014 that he moved to Zenica Group India, as group HR head India. He was leading strategic HR management, resourcing, employee relations, learning and development, talent management, compensation and benefits , and so on. After almost three years in this role, he switched to G4S, where he joined as HR head India.
His next stop was Cushman & Wakefield, as director- HR, India, in September 2018. This stint lasted over three years.
In 2022, he was appointed people leader India, Compass Group India. Based out of Gurugram for over a year, he managed all aspects of recruitment, talent management, workforce planning, employee relations, organisational development, HR strategy and HR operations, while directly partnering with executive leadership.
Known to be a reliable and goal-oriented professional, he brings the ideal mix of sincerity, interpersonal skills and intellect to the table. HRKatha wishes him all the best in his latest assignment at Leadec.
