Nisanka Abeysinghe
Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
Summary
Adept at strategic planning and resource allocation, I significantly enhanced organizational improvement and talent development at Sunshine Holdings PLC. Leveraging skills in data-driven decision-making and influencing, I led cross-functional teams to innovate and achieve. My approach, blending hard and soft skills, fosters impactful partnerships and drives business performance.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager - Learning and Organizational Dev.
Sunshine Holdings PLC
Colombo
12.2023 - Current
- Established effective communication channels between different departments within the organization.
- Provided strategic direction to CEOs of SBUs regarding resource allocation decisions.
- Directed cross-functional teams in developing innovative solutions to complex problems.
- Provided guidance on creating a positive work culture throughout the group.
- Designing and implementing comprehensive learning and development strategies aligned with the organization's goals.
- Developing leadership programs to enhance the skills and capabilities of current and future leaders.
- Managing talent assessment and succession planning processes.
- Developing and implementing strategies to enhance employee engagement and satisfaction.
Manager-Human Resources
Senok Group of Companies
11.2018 - 10.2020
- Ensure employee costs are within the agreed budgets by regularly monitoring and assisting line managers to control it
- Ensure identification on core competencies for each function of the organization, evaluation and prepare development plans for same
- Ensure high level of skills and speed to achieve higher productivity to improve profitability of the business
- Supervise group payroll adhering to payroll policies and procedures and complies with relevant law
- Implement initiatives to reduce overhead cost through innovative ideas
- Ensure HR personnel are competent to handle all employee related issues promptly and thus provide satisfaction to our internal customer
- Ensure implementation of best practices of industrial relation to enhance the employer-employee relationships
- Responsible for designing and implementation of all HR policies and procedures
- Lead annual manpower planning and monitors progress monthly
- Identify key/critical job roles and ensure proper succession plans
- Ensure employee motivation through proper identification of employee needs, designing suitable rewards and recognition schemes and welfare activities
- Design effective communication channels (upwards and downwards) within the organization to keep employees well informed on organization direction and ensure evolvement for same
- Ensure minimum litigation through proper compliance to all relevant labour laws & accepted norms in managing employees
Assistant Manager-HR Operations
Hemas Consumer Brands
06.2012 - 11.2018
- Ensuring compliance of the company HR Operational policies and implementing on the same
- Assist in workforce planning to ensures employee costs are within the agreed budgets by regularly monitoring and assisting line managers to control the same
- Ensure all JD's (Job Descriptions, Job Specifications) are up-to-date and job evaluations are done for each job role
- Assist in Remuneration process through benchmarking (Salary Surveys) and prepare reports with statistical information of salary surveys and salary band analysis, consistently feeding the management with information for remuneration decision making
- Design effective communication channels (upwards and downwards) within the organization to keep employees well informed on organization direction and ensure evolvement for same
- Make the SBU A great place to work by driving employee engagement activities, effective reward and recognition process and retention program
- Drive Hemas 360-U concept across the organization and among potential employees through different employer branding initiatives such as digital platforms, career fairs and MOU partnerships with academia
- Maintenance of Employment records, up to date personal files, employee master file; including HRIS master file
- Administration of payroll advice monthly
- Administration of Employee Medical insurance scheme
- Administration of Employee Life Cycle (Recruitment, Transfer, Promotion & Resignation) procedures
- Ensure compliance of statutory requirements of employees EPF, ETF procedures and gratuity
- Administration of Confirmation Appraisal procedure
- Development and maintenance of various statistics related to key HR Functions to support decision making process
- Preparation of monthly HR reports including Turnover Analysis, Wage bill, HR KPI reports, resignations analysis, recruitments analysis and People cost reports
HR Intern
Hemas Manufacturing (PVT) LTD
05.2011 - 05.2012
HR Assistant
Orange Sewing Solutions
09.2010 - 05.2011
Trainee
Richard Peiris Distributors
06.2010 - 09.2010
Senior Manager - HR Business Partnering
Sunshine Consumer Lanka (PVT) LTD
06.2023
- Leading and directing the human resource team to deliver a comprehensive HR service to the business line
- Support the business line in performance management and completing the performance cycle of the entire company on time and provides ongoing oversight and support to ensure that performance measures are being used to effectively manage operations, identify and manage risks, and effect organizational change
- Measuring employee satisfaction and identifying areas that require improvement
- Making action plans together with the management and support implementation and monitor results
- Coordinating with Training Manager, conduct training needs analysis on all employee categories annually, budgeting, making the L&D calendar and execute
- Providing guidance on development for managers and their teams
- Monitor the training hrs and the budget vs ROI
- Managing talent and succession planning; taking overall responsibility for the recruitment of right talent within the recommended lead time
- Work with the Manager compensation and benefit take initiatives to compensate the staff based on the performance and the market rates
- Working with senior managers, coaching them, and advising on all people issues
- Provide training to all levels of staff on performance management and systems
- Assists the business line in Succession planning and making development plans, identifying educational opportunities
- Employee relations, including managing absence, disciplinary issues & grievances
Education
MBA - General Management
Post Graduate Institute of Management
Colombo11-2024
BSc (Hons) in Business Management -
University College Dublin, Ireland
01.2014
Advanced National Diploma in HRM -
National Institute of Business Management, NIBM Sri Lanka
01.2011
Skills
- Resource Allocation
- Business performance management
- Strategic Planning
- Talent Development
- Partnership Development
- Organizational improvement
- Influencing and negotiating
- Data-driven decision-making
CERTIFICATIONS
· AON Hewitt Job Evaluation Expert
• AON Hewitt L & D Expert
School
Bishop's College, Colombo 03
Nationalid
897870690 V
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 10/13/1989
- Gender: Female
- Marital Status: Married
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Senior Manager - Learning and Organizational Dev.
Sunshine Holdings PLC
12.2023 - Current
Senior Manager - HR Business Partnering
Sunshine Consumer Lanka (PVT) LTD
06.2023
Manager-Human Resources
Senok Group of Companies
11.2018 - 10.2020
Assistant Manager-HR Operations
Hemas Consumer Brands
06.2012 - 11.2018
HR Intern
Hemas Manufacturing (PVT) LTD
05.2011 - 05.2012
HR Assistant
Orange Sewing Solutions
09.2010 - 05.2011
Trainee
Richard Peiris Distributors
06.2010 - 09.2010
MBA - General Management
Post Graduate Institute of Management
BSc (Hons) in Business Management -
University College Dublin, Ireland
Advanced National Diploma in HRM -
National Institute of Business Management, NIBM Sri Lanka
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