Human resources (HR) at Ambuja play a vital role in
realising business objectives by leading organisational
change, fostering innovation and effectively mobilising
talent to sustain the organisation’s competitive edge.
Our HR strategy is aimed at integrating processes to result
in overall organisational effectiveness, which positively
impacts business growth. HR aligned with our business
strategy, clarifies the business direction, performance
expectations, and actively feeds into the approach required
to manage talent in order to achieve business goals.
Our strategy, systems, and processes are aimed towards
making us an employer of choice with sustainable talent
and concrete action plans to enhance employee
engagement. The employee engagement survey
administered this year saw 98% employee participation
with an improvement in the engagement score. We also
continued in our efforts to provide a congenial work
environment, innovative recruitment and retention practices,
and continuous learning opportunities to management and
non-management staff for their future growth and
development. The Workforce Development Initiative is
designed to build the capability and competence of the
workforce and to ensure safety, productivity, and quality.
Under this initiative, training opportunities were provided to
70% of our workforce. The Company has always provided
a congenial working atmosphere that is free from
discrimination & harassment including sexual harassment.
It has provided equal opportunities of employment to all
without regard to their caste, religion, colour, marital status,
and gender. The Company has also framed a policy on
‘Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace’.
There were no cases reported during the year under review
under the said Policy. These efforts have led to a significant
increase in manpower productivity. Efforts have also been
made to design progressive and empowering HR policies
and other welfare measures.
Talent Management
We maintain our competitive edge by honing our talent
and carving out leaders from the best talent. Talent
management initiatives at Ambuja play a vital role in
combination with other business processes in driving
shareholder value through management, development, and
retention of superior talent. This is what gives us our
competitive advantage. Structured talent reviews across
levels supported by individual development plans (IDPs)
and cross-functional and cross-location assignments have
helped develop wholesome leadership skills. All the
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development efforts have shown good results with more
and more senior positions being filled internally, while
maintaining a healthy external talent intake. Thus
succession planning has helped create a talent pipeline
for key positions and a strong growth avenue for our
developing leaders. The core values of the organisation
also emphasise the need to develop and build leaders who
will lead the organisation up the path of high performance.
Keeping this in mind, the STEP (Sustainable Talent for
Enhanced Performance) programme was institutionalised
in 2012 along with other talent management initiatives.
The prime objective of STEP is to develop a sustainable
pool of leaders equipping them with essential leadership
skills and competencies; and enhancing their coaching
skill capacity to be internal coaches. The first batch of 96
managers who were part of the STEP journey has
successfully completed the programme
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