Prachur Kumar Shukla is an experienced human resources professional with over 22 years of experience in large aluminum companies. He currently works as the Head of HR Strategy and Projects at Aluminium Bahrain, one of the world's largest aluminum smelters. Prachur has extensive expertise in areas such as strategic planning, organization development, compensation and benefits, talent management, and industrial relations. He holds several professional certifications in human resources and process improvement methodologies.

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E-mail prachur@gmail.com
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Collaborative
Team player
Competent
Communicator
Analytical
thinker
Profficient
Executor
Influencer and
conflict Manager
1991 - Bachelor of
Engineering
1993 - Master in
Engineering Management
1993 - 1994
VAM Organic & IT BHU
1994 - 2004
Hindalco Industries India
2004 - till date
Aluminium Bahrain
Prachur Kumar Shukla
 Certified Human Resource professional (GPHR, SHRM-SCP, HRBP, HRMP,
PHR) with 22 plus years of experience in large organisations.
 HR expertise in Strategic planning, Organisation development, Performance
Management, Competency framework, Job analysis, Job description
writing, HAY Job evaluation, SAP HR module, Compensation structure
design, Policy and Procedure development, Restructuring, HR Audits etc.
Profile Summary –
 Stable professional with 22 year plus experience in Aluminium
Metal Industry.
 Currently working as a ‘Head of HR Strategy and Projects’ for
Aluminium Bahrain BSC, one of the world largest single site
Aluminium smelter with approximately 3000 employees.
 Work experience in all core areas of HR – HR strategy,
Planning, Organisation design, Policy and Procedure,
Recruitment and On- boarding, Compensation and benefit,
Performance Management, Industrial and employee relation,
HR Analytics, SAP HR Module.
 Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
 Masters in Engineering Management
 Certified GPHR,SHRM-SCP, HRBP, HRMP, PHR, Hay JE system
 Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt ASQ USA
Career Time Line
Career Time Line
Soft Skill
Last Position DGM
– Industrial
Engineering
Situational
Leader &
Coach
Recipient of ‘Young Achiever Award- Birla Group’
from Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla -2002
“Special thanks Award “ from Alba Management
for Exceptional contribution
Social Service Award Bahrain
International Cricket Council Centenary Volunteer
Award

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 Joined in 2004 – established Organisation development and Industrial Engineering function. Started
and Established following major initiatives;
o Designing Performance Management System
o Employee Bonus payout system
o Salary Analysis system
o Long term Manpower planning
o Succession Planning
o HR SAP Module utilisation Audit and improvement plan
o Skill matrix based promotion system for non supervisory employees
 Took Additional responsibility of Acting Head of Recruitment position
o Developed structured interview frame work and conducted training for all Management level
employees
o Reduced cost of recruitment by adopting modern recruitment approaches.
o Established long term recruitment strategy
 Worked as Head of Compensation and Benefit and OD
o Established Contract Equalisation between different types of employment contracts
o Salary surveys and benchmarking
o Long term compensation projection and strategy
o Automation of Promotion process in SAP
 Worked as Head of Special Project and IE
o Major restructuring for workforce with Mckinsey
o Established new positions Job descriptions and Job evaluations
o Updated more than 350 positions in record time of 3 months
o Updated policies and procedures
o Developed Emergency plan
o Managed Internal and National HR Audits
 Currently working as Head of HR Strategy and Projects
o Managed 2011 Arab Spring crisis. Worked as emergency response officer.
 Managed Logistics and Shift Schedules
 Worked as reliever in plant for shifts
 Implemented and updated Emergency plan
Strategic HR
Manpower Planning
Organisation development
Competency Maps
Job Analysis, Job Description , Job Evaluation
Performance Managenet System
Policy , Procedure,
HR Audit, HR Compliance
Labour Law - Bahrain and Indian
HR Surveys, Employee Benefits
SAP HR module, ISO and SHE standards
Employee and Industrial Relations
Recruitment and On Boarding
Compensation and benefits
Salary structure design,Salary Benchmarking
Workforce costing
Learning and Development, Talent
management
Long term startegic compensation study
Salary surveys and studies
HR Analytics, change management
Industrial Engineering tools
Organisation Restructuring & Reengineering
Six Sigma tools, TQM, QFD, Lean Manufacturing
JIT, TOC, Synchronous manufacturing
Inventory management, ERP implementation
Value engineering , Technology Management
Skill Set
Work Experience – Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) 2004 till date – 3000 employees, world leading
Aluminium smelter

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 Worked from Office 14 days continuously
o Worked on Work rules violations with ER and IR team
o Adopted new Bahrain Labour Law 2012 amendments
o Updated 69 HR Policies
o Updated HR Procedures and SAP Automations
 ILO Study with Hay to solve cases – Role – to identify matching jobs and write job description so that
HAY can do study . Also guided Hay for the study and coordinated with all parties including employees
 Negotiations with Ministry of Labour and individual employees to convince them to join back – 30
cases solved.
 Ensured smooth closure of National Audit for HR. Originally 72 points were raised reduced to 30 and
in final report reduced to 18 points. No investigations required. Regular follow-up and
implementation of NAO report, majority of the points are already implemented.
 All JD’s are updated on the Alba Net (only 2% need more work)
 Upgrade of PMS and new proposal got approved through Union.
 More than 31 automation points for HR identified and under implementation.
 HR cost saving project initiated prior to TITAN and already achieved desired savings of BD 0.5 million.
 ‘Know your HR’ initiated for Manager HR to improve HR interaction with plant
 Strategic Manpower plan prepared for 5 year and submitted to Management with annual Dash Board.
 Completed PR audit report and identified improvement areas including clarifying budget.
 Supported in Union negotiation for summer allowance, PCA and other areas.
 Helped Medical to improve Medical insurance with CFO for switching from Comprehensive Insurance
to Self Insurance and saving money around BD 0.3 million.
 Finalised Family insurance for non-Supervisory and 1st
line employees
 Established Project Line – 6 Structure, Manpower Plan and recruitment process including Managers.
Helping Director Project in establishing Project structure and Job description
 Helped in formation of Hong Kong and Swiss office their Manpower contracts and ensuring local
Labour Laws are followed.
 Conducting HR Process Benchmarking study.
 Taken over Alba Social Club to make itself sustainable and implement Business Plan
 Ongoing Alba Restructuring and changes
 Updated long term Salary and Allowance strategy, Salary structure and policies.
 Establishing multi union setup and Union budget.
 Developing HR KPI’s and Training HR team
 Executive payroll support and executive policy implementation including promotions and transfers.
 Joined as Group Management Training as Engineer Vendor Development and then moved to
Industrial Engineering as Engineer Development Cell.
 Moved on fast track to become one of the youngest Deputy General Manager of Industrial
Engineering. Supervised 15 Industrial Engineers team covering entire plant. Reporting to Chief
Manufacturing Officer (CMO) and Joint President HR.
 Worked of following major Areas
o Human resource related
 Performance Management system
 Manpower Planning
 Restructuring
 Competency Mapping
 Succession Planning
 Job Analysis, Job description writing and job Evaluation
 Hr Survey and Union negotiations
 HR manual
o Industrial Engineering
 Supervised Manpower studies
Work Experience – Hindalco Industries limited – 1994 till 2004 with 15000 employees – India’s
Leading Aluminium Smelter and World largest Integrated Aluminium Producer.

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 Manpower planning
 Restructuring
 Cost Control
 Inventory management
 Special projects
 Layout and Logistics improvements
 Packaging and Warehousing improvements
 Equipment replacement analysis
 Contract rate study and Contract Management
 Management Audit and World Class Manufacturing (WCM) practices
o Vendor Development
 Conveyor belt standardisation
 Ball Bearing standardisation
 Vendor evaluation and rating system
 Welding Electrode standardisation
 Key vendor developments
o Special Development Projects
 Implementation of Theory of Constraint based Production Planning system
 Development of Packaging system for Rolled, Extrusion, properzi wire rod
 Development of new warehouse
 Implementation of ERP – Oracle11i-Maximo as a core coordinator
 From process mapping, business case development, selection of ERP, to
selection of Vendor
 Coordinated Inventory and maintenance module directly
 Coordinated data conversion and training –
o More than 90,000 maintenance items coding
o Chart of account and cost code structure
o Training and implementation in 7 locations
 Testing and implementation
 User acceptance
 Major crisis management in Hindalco
 Transportation strike
 Material Loading
o Hindalco Silvassa Foil and Wheel Project
 Project Management and implementation support
 Establish HR manual
 Manpower Planning
 Policy and Procedure
 Work process
 Finishing, Packaging and Warehousing system
 IT and Production Planning system
 Reporting System
 IE studies
 Member of Toast Master International, Active participant in Social Service,
 Martial Arts Black Belt, Cricket Player & ACC Level 3 Coach. Cricket Australia Level 3 coach
 Trainer for Crown Prince Youth Development Programme, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Languages – English and Hindi
Extra Curricular Activities

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1987 to 1991 MIT Manipal Mangalore University, India
BachelorofEngineering–Mechanical
1991 to 1993 Mangalore University, India
MasterofTechnologyinEngineeringManagement
1993 to 1994 Institute of Technology, BHU Varanasi, India Research work in TQM’
1997 Japanese work Ethics, NICC Japan
2002 Certified Quality Engineer, USA
2003 Performance Management, AV Birla Group, India
2004 Certified Assessor for WCM, trained in Six Sigma
2010 Professional in HR (PHR) from SHRM
Lean Six Sigma Green (ASQ USA) & Black Belt Villanova University (USA)
2015 Human Resource Business Process (HRBP) Certificate from HRCI USA
Human Resource Management Process (HRMP) Certificate from HRCI USA
SHRM-SCP from SHRM USA
2016 GPHR (Global Professional Human Resources) HRCI USA
 Nationality – Indian –
 Passport Number - Z2360282 Valid till – 2024
 Married with two sons
 Expert level Knowledge in MS Office and MS Access
 SAP HR Module, Inventory Management and FICO
 Oracle ERP
 Simulation tools, SPSS, Minitab
 MS Project , Primavera etc
 Member of BSTD – Bahrain Society of Training & Development
 SHRM member
 ASQ member
 Alumni of NITIE India Member of Institution of Engineers India.
o Mr Tim Murray , Chief Executive Officer, Alba , Bahrain
Telephone – (973)17833366 mail – Tim.Murray@alba.com.bh
 Ali Al Baqali , Chief Finance Officer, Alba, Bahrain
Tel – 0097317837600, mail – ali.baqali@alba,com.bh
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