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  • Kimberly-Clark appoints Radhika Tomar as CHRO

    Kimberly-Clark appoints Radhika Tomar as CHRO

    Mumbai: FMCG brand Kimberly-Clark on Thursday announced the appointment of Radhika Tomar as chief human resources officer (CHRO).

    In her new role, Tomar will lead Kimberly-Clark’s human resources strategy, focused on transformation, cultural development, talent management, D&I initiatives and continued growth. She will work closely with the leadership team and look after employee and stakeholder engagement, alongside talent development, underscoring the company’s aim to be the employer of choice in India.

    “With Tomar joining Kimberly-Clark, the company now proudly boasts of 45 per cent diversity, with four out of nine women in leadership positions, further strengthening its commitment towards D&I,” said the statement.

    With a career spanning across 15 years, Tomar joins Kimberly-Clark after having served at Dyson as global head of learning and development. Her diverse experience in human resources and talent development also includes stints with multinational giants like Microsoft, McKinsey, and Aon Hewitt.

    Welcoming Tomar on board, Kimberly-Clark India’s MD, Mainak Dhar said, “At K-C, we believe in providing an inclusive and safe work environment while hiring a diverse workforce, that is beneficial to the growth of our business. Leading by example, I am thrilled to have Radhika as a part of our India leadership team.  With her wealth of knowledge and collaborative, people-first leadership style, Radhika brings a fresh perspective to employee development, and I look forward to benefitting from her leadership as we shape the next phase of our growth.”

    Commenting on her new role, Tomar said, “As I begin my new journey at Kimberly-Clark, I look forward to collaborating across the organisation to help shape the culture, capabilities and organisation for the future and contribute to building an engaged, passionate and diverse workforce to fuel our ambitious vision.”

  • Saraf Furniture to hire 250 LGBTQ+ professionals for equality at workplace

    Mumbai: In a bold move, furniture brand Saraf Furniture has announced it will walk its own talk on championing LGBTQ+ rights at the workplace, by hiring around 200 to 250 professionals from this community in the financial year 2021-22, as a part of the brand’s mission of ‘equality in the workplace’.

    Transforming the dream of LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace into reality, Saraf Furniture is carving out a detailed plan to constitute an expert committee to smoothly execute the socially relevant process. The top management has left no stone unturned to make its entire hiring process comfortable and hassle-free, especially for eligible, deserving LGBTQ+ candidates.  

    Professionals belonging to LGBTQ+ community may now explore careers at the company across a diverse range of job profiles – interior designers, after-sales support, HR, chat support individuals, website developers, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), AutoCAD experts, digital marketing, supply chain managers, to name just a few.

    To streamline the entire mission, Saraf Furniture is running awareness and training-related programs on lifestyle diversity for their current employees also. The program seeks to ensure mutual respect, awareness, and communication among the entire workforce.

    The company does not believe in half-hearted measures, it plans to go the entire mile and even further. A slew of new policies that include one on gender affirmation as well as a sexual harassment prevention initiative will also be implemented. Furthermore, Saraf Furniture will construct unisex washrooms and set up an additional safeguard to protect the rights of the LGBTQ+ community in the form of a ‘welfare committee’.

    Saraf Furniture founder & CEO Raghunandan Saraf said, “There is a famous idiom – practice what you preach, and, I firmy believe in this. We can’t afford to speak LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace if we fail to implement it in our own (corporate) workplace. Saraf Furniture has taken a firm decision to come forward and set an example for others to be followed, by living up to its firm commitment towards the LGBTQ+ (community and for) equality in the workplace in the true sense”.

    “As a growing organisation and one of the biggest names in the furniture industry, Saraf Furniture is always keen and geared up to integrate diversity at workplace. Nowadays, organisations need to involve people from all walks of life, hone their skill sets so as to take (get an) edge over others in the era of severe competition. As entrepreneurs, we need to be more open when it comes to talent which is lying untapped and unexplored. I know, together we can make a difference,” Saraf added.

    With the month of June globally recognised as ‘gay pride’ month, many brands today flaunt the community’s rainbow colours on their logos via social media handles. However, on-ground measures are yet to keep pace with the total number of brands seen championing the cause over Instagram. While every conversation that results in a mindset change cannot be discounted, it is crucial that more companies come forward and actually walk the talk.

    At present, even two years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling decriminalised homosexuality, members of India’s LGBTQ+ community lag far behind their western counterparts to attain due corporate representation and other benefits. Hence brands like Saraf Furniture will serve as the right role model for more corporate to take inspiration, perhaps borrow a bit of panache from them, to accomplish increased inclusivity, diversity and equality in the respective workplaces.

  • Saraf Furniture to hire 250 professionals from the LGBTQ+ community

    New Delhi: In a bold move, which is perhaps a first for Corporate India, furniture brand Saraf Furniture is actually walking the talk when it comes to championing LGBTQ+ rights at the workplace. The solid wood furniture player announced that it will hire about 200-250 professionals from the LGBTQ+ community in the financial year 2021-22 to ensure ‘Equality in the Workplace’.

    The company said it is carving out a detailed plan to constitute an expert committee for the smooth execution of the entire process. Professionals from the LGBTQ+ community will be able to explore careers at the company in a diverse range of job profiles – interior designers, after-sales support, HR, chat support individuals, website developers, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), AutoCAD experts, digital marketing, supply chain managers, to name a few.

     

    The company has also been running awareness and training-related programs on lifestyle diversity for their existing employees as well. A list of new policies including major ones like Gender Affirmation and Sexual Harassment Prevention Policies are all set to be implemented. Furthermore, Saraf Furniture will also be constructing unisex washrooms.

    “There is a famous idiom – Practice what you preach. And, I firmly believe in this. We can’t afford to speak LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace if we fail to implement this in our workplace. Saraf Furniture has taken a firm decision to come forward and set an example for others to be followed by living up to its firm commitment towards the LGBTQ+ equality in the workplace in the true sense”, says Saraf Furniture founder & CEO Raghunandan Saraf, on the policy decisions pertaining to LGBTQ+ equality at his organisation.

    With the month of June globally recognised as Pride month, many brands today flaunt the community’s rainbow colours on their logos via their social media handles. However, on-ground measures are yet to keep pace with the number of brands championing the cause on Instagram. Hence brands like Saraf Furniture need to be lauded so that more corporates can also take a step forward in accomplishing increased inclusivity, diversity and equality in the workplace.