Global HR Leader · India

I build and scale HR function and GCC & Niche Technology Businesses from the ground up.

I have run HR at Fortune 500 companies, a NASDAQ-listed manufacturer, family-owned industrial groups and early-stage startups, in India and DR Congo. I work across org design, hiring, HR systems and industrial relations.

I'm open to leadership and advisory conversations

Portrait of Kumar Archit
20+
years in HR, twelve of them leading the function
0 → 250
GCC I built in Bengaluru
3
continents: APAC, Africa, Middle East
4
Fortune 500 and listed employers

What I do

01

Building GCCs from zero

I founded Omnicom Media Group's Ad-Tech, Mar-Tech and Retail Media capability centre in Bengaluru and grew it to 250 people across engineering, analytics, forecasting, customer operations and reporting. I designed the org, built the hiring engine, recruited the leadership bench and set the culture.

02

HR transformation and systems

I rolled out SAP SuccessFactors across India, developed an HRIS in-house and set up payroll analytics and Power BI dashboards. At Ocean Sparkle I consolidated payroll for four manpower categories, each under different labour law, then took it through pre-IPO and pre-merger audit.

03

Culture and organisation development

At Omnicom I ran the culture programme behind the highest employee Trust Score in the organisation, which fed into its Great Place to Work certification. At OSI Systems I merged three subsidiaries in three different businesses onto one HR framework. I held attrition between 15 and 18%. I have been a certified PoSH trainer for twelve years.

04

Executive advisory and business partnering

I coach business managers and advise the leaders they report to. I have hired CXOs, a CTO and founding teams for businesses that did not exist yet, and reported into boards and global leadership inside matrix structures. At Shahi Exports I negotiated with agitating labour groups and restarted a plant within hours of a twenty-hour halt.

Four mandates

Omnicom Media Group Senior Associate Director · 2024-2026

Built a GCC from 0 to 250.

  • Founded the Ad-Tech, Mar-Tech and Retail Media centre and scaled it to 250 people
  • Delivered the highest employee Trust Score in the company and contributed to its Great Place to Work certification
  • Implemented DEI across hiring and employee resource groups
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OSI Systems Head, HR & Admin · 2012-2015

One culture across three subsidiaries.

  • Unified Electronics R&D, Captive IT and Captive BPO under a single HR framework
  • Cleared the USFDA audit for the medical devices assembly unit
  • Matrix-reported to the board and five global leaders; drove enterprise-wide KPIs
NASDAQ: OSISIntegrationCompliance
Ocean Sparkle AVP, HR & Admin · 2018-2021

Automated HR through a pre-IPO audit.

  • Developed the HRIS and established payroll analytics from scratch
  • Consolidated payroll for four manpower categories under separate labour laws
  • Resolved a union dispute at Tamil Nadu ports through tripartite negotiation
HRISPayrollIR
Marsavco SA Director, HR & Admin · Kinshasa, DR Congo · 2015-2017

Stood up HR in Central Africa.

  • Established the function for the region's largest FMCG producer
  • Hired CXOs and food scientists; ran expatriate mobility and evacuation planning
  • Cut $100k from HR cost
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Every role, 2001 to now

Awards, education and certifications

Education
Executive Management Development Programme, XLRI (2022) · PGDM, IFIM (now JAGSoM), Bengaluru (1998) · University of Lucknow (1995)
Certified
Dale Carnegie Leadership (2025) · PoSH Trainer, ISTD (2023) · NLP Practitioner (2021) · Compensation & Benefits, FTCCI (2020) · Internal Auditor, IR Academy (2019)
Platforms
SAP SuccessFactorsSAP HCM DarwinBoxPeopleSoft Power BILeena.AI TaleoiCIMS SAGEAscent
Sectors
IT & technology · Global capability centres · e-Commerce · Electronics R&D · Manufacturing · Port operations · FMCG · Healthcare · Education

Let's talk

If you are hiring for a senior HR role, weighing an advisory engagement, or thinking about standing up a capability centre, get in touch.