VISION

To provide employees with careers that span across functions, business sectors and geographies.

Aditya Birla Group has given me the opportunity to expand my career to another country. I was working for the domestic market, but now I take care of the export market also.

I joined this group in 2007 as a senior engineer, and I progressed from senior engineer to assistant manager, then deputy manager and now I'm manager. This indicates that my career is on the growth track.

The IRS system is very good. One employee who has been a Supervisor since ten years was able to apply for a role at another unit for Senior Supervisor.

I joined this organization as a trainee and at present I am working as a department head, so the change in my job profile has motivated me a lot.

The onboarding process at Novelis has been very helpful in getting me productive very quickly.

This group has given me roles from heading a supply chain in Madura Garments to manufacturing shirts to leading operations in the south for the hypermarket business of Aditya Birla Retail, engaging in buying and merchandising for the hypermarket business and also working with the Chairman as his EA for 7 years.

If you look at my career over the last 14 years, the sheer diversity of opportunities that I've got, and the sheer range of experiences that I've had, it's been very fulfilling and very enriching as a professional.

When we got acquired it wasn't in my plan to be part of the organization three years later. I thought I was going to be asked to move on or I personally will find no interest or attraction to work for an Indian company that I didn't really know before. The merger has been a success when you look at talent retention which is one of the most important measures of success in a merger.

When it comes to careers one big advantage that this group has is it has very diverse businesses. So it's possible for you to explore very different facets of your own management capabilities. I have seen people switch from financial services to cement, people who've moved in from corporate office to a very strong line role from a line role to a total advisory role, I've seen people move from pure strategy to pure execution. This is because the organization is ready to take a leap of faith. The group is getting better at creating greater mobility and creating career opportunities for its people.

I've been fortunate to move in different functions which have been logistics, sales, marketing, and advertising. And I've moved across geographies and currently with this opportunity in North America I am also getting exposed to an international assignment.

In the span of 4 years I have got the opportunity to work in two different businesses one is the rubber business as well as the specialty blacks business.