2 / 94 BN,
E-mail: vilvan@rediffmail.com, vilvanathan@yahoomail.com Mobile: 9443803327
EXPERIENCE IN SOCIAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT & PROCESS AUDIT
JOB OBJECTIVE: Compliance / Process audit in an organization of repute preferably in the private.
TOTAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 6.2 years
· Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management in IASE deemed university, Rajasthan
· Post Graduate Diploma in Business Entrepreneurship and Management from Entrepreneurship Development Institute of
Other Qualification(s)/ Certification(s)/ Programme (s) Attended
1 SA 8000 certification course attended recently and awaiting for result, the course conducted by RINA Pvt ltd
2 Social Audit training received from Association for Stimulation Know How (ASK-India) & Verite (verification for ethical trade international),
3 Participated in workshop cum Training on Logical Framework Approach (LFA) for proposal planning - CORDAID, Netherland
4 Participated in training on Health and safety in manufacturing industries conducted by National safety Council, Chennai
AREAS OF EXPERTISE & EXPOSURE:
Conducted and faced social compliance audits for major brands in leather and garment field in different parts of Tamil nadu. (Timberland, Walmart, Payless, Tchibo, Tommy joy, Colombia sports wear, Levis, Tommy Hilfiger, La Sanza, ToyJoy,GAP Inc. and Cutter & Buck).
1 Conducting social compliance audit in customer requested factories
- Compensation & Benefits for the employees (Regular / Over time hours)
- Forced labor / child labor / Job placement / Employment / Contract labor
- Benefits and deductions
- Monitoring the health & safety conditions in working environment
- Verifying workers PF, per day wages, Working hours, Over time, National Holidays &
other allowances
- Awareness about the safety, chemical & other hazards in manufacturing area
- Management practices on grievance procedure / Harassment and Abuse / Discipline & termination/ Freedom of movement
- Relationship between Workers & Management, Workers & supervisors
- Verification any verbal abuse, sexual harassment, physical abuse, Mandatory training on first aid, Fire safety etc.
2 Training & development
- Identifying the training needs across the organization at various levels.
- Organizing training internal/external programs based on the training need analysis
- Collating feedback on the training programs conducted & incorporating improvements for enhancement of the training modules.
- Assisting in identifying areas of improvements and guiding organization to undertake corrective measures.
- Developed corrective action plan and closely monitored & evaluated implementation of various programs and systems.
- Preparation of final draft of monitoring & evaluation report to funding agencies
Remediation Programs
Conducted various remediation programs for licensees of various buyers. Developed and practiced the following stages of the remediation program:
1 Study of existing systems and conditions
2 Assessment of training needs
3 Sharing finding and developing an action plan with the management
4 Facilitation on modifying/ developing systems for personnel & HRD
5 Designing need based training modules
6 Conducting relevant sensitization sessions for Middle Management and workers.
7 Ongoing review of the systems developed through monitoring visits.
8 Evaluation carried out through one-day review meeting with the management and other core team
Feb 2007 – Till date as Compliance cum Process auditor with Farida group of companies and facilitating the factories with the code of code of reputed brands such as Timber land, Wal-Mart, Payless, Tchibo, Mark & Spencer etc.
April 2003 – Jan 31st as a consultant on compliance (Social) audit for major brands in different parts of
August ’2002 – January’2003 at SIPA,Chennai. Programme officer
Coordinating the activities in the project “Strengthening Sustainable Micro Enterprises”, (SSME). Organising Entrepreneurship development programme (EDP), Micro Enterprises Management & Development (MEM&D) and Capacity building programms. Field visit to the Partner organisations for Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation. Consolidation the reports of partner organizations & regular reporting to the Donors and the Trainers.
June’2001 – July ’2002 at Jana Seva Trust, Senior Programme Officer
Conducted survey and research on Training need based and availability of indigenous resources for livelihood opportunities. Modularizing symposium for the growth of stakeholders. Capacity building of the partner organisation staffs and their community members. Conducted participatory rural appraisal with communities to mapping the resources and identifying issues in the community.
Nationality : Indian
Language Proficiency: English, Hindi, Tamil
Marital status : Married