Usha Martin Always Strives To Focus On Their Biggest Asset, The People - Rajeev Jhawar

Usha Martin is one of the largest manufacturers of wire ropes in the world and has the capacity to produce 300,050 tonnes of it per annum. The company has a global base of wire rope manufacturing, with facilities located in India, the UK, Dubai and Bangkok. Usha Martin is now in the process of strengthening their projects and services under the leadership of Rajeev Jhawar. The new adopted HR policy of the company identifies future leaders. The HR processes is focused on finding high-potential performers. UML nurture them internally through training and development, as part of a succession planning process, so that future leaders can be developed within the organisation.

Rajeev Jhawar

Usha Martin Limited has always placed great emphasis on overall development and safety of their employees in order to achieve the goals. The company is able to foster a culture founded on values of trust, mutual respect and conversation. Usha Martin has 2180 employees in total. The team under Rajeev Jhawar works extensively towards the upskilling and development of the employees. “More importantly, Usha Martin continues to focus on their biggest asset, the people. Rajeev Jhawar makes sure that in Usha Martin Limited they consider their employees with great importance and continue to recognise and groom in-house talent to create a leadership pool that would eventually benefit the organisation in the long run”, Rajeev Jhawar says.

Usha Martin has access to a large talent pool from multiple geographies that brings different perspectives to technical challenges. Needless to say, such cross fertilization of minds brings the best-in-class solutions for users and ensures that Usha Martin’s products are designed, developed, and validated to achieve the highest level of performance for different applications. “Talent acquisition is perhaps one of most crucial pillars of our organisation. We use a variety of methods including job portals, employee-oriented online platforms, employee referrals, external consultants, group transfers and campus recruitment, among others”, Rajeev Jhawar explains.

The central goal of Usha Martin Limited has always been to ensure that they possess a talent pool of capable individuals who would be able to take on greater responsibilities and serve the organisation over the foreseeable future. The company through Rajeev Jhawar’s guidance hires fresh graduates from reputable institutions and provide them on-the-job and off-the-job organised training sessions to ensure they can start working in manufacturing plants at entry-level technical roles. The firm also has a hostel within the production facility premises, that provides lodging for entry-level engineers as well as recreational opportunities for their overall growth.