Volkswagen concludes National HR Managers Connect 2018

Mumbai: With an aim to achieve a market share of 3% over the next five years, Volkswagen, Europe’s leading car manufacturer is taking strategic initiatives towards enhancing its core brand pillars. Out of its six pillars, ‘People’ has been key that aptly reflects the Brands strongest capital in the Indian region. Strengthening it further, Volkswagen conducted the second edition of National HR Managers’ Connect 2018 in Jaipur. A one-of-a-kind platform wherein HR Leads across Volkswagen dealerships in India congregate over a two-day peer-to-peer engagement conference to exchange opinions and views on the best HR practices conducted across zones. With the all-encompassing theme of ‘Engage, Educate and Excite’, the HR Leads imbibe and share the core responsibilities of its HR function i.e. recruitment, training and motivation of employees. The forum also created the opportunity for participants to interact with selective Volkswagen Management Heads including the Brand Director – Mr. Steffen Knapp to receive leadership guidelines and perspectives. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Steffen Knapp, Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars said, “India is gearing up towards being the third largest automotive market in the globe and with this, we, at Volkswagen are working continuously towards a holistic growth of our organization. With dynamic changes witnessed within the industry, it is imperative for our Brand to focus on enhancing our talent development and retention practices. Together, with all HR leads present across India, we strategize on creating and adopting the best practices of motivating and training our employees across levels to ensure they have the perfect mind, body and soul balance. This in turn creates a positive environment and working space for all our employees across India.” Further, the forum conducted activities that allowed participants to create, innovate and manage optimization of their resources. Additionally, top 6 HR Managers were awarded for their performance in the area on Human Resource Management.