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Naveen Balachandran

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HR Leader - Customer Development (India Sales) at Kenvue
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Naveen Balachandran is the HR Leader for Customer Development (India Sales) at Kenvue, with a background in the consumer health industry from his time at Johnson & Johnson. An MBA graduate from XLRI Jamshedpur, his expertise lies in leadership and manpower development, previously managing these areas at Mahindra Group.

Outside of his professional life, Naveen is a new father and has shared that fatherhood has been at the core of his being over the last 18 months, bringing him immense joy and wholesomeness.

Unique fact: Naveen secured an All India Rank of 6923 in the highly competitive IIT-Joint Entrance Exam and was in the top 1% of the AIEEE.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
HR Leader - Customer Development (India Sales)
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Sales Talent Development
He recently launched a Sales Trainee Program at Kenvue with the stated goal of building the "Sales Leaders of tomorrow. "
Fatherhood & Family
He has posted publicly about the profound and joyful experience of being a new father to his son, Vaayu.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
HR Leader - Customer Development (India Sales)
Kenvue
5-2023 - 1-2024
HR Leader
Kenvue
1-2021 - 5-2023
HR Leader - Consumer Health
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
4-2019 - 1-2021
Manager - Leadership Development and HR Lead for Automotive Dealer Network
Mahindra Group
11-2017 - 3-2019
Academy Engagement Lead
Mahindra Group
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Education
2014 - 2016
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
XLRI Jamshedpur
2008 - 2012
Bachelor's Degree
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
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