RITESH JOSHI

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DISC Type : c

Chief Human Resources at Kirloskar Ferrous

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Overview

Ritesh Joshi is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Kirloskar Ferrous, bringing over 25 years of extensive experience in HR and Industrial Relations. An alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur, his expertise covers talent management, CSR, and organizational development. He has held leadership roles at Vontier, Cummins, and Mahindra & Mahindra.

He is passionate about his engineering background and takes pride in working for a company that contributes to nation-building. Ritesh values and publicly celebrates teams that are dedicated to providing excellent last-mile support to customers, showing his focus on people and organizational impact.

He blends his deep expertise in human resources with a personal pride in engineerings role in national development.

Personality Overview

Systematic

Price-Sensitive

Value Seeker

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.

Topics They Care About

Talent Management
His career is built on expertise in talent management, succession planning, and organizational development, which he has implemented across multiple global companies.
Employee Engagement
He has a proven track record of driving workforce engagement and has publicly praised passionate teams and leaders, reflecting a core focus on employee morale.
Change Management
His professional summary explicitly lists change management and organizational transformation as key areas of his expertise and career success.

Media Appearances

Kirloskar Ferrous appoints Ritesh Joshi as CHRO - HR News. Featured in Economic Times (HR)

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Work History

10-2025
Chief Human Resources at Kirloskar Ferrous
10-2024 - 10-2025
Vontier Regional Sr.Director people and culture India at Vontier
8-2023 - 10-2024
Director Human Resource at Gilbarco Veeder-Root India
3-2021 - 8-2023
Labour Relations Leader India, China and Asia Pacific at Cummins India
11-2017 - 3-2021
labour Relation Director - Human Resources at Cummins India

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA from Savitribai Phule Pune University
2009 - 2010
PGCHRM from XLRI Jamshedpur

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Insights For Selling To RITESH

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasise more on facts and measurable benefits
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product

DONT's

  • Avoid rushing them, be polite and patient
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with RITESH is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from RITESH

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will RITESH move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can RITESH take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And RITESH

Personality Compatibility


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