Pfizer has elevated Alpana Kumari to Director – People Experience, with responsibility for Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Pakistan. In her expanded role, she will lead the People Experience agenda across these markets, working closely with business leaders across Manufacturing, R&D and Commercial operations.
Her responsibilities will include driving people strategy, organisational transformation, workforce effectiveness and talent development across the region.
Before this elevation, Alpana served as Cluster HR Partner – Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Pakistan at Pfizer. In this position, she worked as a strategic HR partner to commercial leadership teams across 4 Southeast Asian markets, along with an engineering division in India.
She previously spent 7 years as Head of Talent Management & HR Business Partner | DE&I Champion – PGS India, leading talent management, organisational development and HR business partnering for Pfizer Global Supply India. Her responsibilities covered a workforce of approximately 3,000 employees. During this period, she also received Pfizer’s Global Breakthrough Award for 3 consecutive years.
Before joining Pfizer, Alpana worked as Head – Plant HR & Administration at Eisai Pharmaceuticals India, where she managed HR and administration for an integrated manufacturing and R&D division. Her responsibilities included HR strategy, workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, compliance, governance and HR digitalisation.
Earlier, she spent more than 7 years with Michelin, taking on several roles, including HR Development Partner – R&D & M&S India, HR Data and Quality Manager – Africa, India & Middle East, International Mobility Manager – India, and Workforce Planning & Integration Lead.
Across these assignments, she worked on organisational design, workforce planning, HR analytics, international mobility, capability development and greenfield workforce integration.
Alpana began her HR career at India Tourism Development Corporation as Assistant Manager – HRD, supporting recruitment, training, placement and government training programmes.
With more than 19 years of HR experience, she brings expertise in people management and organisational development to her expanded responsibilities at Pfizer. Her new role will focus on strengthening leadership capabilities, organisational effectiveness, succession planning and future-ready workforce strategies across multiple Asian markets.
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