Tata Consumer Products has appointed Siddharth Sawant as Director – Human Resources and Head of HR, Ready-to-Drink Business. He brings extensive experience across HR business partnering, talent management, capability building, employee engagement, performance management, organisation transformation and people strategy.
Before joining Tata Consumer Products, Sawant spent more than 7 years with Anheuser-Busch InBev, progressing through multiple People leadership roles. Most recently, he served as Associate Director – People Corporate, where he led the people agenda for corporate functions.
Earlier, he was People Lead – Corporate Functions India & South East Asia, supporting functions including People, Finance, Corporate Affairs, Legal, Procurement, Technology and Analytics. His responsibilities focused on talent development, employee engagement, transformation and productivity.
During his tenure at AB InBev, Sawant also served as Associate Director – People for brewery operations in North-West India and earlier as Senior Manager People Partner – Commercial East and West. Across these roles, he worked on employee relations, compliance, capability building, talent pipelines, performance management and business partnering across commercial and supply chain organisations.
Before AB InBev, Sawant built his HR career at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. He progressed from Management Trainee – HRBP to Assistant Manager – Human Resources Business Partner and later Manager Human Resources.
His responsibilities included end-to-end employee lifecycle management, talent retention, coaching, campus recruitment, HR analytics, rewards and recognition, performance management and leadership development.
His earlier experience also includes HR assignments with Tata Motors, Schneider Electric, TATA Mills and Voltas, following an initial professional stint with REC and Associates across HR and business development.
In his new role at Tata Consumer Products, Sawant brings a broad people leadership background across FMCG, beverages, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and commercial organisations, with experience in aligning HR strategy with business growth and capability priorities.
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