KOLKATA: China's Huawei, the world's second-largest maker of telecom gear by
revenue, has shifted about 360 senior managers in its India arm to work on
international projects amid shrinking contracts in India. These executives will
handle project management and also provide a mix of pre-sales and post-sales
technical support to Huawei's global carrier clients in disparate markets across
Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
The employee restructuring exercise , it is learnt, is primarily aimed at limiting redundancies and preempting overseas staff reductions in challenging markets like India, especially in the aftermath of the cancellation of mobile permits of key Huawei clients like Uninor and Sistema Shyam by the Supreme Court last February. The staff redeployments are expected to prise open new revenue streams for Huawei India and rake in nearly $400 million of annual revenue. "The employee transition exercise is on. Competent executives in India are being given an opportunity to work on international customer accounts based on proven skill sets. We believe this HR practice will create a renewed sense of ownership and spur motivation levels among our employees," a Huawei India spokesman.
Despite a challenging business environment and continuing regulatory uncertainly, Huawei dismissed suggestions of possible job losses in India. "There are no plans to cut staff in India. We remain very bullish about India and Huawei's HR policies are employee-friendly and in the last three years, we've conducted various staff engagement initiatives to connect with every employee and reinforce our core corporate values," said a senior company executive. The Chinese network vendor has created two international business units in India — the global service resource centre (GSRC) and global solutions service centre (GSS) — to manage overseas telecom client interests across multiple geographies. The GSRC teams will provide postsales technical support and delivery solutions to Huawei's top international clients.
They will also work on cutting edge technologies like radio performance management, network and project management for these global carriers. Employees transitioned to the GSS unit, in turn, will focus on pre-sales technical support and design customised solutions for Huawei's offshore clients. "About 250 executives have been transitioned to work on global accounts under the GSRC format, while another 100-plus have migrated to the GSS unit," said a Huawei India spokesman. "Going forward, the teams working in the GSRC and GSS units will contribute substantially to the overall business growth of Huawei India," said the company spokesman , declining to share internal revenue targets. Huawei generated $1.2 billion of revenue from India in 2011-12 , and is projected to record double-digit growth in 2012-13 based on current market conditions. Huawei has some 6000 employees in India.
The employee restructuring exercise , it is learnt, is primarily aimed at limiting redundancies and preempting overseas staff reductions in challenging markets like India, especially in the aftermath of the cancellation of mobile permits of key Huawei clients like Uninor and Sistema Shyam by the Supreme Court last February. The staff redeployments are expected to prise open new revenue streams for Huawei India and rake in nearly $400 million of annual revenue. "The employee transition exercise is on. Competent executives in India are being given an opportunity to work on international customer accounts based on proven skill sets. We believe this HR practice will create a renewed sense of ownership and spur motivation levels among our employees," a Huawei India spokesman.
Despite a challenging business environment and continuing regulatory uncertainly, Huawei dismissed suggestions of possible job losses in India. "There are no plans to cut staff in India. We remain very bullish about India and Huawei's HR policies are employee-friendly and in the last three years, we've conducted various staff engagement initiatives to connect with every employee and reinforce our core corporate values," said a senior company executive. The Chinese network vendor has created two international business units in India — the global service resource centre (GSRC) and global solutions service centre (GSS) — to manage overseas telecom client interests across multiple geographies. The GSRC teams will provide postsales technical support and delivery solutions to Huawei's top international clients.
They will also work on cutting edge technologies like radio performance management, network and project management for these global carriers. Employees transitioned to the GSS unit, in turn, will focus on pre-sales technical support and design customised solutions for Huawei's offshore clients. "About 250 executives have been transitioned to work on global accounts under the GSRC format, while another 100-plus have migrated to the GSS unit," said a Huawei India spokesman. "Going forward, the teams working in the GSRC and GSS units will contribute substantially to the overall business growth of Huawei India," said the company spokesman , declining to share internal revenue targets. Huawei generated $1.2 billion of revenue from India in 2011-12 , and is projected to record double-digit growth in 2012-13 based on current market conditions. Huawei has some 6000 employees in India.
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