VIP Industries Ltd.

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About The Organization

VIP Industries Ltd. is recognized among India's Best Companies to Work For 2019. Every year, Great Place to Work® identifies India's 100 Best Companies to Work For (with employee strength more than 500) through an objective and rigourous workplace culture assessment process.

The company manufactures & markets travel bags and travel accessories. The company offers its travel bags under the brands Carlton, VIP, Skybags, Aristocrat and Alfa. It also offers its fashion category - Ladies Hand Bags under the brand Caprese. Their channel partners include Dealers, Distributors, Retail, Modern Trade, B2B, E-Commerce, Canteen Stores & Central Police Canteens. Their products are available in more than 11,000 stores across the country.

Company Size

1867 Employees

Industry

Manufacturing & Production

Why VIP Industries Ltd. is a Great Place to Work?

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VIP Industries Ltd. has successfully created a Great Place to Work FOR ALL their employees as they have excelled on the 5 dimensions that are a hallmark of a High-Trust, High-Performance Culture™ – Credibility, Respect, Fairness, Pride and Camaraderie. In a rigorous assessment process conducted by the Great Place to Work® Institute, VIP Industries Ltd. met the minimum criteria on the Trust Index© Employee Survey, on the consistency of experience across all demographics and on the Culture Audit© People Practices Framework, to clear the first level i.e. getting Great Place to Work-Certified™.

Great Place to Work® is considered the ‘Gold Standard’ in workplace culture assessment and recognition.

As a certified organization, VIP Industries Ltd. became eligible to be considered among 'India's Best Companies to Work For 2019' – a list that features the 'Best of the Best’. The process of identifying India's Best Companies to Work For is based purely on the assessment findings and does not involve any jury or opinion based criteria. Click here know more about the assessment methodology

Culture Snapshot

This page highlights more about the work culture of the organization, selected best people practices, the vision of the leadership and glimpses of employee life.

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Recognitions awarded by Great Place to Work^®

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Great Place to Work-Certified™ from April 2019 - March 2020. Certified for 2 years in a row!

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Cafe Talk - Weekly Newsletter

Café talk is a forum to showcase stories across the organization – industry accolades, in house achievements, success stories, R&R, new product launches, new store opening, training & workshops, run down of events within VIP, talent depiction, Pulse initiatives & celebrations, practices around our culture, customer stories, interview snippets of our CMD, VC-ED and such others. It doesn’t stop here, to involve & engage with our readers, we also run ‘Quiz of the Month’ at the end of every month where the winners are given cash prices. Café talk reiterates a sense of pride in our employees, of working with a great brand – where work is complemented by fun & celebrations.

Excellent Leadership guides us towards clear objectives. VIP as a brand is so strong in the market and Training and development is in focus which makes it a great workplace.

Employee Testimonial

Leaders Speak

Sudip Ghose

Managing Director, VIP Industries Ltd.

1. What is your personal approach to making a Great Workplace?
An organization comprises of people & process, besides the product. One can only make an organization a great place to work if we nurture good talent and put in great processes. Typically some companies are good with people while some companies are great with processes. But a Company is Great when there is an amalgamation of both these factors.

2. What are the top 2 benefits you see of creating a Great Workplace?
A great workplace can be mirrored to a great showroom where both the aesthetics and quality of the merchandise is good. Like any retailer would tell you great showrooms bring in great businesses, similarly, a great workplace keeps employees motivated which in turn make for high productivity.

3. What are your top people priorities?
1. Provide Meaningful Roles and Best Person-Job Fit
2. Create an Enabling and High-Performance Work Environment

4. How has your association with Great Place to Work® helped your business and strategic goals?
Great Place to Work® association gives us an edge in the talent market. It has helped us benchmark with good organizations; the Great Place to Work® framework has helped us reflect on matters which otherwise gets missed in day to day life. It’s like a mirror held to you – tells you where you stand.

Dheeraj Goyal

Head – Human Resources, VIP Industries Ltd.

1. What can your present and potential employees be sure of from a work culture perspective in the organization?
We pride on our core values of Meritocracy, Youthfulness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. These values are manifested in our people processes & practices. For e.g.: Meritocracy is reflected in our talent management ecosystem where people are empowered to take on early responsibilities. Likewise, Innovation - there is plenty of opportunities to create; be it design, product or process.

2. What, according to you, is a people challenge your industry is facing?
We are gradually shifting from being a seller’s market to a buyer’s market given stiff competition from multiple players big & small. This has been putting pressures on margins. An imminent offshoot of this scenario presents people challenges like –
1. Increasing productivity & efficiency and
2. The ability of people/ employees to be able to address the present while also focussing on the future.

3. How are you ensuring a consistent workplace experience FOR ALL your employees, irrespective of their role, age, gender, tenure etc. in the organization?
Employee experience is anchored on social cohesion, meaningful work and work environment. The sustenance of some of our properties like – Pulse (meaningful engagement), Gurukul (learning platform), Pragati (development centre), V Connect (Town Halls) and such other practices help promote inclusivity and consistent experiences.

4. How has your association with Great Place to Work® helped your business and strategic goals?
The Great Place to Work® framework of workplace assessment has helped us reflect on the cultural strengths of our organization, look at best practices in other industries and address gaps. It has been providing us, an organization-wide formal forum to get a pulse of the organization.