The Sleep Company has named Udhaya Shankar M as its Chief Human Resources Officer as the Bengaluru headquartered sleep solutions brand strengthens leadership to support its nationwide expansion. The appointment comes at a time when the company is scaling its retail network, supply chain operations and corporate teams across multiple cities.
Udhaya brings more than 17 years of experience across retail and consumer businesses, with a track record of building large teams, streamlining people processes and aligning workforce strategy with growth plans. In his previous role as Head of HR Operations at Metro Brands Ltd, he worked closely with leadership teams to strengthen talent systems across stores, warehouses and head office functions. His work there focused on hiring at scale, improving frontline engagement, building leadership pipelines and embedding technology across HR operations.
At The Sleep Company, he will oversee talent acquisition, learning and development, rewards, performance management and organisational design. The mandate includes building a strong employer brand in a competitive retail talent market, improving employee experience across physical stores and fulfilment centres, and creating leadership depth as the company expands its footprint.
The company said the role will also focus on strengthening internal capability for rapid store openings, last mile operations and omnichannel growth. As organised mattress and sleep solutions retail gathers pace in India, the brand is adding capacity across functions such as sales, operations, manufacturing support and digital commerce.
Commenting on the appointment, co founder Priyanka Salot said the company is investing in leadership that can build scalable people systems and ensure consistency as the organisation grows. She added that Udhaya’s experience in running HR for large retail networks and his focus on technology led processes will help the company improve efficiency while keeping employee engagement at the centre.
Udhaya is expected to work closely with the founding team and business heads to shape organisation structure, manage workforce planning and support long term growth plans. His appointment signals The Sleep Company’s intent to professionalise people practices as it moves into its next phase of scale.
