Nidhi Gandhi

Head of Talent

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India6 yrs 6 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Proven expertise in talent acquisition and management.
  • Strong background in building organizational culture.
  • Experience in high-growth media industry.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources Specialist in the broadcast media industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent ManagementStakeholder Management

Other Skills

CalendaringCulture DevelopmentEmployee EngagementHR PoliciesHRMISInductionInduction ProgramInterview PreparationLeadershipOffer NegotiationSource SelectionStakeholder EngagementTalent IdentificationTeam ManagementVendor Management

About

Experienced Human Resources Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the broadcast media industry. Skilled in Management, Interviewing, Recruiting, Human Resources, and Calendaring. Strong human resources professional with a PGDHRM focused in HR from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Experience

Prime focus technologies

Manager - HRBP

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Shemaroo entertainment ltd.

Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition & Campus Engagement

Nov 2022Jul 2023 · 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Future group india

Senior Associate

Mar 2022Oct 2022 · 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Founding team of a D2C house of brands which is building profitable consumer brands that define consumption for the metaverse.
  • Responsible for talent identification, business partnering and culture building.
  • Currently, partnering with the founder and co-founders for hiring a team of young, agile and passionate professionals across levels.
  • Founding team of a D2C house of brands which is building profitable consumer brands in Beauty, skincare, home décor, furnishing, food, and fashion & technology space of it.
  • Responsible for talent identification, business partnering and culture building.
  • Currently, partnering with the founder and co-founders for hiring a team of young, agile and passionate professionals across levels.
  • Partner with in-house researchers and the business to source, interview, and offer negotiate and close candidates for a broad range of roles.
  • Skills: Talent Identification · Culture Development · Talent Management · Stakeholder Management Vendor management Induction PowerPoint presentation Offer Negotiation & Generation PO Closures HRMIS
Talent IdentificationCulture DevelopmentTalent ManagementStakeholder ManagementVendor ManagementInduction+2

Pocket fm

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Specialist

May 2021Jun 2021 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Apr 2021Mar 2022 · 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Pocket FM lets users discover and enjoy the greatest selection of audio content ranging from audiobooks, stories and podcasts from the most diverse creator community. We are a Series B funded company with a growing community of 40 million+ users and 500k+ creators.
  • Coordinate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs in different areas and departments
  • Determine selection criteria for candidates by liaising with managers and other members of staff
  • Source applicants through online channels, such as LinkedIn and other professional networks
  • Create job descriptions and interview questions that reflect the requirements for each position
  • Identify and refine down the most suitable talent from available candidates
  • Plan interview and selection procedures, including screening calls, assessments, and in-person interviews – if possible
  • Assess candidates’ information, including C.Vs., •portfolios and references
  • Organise and attend job fairs and recruitment events to build a strong candidate pipeline
  • Keep records of all materials used for recruitment, including interview notes and related paperwork, to share with key stakeholders Handling the HR practice for India and International markets.
  • Spoc for Marketing function and Talent Acquisition, HRBP, HR Operations & IT.
  • Create and implement end-to-end candidate hiring processes to ensure a positive experience
  • Maintain MIS Hiring sheet
  • Knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems

Disney star

TA Specialist (Left due to covid)

Dec 2019Jun 2020 · 6 mos · Lower Parel

  • Spoc for Infotainment & Disney .i.e. Disney Consumer Products
  • Own and drive the hiring strategy for organisation across a variety of market specific teams across India.
  • Partner with in-house researchers and the business to source, interview, offer, negotiate and close candidates for a broad range of roles
  • Embed yourself in partner teams, building meaningful and candid relationships with your key stakeholders
  • Use your talent market expertise, data, and business acumen to educate and influence hiring managers on how to identify and acquire the best talent
  • Proactively network and maintain relationships with key candidate communities from niche talent pools for short and/or long-term opportunities.
  • Update the Hiring Managers on the new Hires on-boarded.
  • Driving the recruitment cycle through ATS – Workday.

Bennett coleman and co. ltd. (times group)

Recruitment Specialist (On contract)

Sep 2017Nov 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Spearheading recruitment for Education vertical of Times for all leadership hiring and map
  • ping talent as per the competency.
  • Managing complete Recruitment life-cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse
  • sources like Job Portals, Specialized Consultants, IJP, Internal database, Social
  • Networking sites, Campus & Employee Referral Programs, after identification of
  • manpower requirement.
  • Encouraging employees to refer by sharing referral flyers.
  • Sourcing, Screening, Interviewing, offer negotiation, follow ups and checking overall
  • fitment
  • Attending recruitment review calls along with Business Line Managers and Functional
  • Heads pertaining to manpower planning/ forecasted requirements
  • Develop a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need. Build networks to find
  • qualified passive candidates.
  • Ensure that overall hiring costs are managed within the stipulated process budgets and
  • closing the requisition within given TAT.
  • Increase the brand value of the Recruitment team within and outside the Organization
  • by understanding the pulse of the new joinees, taking an informal feedback from them
  • and recording the same for internal improvisation, healthy worklife balance,
  • transparent performance evaluation, regular & effective connects, encoura ge constant
  • feedback & grievance closure to ensure a highly positive work culture that brings out
  • the Best in People.
  • Manage and Build relationships with vendors through continuous calls and meetings.
  • Independently handling the background checks of all the new joiners.

Education

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)

Postgraduate Degree — PG - Human Resource Management

May 2022Dec 2023

XLRI Jamshedpur

Certification Program — Talent Management

May 2022Dec 2022

NMIMS UNIVERSITY

Diploma in Human Resource Management — HR

Jan 2017Jan 2018

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