Ajoy Thomas

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 2 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in designing and implementing talent acquisition strategies.
  • Proven track record of scaling hiring processes significantly.
  • Strong advocate for diversity and inclusion in hiring.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Talent Acquisition and Human Resources across diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionProject ManagementHuman Resources

Other Skills

Account ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness Process ImprovementEmployee BenefitsEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsExecutive SearchFinanceInterviewingInterviewsLeadershipMISManagementManagement Information Systems (MIS)Outsourcing

About

Recognised as a Strategic and change management specialist with proven abilities to Design,build and Implement TA strategies to achieve corporate objectives. Resourceful decision maker & trusted people leader who combines integrity, exemplary leadership and proven operational skill to lead complex projects from conception through completion. Motivated by quality and the candidate experience, looks for out-of-the-box solutions in delivering best practice results.

Experience

Paytm

Vice President

Apr 2023Feb 2024 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Teamlease services limited

VP and Business head - Staffing

Jun 2020Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Swiggy

2 roles

Director Operations

Oct 2018Jun 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • My current role involves designing and developing both strategic and operational solutions to support the ground business hiring need.
  • ● Designing and implementing Business expansion from 7 city to 522 city, 220 of which we manage remotely from Bangalore.
  • ● Within a period of 1 year was able to ramp up monthly hiring numbers from 5k to 60k
  • ● Partnering with demand supply and finance team on monthly cost/hiring numbers to ensure high level of serviceability, improving the source mix and consistently reducing CPH. CPH dropped from by 50%
  • ● Business partnering and stake holder management Resource planning and capacity building for festival season. Driving strategy to hire part timers, weekenders only, FTC, temp, shift base hiring, break shift hiring,
  • ● Today we have capacity to double the hiring count with the existing team itself.
  • ● New initiative, Paperless onboarding , Onboarding automation, Zero touch onboarding,
  • ● Sourcing cost reduction, Online channel contribution increased from 2% to 14% , worked on increasing the referral programme from 8% to 23%, which also helped in attrition management.
  • ● Lead, nurture and develop a high performing team and enable them to achieve the operating plans
  • ● Programme management, Central onboarding, Region based telecaling team, Moneta, DE Gear change, Precision hiring, 100th order attrition, Banner serviceability, TCPD
  • ● Project management: Anchored the launch of a nextgen TA LMS tool that uses AI and ML to augment our online and offline sourcing channels.
  • ● Rebooting Rural Mobilization under the Quasi FTC model, for short term duration
  • ● Introduced and aligned the management on Diversity and Inclusion initiative in Volume Hiring , First in India to empower more than 1000 delivery women and give new opportunities to earn.
RecruitingTalent AcquisitionProject ManagementBusiness Process ImprovementEmployee Engagement

General Manager

Jun 2017Jun 2020 · 3 yrs

Flipkart.com

Manager - TA COE

Sep 2013Jun 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

  • Leading the hiring charter for supply chain team in E-Kart. plan and recruitment strategy, capacity planning
  • Conduct resource planning to determine human capital needs such as quantity of hires, internal and external
  • Devise ramp- up plan/ search plan and adopt effective search strategies to meet business hiring requirements
  • Instrumental in ensuring targeted headcount is achieved for the Big Billion Day sale for 2013 & 2014.
  • Manager – HRBP – Hyderabad 2nd Feb 2015 to 30th Nov 15
  • Responsible for Training & Development, PMS, Employee Life cycle management, Employee Engagement & Grievance, Vendor management, Internal & external audits, Attendance Management, Exit formalities, Payroll Management.
  • Diversity and inclusion from 0 to 14%. Experience in building and setting up teams and processes from scratch.
  • Identifying the gaps in performance and Implementing Performance Improvement plans (PIP) for
  • employees.
  • Manager TA- COE (Last Mile, Fulfilment centre) 10th March 2016 to 19th June 2017
  • ▪ Leading 4S for TA: Systems & automation, Sourcing strategy, Showcasing, Skilling. In a nutshell, transforming the traditional operating model of TA
RecruitingHuman ResourcesEmployee EngagementPerformance ManagementTalent Acquisition

Manpowergroup

Branch Manager

Jan 2012Sep 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Increased staffing revenue by 80%. Responsible for P&L of the region .Increased client base by 120%
  • Ensured branch to turn profitable and recognised as highest profitable branch in the country
  • Handling a diverse team of recruitment Managers , CRM , BD, Finance and compliance team.

Randstad

Regional Manager

Dec 2004Jan 2012 · 7 yrs 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India;

  • Joined as recruiter and moved up the ladder to build and manage a 6-crore annual business for Randstad
  • KAM in different verticals nurturing business Manufacturing, Telecom & BFSI verticals
  • Managing full lifecycle of recruiting (full-time/permanent, contract) and hiring processes, sourcing (direct, indirect), prescreening, interviewing, reference checking, offer negotiations and hiring documentation
  • Expertise in Lateral/Contractual and volume hiring across industries and verticals.
  • Developed and implemented numerous sourcing strategies including Open Houses, referral programs, ad placement, position postings, direct sourcing/cold calling and networking to develop a qualified pool of candidates
  • Build a team of Managers and recruiters across 8 major metro.
  • P&L responsibility for staffing vertical, and incremental growth on recruitment closure. Doubled the client base

Education

Jiwaji University

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Jan 2002Jan 2004

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