Harshidh Savla

Recruiter

Dubai, United Arab Emirates7 yrs 11 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in global talent acquisition and employer branding.
Proven track record in diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Strong stakeholder management and recruitment technology expertise.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with expertise in SaaS and recruitment technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

Executive SearchTalent AcquisitionGlobal Talent AcquisitionEarly Careers RecruitmentEmployer BrandingProgram ManagementPeople Management

Other Skills

Agency PartnershipsApplicant Tracking SystemsAttraction StrategiesBenefits NegotiationBusiness AnalysisCampus HiringCommunicationData AnalysisDigital TransformationDiversity & InclusionDiversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI)Early Talent StrategyEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsFinancial Services

About

A data driven professional with experience in creating and delivering talent strategies across domains and geographies. Adept at navigating the intricacies of global recruitment and has worked with matrix organizations like Amazon and Johnson & Johnson to successfully delivered on critical projects around Talent Supply Models, Employer Branding, Recruitment Technology, Diversity & Inclusion, and Recruitment Operations. Proven expertise in Executive Search, Early Careers Recruitment, Program Management, Digital Transformation, Change Management, Stakeholder Management, People Management, Data Analytics, and Vendor Management/Vendor Relations. A keen planner, strategist, & implementer with demonstrated abilities in devising strategies and implementing things within the SLA/benchmark. When I’m not using my powers to empower others, I’m probably socializing, playing the djembe, planning a trip to explore a new place, hiking the foothills, or binge-watching the latest OTT sensation. HMU if you want to talk about your dream role, building exceptional teams, technology, current affairs, or your travel experiences!

Experience

Damac properties

Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

-Global executive search and stakeholder engagement for corporate functions across Damac Group and EDGNEX Data Centers

Johnson elborne

Commodities Recruiter - EMEA

Jun 2023 – Nov 2023 · 5 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom · On-site

Executive search for commodities focused trading houses, hedge funds, investment banks, utilities, brokers and major commodity producers to hire top talent across in Europe
Headhunting, Market Mapping, and Talent Pipelining for physical and derivatives commodity markets across Energy, Metals and Agriculture

HeadhuntingMarket MappingTalent PipeliningExecutive SearchTalent Acquisition

Amazon

Senior Recruiter - APAC

Jan 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Early In-Career recruitment and hiring strategy across all line of businesses for Amazon APAC with >50% diversity output
Cultivated stakeholder relationships across Amazon Web Services, Stores (e-commerce), Operations, Prime, Devices and multiple corporate business through effective mechanism like weekly business reviews, steering committee etc
Created a Three-Year Plan and Implemented “Employer Branding” strategy in APAC through programs like ACE, ACC, leadership talks, workshops, diversity-focused events, pre-placement talks etc
Launched and piloted an “always-on”, emerging talent supply model to support businesses with ready to hire talent throughout the year
Co-created and implemented assessment for roles in Analytics domain and improved the interview to offer ratio by 100%

Stakeholder ManagementEmployer BrandingRecruitment TechnologyDiversity & InclusionGlobal Talent AcquisitionEarly Careers Recruitment

Johnson & johnson

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Lead

Promoted

Apr 2021 – Jan 2022 · 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Managed 360 degree recruitment and stakeholder partnerships across Consumer Health, Pharmaceutical, & MedTech via agile methodology
"Subject Matter Expert" & APAC Lead for Recruitment Technology, including product Implementations and Integrations (Saved approximately 200 hours per year per recruiter using Intelligent Automation)
Achieved Hiring Manager Satisfaction score of 94% vs. target of 80% and reduced the Average Lead Time (Time to Fill) to 30 Days vs. target of 48 Days
Acted as a Point-of-contact for all staffing agencies & job boards - ensuring consistent agreements, evaluating performance and inclusion of new agencies
University Recruitment:
Led University Hiring and “Quest” – Live Business Case Competition
Spearheaded the internship, management trainee, and leadership development programs, resulting in a 30% increase in customer satisfaction
Implemented Employer Branding agenda through Early Talent Programs
Enterprise Projects (Global & APAC):
Representing APAC on a focus group for critical global tech rollout
Member of APAC – HR Digital Awakening Team & University Council

Recruitment TechnologyStakeholder ManagementEmployer BrandingTalent AcquisitionProgram Management

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Oct 2019 – Apr 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Zycus

2 roles

Senior Executive - Talent Acquisition

Promoted

Apr 2019 – Sep 2019 · 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Act as a team manager to provide advice, guidance, and feedback to increase the overall team performance and achieve recruitment results via agile methodology
Developed relationships with university representatives and devised recruitment strategies using data analysis methods to establish a talent pipeline
Conducted over 150+ targeted interviews, closed 45+ lateral roles and 25-30K university students interviewed during a 6-month timeline which helped close 60+ roles in the IT domain

Data AnalysisRecruitment StrategiesTalent AcquisitionPeople Management

Executive - Talent Acquisition

Jan 2018 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Et edge

HR Intern

May 2017 – Jun 2017 · 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

Center for creative leadership

Live Project

Oct 2016 – Mar 2017 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Worked on a live project with Goldstar titled “Addressing challenges of luxury B2B jewelry brand going B2C internationally taking e-commerce route” under the program ‘Global Citizen Leader’ (GCL) conducted by ‘Centre for Creative Leadership’ (CCL)-USA.