Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for technical as well as business roles.
• Set up HR processes around Learning & Development, Performance Appraisal, Employee engagement.
• Responsible for the entire HR lifecycle from Hire to Retire

Jun 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Be an extraordinary ambassador for Spocto
• Create an impact on business by executing creative recruiting strategies
• Take ownership of branding, candidate management, diversity sourcing, and interview process management
• Utilize knowledge of various tools and platforms to find and nurture talent
• Developing proactive sourcing strategies to engage and nurture the pipeline of passive talents and take extraordinary steps to approach people from diverse backgrounds
• Demonstrating the ability to be a talent advisor to the business and candidates in a fast paced environment.
• Creating amazing experiences for all candidates, drive candidate lifecycle end to end
• Hand hold entire hiring process for business roles, align with the vision of key business leaders and drive through closures
• Work on the bigger picture alongside business partner to bring innovation and elevate learning

Feb 2022 – Jun 2022 · 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Dec 2021 – Jun 2022 · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sep 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• To implement the overall talent acquisition strategy.
• An E2E recruiter responsible for sourcing, interviewing, salary negotiations, on-boarding and ensuring candidates have a great start to their career at Cogitate.
• Work closely with the division heads for manpower planning to identify current and future human resource requirements.
• Identify the right talent pool, undertake bench-marking of peer organizations to help define our hiring strategy.
• Maintain a complete recruitment dashboard giving the right insights of the function
• Conduct background and reference verification.

Sep 2017 – Sep 2020 · 3 yrs · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Assists the HR Head in development of department goals, objectives, and systems including preparing the annual AOP and the HR calendar.
• Monitors spend within the department to ensure that all costs are within the annual operating plan.
• Manage the joining and exit formalities for employees and actively coordinate with payroll for the same.
• Assist in planning, coordinating and implementing all learning, development and training initiatives.
• Responsible for Talent planning and development initiatives that are taken up by the management.
• Manage end to end recruitment for all the 4 BUs (Digital Solutions, Cloud & Data Services, Business Process Services & Secured Storage Services) PAN India using relevant sources like employee referrals, job portals, headhunting, walk-ins, campus hiring, newspaper advertisements, social media, etc.
• Coordinate for various initiatives taken up by the CHRO / Head HR from time to time
• Assist in the implementation of the Performance review and development process for the business / Corporate.
• Advises management in appropriate resolution of employee relations issues. Responds to employee queries with regards to HR and is a part of the grievance handling mechanism.
• Manages employee communication and feedback through such avenues as company meetings, employee satisfaction surveys, newsletters, one-on-one meetings, and Intranet use.

Apr 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Review and Implement the HR policies and processes (Employee handbook & Manual) along with management.
• Supervising & controlling recruitment function.
• Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
• Administer compensation, benefits and performance management systems, and safety and employee engagement programs.
• Maintain records and compile statistical reports concerning personnel-related data
• Ensure bi-annual & annual appraisals are conducted as per the timelines defined.
• Executing “Employee Engagement” initiatives to keep people together and make the workplace exciting, rewarding and engaging.
• Implement an ongoing training and development program for all staff
• Ensure Exit interviews are conducted professionally and that all learning’s are passed on to relevant managers and Management in a structured and actionable format.

Sep 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• HRBP responsible for a vertical of 800 employees.
• Recruitment of laterals for positions ranging from Executive till Senior Management.
• Initiated Campus recruitment of engineering graduates; end to end responsibility of batch officers.
• Administering HR-Transformation activities R-Voice, Career Accelerated Program, Annual Talent Review.
• Received an award for ensuring maximum employee as well as manager participation.
• SPOC for ‘Learning & Development’ related deliverables.
• Employee Administration including activities like transfers, separation and also maintenance of employee data in SAP / Employee Self-Service.
• Legalities related to absconding employees.
• Implemented & administering fully functional library for employee development.
• Employee Queries resolution.

Jan 2011 – Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• HRBP for 2 verticals covering employee base of 850 employees
• Managing the entire employee life cycle of senior cadre and onsite employees.
• Performance Appraisal, Performance Bonus and Increments.
• Review and release of quarterly HR newsletter.
• Review of monthly Dashboards and other ad-hoc MIS requirements.
• Supervise and provide monthly payroll information for processing to the finance department.
• Statutory and Legal Compliance and Annual leave reconciliation.
• Part of a committee responsible for organizing various social and cultural events.
• Review of monthly Dashboards and other ad-hoc MIS requirements.
• SPOC for liaising with onsite employees in US & UK.
• Part of a committee responsible for organizing various social and cultural events.

Feb 2010 – Jan 2011 · 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Responsible for smooth functioning of the human resource department.
• Accountable for end to end recruitment cycle right from understanding of the requirement till onboarding.
• Successful in hiring candidates from IT giants like Microsoft.
• Initiated various HR related practices in the organization like drawing up recruitment strategies, maintaining employee database, employee grievance handling, attrition management, exit formalities.

Apr 2008 – Feb 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Accountable for planning & executing recruitment for more than 120 candidates.
• Conducted frequent weekend recruitment drives for timely hiring for new projects.
• Providing assistance for preparation of HR budget by analyzing & providing inputs related to activities in recruitment.
• Responsible for conducting induction for all the new joiners in batches.
• Handling reporting activities like attrition, recruitment, promotions, transfers, payroll, confirmations and separations.

Aug 2006 – Apr 2008 · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Working closely with business-unit head, understanding the business and its needs and applying that understanding to develop people strategy.
• Responsible for the entire recruitment cycle right from understanding the manpower requirement to sourcing of candidates till the candidate joins.
• Handled recruitment for finance & accounting & technical positions.
• Managing vendors related to recruitment & admin responsibilities.