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Phani Kumar

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India23 yrs 3 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Over 20 years of HR and talent acquisition experience.
  • Expert in building diverse and inclusive workplace cultures.
  • Proven track record in reducing hiring costs and improving processes.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in Human Resources and Talent Acquisition.

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Agile MethodologiesBenefits NegotiationConsultingEmployee EngagementEmployee RelationsHRISHuman ResourcesIT RecruitmentInternet RecruitingLeadershipManagementRecruitingRecruitmentsScreeningScreening Resumes

About

With over 20 years of experience in human resources, recruiting, and consulting, I am a passionate and strategic leader who specializes in org building and talent acquisition. I have successfully implemented and institutionalized best-in-class practices, processes, and metrics to improve the efficiency and performance of the recruiting team and hiring managers across multiple domains and geographies. As the Talent Acquisition Lead-India at Axi, I am responsible for creating and executing a comprehensive and innovative talent strategy that aligns with the company's vision, values, and goals. I proactively engage with prospective senior candidates and act as a brand ambassador for the organization, while also developing and managing a best-in-class campus recruitment program that broadens the reach for entry-level talent and reduces manpower cost. I am driven by the mission of building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing culture at Axi, where people can grow and thrive.

Experience

Opestra consulting

2 roles

Human Resources Specialist

Apr 2024Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Axi India - Talent Acquisition Leader

Apr 2024Dec 2024 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Technogise

Org Building

Feb 2023Mar 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

Sahaj software

Head of Talent Acquisition

Nov 2021Jan 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Soroco

Director Talent Acquisition

Jul 2021Oct 2021 · 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Sahaj software solutions pvt ltd

Talent Artisian

Feb 2017Jun 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos · bangalore

  • I am an organisation builder, and I want to bring that solution consultants who provides our clients with simple and sophisticated solutions for their business needs.
  • Sahaj as a company does only niche hiring. We are very particular about every hire. Apart from conventional ways of recruiting, I Constantly research about what are the newest ways to source the elite candidates. Given Sahaj is a services company it prefers polyglot programmers or SMEs of a particular language.

Software ag

Head of Talent Acquisition R&D - Consulting Services

Mar 2016Feb 2017 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Quikr

Head Talent Acquisition Hiring

Jan 2015Mar 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore

  • Build the team of 300 people Technology & product in Bangalore with more focus on internal sourcing.
  • Strategically adopted Hiring tools from the market to attract the talent across industry, dependency on agency reduced from 90% to 25%.
  • Played key role building Quikr Technology brand, conducting Hackathon’s in office & IIT’s motivated
  • internal passion on technology & in Campus.

Olacabs.com

Head TA

Jun 2014Jan 2015 · 7 mos · Bangalore

  • Heading the Talent acquisition PAN India, responsible for hiring across function Operation & Engineering team.
  • Redefined recruitment strategy and enabled improvements to the recruitment life-cycle processes
  • Delineated recruitment strategy for hiring Director and VP level positions, across Marketing, sales,
  • corporate affairs, M&A, NBFC and Engineering. Defined and institutionalized senior candidate engagement strategy and on boarding process.
  • Closed 600 open positions across functions and geographies while also improving the overall Offer to Joining conversion ratio by 42%.
  • Initiated a recruitment program to specifically focus on the target talent pool; significantly improved
  • relevance (industry) of the candidates offered
  • Created opportunities for organizational branding by participating in various social forums such as
  • LinkedIn & Stack Overflow.
  • Actively engaged potential candidates specifically in the operations and software engineering space.

Thoughtworks

2 roles

Recruiting Manager,ASEAN at ThoughtWorks

Promoted

Sep 2013May 2014 · 8 mos

  • Defined market driven recruitment strategies for South-East Asian Operations; built a recruiting team and trained them to full-fill resource requirements for the region.
  • Lead the strategic programs in Technology Universities & Tech-Communities, across India, Singapore & Indonesia to position the ThoughtWorks brand with the target talent
  • At ThoughtWorks, reduced cost-per-hire by 23% by reducing dependency on Recruitment Vendors
  • (<5%), revamping the employee referral program (Improved employee referral from 27 % to 45 %), by
  • increasing focus on Web, Social Networking, Mind share & technology sites (20%) and campus 14%
  • At ThoughtWorks, lead the Bangalore Recruitment Team to be rated as the Best Team in India.
  • Designed and implemented Employee Diversity Program to improve workplace diversity; improved the ratio for Manager+ positions by more than 3%
  • Participated in conferences on Agile methodology, helped build the ThoughtWorks brand, and
  • positively contributed in both attracting talent and in bringing in more business to ThoughtWorks

Manager-Recruitment

Apr 2008Aug 2013 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Tavant technologies

Asst Mangaer-HR

Aug 2007Mar 2008 · 7 mos

Efi

Sr Recruiter

Jun 2006Jul 2007 · 1 yr 1 mo

Yahoo!

Recruiter

Jan 2005May 2006 · 1 yr 4 mos

Adecco, india

IT-Recruiter

Jan 2004Dec 2004 · 11 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

It consultancies

IT-Recruiter

Jan 2002Dec 2003 · 1 yr 11 mos

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

PGCHRM — Human Resource

Jan 2006Jan 2008

Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology

BE — E&E

Jan 1997Jan 2001

SSBN College of Education, Anantapur

Schooling

Jan 1985Jan 1997

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