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Vandana KA

Head of Talent

Dallas, Texas, United States19 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led global talent acquisition strategies across multiple regions.
  • Expert in building diverse candidate pools and driving inclusion.
  • Proven track record in optimizing recruitment processes and metrics.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in global recruitment strategies across diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStrategic LeadershipDiversity ProgramsAccount ManagementFull Life-cycle RecruitingRecruiting MetricsInternet RecruitingExecutive SearchResource ManagementTeam ManagementIt Recruitment

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsBudgetingBusiness Process ImprovementCRMClient ServicesCollege RecruitingContract ManagementContract RecruitmentCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Data AnalyticsDiversity & InclusionEmployee BenefitsEmployee EngagementEmployer BrandingHRIS

About

Talent Acquisition Leader for Americas, Europe and AnZ. Leads and influences the Talent Acquisition Strategies and Solutions to support the business needs for multiple geographies.

Experience

Sonata software

Head of Talent Acquisition

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

  • Leading a cross-functional team of recruiting executives, leads, and managers.
  • Closely working with CXOs to strategize and implement process improvements and initiatives.
  • Partnering with business leaders to develop better demand planning and forecasting.
  • Targeted recruitment and campaigns for critical demands; metrics; recruiter performance through standardization of recruiting process guidelines; reporting; and operationalizing KPIs.
Talent AcquisitionTeam ManagementBusiness Process ImprovementVendor ManagementTeam BuildingTalent Management+5

Capgemini engineering

Senior Manager - Global Talent Acquisition ER&D

Aug 2018Aug 2022 · 4 yrs · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

  • Global Talent Acquisition leader, driving recruitment efforts for Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Aeronautics, Defense, Navel, Space, "Software & Digital" and “Semiconductor & Electronics".
  • Built and managing a global team (22+) of high-performing managers, leads & recruiters to work in an extremely fast-paced environment to deliver against the hiring plan by putting in place operational system.
  • Drive sourcing capability and capacity across a geographically dispersed team within North America to proactively build diverse candidate pools while leveraging all available talent channels to expedite the recruitment of market-leading technical talent for the business.
  • Driving diversity programs to bring women return to work, branding and Employee Referral campaign, specific to industries and domains.
  • Partnering with global leadership team for organization transformation and alignment for North America.
  • Work with key business leadership to understand future plans, recruiting implications of these and develop a strategy to deliver on these plans in a differentiated way.
  • Partner with Human Resource, Immigration, Finance and Function Business Partners across client groups to understand the short and long-term talent strategy and develop and align teams to a Talent Acquisition plan which encompasses internal mobility, external talent acquisition, and overall process improvements.
  • Leads the optimization of staffing policies, systems, and processes throughout their organization, and guides stakeholders on the impact of these changes.
  • Establish team performance goals and metrics and a formal process to measure and manage progress.
  • Managing Talent Acquisition process improvement, data analytics, talent pool, compensation analysis, competitive intelligence, vendor negotiations and management.
Talent AcquisitionDiversity ProgramsSourcing CapabilityData AnalyticsRecruitment StrategyVendor Negotiations+1

Acs solutions

Account Recruiting Manager

Nov 2014Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Chicago Area

  • Managed VMS and direct clients for Retail, IT, Telecom and Internet/Media as Account Recruiting Manager with 2 leads and 10 recruiters in the team.
  • For streamlining the process, have worked on creating Account Play Book for internal/ client benefits and for account growth/presentation purposes.
  • Maintain a high standard of service within existing accounts to ensure and retain business in a highly competitive market environment. Continually build and leverage credible relationships with internal/external contacts to achieve desirable outcomes.
  • Identify and facilitate growth opportunities from existing base of clients and establish rapport by meeting/interacting with clients on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and assist executives with newly developed relationships.
  • Core duties include client services which includes, sales support, full life-cycle recruiting process, operational support, change management, recruitment training and issue resolution for small, mid-tier and large business customers.
  • Managing Requirements via internal ATS (ERecruit) and vendor management system (FieldGlass, Econometrix, RecruitEX, Synergy, IQN and People-click).
  • Working with global recruiting (US/India) teams to define & allocate requirements and implementing recruiting strategy to ensure meeting speed, quality and success in fulfilling client’s need
  • Customer partnered in conducting reference check and background verification check (BGC) as required.
  • Setting up recruiting delivery expectations, weekly & monthly health check-up for the accounts. Also, Responsible for monthly/quarterly client/MSP visits and weekly phone connect and status updates
Account ManagementClient ServicesFull Life-Cycle RecruitingOperational SupportRecruitment TrainingVendor Management

Wipro limited

Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition - PES/GMT North America

Apr 2010Nov 2014 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Greater Chicago Area

  • Managed PES (Product Engineering Services) and Global Media Telecom (GMT) hiring for North America with a team of 6 diversity recruiters.
  • Responsible for budgeting, establishing and maintaining vendor relationships, recruiting campaigns, determining assessment needs and departmental reporting.
  • Were also leading staff /project hiring for Gallagher Solution’s-BFSI (Wipro’s subsidiary company)
  • Ensured consistency of all policies and procedures for recruiting team are consistent with business needs.
  • Analyze recruiting metrics to accurately assess the effectiveness of current and previous recruitment strategies as well as drive process improvements. Report recruiting metrics to HR business partners and key business leaders.
  • Worked closely with Workforce management groups to utilized benched staff and helped allocation to various projects and locations. Helped planning and control of the global inventory pool of resources.
  • Coordinate with business stake holders to define requirements, allocate and implement Recruiting Strategy with the team and setting up recruiting delivery expectations along with establishing daily/weekly updates to management and internal clients.
Recruiting CampaignsBudgetingVendor RelationshipsRecruiting MetricsWorkforce ManagementTalent Acquisition

Grn

HR Search Consultant - Business Development/Recruitment, Technology for Financial Market

Jan 2009Dec 2009 · 11 mos · Colorado, United States · On-site

Internet RecruitingExecutive SearchNetworkingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Stakeholder Management

Niit technologies ltd

Sr. Executive - RMG

Jun 2007Jun 2008 · 1 yr · India · On-site

Talent AcquisitionResource ManagementEmployee BenefitsInternet RecruitingVendor Management

Fcs software solutions

Team Lead - SAP Recruitment

Sep 2005May 2007 · 1 yr 8 mos · India · On-site

Internet RecruitingTeam ManagementApplicant Tracking SystemsIT RecruitmentInterviewing

New era india consultancy

Account Manager/Business Development Manager - Recruitment

Jul 2004Aug 2005 · 1 yr 1 mo

Internet RecruitingTeam ManagementApplicant Tracking SystemsIT RecruitmentInterviewing

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

Strategic Performance Management — Managment

Jan 2017Jan 2018

Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal

PGDCA — Computer Applications

Jun 2002Jan 2004

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University

M.Sc. Mathematics — Mathematics

Jan 2000Jan 2002

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