Mar 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• IMC is a leading global market maker providing liquidity in the financial markets using algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell financial instruments across multiple trading venues worldwide. The role is part of the Global HR function responsible for recruitment of various positions
• Workstreams included:
• Responsible for the full E2E recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing (initial screening interviews as well as final round HR/behavioral interviews), and closing of top talent. Also managing the lifecycle on our ATS
• Designated as a ‘true partner’ to hiring managers: built and strengthened key relationships with internal stakeholders. Role requires information sourcing on role expectations, market insights, candidate feedbacks and post-hire probation reviews
• Established a sourcing strategy to proactively identify candidates and build and maintain healthy talent pipelines and pools for key identified positions. Hired the first set of directly sourced candidates for teams in Amsterdam
• Some of the roles I worked on included (but not limited to): Java, C++ and Python Engineers, FPGA Engineer, Traders etc.
• Commended in periodic reviews for smooth and positive candidate experience, including expectation management and post- process contact for future
• Providing regular monthly updates to the management team (Managing Director, Head of Technology, Head of HR etc.), to give an overview of hiring targets, strategies in place, process improvements etc.
• Continuously working on improving internal process, for instance by introducing automation (in recruitment processes), advising on what interviews to conduct for a particular position etc.
• Worked closely with the marketing team to establish IMC’s employer brand in developing markets, including India and APAC region
• Mapping out the talent landscape to aid recruitment plans, for ex: identifying new locations to source, competitors pay scale etc.

Oct 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Stafide is an equity backed scale-up specialising in recruitment consulting. I have, since the inception of the organisation, been responsible for A-Z operational scale-up processes yielding positive contributions to business objectives. In a tumultuous year for the industry owing to COVID-19, I was able to contribute significantly to a small team that helped bring the business to profitability.
• Workstreams included:
• Owning and driving the hiring strategy for clients which include organizations involved in a wide spectrum of industries seeking talent specialising in the IT sector.
• Despite COVID 19: facilitated multi-fold growth in expanding the business.
• As part of current role, worked on building efficiencies in sales, operations, and internal processes.
• Engaged with clients seeking talent in a variety of roles, levels, and functions, including senior management and C-suite engagements (mainly for start-ups).
• Engage with and advise candidates on related domains including salary expectations, re-location to the Netherlands and providing guidance throughout the interview process to deliver a multi-spectrum result for clients and candidates.
• Engaged in the full recruitment cycle including sourcing, conducting interviews, facilitating negotiations between the parties, and finalising the recruitment process.
• Proactively network and maintain relationships with key candidate communities from niche talent pools for short and/or long-term opportunities with clients.
• Initiate and manage the engagement life cycle with key stakeholders at clients to further business objectives and continuously adapt to evolving recruitment requirements.
• Regularly advise hiring managers on key identifiers for talent sourcing from top talent pools and requirement generation.

Aug 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Opus is one of the fastest growing and multiple awards winning recruitment agency, with offices in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. As the Talent partner at Opus, my job involved managing the full lifecycle of the recruiting process including writing job adverts, developing, and implementing sourcing strategies for various start-ups and scale-ups, and conducting interviews, with key emphasis on pipeline development.
• Workstreams included:
• Identifying and building strategic relationships with potential candidates, often through referrals, LinkedIn messaging and cold calling.
• Partnered with key leaders and their leadership teams to develop and execute both long-term and short-term talent roadmaps, that directly support and enable the client objectives and relevant emphasis on key requirements.
• Proactively networked and maintained relationships with key candidate communities from niche talent pools for short and/or long-term opportunities

Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 · 5 mos · India

• Cinepolis is a global movie theatre chain, hailing from Mexico. It is the largest movie theatre chain in Latin America and the fourth largest in the world.
• Core tasks during traineeship included:
• As a management trainee, my role entailed understanding the functions of the various departments and the related interdependencies for management-level training.
• Credited by higher management for managing day-to-day client-facing interactions whilst managing a team of 70 associates during an attrition phase in the organisation which resulted in the departure of both the unit and the assistant unit managers in quick succession.
• Developed key skills and differentiators in crisis management whilst in a customer-facing role, including team management and redressal of customer grievances through the feedback process.

Jun 2015 – Oct 2015 · 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Oberoi hotels and resorts are one of the largest luxury and business hotel chains of India, with a global presence. Their sought-after traineeship process receives multiple hundred applications with single digit % eventually offered traineeships.
• Core tasks during traineeship included:
• Managing the service desks in the housekeeping department including prompt actioning of client requests and last-minute adjustments to processes to deliver a memorable customer service benchmark.
• Managing the service process in banquet engagements including front-end client interactions.
• Overseeing the store inventory, the pantry, and bakery in the kitchen section and facilitating sourcing and budgeting for various processes.