Jan 2022 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

• Working as Talent Advisor for Cisco’s CX team to deliver their talent needs for the UK and EMEA business. I manage the end-to-end recruitment from shortlisting eligible applicants, their selection process till onboarding and have gained expertise with the complex processes abiding by the GDPR.

Jun 2020 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Was managing the project to onboard a 500-member team for clinical trials for Covid for the end-customer (global pharmaceutical firm). The project involved setting up the internal team to deliver the business target and I had defined the process, the strategy and reported progress to stakeholders. I was working with the executive team on setting up the team along with the strategy to deliver the target in one year.

May 2018 – Jan 2019 · 8 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

• Manager for talent acquisition for SAP consulting, leading a team of 6 recruiters and a set of vendors. Helped the Sales and Delivery organizations to scale up or the S/4 HANA consulting demand in the USA.
• Have set up India TA team and streamlined the process and governance within the available budget for talent management. Have implemented policies and process for governance, reporting and tracking SLA s and KPI s.

Apr 2014 – May 2018 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Focused on hiring in India and North America for various SAP technologies, leading a team of 4 recruiters to ramp up by 200 number in three years.
• Represented talent acquisition strategy in company’s executive committee and re-sponsible to drive hiring strategy driven by market needs and business demand.
• Actively involved in leadership hiring, successful in bring in game-changing leaders to steer the company’s strategy in Sales, Delivery and Operations.
• Hiring SPOC for various stakeholders based out of India, South-East Asia and North America.

Jun 2013 – Apr 2014 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Leading the A&I- Talent Acquisition team- TCS, BPS
• Aligned to the Analytics and Insights division in TCS BPS catering to niche skills sets like Statistical Modeling, Operations and Simulation Modeling, SAS and Market Research.
• Liaison with Business Leaders for achieving SLA and TAT for hiring

Jun 2010 – Jun 2013 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• Responsible for end to end hiring for India development centre
• Handled volume and niche hiring
• Met business expectation on hiring ramp up for the Account by organizing huge drives
• Responsible for leadership hiring and support hiring
• Managing the practice based resourcing to ensure no loss of billing
• Carry out end to end campus hiring starting from pre placement talk to final selection
• Induction of new joinees

Jan 2010 – Jun 2010 · 5 mos

• Understand processes and quality standards to be followed and work towards continuous improvement in recruitment processes.
• End-to-End process involvement and volume hiring.
• Worked in a high pressure, process and target oriented environment.
• Has worked with business heads and leaders to understand role descriptions and develop best sourcing mix.
• Has initiated and led various employee referral programs and maximized closures through referrals.
• Hands on Experience on Campus Recruitment

Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 · 4 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• Recruiter for Celstream Technologies. Partners with different stakeholders to hire the best talent for Media and Entertainment, Telecom and Print & Publishing domain.