Gokul Chandrappa

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in transforming talent acquisition strategies.
Proven track record in enhancing employer branding.
Strong leadership in diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in talent acquisition and employer branding.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionEmployer Branding

Other Skills

Benefits NegotiationCompensation BenchmarkingE-commerceEmployee EngagementEntrepreneurshipExecutive SearchHR ConsultingHR StrategyHR TransformationHuman ResourcesInterviewingInterviewsLeadershipManagementManagement Consulting

About

I heartily believe and live by Transformation. I have contributed extensively to all the aspects of employee & employer life cycle starting from Talent attraction-Talent Management-Talent Development. I believe that you have to be progressive & proactive to be a game-changer. I have always believed in innovating and creating which challenges the status-quo I am passionate about: + Strategic aspects of HR and in the process of ideating and helping people and organizations realize and leverage the potential. + Conceptualizing and implementing innovative ways of attracting exceptional talent from the market + Understanding the business and enabling them to achieve their objectives + Networking with industry leaders and professionals and sharing best practices Specialties Include: Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partnering, Employer Branding, Employee Engagement, Organizational Design, People Analytics, Employee Relations, Rewards & Recognition

Experience

Sixt research & development india

2 roles

Director - Human Resources

Promoted

Jun 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leading People & Culture-related initiatives for SIXT

Senior Manager - Human Resources

Jul 2017 – Aug 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Founding team member of SIXT R&D India
Responsible for leading various People & Culture-related initiatives for SIXT India such as - Org design, Business Partnering, Employer Branding, Employee Engagement, Employee Communications, Employee Relations, Rewards & Recognition, etc.
Led Talent Acquisition initially and built (hired) tech/engineering, product, data-sciences, and design teams ground up from a handful to 150+

Organizational DesignEmployee EngagementEmployer BrandingTalent Acquisition

Mfine

Associate Director - Human Resources

Aug 2021 – May 2022 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Headed Talent Acquisition (Tech, Business & Customer Experience groups) & Employer Branding
Brought down Vendor Dependency from 85% to 15% in less than 2 quarters
Increased gender diversity across both Tech & Business groups
Led various key TA Initiatives with a strong TA Team that included - The Employee Referral Program, Talent Mapping, Building Employer Brand, Campus Program, MFine Fellowship Program, and International hiring (TPC) to name a few
Partnered with other HR team members and executed : ATS Implementation (Darwinbox), MERCER Benchmarking, and Onboarding Process

Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingVendor ManagementTalent MappingOnboarding Process

Adobe

Talent Acquisition Partner

Nov 2016 – Jul 2017 · 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Responsible for Senior level & Leadership hiring
Hired for Consulting, Sales & Customer Experience
Worked closely with business leaders & decision-makers on hiring needs which are Strategic, Influential & Senior in nature
Worked with team on few innovative ideas to attract Talent Pool which includes - Comprehensive talent mapping, suggesting new recruitment tools to attract & reduce TAT on hiring, candidate experience, and Talent Branding

Talent AcquisitionRecruitingEmployer Branding

Ajio.com

Manager - Human Resources

Nov 2014 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore

Founding team member of AJIO.com
Talent Acquisition Leader for AJIO.com
I was responsible to drive leadership hiring, niche hiring & volume hiring across Technology, Buying & Merchandising, Marketing, Catalog, Sourcing & Product Development, Planning & Analytics, Service Delivery Operations, Warehouse Operations and Quality business units
Set up the AJIO team from scratch (0) and hired close to 350+ employees
Responsible for leading various HR Strategic/Business partnering initiatives such as
Talent mapping across both Technology & Non-Technology business units
Compensation benchmarking for Technology & Non-Technology business units
Organization design & framework
Job architecture
Employee Value proposition
Employer Branding

Talent AcquisitionEmployer BrandingCompensation Benchmarking

Myntra

Talent Acquisition Partner

Feb 2014 – Nov 2014 · 9 mos · Bangalore

Partnered with Technology, Analytics & IT leadership Team on hiring needs
Set-up Mobile, Analytics & UI Engineering Team from scratch
Set-up IT Networking Team from scratch

Talent AcquisitionRecruiting

Product companies

Talent Consultant

Nov 2010 – Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

Worked as a Talent Consultant (Founder, Transform INC) from Nov, 2012 to address Students, Start-ups and Professionals in various facets
Students (University relations) & Professionals
Helped universities as a Campus Partner and placed over 250+ management students
Trained over 500+ students on various job-oriented programs
Counseled over 500+ students as a part of Career Development
Developed Talent Assessment Tool using Carl Jung & Isabel Briggs Myers typological approach
Placed over 65 candidates (Mid-managerial to senior leadership roles)
Start-ups
Partnered with leaders from various domain: Product, eCommerce & IT Service start-ups on Recruiting, Compensation, PMS, Employer Branding & Employee engagement initiatives
Interpreted, designed & developed a sound compensation and PMS plan
Worked as a Talent Partner (Consultant) from Nov, 2010
Clients include: Adobe Systems, Amazon.com and Collabera Technologies (Now Brillio)
@ Adobe Systems
Supported hiring for groups such has Worldwide Field operations, Adobe Global Support & Corporate Functions hiring across India
Closed several positions in Sales, Marketing, HR, Finance, Operations and Analytics requirements across Middle-level managerial & Senior leadership roles
@ Amazon.com
Founding team member of Amazon.in
Supported hiring for Worldwide Operations expansion project (Green Field Project)
Worked on various requirements as a part of International Expansion (Amazon.in) and supported the hiring needs for teams such as Fulfillment, Supply Chain, Transportation, Operations, Engineering Projects and Legal
Closed several Middle level managerial and Senior leadership roles
Supported Retail and Technology hiring
@ Collabera Technologies (Now Brillio)
Part of Professional Services (US-Staffing) set-up for Collabera in Bangalore.
Supported Leadership hiring and India hiring
Extensive knowledge in IT related domains such has Energy & Utilities, Telecommunications and BFSI