Apr 2025 – Dec 2025 · 8 mos · United Arab Emirates · Remote

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May 2021 – Mar 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

• Headed end-to-end talent acquisition process for the group including job briefs, proactive sourcing, screening, assessment, negotiation and employee onboarding.
• Extensive collaboration with stakeholders on the dynamics of headcount planning, talent management, budgeting, attrition analysis and expansion plans.
• Collaborated with cross-functional department heads in strategizing staff requirements & conducting selection interviews for shortlisted candidates, ultimately placing right candidates at the right place
• Worked extensively as a headhunter and sourced top talents from our competitors in GCC.
• Ensured all recruitment policies, procedures and techniques are adhered to and recommend improvements where needed
• Drive DEI program to promote Gender Diversity and Inclusivity.
• Understand and recruit UAE nationals to fall in line with the UAE Emiratization policy.
• Facilitated in-depth reference checks and orchestrated the Induction and Orientation of new employees
• Responsible for Pre-Opening 14 new retail stores wherein every process needed to be set up from scratch
• Led Pre-Opening activities encompassing recruitment, training, brand alignment, marketing, and manpower strategies.
• Undertook competitive market surveys for offering sustainable salary packages to the new joiners
• Conducted benchmarking surveys for compensation & Benefits.
• Accomplishments:
• Led a cross-functional team to develop an employee referral program, resulting in a 42% increase in referrals and a 15% increase in overall hires.
• Spearheaded a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative that boosted the representation of underrepresented groups in the workforce by 20% over two years.
• Developed a suite of recruitment metrics and dashboards that provided real-time insights, driving a more agile and responsive recruitment strategy.
• Organized series of successful career fairs and networking events that attracted over 500 potential candidates and filled 90 roles within three months.

Oct 2020 – Apr 2021 · 6 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

•  Sourcing profiles through job portals, postings, personal network, social networking sites, reference, shuffling available database and validating them accurately.
•  Keeping the ATS (Beeline) up-to-date and also manage the Linkedin Recruiter account.
•  Liaising with the finance managers to manage the approval process/budgets for niche roles.
•  Monitoring the day to day requirements by short listing, interviewing and selecting the suitable candidates for filling vacant positions.
•  Timely visit to the warehouses, fulfillment centers and meet the business partners.
•  Manage the temporary hiring for the warehouse and fulfillment centers in UAE & KSA.
•  Coordinating with all the vendors for blue collar deployment within the warehouses and fulfillment centers.
•  Assist in the payroll for the blue collar staff, and manage queries/discrepancies in the salaries.

Sep 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · On-site

•  Handled 22 clients in 8 different industries.
•  Responsible for handling the recruitment process from planning, sourcing to salary negotiations.
•  Continuous improvement of the recruitment process while adhering to the timeliness and quality standards.
•  Achieve and exceed monthly sales goals through full sales cycle management from prospect creation, value proposition, negotiation and deal closure.
•  Manage overseas hirings from Philippines, Nepal and India

Jan 2018 – May 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

•  Identify leads, manage prospects, acquire new business, and establish new accounts
•  Manage complete recruitment and selection cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources like job portals, head hunting, Vendors/consultants, after identification of Manpower Requirements.
•  Facilitate requirement for junior to senior level
•  Continuous improvement of the recruitment process while adhering to the Timeliness & Quality standards.
•  Screening of resumes as per the position required and forwarding it to technical team for further short listing.
•  Negotiate salary with candidates, as per the company's norms. Serve as a primary point of contact for candidate and client throughout the interview
•  Monitor client invoices and collection and ensure it is reflected to company’s account.
•  Achieve and exceed monthly sales goals through full sales cycle management from prospect creation, value proposition, negotiation and deal closure.

Jul 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

•  Identify leads, manage prospects, acquire new business, and establish new accounts
•  Monitor client invoices and collection and ensure it is reflected to company’s account.
•  Identify and qualify high-value sales opportunities through aggressive lead follow up, cold-call prospecting, and networking.
•  Partnering with business to deliver on organizational objectives by developing & executing Talent Acquisition Strategy & plans for 100+ hiring per year.
•  Working closely with the Functional/ Business Heads and other Key Managers to execute and achieve desired results.
•  Handling the complete recruitment cycle for sales and non-sales.
•  Interacting with branch heads/factory heads and departmental heads across the countries
•  Develop and review weekly and daily MIS/reports

Jun 2009 – Jul 2016 · 7 yrs 1 mo · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · On-site

•  Started as a recruiter and got promoted to recruitment manager.
•  Managed a team of 20 recruitment and compliance consultants.
•  Successful track record in surveying, identifying, attracting, securing and closing the hard to find candidates under tight turn around schedule.
•  Headhunted and sourced candidates from different job portals.
•  Reactivated 300+ doctors from the database and placed them.
•  Monitor team’s daily activity and guide them wherever necessary.
•  Attend conferences and network with doctors.
• Achievements
•  Recruited 500+ doctors and nurses for NHS hospitals in UK and UAE.
•  Recorded highest invoice ever in the history of Global Medics.
•  Awarded Best Team Lead for 2013-2015.
•  Awarded Best Employee for 2010-2012.