Akshita Kadam

Head of Talent

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India16 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in talent acquisition.
Expert in executive leadership placements and cross-functional strategies.
Recognized with Excellence TA Award for outstanding contributions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the HR industry with a focus on strategic hiring.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionNegotiation

Other Skills

Applicant Tracking SystemsEmployee RelationsStakeholder EngagementNiche Talent AcquisitionLinkedIn LearningSourcingHRISPerformance AppraisalExecutive SearchVendor ManagementHR PoliciesStrategic HRHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Management Information Systems (MIS)Employee Engagement

About

At boAt Lifestyle, strategic human resources and niche talent acquisition drive our mission to secure industry-leading talent. My role as Lead Talent Acquisition focuses on executive leadership placements and cross-functional talent strategies, ensuring a seamless integration of new hires with our business objectives. Our team's dedication to comprehensive sector analyses and identifying key trends has been pivotal in sustaining boAt's innovative edge. Collaboration with stakeholders and proficiency in negotiation underpin our talent acquisition successes, drawing from over a decade of industry experience. The certifications in Strategic HR, Social Recruiting, and People Analytics have equipped me to adopt cutting-edge approaches that align with boAt's vision. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where stakeholder engagement and meticulous feedback assessments contribute to the continuous improvement of our talent acquisition processes.

Experience

16 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 mos

Current Experience

Arvind fashions limited

Head of Talent Acquisition

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ready to build high-impact teams, rethink hiring, and create experiences people actually want to be part of.
Let’s build something great

Boat lifestyle

2 roles

Talent Aquisition Leader

Apr 2025 – Feb 2026 · 10 mos

Scouting the right talent and making hiring smoother, faster, and smarter

Lead Talent Acquisition

Apr 2022 – Jun 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos

cross-functional talent Acquisition . Specialized in executive leadership placements . Managing industry mapping, conducting comprehensive analyses of sectors to identify key trends, opportunities, and potential talent pools

Viacom18 media private limited

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jun 2019 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Proactively engaged with HODs to close leadership roles; efficiently collaborating with compensation & benefits team for benchmarking & offer closures and safeguarding easy onboarding experience of the new hires for the entire Corporate Vertical across the organisation.
Meticulously responsible for the assessment of feedback pertinent to new hires post- completion of 30/60/90 days and review in accordance with the business goals

NegotiationApplicant Tracking SystemsEmployee RelationsTalent Acquisition

Suryoday small finance bank ltd

Regional HR Manager

Jan 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Handling Entire Talent Acquisition Gamut for Entire Maharashtra & UP for Inclusive Finance & Retail Assets Vertical, with the leading Small Finance Bank.
A significant contribution towards - succession planning; lateral/leadership hiring; volume hiring (i.e. campus recruitment/walk-in drives in job fair); recruiting by utilising reputed job portals; employee referrals and so on.
Played an integral role in the maintenance of employee data via HRMS recruitment software – Working HR and mentoring/training the entire team on the same
Instrumental in introducing digitization process by implementation of Workline HR (SAP ERP tool); launched a Recruitment Marketing tool and revamped the career website

NegotiationApplicant Tracking SystemsEmployee RelationsTalent Acquisition

Muthoot homefin (india) limited

Talent Acquisition Manager (MP-GUJ-MUM)

Jul 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Essayed a paramount role as a Lead in fulfilling vast gamut of activities encompassing – design/execution of recruiting strategies; encouraging/promoting diversity in the workplace; budget management; cost savings management and successfully decreased the dependency on vendors up to 90%
Key role contribution if data management process by preparing/formulating quarterly/weekly review dashboards
Efficiently managed recruitment auditing & documentation process
Proactively accountable for assisting HR team broad spectrum of activities such as - formulating policies; new hire orientation; on-boarding management right from the initial day

NegotiationEmployee RelationsTalent Acquisition

Ion exchange india ltd

HR Generalist

May 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

Closed hiring as an individual (leadership hiring)
Successful accomplishment in hiring & closing senior positions via LinkedIn (social media network platform)
Identified manpower requirements; assisted the hiring managers to attract/source and recruit new talent

Supreme infrastructure.

Sr.Officer HR

Jan 2010 – Apr 2014 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra

Systematically scheduling interviews for candidates via numerous sources such as – telecom/ video conference/personal interviews etc.
Maintained HRMIS Reports which includes - essential employee records, hiring reports, interview database, personal records of all employees and so on