Oct 2023 – Jul 2024 · 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Jun 2021 – Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Spearheaded the hiring for the 2 most important revenue generating orgs in Meesho-Business Category & Monetization with a team of 7.Grew the employee count from 100 to 250+ fulltime employees at Business
• Hired 500+ employees in volume hiring for key accounts managers & category associates in 2 quarters
• Managed restructuring of employees cross functionally including realignments, leadership changes and reductions in workforce. Took progressive action as a coach & demonstrated employee advocacy while leading through the organizational changes
• Responsible for building talent acquisition strategy in hiring for key or complex roles by analyzing market data which included talent availability, trends & competitor data. Also ensured sharing suggestions to senior leaders on best practices for acquiring most quality talent ( a" 4 "rater) at leadership and Mid-senior level
• Ensure the strategy is executed within the budget and also the resourcing strategy reflecting a balance to diversity & inclusion within the teams
• Empaneling and onboarding new vendors, organizing vendor meets - extending ways to select the right candidates from the relevant companies
• Constructed the "Hiring Playbook" on Coda to guide on interview techniques for the interview panels at all levels, like conducting competency / BEI based and STAR approach selection interview processes
• Highlighted and mapped the competency matrix based on the Meesho Mantras for varied roles from lateral to leadership levels, which then would be implemented on the Lever recruiting tool to gauge the quality of hires
• Conceptualized cost optimization initiatives- ER & IJP policy, competition mapping leading to significant cost savings and reduction in TAT
• Build the "Hiring Dashboard" in Coda, to ensure real time hiring updates on the open requisitions , TAT, joiners details, replacement information, backup plans, and highlights on capturing instantaneous candidate experience scores with their verbatim feedbacks on a monthly basis

Aug 2018 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Ownership of end to end recruitment process (Requisition, strategizing & planning recruitment events, monitoring, measuring, controlling and continuous improvement).
• Manage and supervise end-to-end Recruitment cycle (Sourcing/Selection/ on-boarding / Process compliance).
• Work as an Individual contributor in fulfilling senior roles · Implement creative sourcing strategies for future & current open positions & execute them with minimal direction.
• Define recruitment SLAs, establish metrics and create reports · Achieve the set targets for various conversion rates ·
• Identify effectively utilize various resource of recruitment to ensure target achievement. Plan and strategize recruitment drives.
• Assess, evaluate and em-panel recruitment consultants, Job Portal Access Management. Bring in continues improvements in sourcing, interview & selection process.
• Create and maintain job Descriptions for all positions and establish competency levels ·
• Build and nurture a strong Talent Attraction and Acquisition team with right selection, mentoring, providing opportunities and delegation.
• Work on multiple entities and hiring from managers to COO levels.

Sep 2017 – Aug 2018 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Work closely with the leadership team and the CEO to strategize recruitment plans
• and enable best practices pertaining to Talent Acquisition.
• Deliver high quality work in a high-paced, dynamic work environment consistently
• by managing time and effort across hiring projects: sourcing strategies, timelines
• and deliverable for projects.
• Source and attract top talent and handle special projects, such as creating
• innovative strategies to locate top local talent.
• Solve problems and produce solutions by collecting and analyzing data with
• quantitative or qualitative approaches, identifying alternatives when circumstances
• change, and seeking out responsibilities beyond the job.
• Deliver high quality results in a timely manner, individually and through others.
• Ability to nurture, manage and run a target driven recruitment team.
• Ability to talk shop and look at problem solving through the Business angle.

Aug 2016 – Sep 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Managed the complete life-cycle of talent acquisition from sourcing to on-boarding across all levels.
• Lead hiring efforts for key mandates at both India and International markets, facilitating the cultural differences.
• Responsible for build teams from scratch across the Company.
• Working with with key stakeholders on their requirements and adhering to TAT.
• Managing hiring cost and budget planning across locations.
• Facilitated HR audits, reporting & presentations to stakeholders and investors

Dec 2014 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Managing end to end HR activities - from on-boarding to exit management
• Framing policies and processes relevant for interviewing, on-boarding, joining, induction and separation.
• Responsible for payroll, leave and attendance management pan India.
• Executed Employee engagement programs, CSR activities and other initiatives in alignment with Company's values.
• Developed performance improvement plans, conducting performance conversations and building a performance management process.
• Created disciplinary employee welfare policies, like general code of conduct, leave policy, referral policy and HR guidelines.
• Developing talent acquisition plans for the business on a quarterly basis.
• Responsible for new city launches and setting up teams for running city operations ground up.

Jan 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore

• Recruitment with focus on skills matching department’s specifications within the
• specified budget.
• Handled requirements for Business Units like IT Applications Development Team, IT
• Desktop Team, Sales Operations Team, Global Support Services Team, Finance
• Team, R&D teams, E-learning content development and online marketing team.
• Specialist in Niche Hiring (Regional Sales Head , Brand Head , SEO Evangelist, Project
• Lead , Associate director, PHP Lead, CMO, Instructional Designer Head etc.)
• Responsible for recruiting leadership level &Mid-Level positions.
• Interacting with respective hiring Managers/ Business Heads in understanding the
• requirements to identify resource and get the best hire for the Organization
• Outsourcing the profiles through the job portals, social networking sites, through
• referrals and screening.
• Conducted promotional events / marketing activities to
• develop new contacts and increase user base the profile according to JD (Job
• Description).

Apr 2012 – Nov 2012 · 7 mos · Bangalore, India

• Worked as a recruiter, recruiting content writers, backend developers and SAP
• consultants.
• Actively involved in back end HR operations maintaining leave records, issuing offer
• letters and appointment letters, analyzing employee data, calculating attrition rate,
• lining up candidates and HR coordination etc.
• Submission of weekly and monthly reports on closures, offers and attrition.

Mar 2011 – May 2011 · 2 mos · Bangalore

• Completed my summer internship as Client relationship executive.

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs · Greater Kolkata Area

• As a CISCO certified professional worked on telnet, Unix and Cisco servers to develop and build secured passwords for HSBC global users using more than 100 different banking applications through encrypted mail in Lotus Notes.
• Solving technical banking issues on Lotus Notes and IBM platforms.
• Ensure and follow high security protocols and processes for all global users.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr · Greater Kolkata Area

• Dell & HP Certified Technician.
• Helping US based customers with all kinds of technical support queries.