Ashraf Kazi — Recruiter
► 19.6 + yrs of Professional Experience, Spanning across in Technical Sales, Account Management, Recruitment Delivery. With around ☀► 16.6 + Years in core IT Technology (Product & Services ) Hiring, Talent Acquisition and HR Operations, Volume and Niche skill Hiring. Strategic and Dynamic Talent Acquisition Leader; successfully drives and leads transformation of Business Strategy into Talent Acquisition milestones. ► Partner with the executive leadership team to drive strategic planning for Talent Acquisition and driving alignment, develop talent strategies to identify, attract, and recruit top talent through a variety of avenues, using industry best practices. Develop talent pipelines and programs to ensure the growth of talent pools to support the needs of the business. ► Create trends/insights and drive Talent pipelining projects, Utilize the power of social media, Employer Branding, Candidate Experience, Recruitment Automation, networking technology to build Talent Acquisition Capacity. ►Develop and implement the strategy for Campus / Off Campus Hiring; University and Vendor engagement across markets- include strategy and execution of University Recruitment Campaigns. Maintain oversight of application and interview processes as well as internship/ diversity programs. ► Strong experience in Leadership Hiring, Technology Hiring, Large-scale ramp-ups. ► Anchoring organization Wide TA Strategic initiatives. ► Broad TA Experience working for IT Services & Product Organizations. ► Build strong relationship with stakeholders / Business Leaders, and partnering with them to define talent acquisition strategy aligned to their business needs. Conduct regular BU-level TA reviews to understand hiring forecasts and status-check of open mandates. ►Lead, motivate and guide the TA team. ► Lead in instituting recruitment systems and procedures, streamlining operational processes. ► Lead the review of TA policies, processes and conduct annual compensation benchmarking to ensure alignment with current market standards. ► Managing & publishing regular hiring reports with meaningful metrics and insights to internal and external stakeholders. Analyzing data trends to identify areas for pro-active interventions - To Build and implement operational efficiencies and practices that drive strong performance across all recruitment related metrics including Time to Fill, Quality of Hire, Cost Per Hire and Source Effectiveness. ► Vendor Management ►Drive Strong Referral Programs & Direct sourcing, Social Media sourcing as initiatives (low cost hiring).
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Leader with expertise in IT Services and HR Operations.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 19 yrs 5 mos
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Strategic Hr
- Global Talent Acquisition
- Executive Search
- Recruitment Delivery
- It Recruitment
- Recruitment
- Hr Operations
- Sales
Career Highlights
- 19.6 years of diverse experience in Talent Acquisition.
- Expert in strategic planning and stakeholder management.
- Proven track record in large-scale recruitment initiatives.
Work Experience
Simplify Healthcare
Associate Director Talent Acquisition (3 yrs 9 mos)
Johnson Controls
General Manager Talent Acquisition (4 mos)
Capita
Talent Acquisition Manager (9 mos)
Associate Manager Human Resources (5 yrs 5 mos)
IBM India Software Lab (ISL)
Recruitment Professional (4 mos)
Recruitment Specialist (3 yrs 4 mos)
Recruiter (1 yr)
Capita IT Enterprise Services
Lead Human Resource ( Recruitment & Resourcing) (1 yr 8 mos)
Webecome Consultants Pvt Ltd
IT Resource Executive (1 yr)
SIDDHESHWAR INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LTD
HR Executive (3 mos)
Giga Tech Private Limited
Sales Engineer (7 mos)
RELIANCE INFOCOMM
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Education
PGDM at TASMAC, University of Wales UK.
B.E. E&TC at Savitribai Phule Pune University