Ketaki Desai

Head of Talent

Pune, Maharashtra, India12 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in strategic talent management and employee development.
Proven track record in recruitment and workforce management.
Strong analytical skills for data-driven HR decisions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in talent management and recruitment across diverse industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent ManagementEmployee DevelopmentWorkforce ManagementClient CoordinationRecruitmentTechnical ScreeningClient ServiceCandidate Placement

Other Skills

Business AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceBusiness ProcessCRMCandidate follow-upCommunicationCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Customer serviceDatabase managementDirect SalesERPEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Enterprise SoftwareHR analyticsIdentifying Sales Opportunities

About

Seasoned HR Leader committed towards creating an Employee Value Proposition to enable successful achievement of business outcomes. Hands on experience in leading the People function across multiple geographies that includes strategizing, planning, and implementing the People plans. A strategic planner with demonstrated acumen in attracting, inducting, developing and retaining highly skilled talent with proven skills in managing & defining, learning & development journeys, retention programs, progression, resource management and transitioning. Strong understanding of global cultures, knowledge of latest industry trends, and high energetic disposition thereby transforming strategies into actions and driving change management in line with the business need.

Experience

12 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

9 mos

Current Experience

Ansiin global

2 roles

HR Director - Talent Acquisition & Customer Represntative Attendant

Nov 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Talent strategy and alignment: Develop and implement a strategic talent management plan that aligns with the organization's business objectives and vision.
Talent acquisition and planning: Oversee the entire talent acquisition lifecycle, from creating a strong employer brand to developing a talent pipeline and forecasting future hiring needs through strategic workforce planning.
Employee development: Lead programs for training, leadership development, coaching, mentoring, and career pathing to enhance employee skills and growth.
Performance management: Design and oversee performance management processes, including goal-setting, regular evaluations, and effective feedback mechanisms.
HR analytics: Use data and metrics to analyze talent trends, measure the effectiveness of talent initiatives, and inform data-driven decisions.
Customer Representative Attendant –
Empathy: Understanding and connecting with customers' feelings and perspectives.
Active Listening: Fully concentrating on what the customer is saying to ensure understanding and address their concerns.
Effective Communication: Using clear and concise language to build trust and rapport with customers.
A key benefit of the outside-in strategy is that it creates a deeper understanding of your customers, transforming them from names and numbers into real people with needs and desires. To accomplish this goal, businesses can use methods like customer surveys, targeted focus groups, and social media engagement analysis.

Talent strategyTalent acquisitionEmployee developmentPerformance managementHR analyticsCustomer service+2

Director

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

Working in Contingence Workforce Management (CWM-VMS) Team to plan and achieve competitive Target set.
Working with client team to understand and allocation of manpower requisitions from different verticals to recruitment partners
Coordinated with Multiple Recruitment partners with different service lines for close understanding of man power need on different kinds of projects.
Managing daily track record of Tier 1, Tier 2 Client partners & provided extensive coordination on profiles submission, feedbacks & scheduling interviews with hiring team and service Owners for final selection of resources.
Updated hiring status on SharePoint/Taleo portal upon assigned requirements & performance data/reports for monthly evaluation.
On-boarding formalities for contractual resources.

Workforce managementClient coordinationRecruitment managementOnboardingWorkforce ManagementClient Coordination

Mindshare business consulting pvt ltd

Talent Engagement Head (RPO Model)

Sep 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Talent Engagement Head, is a senior executive responsible for developing and executing a company's overall talent strategy. This role focuses on attracting, developing, and retaining top talent to align with business objectives and foster a high-performance, inclusive culture.
Talent strategy and alignment: Develop and implement a strategic talent management plan that aligns with the organization's business objectives and vision.
Talent acquisition and planning: Oversee the entire talent acquisition lifecycle, from creating a strong employer brand to developing a talent pipeline and forecasting future hiring needs through strategic workforce planning.
Employee development: Lead programs for training, leadership development, coaching, mentoring, and career pathing to enhance employee skills and growth.
Performance management: Design and oversee performance management processes, including goal-setting, regular evaluations, and effective feedback mechanisms.
HR analytics: Use data and metrics to analyze talent trends, measure the effectiveness of talent initiatives, and inform data-driven decisions.

Talent strategyTalent acquisitionEmployee developmentPerformance managementHR analyticsTalent Management+1

Freelance

Freelance Recruiter

May 2021 – Oct 2021 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Remote

As an IT Freelance Recruitment Consultant:
Extensive recruitment on various technologies.
Sourcing Profiles from portals, social media, database, employee references & through external resources.
Pre-Screening, Technical Screening & Short listing of candidates.
Interaction with the Sr. Managers / Delivery Managers to close positions.
Post interview follow-up with the candidates until joining.
Technologies worked on: JAVA, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Quality Testing, PLSQL Developer, Dot Net, Mern stack, Mean Stack, Front end and Back-end developers, PHP developer, UIUX, AWS and Azure, C++ developers, Technical Architectures, Salesforce, Embedded IOT, Magento, RPA, AI, ML, PMP
Embedded Technologies: MATLAB, Simulink, CAN (Controller Area Networks), Autosar, IOT, Verification Validation (V&V), Embedded testing
Designers: Catia V5, UGNX, Pro/e, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, CAM, CAE

RecruitmentSourcingTechnical screeningCandidate follow-upTechnical Screening

Tech-soul technologies

Sr. IT Recruiter

Oct 2018 – May 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Pune Area, India · On-site

My core areas of expertise
Worked as a Sr. Recruiter & Client service in Role to gather client’s requirements on a regular manner.
Regularly interacting with client’s VMS Team & Technical Hiring Manager to understand their requirements.
Attending the weekly review meetings with concerned business head to improve quality of the sourcing and individual productivity.
Driving myself to reach the assigned target.
Evaluating the quality of the profiles & forwarding the validated profiles to the respective client & maintained regular follow up on submissions, feedbacks, selections and post selection activities.
Created Weekly & Monthly report by using MS-Excel.
Maintain large database of sourced candidates for different IT domains.
Coordinated Walk-in drives conducted for client’s requirement.
Technologies worked on:
Application Development: Java/J2EE and Microsoft.NET Technologies, PLM, PDM
ERP: SAP and Oracle – including PeopleSoft, Siebel, Oracle Applications.
Modules including: MM, PP, WM, FI, CO, AM, TM, CM, PS, SD, PM, QM, BW, HR, HANA
Other Skill: Java, .Net, C++

Client serviceRecruitmentDatabase managementReportingClient Service

Alvieel technolgiess private limited

Information Technology Recruiter

May 2015 – Sep 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Pune Area, India

Sourcing, screening, pre-qualifying and closing candidates.
Consistently source and deliver candidates with difficult/critical skill sets. –
Effectively manage multiple requisitions and deliver on a high-volume basis. –
Carried out the role of IT recruiter which involved carrying out the full lifecycle of recruiting, i.e., identifying client's needs open positions - through detailed discussion with account Manager & assessing skills set, negotiating bill rates, duration, etc.
Began the process to identify suitable candidates through the use of internal resume database, as well as popular job boards.
Screened all suitable candidates both via phone and prepared/formatted qualified candidates resumes. –
Submitted candidates to clients along with executive summary selling points of candidate to the client, scheduled interviews and walked candidates into the client site.
Provided follow up, and closed the deal through providing client with highlights as to why candidate should be hired. Once decision made, was responsible for making offer to candidate and placing the candidate at the client site.
Once that process was complete, then responsible for weekly follow up with the candidate and the client to maintain employee and client relationships.
Responsible for the employee/consultant hiring process i.e., Making verbal offers, and benefits package, negotiating salaries, negotiating start dates in line with clients’ expectations.
Technologies worked on: ERP - Oracle Applications, SAP, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft CRM - Siebel, SFDC DW & BI - ETL Tools (Informatica, DataStage), Reporting or OLAP Tools (Crystal Reports, Business Objects, Hyperion, Cognos)

SourcingScreeningNegotiationCandidate placementRecruitmentCandidate Placement

Output consulting services

Associate Recruiter

Feb 2014 – Mar 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · India

Extensive recruitment on various technologies.
Sourcing Profiles from portals, social media, database, employee references & through external resources.
Pre-Screening, Technical Screening & Short listing of candidates.
Interaction with the Sr. Managers / Delivery Managers to close positions.
Post interview follow-up with the candidates until joining.

RecruitmentSourcingScreening