Kusuma Manjunath

Recruiter

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 6 years in Global Talent Acquisition.
Expertise in R&D and GenAI Hiring.
Recognized for multiple organizational initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition Specialist with a focus on Tech and R&D sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionStakeholder EngagementProduct HiringTeam Building

Other Skills

Talent pipeliningfull cycle recruitmentemployer brandingstakeholder managementnegotiationdata analysisprocess improvementend to end recruitmentstakeholder interactioncompensation negotiationcandidate engagementLeadership Hiringhiring IT skillshiring Non-IT skillsSAP hiring

About

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, R&D at o9 Solutions, I am involved in end-to-end Talent life cycle for mid to senior level product roles, leveraging various sources like LinkedIn, Naukri, and TalentHub. I also handle compensation discussion and negotiation, offer letter generation, and candidate engagement, working closely with stakeholders across the organization. With over 6+ years of experience in Global Talent Acquisition and HR Function, I have developed a strong grip on R&D and GenAI Hiring for innovation in Technical and Digital Engineering space. I do have experience in SAP hiring and Non-Tech hiring for G&A role. I have also contributed to multiple initiatives at the organization level and received several awards for my execution and performance. I hold a Master of Business Administration degree in Human Resources Management and Services from B. M. S. College of Engineering, and multiple certifications. I am enthusiastic to learn new technologies, explore different tools, and adopt various hiring methodologies.

Experience

6 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

O9 solutions, inc.

2 roles

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Comprehensive expertise in Talent pipelining, full cycle recruitment and employer branding * Strong stakeholder management, relationship building, negotiation and collaboration skills. Actively collaborated/partnered with other teams/Divisions. * Premium Candidate Experience and Engagement, ensuring seamless, high-touch experience throughout the process * Strategic and analytical capabilities, including recruitment planning, forecasting, data analysis, interpretation and process improvement * Maintaining data accuracy, analysis of recruitment metrics and historical hiring data to drive excellence * Leveraging data-driven approach, to provide market intelligence, competitor insights, and compensation guidance to enable informed decision-making * Exploring Talent Market to obtain knowledge on various segments * Mentoring other recruiters in the team * Involved in Executive, Niche Skill and AI Hiring * Compensation & Benefits
Tools: Workday ATS, Cronofy, HackerEarth

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Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jul 2022 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

Involved in end to end recruitment life cycle
Product Hiring of Mid to senior level
Leveraging various portals like LinkedIn, Naukri for hiring
Stakeholder interaction
Compensation discussion and Negotiation
Creating & Generating Offer Letters
Candidate Engagement
Achievements:
Setting up of the SRE team, R&D for DevOps portfolio from scratch in 5 months for various shift
Tools Used: LinkedIn TalentHub, Ultipro, Mettl, Hackerearth

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Incture technologies

2 roles

Talent Acquisition Executive

Nov 2019 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Professional experience in hiring IT, Non-IT and SAP skills in both Product & Service domain
In depth understanding of Talent Acquisition function and on-boarding Process
Working closely with Stakeholders and HR Function to understand and translate their hiring needs to executable talent acquisition strategies and actively involved in Leadership hiring
Responsible for managing End to End recruitment process starting from gathering the requirement from hiring manager to tracking them till on-boarding.
Leveraging various Job boards (Portals, Career Page, LinkedIn, References etc.) to build strong talent acquisition pipeline
Ensure regular flow of appropriate profiles for meeting requirement from various sources
Organize and conduct weekday or weekend drive for Bulk requirement
Co-ordinated with Hiring Manager & Placement cells for Off Campus Hiring (End to End Activity)
Mentoring juniors on end to end process and policies of the organization
Responsible for publishing Daily, weekly and monthly progress dashboards with the stakeholders
Co-ordinate and expedite requirement with the Vendors and bring the position to closure
Working closely with RMG team to update the demand tracking details for the TA pipeline data
Involved in compensation discussion and negotiation with the candidates
Experience in organizing New hire orientations for the Joiners; good knowledge of HR Onboarding documentations
Tools used: Zoho People, Payroll and Recruit, GreytHR

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Trainee - Talent Acquisition

Jul 2019 – Nov 2019 · 4 mos

screening resumes

Tradejini

Human Resources Intern

Jan 2019 – Mar 2019 · 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

Worked closely with business to understand their requirements and recruitment needs
Involved in end-to-end recruitment cycle, including sourcing, initial screening, interview scheduling and candidate engagement.
Conducting joining formalities for the new joiners.
Responsible for document verification of the candidate on the day of Joining and maintain employee files and records in paper form.

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