Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 · 11 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

• In this newly created role, I acted as a strategic enabler, transforming hiring practices through data-driven insights, AI-powered solutions, and operational excellence to enhance business impact.
• Elevated Talent Intelligence & Reporting: Harnessed the power of data analytics and real-time reporting to track hiring trends, talent metrics, and talent pipeline efficiency.
• Redefined Talent Acquisition Excellence: Lead high-impact recruitment initiatives that optimised sourcing strategies, enhanced candidate and hiring manager experiences, and positioned Visy as a top employer of choice.
• Drove Operational Efficiency & AI Integration: Implemented AI-driven tools like CoPilot and automation solutions in the PageUp ATS to streamline hiring workflows, reduce time-to-hire, and improve talent matching accuracy through PageUp Optimisation.
• Spearhead upskilling initiatives to build data fluency within the team, enabling recruiters to leverage predictive insights for proactive hiring.
• Catalyst for Change & Innovation: Identified and drove transformative process improvements, aligning talent strategies with organisational goals to maximize business impact.

Dec 2023 – Jun 2024 · 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

• In this role, I leveraged my expertise in recruitment, stakeholder management, and team leadership to contribute to Visy’s success by attracting and hiring top-tier talent for Visy Logistics and all critical corporate roles across the organization.
• Developed and implemented strategic recruitment plans to attract top talent for various corporate functions.
• Lead and mentored a team of 3 Talent Acquisition Specialists to ensure the delivery of high-quality recruitment services.
• Collaborated with key stakeholders, including hiring managers and HR partners, to identify staffing needs and develop effective sourcing strategies.
• Continuous analysing and improvement of recruitment processes and programs to enhance efficiency and effectiveness through various TA projects.

Apr 2023 – Dec 2023 · 8 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

• Responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment process for Visy Corporate & Visy Logistics;
• Collaborated with the HR Business Partners and Hiring Managers to develop strategic sourcing and recruitment plans to meet business needs.
• Partnered closely with the Hiring Managers/ Business Stakeholders on the recruiting process, educating them about talent market & trends.
• Monitored vacancies, pipelining, allocation, funnel conversion, time to fill, diversity, and quality of hire.
• Utilised market data and trends to guide the business with opportunities that could address their needs faster.

Sep 2022 – Mar 2023 · 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales

Apr 2020 – Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra

• Recruiting exceptional leaders who believe in Empowering and Inspiring their teams to do the best work of their lives at our Incredible Retail Stores!
• End to end ownership of Leadership hiring for the 1st 2 stores' (Mumbai & Delhi) for New Country Opening (NCO) for Apple Retail in India.
• Managed a Diversity Hiring project focused on strategic sourcing of Women engineers in Hardware tech roles for Apple India Corporate.
• Partnered with the D&I Leadership and Employee Resource Groups to design and execute a diversity strategy for all talent pipelines.
• Partnered with Apple India & EMEA Compensation teams to devise an inclusive and fair compensation structure ensuring pay parity across all roles.
• Supported with Hiring for Apple’s Flagship store opening (NSO) in Abu Dhabi (Apple Al-Marayah Island).
• Supported APAC team with hiring for Retail expansion in Korea.

May 2019 – Apr 2020 · 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Part of the Pre-Opening Team responsible for:
• End to end Recruitment process of the largest Performing Arts Centre in India, Corporate Marketing, Engineering & Maintenance, and all the other support functions.
• Hiring of critical leadership roles to build a young, talented, and vibrant Leadership for JWC focussed on Customer Centricity, Innovation, and New-Age Leadership skills.
• Define the SOPs for Background Verification (BGV) process for each new hire that is in line with the CoE policy.
• Standardise external vendor contracts and external assessment tools for improving the Quality of Hire, especially at the Leadership level.

Oct 2018 – Apr 2019 · 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• - Managed the Talent Acquisition for the Petroleum Marketing division of RIL including Campus Hiring.

Sep 2016 – Sep 2018 · 2 yrs · Mumbai Area, India

• As a part of manufacturing Talent Acquisition Group managed the Leadership, Expatriate & Special Projects hiring for Refining, Petrochemicals and Technology businesses of RIL.
• Also managed the recruitment of entire Support Services functions including Human Resources, Industrial Relations, HSEF, Group Safety & Operational Risk, Corporate Services, Corporate Affairs, Medical Services, Governance & Integration, and Marine verticals across all the RIL manufacturing sites nationally.

May 2011 – Aug 2016 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• As a core part of the CoE - Talent Acquisition Group managed Group Level Leadership hiring for all group companies and new businesses including Chairman's Office.
• Leadership hiring for all group companies and new businesses
• Advising senior leaders on best practices for acquiring the most relevant talent
• Identified as a Super-User and part of the Train the Trainer team to implement Success Factors as the 1st ever ATS for RIL.
• Managing external partners including executive search firms, networking websites, job portals etc.
• Employer Branding
• Managing Talent Trackers and MIS reports
• Market Mapping

Jan 2010 – May 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

• Managed Leadership Hiring for various Clients, especially from the Automobile and Manufacturing sector.

May 2009 – Jun 2009 · 1 mo · Corporate Office - Worli

• "Upgradation of the online selection tool for Medical Reps"