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Pankaj Kumar

Talent Acquisition Manager

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India18 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 15 years of experience in IT recruitment.
  • Expert in building diverse talent pools.
  • Proven track record in stakeholder management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert in the IT recruitment sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment

Other Skills

IT RecruitmentSourcingStakeholder ManagementTechnical RecruitmentGlobal HiringSocial Media HiringRecruitment Process ImprovementClient ManagementRecruitment DrivesTeam ManagementRecruitment OperationsHiring StrategyExecutive SearchCandidate SourcingVendor Management

About

As a talent acquisition manager at Bristlecone, I have over 15 years of experience in IT recruitment, talent acquisition, and staffing management. I have a diploma in workforce development and training, and certifications in data warehousing, ITIL V3, and digital marketing. My core competencies include sourcing, hiring, stakeholder management, vendor management, social media hiring, LinkedIn hiring, onboarding, interviewing, and recruitment training. In my current role, I am responsible for lateral hiring for various domains, such as managed services, professional services, IT services, ITES, manufacturing, and engineering, across different regions and markets, such as India, USA, Canada, UK, Philippines, South Africa, UAE, and Australia. I work closely with the business leaders, hiring managers, and external partners to understand the requirements, define the strategies, and execute the plans for delivering the right candidates in a timely and cost-effective manner. My mission is to build a strong and diverse talent pool that can support the growth and innovation of Bristlecone, a global leader in supply chain solutions.

Experience

18 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
7 yrs
Average Tenure
4 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Bristlecone

Talent Acquisition Manager

Mar 2022Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • IT Recruitment, Sourcing, Lateral Hiring, Stakeholder Management
IT RecruitmentSourcingStakeholder ManagementTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

Valvoline cummins pvt ltd (india)

Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Dec 2021Feb 2022 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Peoplestrong

Senior Manager RPO

Jul 2021Dec 2021 · 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Client: Robert Bosch India

Okaya inc

4 roles

General Manager, Recruitment/Talent Acquisition

Jun 2018Jul 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Key Areas: technical recruitment, global hiring, indian domestic recruitment, internal and external hiring, operations, bulk/mass/volume hiring, leadership hiring (executive search), stakeholder management, organization development, social media manager, social media branding, social media hiring, recruiting strategies planning and implementation, recruitment process improvement, lateral hiring, leadership hiring, interviewing, onboarding, joining formalities, exit formalities, ATS (Applicant Tracking System).
  • Accountable for recruitment/talent acquisition, hiring and onboarding of talent with the help of job portals and LinkedIn.
  • Worked for both internal and external positions of pan India and USA.
  • Managed a team of 10 recruitment professionals to support the IT skills/technical and non-technical hiring efforts.
  • Driving global recruitment strategies to improve workforce planning, resource optimization.
  • Improved the workflow by devising hiring strategies, business plans and process improvement to get better team productivity.
  • Identifying, building and maintaining relationships with recruiting vendors, agencies and third-party suppliers with the help of Vendor management skills.
  • Development of employer branding and brand awareness and online reputation among candidates, vendors, and clients.
  • Successfully improved the social media presence by creating good content, digital marketing, and social media strategies.
  • Improved the look and feel and effectiveness of the corporate website with content and strategies and action plans.
  • Improved Stakeholder management by managing internal Management and external clients.
  • Developing daily/weekly/monthly report/MIS and preparing metrics dashboard, scheduling.
  • Working closely with employees and management in order to build morale, improve working relationships, and increase retention rates as well as productivity.
Technical RecruitmentGlobal HiringSocial Media HiringRecruitment Process ImprovementTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

Vertical Head-Recruitment

Promoted

Apr 2016May 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬: Delivery Management, Client Management, Recruitment drives, Head Hunting, Campus recruitment, Internal Recruitment (USA and Canada)
  • As Business professional, I am responsible for Business targets by attracting best Talent in IT industry for our clients.
  • Leading a team of 25+ members including Managers & Asst. Managers spread across India and USA.
  • Planning and Executing Business objections with a focus on financial returns.
  • Ensuring YOY Business growth by increasing client wallet share and active acquisitions of new clients.
  • Responsible for Revenue generation and Profitability.
  • Team Management and Development to service 50+ clients in Technology and Non Technology Industry
  • Driving Key Accounts to increase revenue.
  • Training and Developing teams to enhance Recruitment and sourcing skills in terms of Talent Search and Talent assessment.
  • Focus on People Productivity towards Target achievement.
  • Focus on Improving Technical Domain Knowledge for Teams with prudent training to improve competency levels and to keep apprised with latest technology trends.
  • Driving Process metrics to assess team’s TAT and Conversions
  • Responsible for hiring and onboarding members within best Practices and standard operating procedures,
  • HR initiatives towards Employee Engagement and Retention
Client ManagementRecruitment DrivesTeam ManagementTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

Recruitment Manager

Promoted

Feb 2010Mar 2016 · 6 yrs 1 mo

  • 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬: Recruitment Operations, Team management, Hiring strategy, Innovation, Employer branding, Networking
  • Responsible for managing Full Life Cycle of recruitment component including but not limited to: posting jobs, reviewing resumes, and completing on-boarding process.
  • Responsible for managing the whole recruitment team and activities (Onsite & Offshore) for global recruitment.
  • Responsible for understanding the requirements of the clients & different departments
  • Responsible for helping team members in posting jobs on various job boards & LinkedIn
  • Responsible for helping & mentoring all the team members in sourcing the candidates through various job boards and LinkedIn.
  • Responsible for helping HR & BGV team in providing relevant documents from candidates
  • Have a vast knowledge of recruiting US Citizens, Green Card, H1B, H4, OPT, CPT & TN
  • Have good experience working on C2C, 1099 and W2 contracts.
  • Responsible for conducting daily & weekly meetings with team
  • Maintaining recruiters daily, weekly, monthly, Quarterly, Half yearly & Yearly report
  • Responsible in helping recruiters meeting their targets
  • Responsible for helping management in creating various recruitment strategies to deliver client the best possible way.
  • Participating in all the executive level meetings to discuss delivering the best candidates
  • Enhanced skills on Account management and delivery of candidates and positions.
  • Conduct initial interviews through phone in order to judge the candidate's suitability, attitude, academic & professional qualification, experience, communication skills etc, before forwarding it to the client.
  • Responsible for hiring new team members as per the requirement
  • Responsible for providing them Orientation, Training and making them ready for production
Recruitment OperationsTeam ManagementHiring StrategyTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

Recruitment Exectuive

Sep 2007Jan 2010 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Key Area: Talent Acquisition, executive search, internal hiring and External Recruiting.
  • ● Worked as Recruiter accountable for sales recruitment, technical recruiting and non-technical hiring.
  • ● Well versed in technical skills, calling candidates for screening, onboarding process, candidate sourcing, interviews and placements.
  • ● Used knowledge to work on Contract and Full Time IT & Non-IT positions.
  • ● Collaborated with external teams for bulk hiring.
  • ● Resourcing candidates from portals, social media, employee referrals, and vendors/agencies.
  • ● Responsibilities include head hunting, executive search, interviewing, selection, hiring and onboarding.
  • ● Well versed in IT/non-IT skills and technologies to better screening of the candidates.
  • ● Prepared and Presented performance MIS reports to Senior Management, Leadership Group and stakeholders.
  • ● Streamlined the process of permanent and contract staffing by improving productivity and earning.
Talent AcquisitionExecutive SearchCandidate SourcingRecruitment

Education

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Electronics and Telecommunications

Jan 2003Jan 2007

Sikkim Manipal University - Distance Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Project Management

Jan 2010Jan 2012

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