Praveen Nair

Head of Talent

Hyderabad, Telangana, India22 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in talent acquisition.
Successfully built and led recruitment teams from scratch.
Strategic partner in driving HR initiatives across organizations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in HR services with extensive experience in talent acquisition and resource management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionResource Management

Other Skills

Account ManagementBenefits NegotiationBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentCRMChange ManagementCoachingCommunicationConsultingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Employee EngagementEmployee RelationsExecutive SearchHR ConsultingHuman Resources

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Specialties: Talent Acquisition, Resource Optimization, People management, HR Ops Areas of competence: Handled entire gamut of recruitment- end to end, resource optimization, bench management, vendor management, resource deployment, resource allocation, job rotation, business development, operations, team management, change management, resource utilization, requirement gathering, employee engagement, campus hiring, client relationship management, high customer delight index, process mapping, MIS, reports. Key roles: - Staffing head for Infor India - Global Staffing lead for Kony Global Services - Hired, trained and built a successful RMG team for the offshore division at Infor - Set up the recruitment team from scratch - Key member in setting up an executive support team at 2 major offshore divisions for Dell India - Played varied roles in Resource Management, and HR Operations High Level Summary: Over 20+ years of experience and exposure to multiple industries in various capacities. As the Country Head TA for India and Sri Lanka, l am responsible for hiring ~ 1000 professionals a year across multiple business units, products, and skills. I am also a strategic partner and leader in driving TA initiatives across the organization such as resource optimization, bench management, vendor management, employee engagement, and process automation. In my previous roles, have successfully set up and transitioned TA and RM teams from scratch, and managed large and diverse workforce. Have also received multiple awards and certifications for excellence in TA and RM.

Experience

22 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 5 mos

Current Experience

Infor

Director Talent Acquisition

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 5 mos · India

Country Head TA for India and Sri Lanka. Responsible for building a highly skilled and diverse work force ~ 1000 a year.
Strategic partner and leader in driving TA initiatives across the Org

MentoringCoachingChange ManagementStrategic PlanningTalent AcquisitionResource Management

Temenos

Global Staffing Lead

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India

Staffing Lead for Kony Global Services. Responsible for driving Internal staffing and RM initiatives; ensuring business targets are being met consistently. Partner services lead for Global Services. Sourcing, Optimization, Human Resource Management, Process Automation and Initiatives

Deloitte

Executive Manager, Talent Services

Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 · 0 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

Staffing, people management, escalation management - Deloitte USI Office

Infor

Manager, Staffing

Jan 2010 – Jan 2017 · 7 yrs · Hyderabad

Talent Acquisition - end to end hiring. Instrumental in building a robust hiring mechanism. Business HR Partner for India Operations.
Set up the RMO from scratch for India Offshore consulting. People management, coach and mentor junior resources and freshers, request fulfillment, bench management, resource optimization, strategic management, change management, career management, conflict management, time management.

Mahindra satyam

Lead- Resource Manager

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs

Resource optimisation, staffing, infrastructure management, team management. Managed a large pool of resources(5000+ FTE) across multiple business units, managed competency centers from a RMO perspective, managed bench resources, coach and mentor teams, manage day to day responsibilities for direct team, MIS, adhoc reports, etc.

Manpower professionals

Sr Consultant

Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr

Business Development and Recruitment

Dell

Sr Manager On Duty

Jan 2003 – Jan 2007 · 4 yrs

Responsible for resource planning, co ordination and execution of day to day activities for 4 major Offshore centers. Monitor SLA's, productivity and customer escalations for the executive support team. Was instrumental in building a team of TSRs and lead the MOD duties. Managed the day to day call volume, queue management, SLA adherence, customer delight index for the Dell offshore sites. Received multiple awards for the outstanding performance and also received SMART STEP team award for setting up the team from scratch for executive support ops.