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Sagar Raina

CEO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India22 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 21 years in Talent Acquisition with leadership expertise.
  • Proven success in building teams from scratch.
  • Led award-winning hiring initiatives for sales teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Talent Acquisition expert with extensive experience in building teams and leading hiring strategies across diverse industries.

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Applicant Tracking SystemsBenefits NegotiationCRMCollege RecruitingContract RecruitmentCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Employee EngagementEmployee RelationsEmployer BrandingExecutive SearchHR ConsultingHR PoliciesHRISHiring

About

• 21 years of experience in Talent Acquisition with more than 10 years in TA Leadership roles. • Proven track record of handling technology, leadership, sales and consulting hiring • Experienced in working with global cross-cultural teams across Americas, Europe, APAC & Middle East • Experienced in building teams from scratch (Makemytrip Bangalore centre & Airtel X Labs) • Ran 50+ leadership searches in last 3 years across technology and core functions • Strong experience in building distributed B2B and B2C sales team at scale • Conceptualised and led ‘Sales Academy’, an award winning hiring concept for Sales Team at Wipro • Good communication & negotiation skills, ability to articulate and build relationships with CXOs • High on collaboration with cross-functional teams

Experience

22 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs
Current Experience

Peoplesquare human resources consulting

Managing Partner -Technology Hiring

Jun 2023Present · 3 yrs · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • PeopleSquare is a leading Executive Search & People Advisory firm. With offices in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Noida & Dubai we serve clients across India, Middle East & South East Asia. My charter is to build and grow Technology hiring practice

Delhivery

SVP-Head Talent Acquisition

Jan 2022Jan 2023 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • Leading TA strategy & execution for Delhivery.
  • Established Campus Hiring Process at Delhivery
  • Improved the operational rigor, drive right sizing of TA Organization, cost effectiveness and
  • automation in TA Processes

Airtel

SVP-Head Talent Acquisition

Jan 2018Jan 2022 · 4 yrs

  • Leading TA strategy & execution for Airtel India.
  • Enabling teams to attract & hire top quality and diverse talent to Airtel.
  • Improved the operational rigor, drive simplification; innovation, cost effectiveness and automation in TA Processes.
  • Leading efforts to build tech and Product workforce(Airtel X Labs)

Makemytrip.com

Director-Talent Acquisition

Jan 2015Jan 2018 · 3 yrs · Gurgaon, India

  • Heading Talent Acquisition function for Makemytrip (Nasdaq:MMYT) which is largest Online Travel
  • company in India.
  • Instrumental in setting up and hiring for Bangalore R&D Center for Makemytrip in 2016.Bangalore
  • center is responsible for New Product development, Data Science and Personalization.
  • Driving key initiatives like Improving Talent Mix, Candidate Experience Scorecard, Diversity & Inclusion,
  • Responsible for Campus hiring strategy for both Engineering and Management campuses.
  • Driving Employer Branding through Social Media and participation in key forums.

Mcafee

Head of Talent Acquisition-India

Jan 2013Jan 2015 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Heading Talent Acquisition function for McAfee India Center which is largest R&D center for McAfee globally.
  • 1. Lead 12 member team and responsible for hiring cutting edge R&D talent from external market and Leading Engineering Campuses.
  • 2. Driving various initiative like Hackethons,Gamification of Employee referral Program, Social Media Hiring Strategy and assessment methodologies.
  • 3. Part of Talent Acquisition Transformation project, some of the key initiatives completed are Enhancing the candidate experience during Interviewing process, Metrics Portal and Training hiring managers on “How to Select Top Talent”.

Cisco

Staffing Manager

Jan 2012Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka

  • 1. Staffing Leader for Sales, Business Strategy and Operations for High Engagement Hiring.
  • 2. Co-lead for Sourcing organization for Leadership hiring.

Wipro

Senior Manager-Talent Acquisition

Feb 2005Dec 2012 · 7 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka

  • Managed Leadership hiring for Wipro India and Middle East Business. Created a world class sourcing team which helped in cutting down Partner usage from 25% to 12%.Lead various initiatives like TAT reduction, Usage of Social Networking as additional channel for hiring and creating a “Vow” experience for candidate.
  • Managed hiring for Americas, Europe, APAC and Middle East for Global Infrastructure Vertical, Enterprise Security and Cloud Computing.
  • Managed Wipro Consulting Services hiring for India and Middle East unit of Wipro. Was associated with Consulting hiring since inception and helped team grow from 50 to 500 Cutting edge consulting talent in various areas like Business Strategy, IT Strategy, Business Transformation, Strategic Cost reduction, Governance Risk & Compliance and e-governance.
  • Handled hiring for Senior Sales Leadership, Total Outsourcing and Integrated Service delivery Organization. Was able to close Niche positions through targeted search, Networking and Headhunting.
  • Successfully executed consulting assignment as a part of Multiyear outsourcing deal for a telecom client of Wipro. Lead a 17 Member pan India team which helped client in hiring 1000 People across 8 Telecom circles. Also helped client in Automation of hiring process, policy definition and documentation.
  • Handled campus hiring for Wipro India and Middle Business. Lead various initiatives like Paperless hiring in Campus, Campus Connect Program and campus empanelment framework.

Abc consultants

Associate Consultant

Jan 2003Jan 2005 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka

  • Recruitment of software professionals in various software areas (including but not limited to J2EE, different flavors of Unix skills, a number of third party tools, mainframe skills, mid range skills, Microsoft technologies, Testing tools, ERP skills and many more technical areas) at various levels (including developers, leaders, analysts, testers, administrators, managers, architects, functional experts, process owners and partners) from within and outside the country.
  • Worked with the clients of ABC, Clients include Goldman Sachs, Web methods, Oracle, Aventail, Fidelity, Speedera, Ness,GXS

Education

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

MBA — Human Resources

Jan 2001Jan 2003

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