Sushant Koul

Head of Talent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 14 years of diverse recruitment experience
  • Expert in global talent acquisition strategies
  • Proven track record in managing recruitment teams
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned recruitment professional with expertise in talent acquisition across various industries.

Contact

LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionRecruitment

Other Skills

Staffing strategyDemand forecastingRecruitment processesTeam managementCampus hiringRecruitment metricsEnd to end recruitmentSourcing strategiesVendor ManagementStakeholder managementClient hiringSalary negotiationsBusiness developmentScreeningEmployee Relations

About

With 14 years of experience in IT, ITES and Non IT recruitment. Sushant is, by nature, accurate, precise and detail-oriented. Specialized in handling an ample variety of tasks that require attention to detail applying knowledge and experience. He is intense and open to diversity, change and variety, but seeks perfection at the same time. He tends to be motivated by a sense of duty and responsibility. He wants to do the right thing, as well as do things in the best possible way. He is very effective and feels comfortable when working within clear guidelines in well-defined situations. He will make an effort to establish cooperative work relationships with people. He can acquire a lot of technical information and share it in a persuasive and positive way. He will feel motivated when using his skills to evaluate the consequences of actions taken. He will be effective in the quick and detailed analysis of large amounts of data, documents, contracts, processes, etc. Specialized in recruitment for most of the domains. Along with this Sushant is having a hard core experience in Recruitment, Team Leading, Client Management, Vendor Management, Team Management, Joining formalities, Background verification, Employee Relation, Retention, Induction, People Management, Hiring, Billing, Sow’s, etc.

Experience

14 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 11 mos
Current Experience

Zepto

Associate Director - Talent Acquisition

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ey

Assistant Director - Talent Attraction & Acquisition (TA2)

Jun 2022 – Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Altimetrik

Manager, Talent Acquisition & Enablement Services

Feb 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Finastra

Manager, Talent Attraction - Global Hiring

Jan 2017 – Feb 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

  • Highlights of Contributions:
  • Driving staffing strategy and execution, branding, problem solving, demand forecasting, pipeline delivery, demand fulfilment, productivity metrics to help P&T and COO build quality talent presence from ground up in India and grow it further.
  • Managing lateral hiring for all line of businesses in India & campus hiring for all the global regions
  • Built and managed a diverse TA team across APAC, EMEA, AMER and UK regions
  • Specialized in streamlining recruitment processes/policies, SOWs, guidelines, budget - which also covers the Bonus, Relocation expenses, Vendor Fees, Employee Referral payouts
  • Extensively engage with the business owner/ hiring manager for a precise understanding hiring demand both from an organizational and business perspective
  • Developing and delivering strategic resourcing plans to produce high quality candidates for lateral hiring
  • Role also covers identifying priority schools across these regions, creating university-specific strategies pre-post graduate hiring and tracking effectiveness, managing the complete hiring cycle in each country through their respective campus seasons and managing the regional Campus hiring budget
  • Responsible for all university hiring related strategies and program management across the regions
  • Responsible for working with business leaders and hiring managers to forecast the demand and define recruiting plan quarterly/mid-yearly/annually
  • Driving recruitment metrics (Fulfilment, Cost per Hire, Offer-Join ratio, Source/channel mix, Dollar saving report, Diversity Mix)
  • Involves partnering with HRBPs, L&D, Comp & Ben, Shared services as well as Business Leaders
  • As a seasoned recruiter, I am responsible for all niche and senior/leadership hiring
  • Managing a team of 9 TA partners
Staffing strategyDemand forecastingRecruitment processesTeam managementCampus hiringRecruitment metrics+2

Tarang software technologies

Team Lead-Talent Acquisition, Global Hiring

Jun 2012 – Dec 2016 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Highlights of Contributions:
  • Handle end to end Recruitment Cycle starting from sourcing, screening appropriate resumes till finally making the offer & ensure joining of a satisfied candidate.
  • Lead and owner of the recruitment in PAN India and as being the single point of contact have to manage & handle the entire recruitment process.
  • Handling a team of junior/ senior members and making them sure to deliver the result within the given SLA.
  • As a full lifecycle recruiter, I am responsible for all hirings. By using tried and true recruiting practices and also being open to new methodology and technology.
  • I am able to successfully bridge the gap between TARANG's needs and navigating those on the job market (both passively and actively).
  • Directly reporting & meeting CEO, stakeholders/business partners frequently to gather future requirements/business and also develop different strategies to fill up the niche requirements within short notice.
  • Designing sourcing strategies, HR interviews, salary fitment & negotiation, closures.
  • Vendor Management & Identifying new vendors to partner with recruitment for building pipeline momentum.
  • Single point of contact for various stakeholders or business partners for recruitment.
  • Consistently maintain offer conversion Ratio 95%.
  • Status calls every alternate day with stakeholders/business partners.
  • Managing End to End recruitment for both Internal and client hiring
  • Positions inclusive of IT, ITES and Non-IT.
  • Managed interview schedules (face-to-face, telephonic, video conferences, etc).
  • Done salary negotiations.
  • Daily/Weekly/Monthly reports to be submitted
  • Maintaining the database.
  • Conducted HR interviews at all levels.
  • HR operations included – preparing offer letter, roll-out the same to selected candidates, manage the joining formalities for the new joinee’s, background verification, Retention.
End to end recruitmentSourcing strategiesVendor ManagementStakeholder managementTalent AcquisitionRecruitment

Pivotal

IT-Recruitment

May 2011 – May 2012 · 1 yr

  • Highlights of Contributions:
  • Managed only client hiring process including salary negotiations.
  • Key Contribution:
  • End to End recruitment for client hiring only.
  • Sourcing profiles for niche skills using Linkedin.
  • Engage in business development for nurturing new clients.
  • Maintaining and build strong relationships with existing clients.
  • Conduct presentations on client visits.
  • Working closely with the Recruitment team
  • SLA of less than 48hrs to fill in a particular position.
  • Positions inclusive of IT and Non-IT.
  • Single point of contact for various clients for recruitment.
  • Meeting clients frequently to gather future requirements/business.
  • Managed interview schedules (face-to-face, telephonic, video conferences, etc).
  • Done salary negotiations.
  • Status calls every alternate day with client and when required.
  • Daily/Weekly/Monthly reports to be submitted.
  • Sourcing profiles for niche skills using Linkedin.
Client hiringSalary negotiationsBusiness developmentRecruitment

Education

MBA

HRM-HRD & Marketing