Achin Kumar
Senior Manager- Talent Acquisition & Business Partnering
Preston
Summary
Seasoned recruitment leader adept at hiring for diverse geographies, including UK, EMEA, US, and APAC. Proven track record of successfully implementing innovative recruitment strategies, building recruitment teams, stakeholder management. Proven competence to build strong customer relationships and achieve business growth through effective recruitment practices.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
41
41
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager/ Group Head
Talent Acquisition & Business Partnering-COFORGE UK Limited
London
09.2021 - Current
- Leading the end-to-end talent acquisition function for Digital, Product and Software Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure and Security (Design and implementations)
- leading the 360-degree Recruitment Life Cycle for various business units, including market mapping, workforce planning, sourcing (direct and indirect), pre-screening, interviewing, and offer negotiations.
- implemented results-driven recruitment strategies across levels, driving the process of workforce sourcing,interviews, selections, psychometric assessments, and offers.
- Proven expertise in cultivating influential stakeholder relationships and leveraging data-driven insights to drive decision-making.
- Crafting EVPs and implementing inclusive hiring strategies for diverse talent attraction and engagement.
- Played a pivotal role in partnering with key stakeholders and external agencies to fulfill the permanent and contingent workforce requirements by effectively managing talent pipelines and exploring alternative supply solutions with Indirect Procurement Services to meet business demands.
- implemented strategies that positively impact bottom-line results and deliver on key metrics including SLA, cost per hire, time to fill, and quality of hire for permanent and contingent staff.
- Designed and oversaw comprehensive project plans, meticulously crafted timelines, and accurate budgets for recruitment projects, ensuring impeccable alignment with overarching organizational objectives and available resources.
- Embedding processes, tools, and systems within the business to improve processes, setting up recruiting teams from scratch; guiding and mentoring the team to help them achieve their targets and business objectives
- Successfully built, managed, and led a high-performing recruitment team with mixed experience levels. Demonstrated exceptional leadership, cultivating the team into the best-performing unit in achieving talent acquisition goals and assigned business objectives.
Manager- Talent Acquisition Business Partner
British Telecom, BT
05.2019 - 09.2021
- Leading the talent acquisition function for corporate units (Finance, Legal, Procurement, HR), BT Global (BT Security), Enterprise. Key Result Areas:
- Strategically lead the talent acquisition function for multiple business units, including BT Global (BT Security), BT GBS contact centres, Enterprise, and Corporate Units.
- Develop and execute comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract top talent in alignment with the organization's objectives and workforce planning.
- Collaborate closely with business leaders and HR partners to understand hiring needs and ensure recruitment efforts meet critical staffing requirements.
- Implement effective candidate assessment techniques to identify the best-fit candidates and maintain high-quality standards throughout the selection process.
- Developed and implemented strategic plans for hiring perm and contingent workforce, aligning talent acquisition efforts with business objectives. Leveraged market insights and recruitment analytics to identify the most effective channels for attracting and engaging contingent talent.
- Designed and optimized end-to-end recruitment processes for contingent hires, reducing time-to-fill and cost-per-hire metrics. Implemented innovative sourcing techniques and applicant tracking systems to enhance the efficiency and quality of candidate selection.
- Leverage data analytics to analyse hiring metrics, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to enhance recruitment outcomes. Provide leadership and mentorship to the recruitment team, ensuring their professional growth and maintaining a high level of engagement and performance.
- Developed and oversaw comprehensive project plans, established precise timelines, and exercised budgetary control for recruitment initiatives, ensuring strict alignment with organizational objectives and the allocation of available resources.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external recruitment agencies and vendors, optimizing their services to meet the organization's hiring needs effectively.
- Continuously enhance the employer brand and candidate experience, positioning BT as an employer of choice in the industry. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive employer branding initiatives and talent attraction campaigns, both internally and externally
Manager-Talent Acquisition
IGT Private Limited
Gurugram
11.2014 - 05.2019
- Lead 360 Degree recruitment for business Unit Managed: Data Practice, Testing, Product and Software development, Key Result Areas:
- Leading both Contingent and Perm hiring for assigned business units.
- Responsible for effectively partnering with key stakeholders to collaboratively implement recruiting processes, refine talent planning strategy and develop tactical staffing plans.
- Leading the weekly and monthly recruitment reviews with business leaders and business unit heads. Responsible for hiring/ fulfillment of Leadership roles in various business units / departments and COE are across the organization.
- Experience in handling TA Audits with both internal & external audits Work closely with the Executive team to plan human resources programs and strategies.
- Provide advice and coaching to managers to promote positive, productive teamwork and employee relations. Optimized the sourcing channels and minimized vendor hiring.
- Early career recruitment: extending support to early career recruitment team for managing campus recruitment across PAN India. Managed the Recruitment Operations for Multiple Geographies (INDIA, APAC, EUROPE, and Middle EAST)
Senior Executive, Talent Acquisition
FUJITSU Consulting Private Limited
11.2011 - 10.2014
- 360 Degree recruitment for Business Unit Managed: Salesforce CRM, Integration Practice, SAAS. Leading both Contingent and Perm hiring for assigned business units
- Key Result Areas:
- Managed recruitment for SAAS and IT Integration practice.
- Creating weekly and monthly dashboard for business reviews.
- Stakeholder management.
- Onsite team coordination
- Technical recruitment
- offer negotiation.
- on boarding
- completing BGV and reference check for success full candidates
- HR and recruitment compliances
Sr. Recruiter
OKAYA Infocom Pvt. Ltd
10.2007 - 11.2011
- Degree recruitment on wide range of technical skill sets & non-IT positions, streamlined all kinds of requirement (fulltime, contract & contract-to-hire) via social media tools such as LinkedIn, twitter, and other sources.
- Operated and maintained applicant tracking and candidate management systems.
- Followed up with notable applicants sourced via industry-specific pipelines, events, and job fairs.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to understand job requirements and expectations.
- Placed advertisements, evaluated applicant credentials, conducted initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Advertised job opportunities on social media platforms and job boards.
- Coordinated schedules to arrange management interviews with applicants.
- Advised managers on best practices to maintain compliance with applicable laws.
Education
M.B.A - HR
Vinayaka Mission University
Bachelors - technology
UP Technical University
Master of Science - international Management
University of Cumbria
Lancaster 09.2022 - 09.2023
Skills
Recruitment and Sourcing
undefinedTimeline
Master of Science - international Management
University of Cumbria
09.2022 - 09.2023
Senior Manager/ Group Head
Talent Acquisition & Business Partnering-COFORGE UK Limited
09.2021 - Current
Manager- Talent Acquisition Business Partner
British Telecom, BT
05.2019 - 09.2021
Manager-Talent Acquisition
IGT Private Limited
11.2014 - 05.2019
Senior Executive, Talent Acquisition
FUJITSU Consulting Private Limited
11.2011 - 10.2014
University Grants Commission- National Eligibility Test (NET)
06-2009
Sr. Recruiter
OKAYA Infocom Pvt. Ltd
10.2007 - 11.2011
M.B.A - HR
Vinayaka Mission University
Bachelors - technology
UP Technical University
Technical Competencies
- MS Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
- Data Analysis Tools, SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences), Inferential and Descriptive Statistics, Parametric and Non Parametric Test.
- Turnitin, Microsoft Teams, Google meet.
- Google Classroom, Google Forms, Google Docs, Jamboard.
Online Certifications
• Course on “SUPPORTING ADOLESCENT LEARNERS: SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING”, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Certificate Issued 20th May 2020.
• Three Weeks online course on “HOW TO TEACH ONLINE: PROVIDING CONTINUITY FOR STUDENTS” Future Learn. Certificate Issued 4th June 2020.
• Two Weeks online course on “Creating Apps in the Classroom”, Queens University of Technology, Australia. Certificate issued on 29th June, 2020.
• Certificate of Community Service for 30 Hours at Gurukul, Noida, India.
• Certificate of participation in Inter Amity institutions sports meet at Amity University, India.
• Certificate of Behavioral Science Course conducted by Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• Certificate of participation in Employability Skills Development Program conducted at Ideal Institute of Management and Technology (GGSIPU), India.
Publications
Publication No-1
- Paper Title:- Psychological Training For Stress Management
- Title of Journal:- National Conference on Paradigm Shifts in Education as a progressive Indicator- Issues, Approaches & Prospects
- Publishing date: May 2014
- ISBN Number:- 978-93-83083-61-9
Publication No. 2
- Paper Title:- Achieving Quality in Science Teaching at School Level: How and Why?
- Title of Journal:- Shikshaantar CoEd Journal of Education Publishing date:
- Publishing date: June 2015, Volume 3.
- ISBN Number:- 2321-5755
Publication No. 3
- Paper Title:- Strategies of Institute to Support Teachers in Developing Scientific Attitude in Students
- Title of Journal:- Ideal Journal of Education
- Publishing date: August 2015, Volume V
- ISBN Number:- 2277-8497
Publication No. 4
- Paper Title:- Effective Technology Integration in the Classroom Via NTeQ Model
- Title of Journal:- Digital India: Transforming India Through Education
- Publishing date: May 2016
- ISBN Number:- 978-93-84935-87-0
Publication No. 5
- Paper Title:- Scientific Wisdom: The Role of Scientific Culture
- Title of Journal:- International Conference India’s Scientific Wisdom: Emerging Worldview (ICISW-2016)
- Publishing date: February 2016
- ISBN Number:- Available online
Publication No. 6
- Paper Title:- Integrating Technology into Classroom to Achieve Vision of Digital India
- Title of Journal:- International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews
- Publishing date: April 2018
- ISBN Number:- 2349-5138
Publication No. 7
- Paper Title:- Exploring the effect of NTeQ Model on Student Teacher’s Academic Achievement
- Title of Journal:- Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research
- Publishing date: July 2018
- ISBN Number:- 2349-5162
Major Projects Delivered
- ATS Integration: Successfully managed ATS implementation, streamlining recruitment and candidate tracking.
- Early career Recruitment: Established successful program, attracting top graduates and meeting talent needs.
- Diversity Initiatives: Drove diversity efforts, resulting in 30% increase in diverse hires
- Talent Pipelining: Developed pipeline, reducing timeto-fill for critical roles by 15%
- Contingent Hiring: Accountable for overseeing all contingent hire activity within the allocated sector, including managing a team of professionals
- Employee Referral Program: Enhanced program, leading to 30% increase in referrals. Workforce planning: Strategic forecasting
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