Agnes Helen Mary
Chennai
Summary
HR Professional with nearly 11+ years of experience in hiring great talents. With exhaustive recruitment experience in Automobile / Engineering / BFSI / IT & ITES. Exercised leadership over the recruiting department, supervised the business's overall recruitment & sourcing mission, vision & long-term strategy. Strong track record of reducing hiring costs, improving retention rates, expanding diversity hiring & meeting, or exceeding corporate staffing goals. Hands-on experience in managing the full-cycle recruitment functions within the organization which includes requisition process, posting positions, sourcing, pre-screening, interviewing, pre-employing assessments, background check process, job offers, new employee orientation, and on-boarding.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Manager
Mahindra Research Valley
Chennai
08.2023 - Current
- Lead and mentor a team of 12 recruiters, ensuring recruitment goals are met across various departments.
- Successfully implemented strategies to improve gender balance hiring, increasing female representation by 30% across key roles.
- Collaborated with senior leadership to ensure recruitment efforts were in line with organization's strategic objectives and diversity initiatives.
- Effectively handled all aspects of recruitment, such as job requisition and onboarding process, across diverse roles including senior-level positions.
- Analyze recruitment metrics and KPIs to continuously improve processes, drive efficiency, and enhance the candidate experience.
- Forecasted hiring needs and streamlined talent pipelines by collaborating with HR and department heads.
- Leverage sourcing tools, social media, and industry connections to attract top talent from diverse backgrounds.
Talent Acquisition Manager
Illumine Industries
Chennai
10.2020 - 08.2023
- Managing end-to-end talent acquisition globally on hiring strategy and execution
- Closely working with the CEO, Business Leaders and Finance Leaders to create a hiring roadmap
- Create, collaborate and execute the strategic talent acquisition plan, pipeline development and source mix in collaboration with key Stakeholders to ensure hiring is in line with business plans
- Produced high quality position closures with quick turnaround time with highest quality candidate experience
- Accountable for hiring dashboard maintenance and presentation to the Business and HR leaders to analyze performance of the team and tighten the loose screws
- Manage, direct, develop, coach and engage with recruiters and drive them meet and perform beyond expectations to delivering optimal results as per the KPIs
- Increased the headcount of the Organization from 35 to 300+ in a span 18 months
- Initiated Diversity & Inclusion hiring
- Worked on implementation of ATS
- Maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates, hiring managers interactions, and other recruiting activities to ensure a safe and thorough audit if required
- Work with the leadership team on Goal setting, ROI, performance review, budgeting and marketing strategy
Senior Executive Talent Acquisition
Merit Software Services
Chennai
03.2018 - 10.2020
- Responsible for the entire recruitment cycle (Lateral Hiring) for IT and Operations up to Strategic Business Unit Head Levels
- Stakeholder management -Work closely with the Business Heads for drawing recruitment plans, setting up processes, job descriptions
- Meeting the recruitment numbers within the given SLA (Service Level Agreement)
- Understanding the business requirements and linking it with the sourcing and selection strategies
- To ensure that the recruitment process and procedures are continually adhered to and implemented effectively
- Sending recruitment reports to the stakeholders on weekly and monthly basis
- Working on various Talent Acquisition tools like Job Portals, Employee referrals, Workday, LinkedIn etc
- Worked on IT requirements (Technical Project Manager, Product Manager, Python Developers, Drupal Developers, Python Lead, PHP Developers, Dot Net Developer, Product Lead, Technical Business Analyst)
- Leadership Hiring - Strategic Business Unit, Senior Service Delivery Manager, Service Delivery Manager, Transition Manager, Assistant Service Delivery Manager
Resourcing Partner - HR
Barclays Shared Service
Chennai
07.2016 - 03.2018
- End-to-end recruitment - Retail Business Banking, Corporate Banking, HRSS and Tech roles
- Post job openings in Internal & External job boards
- Scheduling of all interviews & screening the candidate prior to the interview
- Stakeholder management -Work closely with the Business Heads for drawing recruitment plans, setting up processes and job descriptions
- Meeting the recruitment numbers within the given SLA (Service Level Agreement)
- Understanding the business requirements and linking it with the sourcing and selection strategies
- Negotiate salary with the applicant, collecting the required Documents and releasing the offers (both External & Internal offers) in Taleo
- Hiring 100+ contingent workforce every month (CWF)
- Work towards the open positions closely with the vendors in terms of getting the required profiles
- Have involved in CA grad campus hiring's
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Covenant Consultants
Chennai
08.2013 - 06.2016
- Responsible for managing the Full recruitment life cycle from receiving the requirement, sourcing, screening, validation to acceptance of offer and final placement
- Identifying and sourcing candidates through job portals and references
- Handled requirements which was given by the Team Lead and deliver the profiles on TAT
- Experience working on multiple critical requirements in a high-pressure environment
- Talking to the candidates over phone, discussing the JD with them to make sure they have those skills and experience required by the client
- Short listing prospective candidates for the client interviews
Education
MSW - HR | Human Resource
Patrician College of Arts & Science
Chennai, India01.2013
BCA - Computer Application
Alpha Arts & Science College
Chennai, India01.2010
HSC -
National Matriculation
Chennai, India01.2007
SSLC -
Sacred Heart Matriculation HSS
Chennai, India01.2005
Skills
- Recruitment Strategy & Planning
- Recruitment Policies & Procedures
- Vendor Management & Negotiations
- SLA / TAT Management
- Leadership Hiring
- Diversity Hiring
- Annual Operating Budget
- Mentoring & Coaching
Accomplishments
- Won 'YOUNG TURK' award for September 2013.
- Got promotion from Executive (G1 Level) to Executive (G2 Level) within 3 months of time
- Got a double Promotion from Executive (G2 level) to Sr. Executive (G4 level) and became a Team Lead (Specialist) within three months from the previous Hike.
- Achieved a 'BRAVO CARD' for almost all the months since I joined
- Achieved 'QUARTER CHAMPION' award for four Quarters
- Won best Performer Award for the year 2014
- Won Star of the Quarter Twice in Merit Software Services
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Manager
Mahindra Research Valley
08.2023 - Current
Talent Acquisition Manager
Illumine Industries
10.2020 - 08.2023
Senior Executive Talent Acquisition
Merit Software Services
03.2018 - 10.2020
Resourcing Partner - HR
Barclays Shared Service
07.2016 - 03.2018
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Covenant Consultants
08.2013 - 06.2016
MSW - HR | Human Resource
Patrician College of Arts & Science
BCA - Computer Application
Alpha Arts & Science College
HSC -
National Matriculation
SSLC -
Sacred Heart Matriculation HSS
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