Anchal Arunkumar

Leading a team of 5 fantastic TA professionals and 80% into technology hiring 20% Sales and support hiring

o Proactive & agile hiring :-

· Revised hiring TAT–External 40 days(from 45 days) & Internal 35 days(from 40 days).

· Proactive hiring / Talent On Demand (TOD)

.Worked on Niche skills such as, Generative AI, Data science, ML, ML Data engineer.

· Backup candidates for all niche or difficult positions to reduce risk when candidate back-out after accepting our offer.

· Special focus on Diversity hiring. Hired 19% against target of 10%

· Revamped Onboarding process to enhance new joiners/ experience.

· Have hired close to 20 professionals across the globe apart from India. In Poland, Japan, Sweden, USA.

· Have revamped the policies in Japan and also created a vendor base from the scratch.

o Alternate source of hiring :-

· Extensively leveraging LinkedIn and social media to attract talent and enhance employer brand.

· Revamped the entire Branding Project for Syncron, created many impactful strategies in attracting the lateral and campus talent.

o Talent Attraction & Process Simplification :-

· Employee Value Proposing (EVP) – Created new EVP to attract right talent

· AI & Analytics in hiring – Worked with HR digitization team on simplification of TA systems and analytics.

· Simplified TA Policy & internal hiring (IJP) Process to bring transparency and trust.

· Revamped Campus hiring – Yearlong engagement programs and focused hiring to meet future talent requirements have revamped and made close to 100 hires at Syncron

· Created certification program “Interview excellence training” for Hiring Managers on interviewing skill.

o Leadership Hiring :-

· Built strong governance model for leadership hiring through structured hiring intake meetings with vendors and timely review mechanism

· Improved leadership hiring TAT from 72 to 48 Days

· I have done in house sourcing resulting into cost saving of around 1 Cr.

· I have added 5 Leaders from 2021 into Syncron through direct Sourcing

Procurement & Corporate Functions

o Created Talent Review Committee to nurture and develop talent.

o Saved closed to ~1 cr with revamping the existing tools and hard negotiations with the vendors like Naukri, Hackerrank and eliminating Jobvite as ATS and added a far better ATS called Teamtailor.

o Part of Core HR team for Culture Transformation and cross-cultural trainings.

o Created a better background verification function.

o Below link has access to the NPS survey of the leadership hiring done by me.

• Set up the Engineering Centre in Bangalore, budgeting hiring activities, D&I initiatives, benefit programs, implemented OKR, updated training processes, structured compensation and benefits, streamlined HR efficiencies, prepared monthly payroll, implemented POSH committee and policies.

• Scaled the company from 150 to 700+ as on now. END to END HR (100% Recruitment + HR Operations) Devised various strategies and executed in hiring Tech & Non- Tech & Leader Teams.Designed-Processes: Interview process, Panel, Drives, Ensuring Best Ratios in Interview. Managing a team of 2 members( 1 Recruiter, 1Recruiter & Ops) Conducted Salary benchmarking across Pan India with strategic alliances/partners. Created Employee Handbook & Company Policies. Designed & managed end to end Experience in Analysis and implementation of Cost Effective Recruitment processes.

• Managed a team, handled hiring for SAP and banking team, catered to requirements in Dubai and UK region, end-to-end recruitment, salary negotiations, sourcing through various channels, employee referral initiatives, background verification, extensive leadership hiring, process improvement.

• Managed a team, handled end-to-end recruitment for the Technology group, liaised with the business, involved in budgeting and projection, organized status calls, targeted gender diversity hiring, administered performance appraisal process, identified training needs.

• Recruitment in hardware and software technologies, end-to-end recruitment, high touch point with the business, employee engagement, campus recruitment, vendor management, diversity events, process improvement.

• Worked on employee referrals, weekend drives, sourcing through various channels, scheduling interviews, preparing and rolling offer letters, conceptualized and completed a hiring drive, involved in background verification.

• Sourced candidates through various sources, co-ordinated with project teams, mainly recruited mid and senior level management, technical positions, involved in process improvement.