ASHWINI K
Bangalore
Summary
16 years of Talent Acquisition and Talent Management experience predominantly in the Semiconductor/Product/SAAS/B2B/B2C Domains.
Professional talent acquisition leader with strong focus on team collaboration, driving hiring strategies, and adapting to evolving business needs. Exceptional skills in strategic planning, talent sourcing, and stakeholder management, ensuring impactful and measurable results. Reliable and flexible with commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes for all recruitment initiatives.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
Netradyne
11.2023 - Current
- Partnering with the Leaders from Global Business and working towards meeting the Annual Head Count Numbers
- Driving CoE for Global Data Governance, SOP Guidelines, Employee Referral Programs and HR Systems (Green House and Workday)
- Revamped and Automated the ERP Program which led to an increase in ERP Joiners by 5%
- Team Management and Mentorship – Being recognizes a building a high-performance team through - Resource Planning, Cost of Hiring initiatives, transformation of non-performing team members through counseling and Mentoring.
- Employer Branding and Talent Acquisition Transformation – Revamped Communication models and targeted programs to improvise Employer Branding, Candidate Experience and Referral Process. CSAT Experience has increased by 50%. Joining Ratio increased to at a consistent 80% for the last 2 consecutive years.
- Campus Hiring Initiatives and partnering with (IIT/BIT/NIT) to assess and hire early Talent.
- Supported organizational growth plans through strategic workforce planning, ensuring talent pipelines aligned with business objectives.
- Managed a team of recruiters to deliver timely results while maintaining a high level of customer service for both candidates and hiring managers.
Talent Acquisition Manager
Reverie Language Technologies (Reliance Jio Company)
05.2021 - 11.2023
- Setting the strategy, and driving the Talent solutions across the organization and across all Business Functions. Heads TA for PAN India Hiring
- Instrumental in defining, revamping, and building company-wide recruitment strategy, and guidelines for the organization bringing significant changes especially hiring an entire Layer of the CXO Team in 2021-22 (Head of Engineering, CPO, CRO, Head of Enterprise Business, head of Government Business) The Joining Ratio was also increased by 15%.
- Partnering with the Leaders and working towards accomplishing the talent acquisition vision and the alignment of same with company goals
- Driving sourcing CoE activities (sourcing training, internal job posting, database enhancement, sourcing governance, Team Sourcing, internal referral, vendor management and social media)
- Establish, track, manage, and analyze talent acquisition reports and metrics to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the team, hiring managers/interviewers, referrers, and all parts of hiring.
- Focus on employer brand in India including sustainable diversity Initiates – Back to Work Campaign for Women. TA Team creates its own referral Initiatives using CANVA.
- Introduced Luck Drawl for Employees who refer, irrespective of his referral joining or not) as a part of the Referral Scheme to motivate Employees to Refer
- Hire, lead, develop, and coach a team of 5 recruiters ensuring hiring goals are met and providing subject matter expertise and guidance.
- Help drive creative sourcing maintaining a solid pipeline of high-quality active and passive talent through the use of direct sourcing, networking, referrals, LinkedIn, and Applicant Tracking System.
- Map and provide market intelligent data by collaborating with people teams for benchmarking. Provide market insights across the tech industry and leverage multiple sourcing strategies and channels to provide high-quality candidates. This was done through Networking Events like SHRM, TA Dialogue etc..
- Introduced RPO Model of Hiring which reduced the costs considerably
- Devised Campus Engagement and Community Building Strategy (specifically for the Translation Business) across Engineering Colleges
- Implemented the New Hire Evaluation Policy
Business Head
A Society – Nexer Company
03.2020 - 04.2021
- My Role was to bring the GIG Economy to India.
- The company was shut down – because no matter how much we tried Gig Economy was never going full-fledged in India at least for the moment.
Assistant Manager – Talent Acquisition
MISTRAL SOLUTIONS PVT LTD, Bangalore (Axis Cades Company)
03.2015 - 02.2020
- Responsible to develop and oversee the implementation of Appropriate Talent Acquisition strategies and plans (based on the assessed current and future staffing needs set by my directors)
- Manage a team of 2 Recruiters
- Established and Published critical Talent Acquisition metrics that measure the quality, efficiency, and overall cost of staffing
- Vendor Management
- Owned Campus Hiring for 2018- 2019
- Owned the Campus to Corporate Training Program for Campus Newbies 2018-19
- Initiated and owned the Interviewer Training Programs for the Technical Interviewing Panels
- Compliance of Recruitment processes and Periodic reviews in partnership with the Quality Assurance Team
- Salary and Cost Negotiations
- Maintain and work on creating a good rapport with the candidates and Managers and strive toward a win-win situation
- Mistral is a System engineering and Product design company focused on the embedded domain. Fueled by our passion for embedded technology, we strive to innovate, utilize latest technologies and development methodologies to help customers and ODMs design cutting-edge, innovative products across Domains including Defense/Avionics, Consumer Products and Homeland Security. Mistral has an employee base of 400+
- Achievements:
- Joining through Referrals improved from 35% to 45% in 2018-19
- Have increased the Joining Ratio by 30% by 2018
- Initiated and Implemented Zwayam, an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) tool with Artificial Intelligence – which serves as a common platform for all the stakeholders in Talent Acquisition
- Offered 65 positions in a year, as an Individual Contributor, 60% of which is Niche Technical Positions in 2015-17
- Responsible for Branding Initiatives in the system through Video JD’s, Social Media and Referral Plans. 30% increase in visibility on our Career and Glassdoor pages.
- Managed New Employee Orientation and On-boarding programs for Laterals and Campus Hires - Introduced the Buddy System for Employees and Interns/Contractors
FLIPKART, Bangalore
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Achievements:
- Hired for The Retail - B2B, Liquidation, Products Operations and Softline Teams and have closed positions at all verticals; closed Manager and Associate Directors and Directors in the above verticals; closed 103 positions out of the 120 Individually
- Excellent Offer Joinee conversion at 90% - 95 of the offers have joined- speaks for an excellent offer-Joinee conversion ratio; placed 100 candidates in 8 months at all levels.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
PHILIPS INNOVATION CAMPUS, Bangalore Placed through Mind Select Consultants
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Partner with Business Managers at Philips R&D, Lighting and Consumer Lifestyle Teams to help identify the right Talent for their respective business needs.
- Ensure requirements are closed within the given deadlines
- Maintain and work on creating a good rapport with the Talent Management Stakeholders and strive towards a win-win situation
- 85% Joining Conversion Ratio
- Salary and Benefits Negotiation
- Skills Hired for: Signal Processing-PhD’s with experience in signal processing, pattern recognition, data analysis, biomedical signals, algorithm development for pattern classification and system architecture design; Medical Image Processing; Open GL; QT- GUI Framework, Full Framework, Open Source; Energy Domain: PhD’s with experience in power electronics, and design and analysis of embedded systems (circuits); Clinical decision support system: design analysis for CDS, Java/J2EE, C#.Net, Product and Program Management.
Manager –US Recruitment
SOFTECH PVT LTD, Bangalore
01.2006 - 01.2010
Research Associate
ALP MGMT CONSULTANTS PVT LTD, Bangalore
01.2004 - 01.2006
Education
M.B.A - Human Resources
B.M.S.C.E-VTU University
01.2004
B.B.M - Marketing
Mount Carmel College/Bangalore University
01.2002
Skills
Social media recruiting
Certification
MBTI Certified - ISTP
Accomplishments
- Selected for the ASPIRE Program – Org Wide initiative to Identify and Train Potential Leaders in specific functions (2025)
- Rewarded for Excellence in Candidate Experience and Speed of Delivery (2024)
- Rising Star Reward for Excellence in TA 2022 (Hiring CXO Level at Reverie- Head of Sales, Product, Engineering and Candidate experience for the same)
- Awarded first place in the Annual Audit Org Wide Presentation at Mistral for excellence in TA Processes.
- Pat on the Back Award – for Campus Hiring (2018)- Have presented HR as well as technical PPT’s in colleges to collaborate and attract talent.
- Pat on the Back Award - closing Niche positions (2016)
- Rewarded the “Rising star of the month” in 2004 – highest number of Offers through Headhunting
- Rewarded Certificate of Team Achievement for outstanding performance and Best Team 2004
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Manager
Netradyne
11.2023 - Current
Talent Acquisition Manager
Reverie Language Technologies (Reliance Jio Company)
05.2021 - 11.2023
Business Head
A Society – Nexer Company
03.2020 - 04.2021
Assistant Manager – Talent Acquisition
MISTRAL SOLUTIONS PVT LTD, Bangalore (Axis Cades Company)
03.2015 - 02.2020
FLIPKART, Bangalore
01.2014 - 01.2015
Talent Acquisition Specialist
PHILIPS INNOVATION CAMPUS, Bangalore Placed through Mind Select Consultants
01.2010 - 01.2014
Manager –US Recruitment
SOFTECH PVT LTD, Bangalore
01.2006 - 01.2010
Research Associate
ALP MGMT CONSULTANTS PVT LTD, Bangalore
01.2004 - 01.2006
B.B.M - Marketing
Mount Carmel College/Bangalore University
M.B.A - Human Resources
B.M.S.C.E-VTU University