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Dhanalakshmi Mudaliar

Talent Manager | Resource Manager | Workforce Manager
Pune

Summary

Experienced Talent Manager with over 18 years of IT industry experience. Proven track record in managing resources, sourcing talent, and strategic workforce planning. Dedicated to driving organizational growth through resource alignment and fostering cross-functional collaborations.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager Talent Management

Persistent Systems Ltd.
1 2021 - 10.2024

• Resource allocation support: Assist in the allocation of internal available bench and upcoming releases to projects, ensuring alignment with project requirements and business priorities.

• Utilization Monitoring: Monitor resource utilization levels and report any discrepancies to senior management. Help ensure optimal use of resources and minimal bench time.

• Forecasting Assistance: Support senior team members in forecasting future resource needed based on project pipelines and business growth. Help maintain resource planning models

• Demand Management: Collaborate with project managers to understand resource requirements and assist in fulfilling resource requests promptly.

• Bench Management support: Help track and manage bench resources, identifying opportunities for deployment to minimize nonbillable time.

• Upskilling and Training Support: Assist in organizing training sessions and tracking the progress of upskilling and cross skilling initiatives for team members.

• Skill Inventory management: Maintain an accurate record of resource skills and availability provide data to support resource allocation decisions.

• Reporting: Generate and maintain reports on resource utilization and other key metrics as required by senior management.

• Communication & Collaboration: Build strong working relationships with project managers, team leads and other stakeholders to support resource management activities.

•Heading Telecom & IBM Verticals units at org level & manage End-to-End business operations, staffing process, Demand fulfilment, Bench management, Fresher deployment, utilization & cost optimization as per norms.

Business Partner – Talent Management

Persistent Systems Ltd.
01.2017 - 01.2021
  • Understanding and implementing Diversity strategy through all staffing and deployment decisions
  • Interacting with delivery heads in a timely manner for all requirements and publishing dashboard on regular basis
  • Responsible for weekly Connect meetings with delivery team and Offshore\Onsite Recruitment to review resource fulfillment \Utilization
  • Responsible for Bench Management and ensure the Weekly and Monthly call with Unit Head\Project Managers\RMG head on negotiating to close the business requirements for maintaining the better Utilization
  • Ensure the utilization of the units are kept par for both Offshore and Onsite location are meeting to the target
  • Recommend delivery team on skill enhancement plan and nominate the resources for various skill trainings and develop the competencies of the respective practice
  • Motivate the employees on Re-skilling their competency on mapping them against the Open opportunities
  • Provide inputs to Presales Team enabling them to show case our Resourcing Capabilities to existing and Potential clients
  • Responsible for the Rotation policy of the employees and ensuring that they are getting elevated on their next level against their roles and responsibilities for their career growth
  • Maintain the Head Count, Resource Forecast, Resource Utilization, Attrition, VISA, Competency, Resumes and latest allocation Database
  • Generation of Resource Utilization, Staffing Requirements reports and published to the Stakeholders
  • Preparation of various Management Reports & Monthly Performance Reports & Presentations
  • Coordinate with HR for Induction & orientation briefing to new joiners

Jr. RM & Sr. Lead – Talent Management

Persistent Systems Ltd.
01.2006 - 01.2016
  • Handling END to END Resource Management activities for entire horizontal
  • Managing forecasts and planning supply in accordance with the demand forecast
  • Collaborating with the various teams – Recruitment (hiring from the market), Training (cross-skilling and up-skilling), HR (retention of niche skills, exceptional talent) to manage supply pool
  • Handling Resourcing for offshore & onsite open demands
  • Bench Management, Visa traction for visa-ready employees, Rotation – internal (within the vertical) and external (across verticals)
  • Induction of Trainees in the vertical – skill wise and location wise as per demand
  • Reports for the vertical – Releases within the next 15 days, Visa ready resource updates, Bench resource updates, onsite bench, Releases to bench
  • Reports to Leadership team
  • Initiating cross-skilling, up-skilling as per demand
  • Responsible for long-ageing bench across the organization

Education

B.E. - Computer Engg

SPPU University

Skills

Resource Management

Accomplishments

    Supervised team of 20 staff members

    Received best Business Partner award for optimal Unit Utilization and bench deployment through Scrum activity.

Timeline

Business Partner – Talent Management

Persistent Systems Ltd.
01.2017 - 01.2021

Jr. RM & Sr. Lead – Talent Management

Persistent Systems Ltd.
01.2006 - 01.2016

Senior Manager Talent Management

Persistent Systems Ltd.
1 2021 - 10.2024

B.E. - Computer Engg

SPPU University
Dhanalakshmi MudaliarTalent Manager | Resource Manager | Workforce Manager