Dinesh Nagilla
Bengaluru
Summary
TA Manager with 13 years of experience in developing recruitment strategies and improving hiring processes across various sectors. Expertise in technical recruitment and leadership hiring, successfully leading teams to enhance the recruitment lifecycle through innovative sourcing techniques. Demonstrated ability to build strong talent pipelines that support organizational goals and foster diversity and inclusion. Committed to delivering exceptional candidate experiences while ensuring compliance with industry standards, consistently improving recruitment metrics and outcomes.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Manager, Talent Acquisition - India
Magna International
Bengaluru
05.2023 - Current
- Strategically managed the complete recruitment lifecycle for Magna divisions, including EV Powertrain, E/E Architecture, Electronics, IT, and New Mobility.
- Led a team of 5 recruiters to successfully hire 150+ lateral candidates without vendor support, achieving significant cost savings while maintaining quality hires.
- Designed and executed vendor-free recruitment strategies, leveraging internal resources and innovative sourcing techniques to minimize costs.
- Built and maintained robust talent pipelines, ensuring readiness to fulfill critical and high-volume hiring needs.
- Acted as a trusted advisor to hiring managers, providing market intelligence and guidance on competitive hiring practices.
- Delivered exceptional candidate experiences by ensuring smooth interview coordination, transparent communication, and a seamless on-boarding process.
- Promoted diversity and inclusion initiatives to attract and retain a diverse workforce aligned with organizational values.
- Monitored recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, offer-to-acceptance ratio) to optimize performance and improve hiring outcomes.
- Utilized applicant tracking systems and analytics tools to streamline processes and maintain high-quality reporting.
- Enhanced Magna's reputation as an employer of choice through targeted branding efforts, including social media campaigns and participation in industry events.
- Crafted compelling job descriptions and recruitment materials tailored to attract talent in specialized domains.
Professional Manager - Talent Acquisition
Visteon Corporation
Bangalore
01.2022 - 04.2023
- Lead a 16-member recruitment team and oversee end-to-end software hiring across multiple divisions in India.
- Developed TA strategy for Visteon SW ENG that's forward looking aligned to changing business needs.
- Created highest business impact Design and Ensuring TA function in line with the best in class global market practices Improve the capabilities of our interview process / hiring managers to increase the quality of the candidates that we can attract and hire.
- Raise the bar on how we define what we are looking for in our roles Assess & develop the TA capabilities at site level to ensure Visteon is geared up to attract the best talent from competency and quality perspective.
Deputy Manager, Talent Acquisition
Visteon Corporation
Bengaluru
04.2021 - 01.2022
- Cooperated with company leaders in change management and talent solutions to gain a competitive edge in the job market.
- Developed a team with expertise in hiring including QNX & Autosar based instrument panel clusters, Android-based Infotainment, Cyber security, ADAS, Machine Learning & Information Technology.
- Assisted and guided a team of 10 recruiters in establishing consistent language and methodology for talent discussions, development and succession.
- Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change and assess progress.
- Assisted and guided the team in Talent Mapping, Candidate Management and building/ hiring teams with the right representation.
Assistant Manager
Visteon Corporation
Bengaluru
04.2019 - 04.2021
- Managed the End-to-End recruitment process with 3 recruiters reporting to me.
- Impacted growth in closures by 50% in the first 6 months and overall 30% improvement in the first year.
- Analyzed recruiting metrics in the niche skill and Product Development space to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
- Analyzed and assessed upcoming requirements for Entry, Mid-Senior and Director level hiring and streamlined strategy for a structured pipeline to simplify future hiring.
- Completed talent acquisition and management for over 150 internal and external placements using Naukri, Shine, Indeed, LinkedIn, AngelList, etc.
- Supervised a team of 5 people (on-floor) and reported on its performance.
- Acted as a SPOC for Purchase service - T&M (time and material) hiring.
Talent Acquisition Lead
GLOBALEDGE Software Ltd (Capgemini)
Bangalore
10.2017 - 04.2019
- Managed full life cycle recruitment and a team of 6 members in daily recruitment activities including understanding the resource requirements.
- Generated specific candidate pool for AUTOMOTIVE Practice - PAN India through strategic placement of advertisements, evaluation of applicant credentials.
- Coordinated salary negotiation, offer process and followed up till closure.
- Evaluated team performance, convey feedback, recommend ways to maintain and improve team performance.
- Developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and conducted a recruitment drive.
- Cultivated in-depth understanding to master Stakeholder reporting, expectation & escalation management.
Senior Executive - Talent Acquisition
KPIT Technologies Ltd
Bengaluru
04.2017 - 10.2017
- Leveraged social media platforms and online job boards to advertise open positions and engage with potential candidates.
- Followed up with applicants sourced via industry-specific pipelines, events and job fairs.
- Connected with Delivery/Project Managers for understanding business criticality for requirement focus.
Executive - Talent Acquisition
KPIT Technologies Ltd
Bengaluru
04.2013 - 04.2017
- Compiled and produced qualified candidates' information for hiring manager review and liaised between parties to coordinate formal, management interviews.
- Handling various clients independently by understanding the actual job profile for which the recruitment has to be done.
- Used Boolean searches to develop applicant portfolios for expected openings and verified applicant references and employment details.
- Conducting Mass recruiting weekend drives and walk-in leading to 30+ closures.
- Prepared weekly/monthly recruitment reports as required by management.
Trainee
KPIT Technologies Ltd
Bengaluru
11.2012 - 04.2013
- Conducted telephonic interviews, approved job fitment, prepared detailed candidate summary and presented to the clients.
- Attained knowledge and experience in the recruitment process.
- Worked on multiple job portals and ATS such as Naukri, Shine, Indeed, etc.
Education
MBA -
Bangalore University
Bangalore01.2012
Bachelor of Business Management -
Sri Venkateswara University
Tirupati01.2010
Skills
- Technical Recruitment
- Leadership Hiring
- Campus Recruitment
- Team Management
- Vendor Management
- Workday Recruiting (ATS)
- SuccessFactors (ATS)
- Utipro (UKG) ATS
- Benchmarking Skills
- Social Recruiting
- Niche Recruiting
Accomplishments
- Received 'Delighted customer award' for a ramp-up in .NET requirements in 08/2013.
- Appreciated by the Managing director of KPIT for extraordinary contribution throughout the year 2014.
- Received 'WOW award' for Excellent Support for HP DMO requirements in 08/2016.
- Got an appreciation from CPOO for hiring 50 candidates in 2 months for Product engineering services SBU.
- Received Creative Cult award for Lear AUTOSAR requirements ramp up.
- Received Spot Award from Matt (Senior Vice President- engineering) for Successful ramp-up for BSP platform department in Visteon, Bangalore.
- On-boarded 150 head-count successfully within 12 months on niche mandate.
- Received Special Appreciation from (Director - Product Management) during the successful launch of Visteon first Android-based infotainment (VW-Regiov- Play).
Websites
Languages
- English
- Telugu
- Kannada
Timeline
Deputy Manager, Talent Acquisition - India
Magna International
05.2023 - Current
Professional Manager - Talent Acquisition
Visteon Corporation
01.2022 - 04.2023
Deputy Manager, Talent Acquisition
Visteon Corporation
04.2021 - 01.2022
Assistant Manager
Visteon Corporation
04.2019 - 04.2021
Talent Acquisition Lead
GLOBALEDGE Software Ltd (Capgemini)
10.2017 - 04.2019
Senior Executive - Talent Acquisition
KPIT Technologies Ltd
04.2017 - 10.2017
Executive - Talent Acquisition
KPIT Technologies Ltd
04.2013 - 04.2017
Trainee
KPIT Technologies Ltd
11.2012 - 04.2013
MBA -
Bangalore University
Bachelor of Business Management -
Sri Venkateswara University