Farhan Ahmed Hazarika
Bangalore
Summary
I bring 15+ years of expertise in hiring exceptional talent across all functions. Designing and driving the adoption of consistent recruiting, interviewing and hiring practices that support a strong candidate experience has been my achievement throughout the career. Oversee well-organized and efficient HR operations by balancing organizational targets with compliance and employee demands. Focused on maximizing resource utilization and enhancing performance with forward-thinking approaches.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Language
Work History
Global Head - Talent, People & Admin
Teachmint
7 2023 - Current
- Team size - 35 members
- Established teams across India, Uzbekistan, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore and Kenya
- Successfully implemented workforce planning across all the countries
- Successfully developed Talent Acquisition Strategies focusing largely on scaling up GTM across all major cities in India (169 locations) with a team of 11 members
- Evaluated and implemented Application Tracking System and have coached teams to close positions within
- Gathered market intelligence on potential talent, competitor landscape, new innovative recruiting trends and provided thought leadership and guidance to the recruiters
- Develop corporate plans for a variety of HR matters such as compensation, benefits, health and safety etc.
- Provide reports on all areas of HR, Payroll and Learning and Development, including the application of Employment Law, HR policy, best practice and workforce development.
- Manage the execution of the HR Strategy and core areas of the HR department including Recruitment, Employee Relations, Workforce Administration, Employee Engagement, Payroll, Reward and Recognition, as well as maintaining and improving HR systems and management of the HR budget.
- Drive the continuous improvement agenda with focus on engagement & welfare activities, maximizing productivity, devolving HR responsibilities to line managers and building leadership capability.
- Take a lead role in transforming and strengthening the organizational culture, ensuring that the company values and approach are displayed.
- Regularly coach, mentor and support senior and high potential colleagues to identify individual strengths and development needs, develop and maintain effective relationships and encourage retention.
- Efficiently set the organizational, departmental as well as individual goals and executed Performance Management System
Associate Director - Talent Acquisition
Meesho
02.2020 - 06.2022
- Led the efforts of hiring for Product and Non-tech Business Units with a team size of 35 members
- I led recruiting efforts across the globe, also actively involved in various aspects of the HR function
- Collaborate with hiring managers & stakeholders from different functions on hiring plan & strategy
- Had scaled the Businesses to a headcount of 1800+ from a size of 400 permanent employees and have scaled contractual headcount from 0 to 3000 members
- Lead a team, defining recruitment goals & assisting the team in - problem solving, hiring plans & recruitment efforts
- Monitor and measure the development areas, operational, capacity planning, escalation management & performance review
- Identifying organization’s needs and working to create and implement an efficient talent acquisition strategy to improve recruitment and business performance
- Developing, managing and maintaining a highly-skilled team to assist with talent development
- Achievements - Rewarded Best Manager Award with highest team member and stakeholder ratings. Recognized with Promotion every appraisal cycle.
Head of Talent Acquisition & HR Projects
91springboard
12.2018 - 01.2020
- Managing a team of 11 members delivering pan India requirements (scaled up the headcount from 210 in 400 in 6 months and on route to 600 by Mar’20)
- Identifying and management of various recruitment channels (Campus drives, Careers portal, LinkedIn, Search Partners, Job boards, Referrals and various engagement projects basically, building talent pipelines for current and future job openings
- Implement online and offline employer branding activities
- Conducted detailed employee role mapping exercise to serve as an input for manpower planning
- Provide support in understanding business requirements to finalize manpower planning and budgeting for the organization
- Oversee all stages of candidate experience (including application, interviews and communication)
- Have successfully rolled out the candidate experience survey targeting 85% above rating
- Have been able to drive acquisition Pan India with 90% on time closure rate
- Manage, train and evaluate the team of recruiters – Performance/Health check dashboard for the Talent Acquisition Team.
Head - Talent & People
CoWrks, RMZ Corp
07.2015 - 10.2018
- First Employee and the founding team member
- Delivered a high potential Technology Team within 6 months from inception
- Identifying and management of various recruitment channels (Campus drives, Careers portal, LinkedIn, Search Partners, Job boards, Referrals and various engagement projects
- Head HR operations in line with statutory requirements while involved in manpower planning and personnel management through innovative HR policies
- Led a team of 7 members and playing a major role in setting the foundation of the company Preparing organizational chart based on the head count while supporting all HR related functions
- Liaising with management to review organizational performance and recommending process modifications while contributing towards the organizational goal
- Involved in record maintenance, performance tracking & appraisal, training and development and administration activities
- Rationalizing manpower at all levels maintaining optimal balance between top and bottom-line performance; benchmarking headcount with job specifications to meet role specific requirements
- Implementing Rewards System while planning, designing monetary/ non-monetary compounds in rewards systems
- Maintaining flawless communication with employees and ensure timely resolution of employee grievances to maintain harmonious working environment at all levels
- Handling payroll and incentive planning for different business units and drafting compensation and reward programs
- Responsible for Office Administration, Facility management and Travel Desk.
Senior Officer - Talent & Learning and Development
Denso Kirloskar Pvt. Ltd
05.2012 - 06.2015
- Led the Talent Acquisition function for the unit with 2 team members
- Identify various recruitment channels and ensure healthy recruitment pipeline
- Manpower planning and recruitment budget maintenance
- Reinforced the HR processes across pan India offices and established Performance Management System for facilitating skill management, talent retention, succession planning, training need identification across all depts., yearly E-Sat surveys and HR job standardization across all the group companies
- Led the Learning & Development programme for all unit employees
- Participated in training needs identification and designed the development map for all employees and at all levels
- Actively involved in the record maintenance, performance appraisal system, training and development activities as well as administration activities
- Rationalized the manpower at all levels while obtaining the optimal balance between top line and bottom-line performance
- Benchmarking headcount with precious job specifications according to present & futuristic requirements of the organization
- Handled record management functions including employee update, employee data maintenance for salary purpose and resolving all queries related to workflow, entitlement & leaves
Senior Human Resources Executive - HRBP
Aditya Birla Group
10.2010 - 05.2012
Sr. Executive (Talent Management)
TrSoft Technologies
02.2010 - 10.2010
HR Executive (Employee Relations)
24/7 Customer
09.2008 - 01.2010
Education
MBA - Human Resource Management
Garden City College
BBM - Finance
Garden City College
Skills
Problem Solving
Timeline
Associate Director - Talent Acquisition
Meesho
02.2020 - 06.2022
Head of Talent Acquisition & HR Projects
91springboard
12.2018 - 01.2020
Head - Talent & People
CoWrks, RMZ Corp
07.2015 - 10.2018
Senior Officer - Talent & Learning and Development
Denso Kirloskar Pvt. Ltd
05.2012 - 06.2015
Senior Human Resources Executive - HRBP
Aditya Birla Group
10.2010 - 05.2012
Sr. Executive (Talent Management)
TrSoft Technologies
02.2010 - 10.2010
HR Executive (Employee Relations)
24/7 Customer
09.2008 - 01.2010
Global Head - Talent, People & Admin
Teachmint
7 2023 - Current
MBA - Human Resource Management
Garden City College
BBM - Finance
Garden City College
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