Gurleen Khanna
Talent Acquisition Lead-COE
Bangalore,KA
Summary
Strategic Talent Acquisitions Professional with over 11 + years experience in managing end to end competency-based recruitment for Engineering commercial and Automation business verticals in multiple MNCs setup.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages
Work History
Talent Acquisition Lead-COE
ABB India
02.2022 - Current
- Lead and manage the team, driving training and performance feedback to ensure high productivity and quality hires.
- Develop and implement talent acquisition strategies aligned with business goals to attract top talent across various functions and levels.
- Partner with business leaders and HR to understand hiring needs, workforce planning, and talent gaps.
- Driving end-to-end recruitment processes, including job requisition, sourcing, interviewing, offer fitment, negotiation, and onboarding.
- Leverage data and analytics to monitor recruitment metrics, identify bottlenecks, and improve hiring efficiency.
- Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies, job boards, and other sourcing partners.
- Lead diversity and inclusion hiring efforts to support a diverse workforce.
- Early Career & PWD Hiring.
Deputy Manager-Talent Acquisition & Mobility
Schneider Electric
09.2016 - 02.2022
- Managed the full life cycle of recruitment, including sourcing, screening, evaluating, and onboarding candidates for diverse roles, including leadership and technical positions.
- Worked closely with business leaders to understand hiring needs, and develop recruitment strategies.
- Led diversity hiring initiatives, focusing on increasing workforce diversity and inclusion.
- Utilized Taleo Version 19A.0.1 for applicant tracking, managing recruitment activities, and ensuring compliance with recruitment metrics.
- Gathering market information, creating and maintaining reports on market information for various technologies (such as skills availability, companies, and experience level, etc.).
- Team Handling Experience.
Sr. Consultant-Talent Acquisition (EPC, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure)
Spectrum Talent Management
06.2014 - 05.2016
- I specialize in leadership and mid-management level hiring across the EPC, Oil & Gas, and Infrastructure sectors.
- Responsible for the end-to-end recruitment process, from requirement understanding to offer management.
- Sourced candidates through various channels, including job portals and networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook.
- Established metrics-driven approach to HR decision-making, enabling data-driven strategies for workforce optimization.
- Collaborated with management to identify skills gaps, resulting in targeted training initiatives for workforce development.
HR Consultant -Talent Acquisition
Ajnara Groups Contract Sewak Ram & Firm
05.2014 - 06.2014
- Involved in the full life cycle of the recruitment process, starting from mapping, sourcing, screening, evaluation, scheduling interviews, follow-ups, and joining.
- Development of the policies in the organization.
- Prepare the policies for: Employee, Labor, Medical Policy, Tour Policy, Leave Policy, PF, and ESIC, Admin Policy.
Executive HR
Anand Rathi Share & stockbroker Ltd.
02.2010 - 11.2011
- Working as executive HR, Handling the overall recruitment process of the organization.
- Planning and executing induction programs for new recruited employee.
- Ensuring the joining formalities of new hires.
- Inducting new hires.
- Issuing and maintaining the records of identity/access cards, Residential proof letters, Transfer letters, Employment certificate, Salary processing.
Education
MBA - Human Resources Management
Sir Modanlal Institute of Management
Lucknow 04.2001 - 01.2009
Skills
Recruitment Strategy
Recruitment Process Optimization
Industrial market mapping
Diversity focused roles
Stakeholder Management
Workday Implementation
Certification
Workday HCM Certification
Awards
- GBE-HUB-Trailblazer Award, Collaboration Individual Award, ABB
- GBS HUB Trailblazer Award, Customer Impact Team Award, ABB
- STAR Performer, Schneider Electric
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Lead-COE
ABB India
02.2022 - Current
Deputy Manager-Talent Acquisition & Mobility
Schneider Electric
09.2016 - 02.2022
Sr. Consultant-Talent Acquisition (EPC, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure)
Spectrum Talent Management
06.2014 - 05.2016
HR Consultant -Talent Acquisition
Ajnara Groups Contract Sewak Ram & Firm
05.2014 - 06.2014
Executive HR
Anand Rathi Share & stockbroker Ltd.
02.2010 - 11.2011
MBA - Human Resources Management
Sir Modanlal Institute of Management
04.2001 - 01.2009