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Gurleen Khanna

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

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
Gurleen KhannaTalent Acquisition Lead-COE