Ipsita Baruah

• Driving staffing strategy and execution, problem solving, headcount forecasting, pipeline delivery, demand fulfilment, staffing resource allocation/ capacity utilization, people management, productivity metrics to help build engineering presence from ground up in India and grow it further.
• Strategy architect credited with implementation of innovative path-breaking Talent Acquisition & Staffing initiatives to streamline processes and capitalize growth opportunities
• Front-led Domestic, Global Recruitment, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Career Progression and Succession Planning initiatives for improving the competence of the workforce.
• Significant experience of collaborating with stakeholders, clients across functions, levels for ascertaining talent needs, staffing projections, hiring candidates using cost-effective techniques; successfully improved the process efficiency through turnaround time to hire, interview process, quality hiring and selection conversion.
• Grown in the ladder and left the mark on every assignment handled in the capacity of Mid-to-Top Management level positions across the tenure; headed talent acquisition for all horizontal, campus and contract staffing across Sales, Leadership, BDM’s, Principal Consultants & so on.
• Planned, developed sourcing strategies, built talent pipelines to ensure overall efficiency of the recruitment process; increased the credibility on the HR function by proactively identified recruiting challenges faced and delivered solutions in a cost effective and timely manner.
• Excellent Team management and leadership skills with expertise in Requirement understanding, qualifying candidates, negotiation, interview scheduling and delivering consultant to the client.

• Crafted alignment of the Recruitment Strategy to the overall Business Strategy to ensure timely delivery as well as high level of people utilization.

Spearheaded Manpower budgeting, Resource planning, Formulating the recruitment strategies, talent acquisition and retention.
• Designed and Implemented Staffing Strategies, Policies and Best Practices to acquire Talent in support of Business needs through the concept of Staffing ahead of the curve. Hired more than 90% Tech Professionals as per the business needs.
• Experience in various job boards like UK portals (Monster.co.uk, Totaljobs.com, JobServe.com), US portal (Dice), Domestic Portals (Naukri, Monster, Times) and LinkedIn etc
• Indulged in the team dynamics to inculcate a sense of belonging and ownership amongst team members. Fostered a culture of cooperation and collaboration with all stakeholders (internal as well as external).
• Served as the recruiting expert and brand ambassador in attracting the best talent / flexible enough to quickly respond to the ever changing priorities by adapting and applying new approaches to different scenarios. Understand market conditions for targeted sources and prepare distinct and effective recruiting approaches tailored to those markets and talent pools.
• Innovative professional with rich experience in cross functional areas in Human Resource Management like Recruitment, Talent Acquisition, Sourcing, Bulk Hiring, Vendor Management and Employee Referral Program.
• Worked closely with the sales team to understand the client's requirement clearly and Single point of contact for the Business units for staffing.
• Discussed the salary model and releasing the offer letters with slated induction program start date.
• Built and maintained healthy relationships with team members, Managers, Customers and Various other Stakeholders..

• Involved in high-quality implementation and management of Talent Acquisition Strategy and processes.
• The role requires providing focus and consultation to internal stakeholders that will ultimately culminate in a successful delivery of Talent Acquisition practice.
• Responsible for reviewing TATs (Billable & Non-billable Positions), and dashboards presented to the leadership team, to enable decision making.
• Understand the business needs and strategy of the organization and design talent acquisition strategies.
• Meet talent needs of business based on targets from workforce plans.
• Obtain timely information on business needs and convert it into actions for the recruitment team.
• Recognize and monitor external marketplace trends and adjust overall recruiting strategy to ensure the continued ability to hire the best people in, a timely.
• Plan, design and implement new and innovative talent acquisition processes such as referral programs, internal job posting, social media etc.
• Continuously review talent acquisition processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Continuously thrive and work with the team to improve the in-build Recruitment Management System.
• Act as a subject matter expert on talent acquisition within and outside the organisation, answering employee queries on talent acquisition.
• Ensure that business is kept up to date on recruitment need status and process.
• Interface with all levels of potential sources to develop relationships that will ensure the achievement of recruiting objectives and strategies.
• Interface and build long-term and short-term agreements with external agencies- such as recruitment agencies, job portals, search firms, etc to source quality candidates promptly.
• Act as a key point of contact for all talent acquisition-related queries.
• Ensure that business is kept up to date on recruitment need status and process manage and update recruitment infrastructure, such as MIS, employee portal, etc.

• Streamline the recruitment process to achieve the shortest TAT and make sure project/ client requirements are met.

• Understanding the requirements of the clients
• 360 Degree Recruitment Cycle – Sourcing, head-hunting, Mapping, Meeting and Interviewing, Shortlisting, Anchoring and Engaging (Candidates and clients), Offer Negotiations, Salary Breakups and compensation structuring, Reference checks and onboarding.

• Experience in Java/J2EE development.