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Jitendra Kumar Sahu

Jitendra Kumar Sahu

Associate Director/ Sr Manager- Talent Acquisition
Bangalore

Summary

TALENT ACQUISITION/RECRUITMENT –DELIVERY HEAD Domestic and International Talent Management Portfolio Senior Delivery Head/People Head for Talent Acquisition and Management Leader with both strategic and execution experience in Talent Management Leader focusing on talent acquisition initiatives and solutions. Supports Executive teams in executing Talent Management strategies by reviewing current state vs future state and creating the roadmap to successful implementation of initiatives. Building, managing and supporting teams through collaborative teamwork and through servant leadership is my forte. Mentor Team Members, Engagement handling, Client Handling, stakeholder management, Delivery handling, Account Handling and Hands on Recruitments. Responsible for managing delivery, stakeholder management and team of global recruitment / international recruitment in US, CANADA and INDIA. Highly organized and self-motivated professional experienced in project management, team development and process improvement. Skilled in developing and implementing strategies to increase efficiency and performance. Passionate about driving business growth and creating positive work environment. Hardworking Associate Director knowledgeable about business practices in the industry. Adept at supporting and enhancing operations with a decisive leadership style and strategic approach to decision making.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director

Moonraft Innovation Labs
Bengaluru
09.2022 - Current
  • Leading the Talent Acquisition function, and Leverage the use of information systems to continuously improve analytics, forecasting, and reporting for the function
  • Align with leadership goals; understand business measures and challenges to tailor strategies to the changing needs of the business
  • Driving TA team through Agile process with 2 Week Sprint Meet- (Time Boxing, Iterative Development, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Retrospective) with Daily Standup Meeting
  • Improve existing process and ensure efficiency and cost effectiveness
  • Standardize processes across regions to bring cost effectiveness across operations
  • Planning Recruitment strategy and deployment across different BU
  • Use Google Tools for Capturing of Data, Maintain the records of Budget over TA team and with estimation figures
  • Account Management, Financial Planning
  • Managing 3-member team across various Business Hiring Needs
  • Attaining hiring numbers with a focus on quality and optimum channel mix
  • Driving recruiter productivity and efficiency
  • Strong stakeholder management
  • Planning and deployment of lateral hiring, leadership hiring, International Hiring, recruitment drives, campus drives and specialized recruitment
  • Monitor Glassdoor
  • Market Intelligence
  • Primary ResearchRecruitment Estimation
  • TA Deployment
  • Candidate Engagement
  • Market Mapping
  • Campus Strategy formulation and execution
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Market Intelligence and Benchmarking
  • End to End Recruitment including onboarding
  • Social Media Hiring, Passive Candidate Search
  • Fact Span Analytics
  • Assisted senior leadership in managing all aspects of operations.
  • Led teams of up to 15 personnel, supervising daily performance as well as training and improvement plans.

Manager

Factspan Analytics
Bangalore
08.2021 - 06.2022
  • Determining current staffing needs and producing forecasts
  • Developing talent acquisition strategies and hiring plans
  • Leading employment branding initiatives
  • Perform sourcing to fill open positions and anticipate future needs
  • Plan and conduct recruitment and selection processes (interviews, screening calls etc.)
  • Take steps to ensure positive candidate experience
  • Assist in employee retention and development
  • Supervise recruiting personnel
  • Organize and/or attend career fairs, assessment centers or other events
  • Use metrics to create reports and identify areas of improvement
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
  • Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.
  • Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
  • Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.

Sr. Manager

Encora Innovation Labs India Pvt Ltd
03.2020 - 08.2021
  • Indecomm is a fast-growing and automation-led next-generation provider, with a deep-rooted legacy of delivering excellence in IT services
  • Domain Supporting- Security, Automotive, E-Commerce, Banking, Entertainment, BFSI
  • Skills- IT (70%) and Non IT (30%)
  • Hiring’s- In House (60%) and Catering Services to Customer (40%)
  • Responsibilities:
  • Leading the Talent Acquisition function, globally for RPA Business Vertical @ Indecomm Global Services
  • Leverage the use of information systems to continuously improve analytics, forecasting, and reporting for the function
  • Align with leadership goals; understand business measures and challenges to tailor strategies to the changing needs of the business
  • Driving TA team through Agile process with 2 Week Sprint Meet- (Time Boxing, Iterative Development, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Retrospective) with Daily Standup Meeting
  • Improve existing process and ensure efficiency and cost effectiveness
  • Standardize processes across regions to bring cost effectiveness across operations
  • Planning Recruitment strategy and deployment across different BU
  • Use Google Tools for Capturing of Data, Maintain the records of Budget over TA team and with estimation figures
  • Account Management, Financial Planning
  • Managing 9-member team across various Locations
  • Attaining hiring numbers with a focus on quality and optimum channel mix
  • Driving recruiter productivity and efficiency
  • Strong stakeholder management
  • Planning and deployment of lateral hiring, leadership hiring, International Hiring, recruitment drives, campus drives and specialized recruitments
  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Employer branding strategy
  • Monitor Glassdoor
  • Market Intelligence
  • Primary Research
  • Recruitment Estimation
  • TA Deployment
  • Candidate Engagement
  • Market Mapping
  • Campus Strategy formulation and execution
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Market Intelligence and Benchmarking
  • Recruitment dashboards (Using ATS System)
  • End to End Recruitment including onboarding
  • Social Media Hiring, Passive Candidate Search
  • Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
  • Evaluated hiring, firing, and promotions requests.
  • Modified inventory control programs to maintain and enhance annual business plan.
  • Boosted team member productivity by enhancing performance monitoring and instituting motivational approaches.
  • Executed appropriate staffing and budgetary plans to align with business forecasts.
  • Ordered new equipment and inventory and scheduled repairs for damaged equipment.
  • Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
  • Produced staffing matrix to provide adequate coverage of department.
  • Consolidated vendors and renegotiated contracts to optimize costs.
  • Recommended and implemented successful strategies to maximize revenue.
  • Carried out and developed social media, e-blast and public relations campaigns.
  • Held monthly meetings to create business plans and workshops to drive successful business.
  • Developed and implemented new filing systems to improve organizational efficiency and productivity.
  • Conducted performance evaluations, compensations and hiring to maintain appropriate staffing requirements.
  • Analyzed revenue distribution, bank reconciliations and account analysis documents to execute month-end closing.
  • Developed proposals and presentations for internal and external audiences.
  • Identified cost improvement changes and cost savings plans to increase company savings.
  • Brainstormed and developed sales strategies to achieve short and long term sales revenue objectives.
  • Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.
  • Examined quarterly financials to determine business operating capacity.
  • Reviewed and analyzed reports, records and directives to obtain data required for planning department activities.
  • Implemented productivity benchmarks across all departments to maximize company revenue.

Client Delivery Manager

Enterprise Strategic Sourcing, SOAIS Corporation
09.2017 - 03.2020
  • Helping Organizations become agile and exceed business results through innovative Talent acquisition and retention strategies that improve efficiencies, increase engagement and significantly reduce cost of operations
  • Accomplishments: Built out the entire SOAIS Corporate office through talent acquisition, while still effectively supporting our plan and sales offices through talent acquisition
  • Started with 5 teammates upon opening in Sep 2018, built team out to 65 teammates in 12 months – 0% attrition for my hires
  • Identified a cost savings for us spend on agency fees
  • We were paying 25% placement fees to agencies, based on the candidate’s salary and bonuses
  • I rewrote the contract for our vendors, capping the placement fee at 20% on base salaries ONLY and began utilizing Indeed Hire recruiters, who charge only 10% of the candidate’s base salary
  • Cost savings are in the Lakhs, (INR) Handled MSP and VMS Systems
  • Major Technologies Hired- ERP (SAP, ORACLE Modules), Middle ware Technologies, Java, .Net, Salesforce, Testing – Exp in the range of 3 to 20 years, Hired for CFO and COO –Executive Leadership skills

Senior Manager

Microsoft- Payroll- Zen3infosolutions
Hyderabad
03.2016 - 09.2017
  • Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
  • Evaluated hiring, firing, and promotions requests.
  • Examined quarterly financials to determine business operating capacity.
  • Consolidated vendors and renegotiated contracts to optimize costs.
  • Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
  • Produced staffing matrix to provide adequate coverage of department.
  • Recommended and implemented successful strategies to maximize revenue.
  • Analyzed revenue distribution, bank reconciliations and account analysis documents to execute month-end closing.
  • Carried out and developed social media, e-blast and public relations campaigns.
  • Developed proposals and presentations for internal and external audiences.
  • Implemented productivity benchmarks across all departments to maximize company revenue.
  • Conducted performance evaluations, compensations and hiring to maintain appropriate staffing requirements.
  • Identified cost improvement changes and cost savings plans to increase company savings.
  • Held monthly meetings to create business plans and workshops to drive successful business.
  • Boosted team member productivity by enhancing performance monitoring and instituting motivational approaches.
  • Reviewed and analyzed reports, records and directives to obtain data required for planning department activities.
  • Provided strong leadership to enhance team productivity and morale.

Team Lead/Assistant Manager

Collabera
Bangalore
12.2014 - 02.2016
  • I coached team members in the techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
  • Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issues directly and implementing timely solutions.
  • Managed schedules, accepted time off requests, and found coverage for short shifts.
  • Trained new team members by relaying information on company procedures and safety requirements.

Sr Analyst

Emids
Bangalore
07.2013 - 11.2014

Responsible for hiring of permanent and contingent resources globally across all functions and levels, Utilized PeopleSoft

8.9 to source internal candidates and external applicants to contact and interview for current needs.

Accomplishments: Developed long lasting relationships with my colleagues, built a strong network to support subsequent career moves and gained the trust of some of the best people in the business when it came to providing them with quality talent.

Consultant

Mphasis-Payroll- Edventure Software
Bangalore
05.2007 - 11.2013

Responsible for hiring permanent resources for the company as well as sourcing and deploying consultants for clients in the USA, India, Middle east

Responsible for hiring permanent resources for the company as well as sourcing and deploying consultants for clients in the USA

Education

MBA - Human Resource Management

VTU University

B. Tech - Information Technology

BPUT University

Skills

Hiring’s- In House (40%) and Catering Services to Customer (60%)Major Activities ResponsibilitiesForecastingRecruitment StrategiesSetting up New TA TeamStakeholder ManagementRecruitment process improvementTeam ManagementStrategic HiringSales HiringLeadership HiringInternational hiring (Netherland and USA)Campus Hiring (Permanent and interns)Interviewing CandidatesVendor Empanelment and their Performance trackingIndustry and Organizational MappingMIS ReportsHighlightsManaging the Strategic Sales and Leadership hiringDesigning the recruiting processManaging multiple Business UnitsManaging Internal Stakeholders viz Business Unit Heads, Hiring Managers, etcManaging external Stakeholder viz Consultants, Vendors, Training and placement Officers and candidatesManaging University relationshipFocusing to improve on TAT and Quality of Hire and bring down the Cost of hireDeliver a consistently positive recruiting experience for all candidatesHandling projects like Creating Hiring Universe and Automating Recruiting ProcessAchievementsCreated a New Team of 12 Sales professional in a short span of 3 monthsDelivered multiple recruiting projects within timeHired Sales Directors in USA and EuropeMicrosoftSr Manager- Talent Acquisition and Employee Engagement Mar 2016 to Sept 2017 Payroll- Zen3InfosolutionsResponsibilitiesClient / Account ManagementIndustry and Organizational MappingHead Hunting, Lateral HiringBU AlignmentUsing Beeline for Managing Recruiting ProcessTeam Lead- Talent Acquisition and StaffingCollabera (India and US Operation) Dec 2014-Feb 2016 Responsible for hiring and developing resources across levels and skillsets for the company and its clients in the USA, Singapore, PhilippinesAccomplishments: Prior to my joining Collabera, a recruiting business did not exist mostly on staffing side I built the recruiting branch from scratch to a thriving, successful team of 20 Recruiters, a Sales person and myself We developed relationships with mid-level companies in the area and one client who was new to India we won a bid to source their entire local office for perm employees, each at a 25% placement fee That was a record year of revenue for the company and for us as a Recruiting teamLead Consultant- Talent AcquisitionEMids Technologies (India and USA) Sep 2013 to Nov 2014Responsible for hiring of permanent and contingent resources globally across all functions and levels, Utilized PeopleSoft89 to source internal candidates and external applicants to contact and interview for current needsAccomplishments: Developed long lasting relationships with my colleagues, built a strong network to support subsequent career moves and gained the trust of some of the best people in the business when it came to providing them with quality talentAsst Manager (Talent Acquisition)Mphasis Corporation (Payroll- Edventure Software)Dec 2010 to Aug 2013Responsible for hiring permanent resources for the company as well as sourcing and deploying consultants for clients in the USA, India, Middle eastLead Recruiter (Talent Acquisition)Tru- Global Software Inc Nov 2007 to Nov 2010Responsible for hiring permanent resources for the company as well as sourcing and deploying consultants for clients in the USADetails of experienceRecruitment and Workforce Planning Strategy Formulation and ImplementationCreated and implemented Global Recruitment and Resource Management vision and strategies for companiesPartnered with senior management and divisional/practice leadership to develop company-wide workforce planning strategies and establish effective pipeline of key internal/external talentLed employment branding and candidate value proposition creation and implementation at global, country, regional and local levelsCreated Rotational Plans and Talent Pools for global deployment both internally within organizations as well as externally with clientsImproved recruiter productivity with the right tools and strategiesSourcing and Identifying candidatesImplemented global sourcing strategies using combination of traditional and non-traditional methods to hire candidates and create talent communities from a multitude of sourcesLed, guided and personally trained sourcing teams to extensively use advanced internet and social media sourcing techniques (Boolean search, Groups, Directories, Associations, free resume sites and job posting sites, Flip, Xray, Peer searches, Social media amongst others) to do name sourcing, headhunting, networking and referral based sourcing for Active/Passive and Diversity candidates in and from India, USA, Middle EastEstablished and managed third party partnerships for sourcing candidates globallyRecruitment life cycle activitiesManaged the complete recruiting cycle for hiring executive, salaried and hourly professionals globallyImplemented candidate assessment programs Trained recruiters and hiring managers to use these tools and to conduct behavioral interviewsHired and deployed more than 2000 candidates every year and reduced offer declinesOrganized reference and background checks for candidates before hiring and deploymentTalent Acquisition technologyLed the implementation of multiple Applicant Tracking Systems, Candidate Relationship Management and Sourcing AI solutions in different organizationsHold meetings/focus groups with all the involved stakeholders to check the training needs and relevance of the offeringsGet 360 view of the learning needs from all the BUsOngoing catch up sessions to check the feedback and effectiveness of the learnings on offer form the stakeholder's point of viewOrganizational DevelopmentDesigned the framework for OD, change management, culture building, value building & articulatingConduct employee engagement surveys & action planning on areas of improvementDefines the guidelines, intervention plans and policies which are aligned with and facilitate the delivery of theOrganization’s strategic goalManages project(s) from beginning to end, both individually and in conjunction with other Leads/HODsDevelops assessment measurement tool(s) to measure and monitor the impact of the delivery of any change management strategy on organization culture and employee engagement using metrics and analysisTraining Need Identification AnalysisIdentify training needs by deploying various TNI tools (Focus groups, Data Analysis, Survey Findings, PMS input etc)Periodically review training needs of the OrganizationAnalyze specific training needsConduct Focus groups and interviews with all the involved stakeholdersPublishing the Training Needs Report for reviewing and solutioningClient Management and Customer ServiceBuilt relationships and partnerships with hiring managers and clients at all levels, served as their Talent Advisor, provided regular communication and quick issue resolutionCreated and instituted client satisfaction surveys and improved the ratings quarter on quarterVendor ManagementExtensive experience in Enterprise Vendor management Managed more than 100 services and staffing vendors as well as MSP, VMS programsLed the RFP process for identifying, evaluating and selecting vendors, search firms and RPO providers globally for sourcing, hiring, search work, outsourcing, sub-contracting and technology implementationsConsistently and significantly improved program efficiencies and saved millions of dollars of program cost in large organizations while bringing in contingent laborImmigration and Employment LawHandled US Immigration Process and Middle East Immigration ProcessImplemented electronic I-9s and E-verify process for federal contractorsAdvised on co-employment issues and created guidelines around thoseMaintained knowledge of employment and recruitment regulations and worked closely with attorneys on employment laws and immigration law issues to ensure complianceTeam Leadership and ManagementLed a team of more than 50 recruiters globally for end to end recruiting of resources in high demand – low supply situationsManaged the daily operations of the recruiting staff, actively participated in, and many times spearheaded hands on recruiting efforts Helped team members with challenges and issues, recommended or facilitated resolutions, assured the proper recruiting resources are deployed to assure coverage of requirements, etcMetrics creation, implementation and efficiency improvementDesigned, developed and implemented recruiting standards, metrics, objectives and incentive plans for recruiting team membersPresented statistics showing trends and information proactively to management for decision makingTalent ManagementInstituted HR policies, new employee orientation programs, employee benefits and programsPerformance assessment, training, Leadership and career development and reward recognition programs to improve employee morale and performanceCertified HRMTOOLSTaleo – Business and Enterprise Edition, Salesforce, Bullhorn, PeopleSoft, MS Office, Crystal Reports, SAP, Success FactorsATSThanks & Regards Jitendra K Sahu DatePlace

Database development

Strategic leadership

Key relationship management

Financial administration

Schedule Coordination

Staff Management

Business planning

Negotiation

Search Engine Optimization

Budgeting

G-Suite

Teamwork and Collaboration

Timeline

Associate Director

Moonraft Innovation Labs
09.2022 - Current

Manager

Factspan Analytics
08.2021 - 06.2022

Sr. Manager

Encora Innovation Labs India Pvt Ltd
03.2020 - 08.2021

Client Delivery Manager

Enterprise Strategic Sourcing, SOAIS Corporation
09.2017 - 03.2020

Senior Manager

Microsoft- Payroll- Zen3infosolutions
03.2016 - 09.2017

Team Lead/Assistant Manager

Collabera
12.2014 - 02.2016

Sr Analyst

Emids
07.2013 - 11.2014

Consultant

Mphasis-Payroll- Edventure Software
05.2007 - 11.2013

MBA - Human Resource Management

VTU University

B. Tech - Information Technology

BPUT University
Jitendra Kumar SahuAssociate Director/ Sr Manager- Talent Acquisition