Gopishankar Kenath

Experienced workforce management and talent acquisition leader with over 18 years of experience at a global level in talent management, capacity planning, recruitment, and implementing strategies for talent optimization and resource utilization. Involved in end-to-end delivery of sourcing and staffing with a high degree of operational efficiency, spanning all domains of the industry sector. Excellent reputation for resolving problems, improving customer satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements. Multi-talented talent leader, consistently rewarded for success in planning and operational improvements. Experience in policy development and staff management procedures positively impacts overall morale and productivity.

• Masters diploma in training and development (IATD certified trainer)
• Tech Recruitment Certified Professional (Devskiller)
• Professional Recruiter Certification 3.0 certified (PRC) from AIRS
• HRBP (Human Resources Business Professional) certified from HRCI
• ITIL V3 Foundation certified

• Vision Workshop
• Workforce Analytics in HR
• PMP Fundamentals
• Project Financials
• Stepping up to a Leader
• Successful Business communication
• Managing without Authority
• Leading People through Change
• APJ Leadership Summit - Bangkok

• Extensive experience in leading global workforce management, recruitment, and optimization of the talent pool, hiring at all levels, and vendor management
• Instrumental in implementing a new tool for the RMG function and driving it for a successful go-live, ensuring complete sync across all functions
• Strategize resource fulfillment through the internal talent pool and recruiting from various sources (lateral, campus hire, and subcontracting) for project needs, and ensure operational efficiency across various geographies – India, the US, Europe, ASEAN – (Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore), Australia, and New Zealand, and ensure that local labor regulations are adhered to
• Proactively identify, source, and recruit candidates through a variety of sources: Internet postings and searches, direct sourcing, employee referrals, recruitment drives, alumni groups, networking, and agencies
• Engage with the Global TA team to ensure that best practices are leveraged across all hiring, and processes are aligned
• Extensive data analysis of the past trend of hiring, and the forecast to arrive at the right model or plan for the sourcing and pipeline management
• Explored new options for attracting candidates through vendor management in places like Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia, exploring options from across the globe, bringing in the best of the talents to deliver
• Managed to source through vendor contacts for cloud positions from places like Slovenia, to countries like Australia and New Zealand
• Instrumental in recruitment strategy for various projects and staffing needs, implementing and driving the employee referral program, vendor management, sourcing strategy, candidate management processes, and new hire experience
• Proven capabilities in candidate offer negotiations and with the internal pool of talent for taking up new opportunities
• Have managed stakeholders at all levels with precise data and communication/presentation.