KARTHIK P

GKS Talent Solutions is a unincorporated - Sole Proprietor business specialized in providing professional expertise and support in design, development and implementation of organization-wide talent management programs for organizations across the globe.

Senior Talent Manager | May 2022 - Current

Solverminds Solutions and Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Independent Consulting | Remote

Regions: Pan India, Dubai, Singapore

• Developing and maintaining strong partnership with key business leaders, HR partners and eco system partners
• Responsible for process improvement - defined roles, responsibilities and KPIs for talent acquisition team, and developed service-level agreements to ensure effective and efficient recruitment lifecycle while minimizing cost-per-hire
• Improved hiring practices, performance and management systems to fill ageing requisitions
• Developing and executing creative and innovative sourcing strategies, techniques to build pipeline of qualified candidates
• Collaborated with Learning and Knowledge Management function and co-created solutions to bridge skills gaps through developing partnerships with academia
• Developing campus recruiting strategies and coordinating with agencies, target campuses and internal stakeholders to execute campus recruitment programs

Vendor Staff Augmentation | Oct 2022 - Jan 2023

Yara Asia Pte. Ltd.

Ad-hoc Consulting | Remote

Regions: APAC, EMEA, LATAM

• Responsible for evaluating needs and engaging talents for staff augmentation roles
• Partnering with traditional staffing providers, GIG platforms and On-Demand talent platforms to augment capacity of organization

Talent Success Manager | Jan 2021 - May 2022

Freelancer International Pty. Ltd.

Independent Consulting | Remote

Regions: APAC, Europe

• Owned the end-to-end talent success of Freelancer Enterprise, as measured by the quality talent, surfaced & hired within a specific timeframe
• Collaborated with teams to define, strategize and implement marketing and recruitment strategies
• Responsible for building branded communities and top talent pools
• Identified skills gaps or shortages in market and developed strategic partnerships with organizations across globe to certify skilled freelancers on Freelancer platform

Regions: USA, Canada

• Responsible for building the US Staffing operations in India for RussellTobin (A division of Pride, providing staffing solutions) in India from scratch.
• Managed staffing for Morgan Stanley IT Direct Sourcing Program for their wealth management division in NY through PrideOne (A division of Pride, providing contingent workforce solutions)
• Implemented strategic hiring procedures and driven all recruitment efforts and processes.
• Responsible for setting up clear goals and KPIs for recruiting team, conducting Performance Appraisals, Daily Scrum to understand barriers and assistance needed to deliver on time.
• Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across geographies and departments on priorities, functions and common goals.

Regions: USA

• Responsible for full Recruitment Life Cycle including Sourcing, screening, allocation of requirements, shortlisting, interviewing, negotiating compensation and closing
• Led a team of 10 recruiters, set recruitment goals and ensured delivery
• Got promoted from Recruitment Lead to Recruitment Manager in June 2016
• Met with managers to discuss vacancies, applicant qualifications and characteristics of top candidates

Regions: Texas, New York, California

• Led, mentored, and trained team of 2 strategic recruiters
• Maintained accurate and well-ordered documentation on candidates, searches, hiring managers' interactions, and other recruiting activities
• Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates

Regions: USA

• Responsible for full recruitment life cycle (sourcing, screening, coordinating & selection)
• Used Boolean searches, Job portals, Search engines, Social media and third party agencies to source top talents for client's requisitions

• Assisted in design and support for core web systems, sites, and services.
• Queried databases for information needed for report processing