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Kedar Mirajkar

Process Lead

Summary

Results-driven professional with 5+ years of experience in recruitment coordination and process management at Amazon. Expertise in driving operational efficiency, enhancing candidate experience, and leading high-performing teams across APAC, MENA, EMEA, and Australia. Skilled in process optimization, quality management, and data-driven decision-making. Proficient in MS Excel, Power BI, and SQL, with a focus on continuous process improvement.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages

Work History

Process Lead

Amazon India
11.2022 - Current
  • Lead and manage a team of 18 members, overseeing 7 internal recruitment services across APAC, MENA, EMEA, and Australia
  • Create and present weekly/monthly business reports to stakeholders and senior leadership
  • Drive operational excellence through daily team huddles, volume planning, and workload management
  • Collaborate with Quality, Performance Improvement, and Program teams to develop SOPs and implement process improvements
  • Manage escalations and conduct root cause analysis (RCA) to prevent recurring issues
  • Ensure consistent delivery of high-quality recruitment services while maintaining stakeholder satisfaction
  • Mentored junior team members, providing guidance on best practices and contributing to their professional development.
  • Identified opportunities for continuous improvement through data analysis and process evaluation.

Senior HR Associate

Amazon India
04.2021 - 10.2022
  • Supporting recruitment scheduling interviews for countries like APAC, MENA, Costa Rica, Mexico, Canada, Philippines, Singapore and Brazil.
  • Scheduling interview followed by Phone Screening, Onsite Interview, Debrief Schedule.
  • Support other senior recruiters and various businesses in terms of blocking the interviewer's calendar, coordinating the entire interview schedule and provide timely feedback to the candidates as and when required.
  • Focus on not just providing the best candidate experience but also a stress free hiring process to the interviewers and recruiting partners.  Ensuring excellent candidate experience through prompt follow up and communication with Internal candidates.

HR Associate

Amazon India
09.2019 - 03.2021
  • Document confirmation/validation of candidate's expenses and processing it to Finance team for payment.
  • Working diligently with recruitment coordinators and hiring managers along with Finance team in making payments for candidate's expenses, which they incur during their onsite interview.
  • Interacting with the candidates to ensure their smooth workflow in the Travel and expense reimbursement and appraising them on their reimbursement status from time to time.
  • Acting as a point of contact between candidates and RC's for different regions in terms of arranging Candidate's Travel and expense management

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Visweswaraya Technological University
Belgaum, India
04.2001 -

Skills

MS Excel

MySQL

Power BI

Team Leadership

Certified Mentor

Process documentation

Performance Analysis

Quality Management

Recruitment Operations

Stakeholder Management

Process Improvement

Cross-functional Collaboration

Accomplishments

Quality & Efficiency Enhancement Initiative (2023)

  • Designed and implemented a dual-layer quality control system combining PL audits with peer-to-peer reviews, reducing errors by 45% and achieving 99.8% accuracy in interview scheduling.
  • Created a real-time PMT productivity monitoring tool in Excel, enabling associates to track performance against 75% mark criteria, resulting in 35% improvement in team productivity.
  • Developed comprehensive process documentation and standardized SOPs, decreasing new hire ramp-up time from 8 weeks to 4 weeks.
  • Implemented Monthly Top Performers newsletter, leading to 40% increase in team engagement scores and 25% reduction in attrition rate.

Operational Excellence & Process Optimization Project (2023-2024)

  • Partnered with ACES team to standardize internal loops processes and establish consistent debrief SLA metrics, improving service delivery time by 30%.
  • Developed and implemented FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) framework, resulting in 65% reduction in escalations.
  • Designed an innovative leave management system with backup tracking, ensuring 100% business continuity during peak periods.
  • Consolidated multiple tracking systems into a single master tracker, reducing administrative time by 50% and improving data accuracy by 85%.

Interests

Cricket

Badminton

Crime thriller movies

Timeline

Process Lead

Amazon India
11.2022 - Current

Senior HR Associate

Amazon India
04.2021 - 10.2022

HR Associate

Amazon India
09.2019 - 03.2021

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Visweswaraya Technological University
04.2001 -
Kedar MirajkarProcess Lead