Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Hobbies and Interests
Timeline
Generic
Khushboo Gupta

Khushboo Gupta

Whitefield Bengaluru

Summary

Talent Acquisition Expert an HR evangelist with nearly 11+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition & Talent Management with end to end recruitment and employee lifecycle. Subject matter expert - Tech hiring's-Android & IOS Developers, Full stack, Engineers, Web, QA, PM hiring non-tech hiring's, Corporate Niche Leadership hiring's pan India. Recruitment strategist with agile solution for tech & non-tech hirings, Candidate pre & post engagement, Team handling, Employee job rotation, Employee Engagement, Grievance Handling, Candidate Experience, Campus Recruitment, Quality of hire measure, Compensation benchmarking for multiple industries and experience levels.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Building a brand

The Healthy Nut
10.2024 - Current
  • Managing end-to-end operations including product formulation, vendor partnerships, and supply chain setup.
  • Driving brand growth through market research, positioning, digital presence in the healthy snacking category.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Lenskart
Bengaluru
10.2021 - 09.2024
  • Oversee and manage the complete end-to-end recruitment cycle by closing critical roles in tech & non tech department and proactively building capacity.
  • Experiences in handling stakeholders at C-suit/CXO/ CIO level for various tech hiring meetings.
  • Implementing best practices & innovative/cost effective approach to attract and source top level talent.
  • Using different sourcing mix to identify right potential candidates and close positions (job boards, referrals, social media, career portal/ATS etc.)
  • Ensure that dependency on external recruiters is minimal & make use of other effective recruitment tools.
  • Continuously enhance recruitment processes, to create a positive experience for candidates & interviewers, and help recruitment processes scale.
  • Addressing key recruitment challenges with short- and long-term staffing strategies.
  • Identify, evaluate and adopt new-age technology tools for recruitment.
  • Measure, Analyze and improve on recruitment metrics.
  • Direct link between empaneling any new agency for various functional requirements.
  • Manage KPIs like time to fill, cost per hire, diversity hiring and candidate satisfaction.
  • Handling a team of 2 corporate recruiters, 1 tech recruiter, 2 interns.
  • Building a continuous pipeline, building strong relationships with client- hiring managers and TA's.
  • Weekly meetings with the team of recruiters to discuss hiring strategies.
  • Share & discuss bi-weekly reports with business leaders on hiring & joining.
  • Participate in mandatory debrief meetings with all interviewers to discuss in-depth about candidate final selection.
  • Projects: Hire "Mission 100 cluster optometrist" pan india. "Excellent Candidate Experience" at corporate level, "Streamline Interview Process", at all levels & "Corporate-Sourceathon", "Tech-Hiring drives".
  • Achievement: Shout Out at Company Townhall "Campus hiring specialist" at corporate level for Tier 1- 2 colleges.

HRBP & Recruiter

Lenskart
Bengaluru
10.2021 - 09.2022
  • Builds alliances with management and establishes a valuable consultative role within the organization as a trusted advisor; ensures HR processes are aligned with business initiatives in assigned responsibilities.
  • Conduct HR policy and company culture inductions for new joiners.
  • Maintaining MIS for daily reporting. Using ATS software for recruitment report generation.
  • Aggressively using social media such as Facebook and LinkedIn for Niche level hiring.
  • Own, drive and be the ambassador of culture in the organization span.
  • Educates and advises management & employees about employment laws, HR policies, procedures, and state & federal laws.
  • Delivers high quality decisions in tech and non tech hiring's and counsel consistently and appropriately to management to maintain a productive and positive work environment and achieve optimal performance.
  • Developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and build a network.
  • Oversaw full cycle recruiting for 6-8 vacancies each quarter.
  • Compiled and produced qualified candidates & information for hiring manager review and liaised between parties to coordinate formal, management interviews.
  • Successfully completed the transition from ZingHR to Oracle HRIS.
  • Work on oracle extensively to make it live and train the team.
  • Projects- "Streamline Orientation Program" pan india for new joinees at company & vertical level.
  • Initiated- "Thought of day", "Weekly team meet", "Birthday gifting"," Job Anniversary celebrations", "Team gathering" on monthly basis etc.HRMS- OneHR, ZingHR, Oracle
  • Achievement: Received the "Induction Champion" award on 7th Feb 2022 for exemplary performance.

Partner Talent Acquisition

ElationHR
Mumbai
08.2017 - 09.2021
  • Creating a pipeline of good leads for companies via referral or online search for niche level.
  • Expert in tech niche level hiring's and non tech from middle to senior pan India.
  • Clients-fintech, fmgc, media industry, startups IT, Investment treasury firm, CA institutes, Freelancer.
  • Talent mapping for various clients according to their peculiar requirement.
  • Developed & deepened relationships with clients to fulfill their recruitment requirements.
  • Conducted 4 recruiting events on a half-yearly basis on behalf of clients, with the aim to grow the talent pipeline to prepare for future hiring purposes.
  • Developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates and build a network.
  • Oversaw full cycle recruiting for 4-5 vacancies each quarter.
  • Familiar with Workday, Taleo

Group HR Talent Acquisition

InCred
Mumbai
08.2016 - 08.2017
  • Company Overview: Start Up
  • End of End Recruitment for middle & leadership roles pan india.
  • Experiences in handling stakeholders at C-suit/CXO/ CIO level for hiring tech roles.
  • Planning and strategizing recruitment for middle management.
  • Implementing various HR and Company policies.
  • Collaboration with all dept and Stakeholders to achieve 200 headcounts by end of year.
  • Vendor management, consultancy mapping, third party payroll, Rpos too.
  • Implementing and executing HRIS ZingHR. HRMS- Kissflow, ZingHR.
  • Start Up

Asst HR Manager cum Recruiter

VIVO
Mumbai
06.2015 - 07.2016
  • Handling MPP across Maharashtra in India.
  • Assisting HR Head for Manpower planning city wise.
  • Recruitment through Job Portals, Consultancies, Internal Job Postings, Employee Referrals.
  • To guide subordinates about TAT & quality recruitment process by ensuring all roles are filled by best quality candidates & through reference check & on job evaluation, in ideal time frame.
  • Implemented a new HRIS system in the company ZINGHR.

Generalist HR Executive

Foodhall Future Group
Mumbai
04.2013 - 06.2015
  • Handling 2 stores in Maharashtra Mumbai Pune.
  • To manage employee lifecycle for both stores, headcount 210.
  • Hiring for store & live kitchen for both the stores being within budgeted TAT for closing junior positions to senior and keeping the recruitment cost within budget.
  • Prepare &maintain PMS in the system called "Sparsh HRMS".
  • Preparing performance R matrix for both stores Mumbai Pune.
  • Managing employee grievances, transfer, exits, F&F, promotions, job rotations.

HR Officer

McDonald
Mumbai
06.2010 - 02.2011
  • Learn about the store operational process for their staff.
  • Handling employee confirmation, transfer process Employee Engagements, Employee Grievance handling & Issue resolution.
  • Providing required training to floor employees for running shifts.
  • Managed over 1000 customers per day and hustle operation smoothly.

Education

PGDM -

Rajagiri Business School
Kochi, Kerala
01.2013

B.Com -

National P G College
Lucknow, UP
01.2010

Skills

  • Talent Acquisition
  • Leadership Hiring
  • Team Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Campus Hiring
  • Lateral Hiring
  • Corporate Networking
  • Talent Scouting
  • Talent Mapping
  • Recruitment Strategist
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Energetic
  • Self-motivated
  • Patience
  • Tech Savvy
  • Change Embracer
  • Entrepreneur skills

Hobbies and Interests

  • Fitness Enthusiast
  • Animal Lover
  • Art
  • New Experiences
  • Travel

Timeline

Building a brand

The Healthy Nut
10.2024 - Current

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Lenskart
10.2021 - 09.2024

HRBP & Recruiter

Lenskart
10.2021 - 09.2022

Partner Talent Acquisition

ElationHR
08.2017 - 09.2021

Group HR Talent Acquisition

InCred
08.2016 - 08.2017

Asst HR Manager cum Recruiter

VIVO
06.2015 - 07.2016

Generalist HR Executive

Foodhall Future Group
04.2013 - 06.2015

HR Officer

McDonald
06.2010 - 02.2011

PGDM -

Rajagiri Business School

B.Com -

National P G College
Khushboo Gupta