Kruti Pancholi
Human Resource - Talent Attraction And Acquisition
Mumbai
Summary
- Experience of 16+ years as Talent acquisition professional with proficiency in below:
- Delivery and on-boarding (volume, lateral, leadership hiring, Campus recruitment)
- Process governance and reporting
- Recruitment Lifecycle management
- TA Transformation – Policy, processes, operational excellence and project management
- People development and management
- Headhunting, Market Mapping & analysis
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
5
5
Languages
Work History
Sr. Manager
Cipla
02.2024 - Current
- Leading Campus hiring for Business school & Engineering school pan India
- Demand planning, creation of strategy to meet the delivery numbers
- Program manage the management trainee onboarding and immersion programs for the young managers hired from B school
- Design comprehensive induction program
- Responsible to manage Employer branding initiatives at campus and social media
- Special Projects
- Team, stakeholder, vendor management
- Engagement activities at Campus
- Design & manage case competitions at B schools
- Established strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring long-term partnerships and repeat business.
- Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
- Held monthly meetings to create business plans and workshops to drive successful business.
- Collaborated closely with peers from other departments to drive organizational success jointly as one cohesive unit.
- Improved team performance by providing comprehensive training and fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Mentored junior staff members for skill development and career progression within the organization.
- Managed budgets effectively, achieving financial objectives while maintaining strict control over expenditures.
- Increased customer satisfaction with timely project deliveries and seamless communication.
- Achieved operational excellence by streamlining processes and implementing best practices.
- Consolidated vendors and renegotiated contracts to optimize costs.
- Utilized data-driven insights to make informed decisions that resulted in strategic planning.
- Evaluated vendor offerings critically to select the most appropriate partners for delivering desired results at optimal costs.
- Conducted performance evaluations, compensations and hiring to maintain appropriate staffing requirements.
- Directed company's rebranding initiative, refreshing brand image and attracting broader customer base.
- Championed company-wide diversity and inclusion initiative, creating more supportive and innovative work environment.
Manager
KPMG India
06.2022 - 02.2024
- Leading Early Careers Recruitment for Graduate, B schools & Eng Schools
- Responsible for strategic planning to deliver hiring numbers - Demand gathering, identifying list of colleges v/s demand & SLs, Calendar planning, Process execution, Selection and Offer process, Smooth & Timely Onboarding
- Manpower planning for the execution - Plotting SLs and Talent Acquisition professionals basis , SL, SPOC, Location etc.
- Team Management - Communicate openly and transparently, Set clear team goals, Provide feedback regularly, Delegate tasks, Manage time, Settle team issues, Hire effectively and efficiently, Create a positive team culture
- Campus University Relations - Managing effectively for Campus Recruitments there by creating better positioning at Campus
- Budgeting & Forecasting - Responsible to manage financials, track and report monthly basis
- Project Management - Contributing to multiple Campus as well TA projects
- Off Campus Hiring - Additionally responsible to manage and deliver off campus hiring for across SLs throughout the year
- Lead Branding and Engagement initiatives - Manage social media page , on campus branding initiatives and in person for enhancing new joiners experience
Manager
Reliance
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Responsible to manage Leadership Hiring across Business Units
- Team Management and Delivery
- Contributed to TA Projects - Engagement, Onboarding, Vendor Relations & Effective Utilization & reporting, Managing referral desk and query resolution
Sr. Manager - Talent
British Petroleum
09.2020 - 12.2021
- On payroll of Coforge erstwhile ODA
- Responsible for Talent Acquisition for green field project, ramp up (Junior, Lateral and Leadership hiring) for Bp & Castrol
- Delivering as per project timelines - Ensure On time delivery of resources to enable business requirements for new projects
- Stakeholder Management - Liaising with Global and Local stakeholders for various niche hiring
- Recruitment lifecycle Management with active and direct participation of recruitment team and business leaders to build, manage and cultivate a robust pipeline of candidates for key positions
- Reporting and analytics - Creation of weekly and monthly performance dashboard for managements meeting
- Offer process management - Offer negotiation, timely offer release and smooth onboarding of candidates with negligible offer drops
- Team Management - Allocation for work, effective planning and delivery, leave management & conflict management
Sr. Manager
White Hat Jr
06.2020 - 09.2020
- Responsible for Leadership Hiring and delivery - Manage channel Mix, identifying key sourcing channels; development and implementation of creative sourcing strategies, effectively gather market research data, networking, leveraging relevant social media and employee referrals
- Offer and Onboarding activities
- Team management , Stakeholder management
- Contributing to TA projects
Assistant Manager
Willis Towers Watson
06.2011 - 05.2020
- Lead Campus Hiring, Setting up campus process, execution plan, implementation followed by onboarding candidates
- Instrumental in hiring volume, leadership and niche roles with the goals and objectives of the organization within define SLA's
- Successfully managed and delivered The Willis Mumbai Ramp up plan for 1500 FTE's
- SPOC for Vendors Engagements, performance - Expert in vendor Management. Setting up Vendor Evaluation criteria to manage and maximize the productivity of the vendors
- Ensure On time delivery of resources to the clients as per the business requirements for new projects.
- Liaising with Global and Local stakeholders for various niche hiring's.
- Expert on Recruitment strategies, alternate sourcing methods and channels, ramp up, RPO set up.
- Manage channel Mix, identifying key sourcing channels; development and implementation of creative sourcing strategies, effectively gather market research data, networking, leveraging relevant social media and employee referrals
- BEI certified to interview candidate on behavioral and competency-based questions, act proactively and work within compliance guidelines
- Talent Attraction – Research and Share Benchmarks, Standards and practices via data presentations and Management Meets for Org Improvement
- Interface with background verification agencies and vendor supporting automation in the function.
- ODP projects – Process Improvements, Time savings. Executed various TA Operational/process excellence projects in bringing process efficiency
- SOP formation, Formation of background Verification Policy
- Active participation in TA specific projects to represent WTW Mumbai in global project groups. SPOC for campus ATS training- London
- MIS & TA dashboard presentations for executive management meetings. Work closely with senior management on costing and recruitment planning & budgeting
- Lead for Campus Hiring - Responsible for strategizing, execution & delivery through campus hiring
- Have set up campus process inline to organization and business hiring goals to be achieved
- Planning numbers and target campuses
- Created branding and talent attraction strategy
- Framing Interview process & interview assessments
- Timely Offer letter roll outs
- Post offer engagement activities, Smooth onboarding of candidates
- Stakeholder & campus cell relation management
- Client/ Stakeholder Management:
- Meeting stakeholder weekly, fortnightly for hiring informs and role calibration
- Sharing Weekly, Fortnightly Recruitment dashboards with stakeholders
- Educating Stakeholders on available pool by sharing market mapping
- People Management:
- Managing Team & Appraisals - Set KPI's (Key performance indicators), KRA's, Objective & Goal settings, conducted biannual & annual performance reviews, one to one session for the team
- Manage team building & development areas - Managing team huddles, team-based problem solving, carried out capacity planning for better performance delivery.
- Managed a team of experienced senior recruiters specialized in hiring skilled, volume, mid management.
- Responsible for advancement the performance of colleagues, team building & development, succession planning etc.
- Managed people (team of recruiting and sourcing) for 9+ years
Associate
Randstad Consultants (MaFoi)
01.2008 - 09.2009
- CRD Talent hiring
- Headhunting, Mapping
- HR operations - Managing and processing payroll of outsourced employees
- Employment synopsis Talent Acquisition:
- Responsible for hiring volume, leadership and niche roles for various clients in Insurance and Banking Domain
- Managing Stakeholder relations
- Ensure On time delivery of resources to the clients as per the business requirements for new projects
- Manage channel Mix, identifying key sourcing channels; development and implementation of creative sourcing strategies
- Managed green filed hiring, post hiring to onboarding process at client location
Education
EMDP On Professional Certificate Programme CHRO -
IIM K
Kozhikode12.2025
Basic Certification - German Language
Mumbai University
01.2010
PGDHRM - undefined
Welingkar
01.2009
B.com - undefined
Mumbai University
01.2007
Skills
Recruitment expertise
Stakeholder management
Team management
Project delivery management
Change management
Decision making
Vendor negotiations
Strategic planning
Brand management
Conflict resolution
Budgetary governance & Financial reporting
Team coaching
Certification
Certified & accredited for ‘Operational Development Programme from ILM (Institute of Leadership Management, London UK) by OEE Consulting at WTW Mumbai 2017
ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS
Recognized as an upcoming Rising Star in Dec 2022 and awarded for process streamlining and new initiatives implementation within 6 months from joining, Received Kudos for successful in pioneering, strategizing & error free execution of Meet & Greet event at across locations, there by enhancing Campus New joiner experience in June 2023, Received Spot Award for successful in pioneering and implementation of Background verification process in WTW Mumbai in Jun 2012, Receiver of The Willis cause award Globally in 2013 for IT ramp up with new hiring strategies, Receiver of Leadership Award for setting up new business hiring and having made difference to the organization– 2016, Received 2 team award 2016 & 2017 for Excellence in field of work and Team Work, Rewarded for outstanding performance Award in the month of August-2008, July 2009 & August 2009
Timeline
Sr. Manager
Cipla
02.2024 - Current
Manager
KPMG India
06.2022 - 02.2024
Manager
Reliance
01.2022 - 06.2022
Sr. Manager - Talent
British Petroleum
09.2020 - 12.2021
Sr. Manager
White Hat Jr
06.2020 - 09.2020
Assistant Manager
Willis Towers Watson
06.2011 - 05.2020
Associate
Randstad Consultants (MaFoi)
01.2008 - 09.2009
Basic Certification - German Language
Mumbai University
PGDHRM - undefined
Welingkar
B.com - undefined
Mumbai University
EMDP On Professional Certificate Programme CHRO -
IIM K