Mohammed Azhar B
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Bangalore
Summary
A dedicated HR professional having overall 10+ years of experience and successfully managing HR activities such as Work Force Planning, Recruitment, Employee Induction, Performance Management, Employee Relations, Training & Development, Manpower Planning, Grievance Handling, Rewards & Recognitions, etc. Extensive background in HR generalist affairs, including experience in employee retention, staff development, mediation, conflict resolution, benefits and compensation, HR Records management, HR policies development and legal compliance.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Telstra (Contract - Experis IT Pvt Ltd Payroll)
Bengaluru
7 2023 - Current
- Gathering requirements with different stakeholders (Intake Calls)
- Worked for both offshore/Onsite hiring
- Worked closely with global stakeholders
- Managing end-to-end recruitment from Resource Identification, HR Discussion, Salary Negotiation, Documentation and finalization of candidate
- Vendor Management
- Engage business leads/Project leads on regular basis to resolve and clarify any recruitment delivery issues
- Worked closely with Recruitment Delivery Lead (DL) for achieving Recruitment leadership priorities,
- Track, identify and ensure productivity and business metrics,
- Support DL/Supervisor with Insights, regular reports and recommendations to manage escalations
- Plan for special recruitment drives in collaboration with Business Leads and Supervisor's guidance to meet targets
- Attending daily stand-up calls and matching up to project Timelines,
- Developed strong understanding and processing of BGV process, policies and procedures, and requirements
- Proactively interact with and coordinate with Stakeholders
- Suggest process improvements to achieve improved efficiency and accuracy
- Spearheading recruitment process and supporting employee integration through knowledge sharing and teamwork
- Preparing & presenting various weekly/monthly MIS reports pertaining to process and productivity
- Sourced candidates from job portals like Dice, LinkedIn, Monster, Naukri, LinkedIn,
- Monitoring key HR metrics, including time-to-fill, time-to-hire and source of hire,
- Experienced in Workday tool for End-to-End Recruitment.
- Increased quality of hires through meticulous candidate screening, interviewing, and assessment techniques
- Mentored junior recruiters on best practices in sourcing strategy development and effective interview techniques, elevating overall team performance
- Expanded candidate pool by leveraging social media platforms, job boards, and networking events to attract top-tier talent
- Reduced time-to-fill for critical roles by cultivating strong relationships with hiring managers and understanding their specific needs
Senior Recruiter
Wipro Limited (Contract)
Bengaluru
01.2022 - 05.2023
- Responsible for handling end to end recruitment activities starting from Sourcing, screening profiles, scheduling & managing interviews, organizing weekend drives, offer negotiations & offer approvals, post offer engagement to smooth onboarding of candidates, also working on Back up candidates if required
- Talent Mapping for critical & niche skills/technologies in the IT domain
- Stakeholder management (across levels): Develop a strong relationship with Business Unit Heads, hiring managers to encourage a partnership in filling open requisitions, also Calibration calls with them to understand the requirements and set the hiring pace
- Mentoring new team members to help them in understanding the process
- Handling volume hiring and performing mass hiring/bulk hiring
- Co-ordinate with the Delivery Team directly for various requirement and updates of the resources
- Accountable for filling roles assigned to their resource pools and for getting their people staffed
- Analyzing Demand & supply and the talent gap in consultation with resourcing heads & delivery heads and keeping track of resource allocation and optimization Good experience in working with external vendors and closing the positions on priority
- Coordinating with BGC Team to ensure on time closure, mitigating solutions in case of discrepancies to avoid renege due to BGV clearance
- Effective sourcing of profiles from various channels like internal database, Jobsites (Naukri & Monster), Employee Referral, Social networking (LinkedIn) etc.
HR - Talent Acquisition
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Powered by Korn Ferry)
Bengaluru
04.2019 - 01.2022
- Managing and monitoring hiring processes End to End Recruitment Cycle with overall functioning, identifying improvement areas and implementing measures to maximize output levels in quantity and quality of hires
- Managing the overall cycle of the recruitment process
- Engaging with business to understand hiring forecasts, trends & strategies
- Requirement gathering and creation of Job description in Workday
- SPOC for the candidates and hiring panel to maintain effective cycle in end-to-end recruitment process
- Maintaining Sourcing Mix at the optimum level (Naukri, Employee ref, Networking)
- Working with hiring managers to establish comprehensive sourcing strategies to meet current hiring needs as well as to proactively build pipeline for the projected requirements
- Scheduling meetings across different regions/time zones for multiple hiring managers and stakeholders
- Vendor Management and Metrics (Offer Acceptance Rate, Average time to select / deploy / join)
- Updating candidate records and job postings in recruiting systems and confirming new hires
- Tracking recruiting activities and providing status report of candidates on daily/weekly & monthly basis to the Management
- Identifying opportunities for improving candidate experience and scheduling efficiency
- Maintaining the recruitment database by tracking all resumes sourced, screened, scheduled, interviewed and joined
- Assisting in the coordination of other recruiting activities as needed,
- Generate weekly reports on Final Selects, Joiners, and Offer declines,
- Negotiating salaries, generating offer letters and routing the post offer documentation, BGV initiation, MIS reporting, organizing induction programs for the new joiners, Warm up calls to resources & managing the entire requisition cycle till effective closure
- Support IJP process for internal candidates.
Entrepreneur
Wilo Leathers LLP
Vellore
08.2016 - 03.2019
- Create strong relationships with key client stakeholders at both senior and mid-management levels
- Developing and executing strategic plan to achieve sales targets and expand our customer base by Building and maintaining strong, long-lasting customer relationships
- Understand the competitive landscape and market trends
- Establish sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales for particular regions, projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products - Ability to identify and solve client issues strategically.
HR Officer (Contract)
Tata Consultancy Services - Bangalore
Bengaluru
11.2015 - 07.2016
- Co - Ordination in hiring process of new joiners, Orientation about the company and profile, Salary negotiation, documentation of personal records of candidate, timely assessment of the performance,
- Worked on End to End separation Process
- Developed a system of regular Employee Engagement activities like Birthday, Anniversaries, and Festival Themes celebrations & other weekly activities
- Worked on Yearly Performance appraisal for Employees
- Developed and Maintained positive working relationships between directors, Managers, and co-Workers
- Handled complex employee relations issues from inception through resolution.
HR Executive
Mindpool Technologies (Client: Herbalife International Technology Center.) - Bangalore
Bengaluru
11.2014 - 05.2015
- Induction for New Joiners for quick integration into their functions and conducting their documentation, a/c opening process, Issuing new Joiner Kits etc And introduction of New joiners with HR Managers and Project Managers,
- Designed a structured Induction program for all new joiners and responsible for their orientation and induction and Handling BGV of the New Joiners (Address verification and HR Mails)
- Scheduling Interviews and coordinating with Hiring Managers
- Closed the openings of organizations (internal and clients) by the recruitment drive, processing the relevant profiles form vendors, scheduling interviews, preparation of offer letters and compensation break-ups and issuing it to selected candidates,
- Designed PPT's and HR Induction Book Manuals according to HR Policy and updated it new Policy and procedures Managing the admin activities independently as per the expectation of the company
- Coordinating with accounts department and keeping track of Leave and attendance record, Payroll Inputs and Insurance & Mediclaim
- Created Payroll tracker and sending it for approval from the management and updating the same to the accounts department monthly
- Improving areas of organization by taking feedback from time to time and Conducted many programs for motivating and stress busting for employees
- Observing the employee's performance and helping the management in performance appraisal, Initiating Performance appraisal followed by annual review & rewarding and doing Appraisal Process follow-up and co-ordination, increment letters
- Responsible for employee relations by Grievances handling, Payroll Management, Performance appraisal and Attendance and leave management and Organizing events and other activities
- Maintaining Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and Documentation
- Generating and issuing different letters, such as Offer Letters, Appraisal Letter, Probation completion letter and ID Cards, address proof, acknowledgment of Resignation letter, Relieving and experience certificate
- Tracking and conveying feedback received during exit interviews for instituting systems to improve employee morale and motivation
- Maintaining Excel Tracker of Joining, Ex-employees, Birthday, Payroll, BGV, Insurance, Vendors profiles, Leave details etc as a database.
HR Trainee (Contract)
Globallogic - Bangalore
Bengaluru
03.2014 - 09.2014
- Handled orientation of new hires and the whole end-to-end process of new joiner
- Worked on Payroll Process/Mediclaim Process
- Worked on Offboarding Process of Ongoing Employees\
- Knowledge on HR policies and Procedures
- Assisted Employees in sorting out their issues related to work environment, Performance reviews, and payroll
- Conducted various Employee Engagement activities in the organization to motivate the Employees
- Knowledge on Deputation letter for the onsite Employees
- Coordination with banks for opening salary A/C for new joiners
- Follow up with finance for Full & Final settlement for the exited employees
- Maintaining Trackers for all the HR activities
- Coordination with intra departments like Finance, IT, Employee services
- Conducting policy refresher for all the employees,
- Conducted one on one interaction
- Handled 250 Employees.
HR Trainee (MBA Project)
Inncon - Chennai
Chennai
02.2013 - 05.2013
- Analyzed whether the selection and promotion procedures satisfy the employees
- Analyzed the effectiveness of the training provided by the organization
- Suggested 'TO-BE' steps to improve the employee performance by reward ceremonies and delight employees with the unexpected.
Education
MBA -
C. Abdul Hakeem College of Engineering & Technology
Vellore 06.2011 - 05.2013
B.COM -
C. Abdul Hakeem College
Vellore 06.2008 - 05.2011
HSC -
Islamiah Boys Higher Secondary School
Vellore 06.2007 - 05.2008
SSLC -
Vidya Mandir Matriculation School
Vellore 06.2005 - 04.2006
Skills
Expertise in handling end-to-end recruitment process
Experience in HR operations, Training & Development, Performance Management, Organizational Development and Benefits Administration, HR Policies & Procedures, Employee Relations etc
Certified SAP HR Professional with knowledge on SAP Personnel Administration (PA), Organizational Management (OM), Time Management (TM) and Payroll
Orientation & Onboarding
HRIS Technologies
Vendor Management
Strategic Sourcing
Candidate assessment
Workforce Planning
Video interviewing
Remote Hiring
Recruitment Metrics Analysis
Onboarding Process Management
Salary and benefits negotiations
Talent management
Database Maintenance
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 06/30/91
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Senior Recruiter
Wipro Limited (Contract)
01.2022 - 05.2023
HR - Talent Acquisition
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Powered by Korn Ferry)
04.2019 - 01.2022
Entrepreneur
Wilo Leathers LLP
08.2016 - 03.2019
HR Officer (Contract)
Tata Consultancy Services - Bangalore
11.2015 - 07.2016
HR Executive
Mindpool Technologies (Client: Herbalife International Technology Center.) - Bangalore
11.2014 - 05.2015
HR Trainee (Contract)
Globallogic - Bangalore
03.2014 - 09.2014
HR Trainee (MBA Project)
Inncon - Chennai
02.2013 - 05.2013
MBA -
C. Abdul Hakeem College of Engineering & Technology
06.2011 - 05.2013
B.COM -
C. Abdul Hakeem College
06.2008 - 05.2011
HSC -
Islamiah Boys Higher Secondary School
06.2007 - 05.2008
SSLC -
Vidya Mandir Matriculation School
06.2005 - 04.2006
Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Telstra (Contract - Experis IT Pvt Ltd Payroll)
7 2023 - Current
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