Nikita Vivek Pingle
Pune
Summary
Results-driven Talent Acquisition Specialist with 5.5 years of experience in full-cycle recruitment, talent management, and strategic hiring initiatives. Demonstrated expertise in identifying, attracting, and retaining top talent for IT and Manufacturing firms. Skilled in leveraging innovative sourcing techniques, developing strong candidate pipelines, and fostering relationships with key stakeholders to meet organizational staffing needs. -Diversity Hiring -Stakeholder Management -Advanced Excel Skills -Strategy Building -Recruitment Strategies -Recruitment Life Cycle -Analyze Recruitment Data -Engagement Activities -Developing Relationships with Hiring Managers -Employer Branding Activities -Global Talent Acquisition Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - India
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Cummins India
09.2025 - 05.2025
- Led a team of 2 recruiters in full-cycle hiring for IT and Cyber Security roles across the U.S., ensuring timely delivery of top-tier talent
- Acted as a strategic partner to hiring managers, aligning recruitment efforts with business needs and workforce planning
- Reduced time-to-hire (TAT) by optimizing interview pipelines and introducing process improvements
- Conducted talent acquisition interviews, assessed candidate suitability, and ensured high-quality hiring decisions
- Negotiated offers with candidates, including salary discussions and early joining incentives, to secure top talent within budget
- Utilized iCIMS ATS for end-to-end applicant tracking, candidate pipeline management, and reporting
- Collaborated closely with U.S.-based stakeholders and leadership to provide market insights and talent intelligence.
Campus Recruiter
University Relation/ TA
03.2023 - 06.2024
- Collaborated with hiring managers and department heads to understand recruitment needs and develop strategic hiring plans
- Spearheaded end-to-end recruitment processes, including candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer negotiation
- Worked on technologies like AL/ML, RPA, SCM, Blockchain
- Business Analytics, IT Technical Analyst, Product Owner, Project
- Manager, Warehouse JSM, Shop Managers, Core Java, AWS developers in telematics, API and DevOps Engineer, Plant quality leaders, System Engineer, Cyber security and functional safety
- Led recruitment activities from 5 to 20+ years of experience band along with
- Closed 35 positions with an average of 11 joiners/month
- Involved into full-time, contractual and volume hiring using channels like
- Naukri, LinkedIn, social media, employee referrals and vendors
- Established and maintained relationships with key business stakeholders like hiring managers, Line HR head, BU heads
- Conducted engagement activities to keep the talent warm, interested, and connected throughout the joining process
- Involved in sponsorship connects and branding activities to attract the right talent
- Focused on maintaining 75% of gender diversity, regional diversity, and PWD hiring
- Hands on with Taleo and Hired Score tools to streamline processes and maintain accurate candidate records
- Fortnight connects with internal teams and key stakeholders to continuously improve recruitment strategies and enhance the candidate experience.
Hexaware Technologies
05.2022 - 12.2022
- Handled end-end recruitment cycle including job posting, candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing for IT roles
- Sharing shortlisted candidates with different account teams for interview scheduling
- Timely meets with the stakeholders for weekly updates about the candidates, process modifications, and resource planning
- Responsible for hiring full-time employees and interns with technical backgrounds and skill sets like Java, Angular, Dot Net, Business Analyst, Full-
- Stack, Python, data engineering, data analytics, Angular and Node.js as per client requirements
- Maintaining multiple master trackers for tracking real-time candidates’ details
- Weekly PPT representation of all the existing and new applicants and maintaining records using ATS and HRIS
- Connecting with candidates virtually to have casual connects post selection.
Campus Talent Acquisition Specialist
Kanaka Software
08.2019 - 04.2022
- Worked as a team lead and managed a team of 3 HR recruiters
- Involved with stakeholder resource planning meetings
- Approaching TPO’s of various colleges and conducting placement drives
- Conducting pre-placement talks with candidates over Maharashtra
- Member of PAT - Panel Administration Team – handled 50+ technical and HR panels at a time (involved in briefing the panel members to handle end-to- end interviews)
- Member of CAT - College Administration Team - (smooth execution of the interview process as per the guidelines shared, solving each query of the candidates, TPO’s)
- Successfully interviewing more than 10,000 candidates virtually.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce -
Savitribai Phule University
03.2019
Diploma - Human Resources Management
Skills
- Diversity Hiring
- Stakeholder management
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strategy building
- Recruitment life cycle
- Analyze recruitment data
- Engagement activities
- Developing relationships with hiring managers
- Employer branding activities
- Global talent acquisition
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Time management
- Referral generation
- Application screening
- Candidate pipeline management
- Applicant tracking systems
- Candidate assessment
- Talent sourcing
- Stakeholder engagement
Languages
English
First Language
German
Beginner
A1
Accomplishments
- Recognition for diversity hiring for India ABO Cummins
- SRM Industry Relationship Award
- DY Patil Campus Visionary Award
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Cummins India
09.2025 - 05.2025
Campus Recruiter
University Relation/ TA
03.2023 - 06.2024
Hexaware Technologies
05.2022 - 12.2022
Campus Talent Acquisition Specialist
Kanaka Software
08.2019 - 04.2022
Bachelor of Commerce -
Savitribai Phule University
Diploma - Human Resources Management
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