Prem Kumar R
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Strategic Talent Acquisition & HR Leader with over 9+ years of experience across recruitment, leadership hiring, employee engagement, and HR operations. Proven ability to build and streamline end-to-end hiring processes — from blue-collar to senior leadership — including onboarding, performance management, rewards & recognition, and exit management. Skilled at managing recruitment teams, leveraging data and metrics (time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality of hire), and driving improvements in candidate experience and retention. Passionate about aligning HR strategy with business goals to deliver scalable, efficient, and people-centric solutions.”
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Manager
White Gold
Bengaluru, India
06.2024 - Current
- Lead a team of 5 TA / Recruitment professionals (from junior to senior/leadership levels), overseeing all phases of recruitment — sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and closure.
- Manage end-to-end hiring across roles and levels (junior staff to leadership positions), ensuring alignment with business goals and functional heads.
- Develop, implement and continuously improve talent acquisition strategies, including employer branding, sourcing channels (internal, external, referrals), vendor management, and succession planning.
- Drive onboarding processes to ensure smooth integration of new hires: preparing orientation, setting up role expectations, coordinating with HR / managers / teams.
- Oversee employee engagement initiatives: working with stakeholders to maintain high morale, reduce turnover, collect feedback, and plan interventions/activities to foster culture and retention.
- Manage all stakeholder communication (hiring managers, internal leadership, external vendors) to ensure clarity of hiring needs, timelines, and candidate experience.
- Monitor recruitment metrics (time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality of hire, retention) and produce reports / dashboards to inform management and guide improvements.
- Responsible for strategic planning of workforce needs: manpower planning, forecasting hiring needs, budgeting, optimizing recruitment spend.
- Ensure compliance with HR policies and legal requirements throughout recruitment and onboarding processes.
Sourcing Lead
Magenta Logistics
Bengaluru, India
01.2024 - 06.2024
- Managed full-cycle recruitment end-to-end for blue-collar staff up to senior leadership roles.
- Designed, set up and implemented recruitment processes, including sourcing strategies, candidate screening, interviewing, and selection criteria.
- Coordinated with operations and HR teams to align hiring needs & job profiles.
- Handled contracting, onboarding and documentation for new hires under fixed-term contract framework.
- Ensured candidate experience and timeline efficiency throughout the hiring process.
- Maintained stakeholder communication with hiring managers and senior leadership, providing regular updates on status of recruiting pipeline.
- Oversaw recruitment metrics such as time-to-fill, cost per hire, hiring volume, quality of hires.
HR Team Leader
Jumbotail Technologies
Bengaluru, India
01.2020 - 12.2023
- Led the HR team as HR Team Lead / On-Role, managing full HR life-cycle from recruitment through onboarding, performance management, rewards & recognition (R&R), and exit process.
- Drove leadership hiring as well as hiring across mid and junior levels aligning with business & functional goals.
- Designed and implemented R&R programmes to recognize and motivate high performers.
- Managed performance appraisal systems: setting KPIs / competencies, conducting reviews, gathering feedback (manager & peer), implementing improvement plans.
- Business development partnership: collaborating with business heads to understand talent & capability needs, workforce planning, scaling HR practices as the business grew.
- Developed HR policies, frameworks, and processes to streamline operations (e.g. career progression paths, competency mapping).
- Ensured good employee experience: engagement initiatives, feedback loops, interventions for retention, and culture building.
- Managed exit interviews and offboarding process, using insights to drive retention and reduce attrition.
Senior Recruitment
Rupeek Fintech
Bengaluru, India
01.2017 - 11.2019
- Managed full-cycle recruitment for BPO, Sales, and Collections roles at mid to senior levels.
- Sourced talent via multiple channels (job portals, referrals, social media, employee networks) to fill both front-line and leadership positions.
- Coordinated the selection process: screening resumes, conducting interviews, assessing candidates, and negotiating offers.
- Worked closely with operations and business heads to understand hiring needs, role requirements, and performance expectations.
- Ensured a smooth candidate experience, maintained relationships with hiring managers, kept stakeholder communication transparent.
- Tracked recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill, cost-of-hire, sourcing channel effectiveness, and turnover in hired roles.
HR Recruiter
Jana Small Finance Bank
Bengaluru, India
01.2015 - 12.2017
- Full-cycle recruitment for multiple roles including Security staff, Collections Boys, Business Development Executives (BDE), Business Development Manager (BDEM), Sales teams.
- Sourced candidates through diverse channels—job portals, campus, referrals, field hiring, agencies—to meet staffing requirements in field operations as well as leadership roles.
- Coordinated with operations, compliance, and regional management to define job profiles, role requirements, and performance expectations.
- Managed screening, interview scheduling, assessment, offer negotiations, and on-boarding for all levels of hires.
- Ensured compliance checks & process for security hires (background verification, documentation etc.).
- Monitored recruiting metrics: time-to-hire, quality of hire, drop-outs, cost per hire; reported regularly to HR Leadership.
- Maintained candidate experience and hiring manager communication; ensured timely feedback and closure.
- Supported scaling of teams in high growth / high turnover functions (collections, sales), with continual adjustments to sourcing channels and hiring strategy.
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting And Finance
Indian Institute of Virtual & Peace
Bengaluru, India05-2018
Skills
- Full-Cycle Recruitment (End-to-End Hiring)
- Leadership & Senior Hiring
- Blue-collar Recruitment
- Setting Up Recruitment Processes & SOPs
- Onboarding & Exit Management
- Performance Management & Appraisals
Hard / Technical Skills
- Rewards & Recognition (R&R) Program Design
- Recruitment Metrics & Analytics (Time-to-Hire, Cost-per-Hire, Quality of Hire)
- ATS / HRIS / Candidate Tracking Systems
- Sourcing Techniques: Boolean Search, Social Media, referrals, cold outreach
- Compliance / Background Verification
- Talent Pipeline Development
- Employer Branding & Candidate Experience
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Telugu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
kannada
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Malayalam
Upper intermediate (B2)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Manager
White Gold
06.2024 - Current
Sourcing Lead
Magenta Logistics
01.2024 - 06.2024
HR Team Leader
Jumbotail Technologies
01.2020 - 12.2023
Senior Recruitment
Rupeek Fintech
01.2017 - 11.2019
HR Recruiter
Jana Small Finance Bank
01.2015 - 12.2017
Bachelor's Degree - Accounting And Finance
Indian Institute of Virtual & Peace