Ramchander Gosika
Hyderabad
Summary
Talent Acquisition Professional with over 16 years of experience in translating business strategy into talent acquisition plans, process innovation, and expertise in driving high volume, niche & campus hiring. Expert in setting up recruitment process & systems in the information technology and services industry with diverse recruiting experience in both technical & non-technical arenas. Experience in recruiting across multiple industries, including Internet, Product Development, Technology, Digital, Finance, Operations, and Risk. Proven expertise in building high performing teams from inception, workforce planning, executive hiring and developing innovative recruitment strategies. Worked with the top IT global companies like Amazon, EPAM systems & Wells Fargo.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Asst. Vice President
Wells Fargo
02.2020 - Current
- Responsible for hiring the senior/ leadership level resources in Enterprise function across locations in India
- Ensuring 99% compliance in every stage of hiring activity while focusing on the stakeholder management, candidate experience and maintaining TAT
- Screening candidates with scenario-based questionnaires to increase the quality of hiring across different levels
- Handling end -to- end recruitment process starting from requirement opening to onboarding process with 100% process compliance & regulatory requirements
- Highly involved in offer negotiations and playing advisory role to Business in hiring the right talent within the internal parity
- Preparing efficient reports on hiring and presenting to Business leaders in regular intervals
- Collaborating with other colleagues, TA Managers, and other partners to discuss the hiring strategy
- Adhere to the process flow in Workday tool from posting jobs till onboarding
- Maintaining good relationship with recruitment agencies, placement officers and all employee referrals to recruit candidates within SLA
Deputy Manager Talent Acquisition
EPAM Systems Inc.
01.2016 - 02.2020
- Handled a team of 8 Sr
- Recruiters by simultaneously working as an individual contributor for leadership hiring
- Playing a vital role as staffing advisor to large business of EPAM Systems & managing entire recruitment life cycle for Java, Bigdata & RPA verticals
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with stake holders including candidates, HMs and HRBPs
- Hiring professionals at leadership / Mid-levels both in technical and management ladder
- Reduced TAT in hiring, offer declines & cost per hire, focused on quality of hire within SLA
- Led projects on reducing offer dropouts, employee referral programs & candidate experience
- Developed measure and analyze key recruiting metrics to achieve recruiting efficiency & effectiveness
- Mentoring the team in all aspects of recruitment life cycle to influence their decision-making skills
Recruiter
Amazon Development Center
04.2012 - 01.2016
- I am responsible for specialist & leadership hiring for multiple business units in Hyderabad & Bangalore centers
- Managed end to end recruiting for Global Finance Operations & Data Engineering Verticals in different locations
- Partnering with business units for delivering the hiring needs within the SLA & to ensure that we are always raising the bar for talent
- Drive specialized recruitment events and had a record of 100% Successful closing the positions in the events
- Instrumental in setting up the new business units in Hyderabad & Bangalore locations
- Prepared hiring dash boards and submit to the leadership team
- Received multiple appreciations from different Hiring Managers in closing the most critical requirements
Assistant Manager
Sykes Business Services
06.2008 - 03.2012
- I am responsible for entire recruitment function at center level and a single point of contact in TA for whole organization
- Supervised the screening process of Sykes India requirements from Phone Interview to Job Offer, making sure that Sykes hire’s quality candidates when needed as needed
- Managed the contract staffing as and when required
- Handled Employee Referral program at Organizational level
- Handled Niche & leadership positions in multiple locations
- Provided Briefing sessions to the technical panel regarding the requirement details to optimize the selection process
- Preparing and presenting recruitment reports to the concern BU Managers
Education
MBA - HR
Osmania University
Skills
Recruiting and hiring
Keyinitiativesandaccomplishments
- Worked on candidate experience & implemented online 'candidate experience survey' with the help of global team, to understand the improvement areas in the hiring process and take necessary steps.
- Created 'candidate engagement' team for offered candidates to improve the joining ratio.
- Improved the quality of hiring by organizing 'panel briefing sessions' and 'panel calibration exercises' at org level.
- Worked on TA team structure and created 'A Team' to address the high critical positions.
- Introduced pre technical screening to overcome the certified panel’s bandwidth issue.
- Worked on employee referral program to increase the referral hiring across different Business Units.
- Reviewed the performances of recruiting agencies every 6 months to ensure we meet the hiring targets for critical and high-risk positions.
- Worked on 'cycle time to complete the hiring process' and advised changes in the overall TA function.
- Conducted knowledge sharing sessions to overcome the challenges we regularly face w.r.t hiring niche skills and TA process.
- Worked on different cost-effective hiring strategies for niche skills and fresher hiring.
- Followed Agile in TA & got experience in using Jira and Kanban for hiring progress updates.
Organizationsworked
- Wells Fargo, Asst. Vice President, 02/01/20, Present
- EPAM Systems Inc., Deputy Manager, 01/01/16, 02/01/20
- Amazon Development Center, Recruiter, 04/01/12, 01/01/16
- Sykes Business Services, Assistant Manager, 06/01/08, 03/01/12
Timeline
Asst. Vice President
Wells Fargo
02.2020 - Current
Deputy Manager Talent Acquisition
EPAM Systems Inc.
01.2016 - 02.2020
Recruiter
Amazon Development Center
04.2012 - 01.2016
Assistant Manager
Sykes Business Services
06.2008 - 03.2012
MBA - HR
Osmania University
Similar Profiles
PATRICIA M. SCHERERPATRICIA M. SCHERER
Regional Bank Private Banker II at Wells Fargo Bank / Wells Fargo AdvisorsRegional Bank Private Banker II at Wells Fargo Bank / Wells Fargo Advisors
Andrew S. HollenbachAndrew S. Hollenbach
Collateral Valuation Analysis at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Wells Fargo Bank NACollateral Valuation Analysis at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Wells Fargo Bank NA
Laxmikanth ChittampallyLaxmikanth Chittampally
Senior Operational Processor at Wells Fargo India Solution PVT Ltd, Wells FargoSenior Operational Processor at Wells Fargo India Solution PVT Ltd, Wells Fargo
Mayank OberoiMayank Oberoi
Financial Accounting Associate/ Alteryx SME at Wells Fargo International Solutions Private LTD (Wells Fargo)Financial Accounting Associate/ Alteryx SME at Wells Fargo International Solutions Private LTD (Wells Fargo)
V V V SATYA NAVEENV V V SATYA NAVEEN
SAP Basis Consultant at Tata Consultancy ServicesSAP Basis Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services