Shinu C
Bangalore
Summary
Dynamic Senior Talent Acquisition Partner with proven success at Flipkart, adept at developing innovative recruitment strategies and fostering stakeholder collaboration. Expert in diversity initiatives and market research, achieving significant cost savings while enhancing talent pipelines. Recognized for exceptional leadership and relationship-building skills, driving organizational growth through effective hiring practices.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Flipkart
Bangalore
11.2024 - Current
- Developed talent acquisition strategies to attract top-tier candidates across various departments.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and position requirements.
- Conducted market research to identify trends in talent acquisition and industry best practices.
- Established relationships with external recruitment agencies to expand candidate reach.
- Implemented diversity initiatives to promote inclusive hiring practices within the organization.
- Maintained an up-to-date database of potential candidates using applicant tracking systems.
- Created reports on recruiting metrics for management review.
- Actively sought out passive candidates through networking channels, such as LinkedIn, and market mapping.
Lead - Talent Acquisition
Pine Labs
Bangalore
06.2023 - 11.2024
- Company Overview: (Fin Tech)
- Recruitment support for all the Sales Business Vertical in Pine Labs such as Retail, Banking, Merchant Engagement, Enterprise Sales business and Online, Lending and Merchant & Consumer App.
- Leading PAN India Retail Sales Hiring team and closed an average 40 positions monthly with help of 2 junior recruiters and consistently meeting recruitment targets and contributing to organizational growth.
- Collaborated with key stakeholders such as CXOs, BU Heads, and HRBPs to develop hiring strategies aligned with approved Annual Operating Plans (AOP).
- Managed a diverse range of Leadership level sales positions hiring across various business verticals.
- Took charge of sourcing strategies, capacity planning for Retail Sales Hiring PAN India, also done Market mapping and Org structure Mapping from competitor industry.
- Achieved significant cost savings in recruitment by eliminating the use of vendors and minimizing the cost per hire.
- (Fin Tech)
- Recognized consistent Quarterly awards in FY'23 demonstrating exceptional execution excellence in Retail Sales Hiring.
Lead - Talent Acquisition
SWIGGY
Bangalore
02.2022 - 01.2023
- Scaled up Manpower zero to one level across the company for multiple business expansion.
- Directly managed Niche, Leadership, Mid & Sr level hiring for multiple business.
- Developed a hiring strategy based on business needs and new business entities for PAN India.
- Engage with the Founding team and business leadership team to execute the new business initiatives hiring.
- Building the right funnel for all hiring needs through effective and innovative sourcing.
- Manage the campus engagement and hiring across premier business schools and engineering colleges PAN India.
- Led organization branding initiatives.
- Handling Vendor Management & Vendor Negotiations.
- Acting as one point of contact for multiple business verticals hiring.
- Building relationships with offered candidates to avoid offer declines.
- Shares weekly executive & detailed reports on current hiring status to Leadership & Hiring Managers indicating highlights, challenges, and required support.
- Monitored key recruitment metrics and targets, completing and presenting reports to management.
Team Lead - Talent Acquisition
Vedantu Innovations Private Limited
07.2020 - 09.2021
- Company Overview: (Ed Tech)
- Drive the end-to-end talent acquisition process for Sales Hiring PAN India.
- Handled a team of 6 members and driving 250 sales hiring numbers every month.
- Proactively gather the hiring forecast based on workforce planning to identify the key focus roles.
- Developed a recruitment strategy, process implementation and involved in the competency level recruitment process implementation.
- Handled business expansion hiring support for in multiple cities including the tier 3 cities as well.
- Handling right from sourcing to on boarding for multiple BU's across pan India.
- Identifying candidates from various channels - Job Portals, Employee Referrals, Social Networks, Job fairs & campus, and existing database.
- Encourage employees to be brand ambassadors and leverage them for social hiring & references.
- Plan internal job postings and referral programs.
- Engaging with active & passive candidates to build the talent pipeline based on Market mapping.
- Work on the offer proposals, salary negotiation, and approvals.
- Taking care of back-end operations and coordination to ensure a smooth on boarding experience for the candidate.
- Handholding the candidates from offer to on boarding process.
- Regular engagement with candidate's post-joining to help them settle in the new role.
- (Ed Tech)
- Awarded as Best Team Manager after my 7 months of joining.
- Scaled up Manpower across the company from 1000 to 2800+ in the time frame of 12 months towards business expansion.
- Worked with the ATS migration for Talent Acquisition team.
- Scaled up recruitment team from 1 to 6 members.
Talent Acquisition- Specialist
SWIGGY
07.2018 - 07.2020
- Drive the end-to-end talent acquisition process for Non-Tech hiring and new business expansion hiring.
- Proactively gather the hiring forecast based on workforce planning to identify the key focus roles.
- Proficient in managing a complete recruitment lifecycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources.
- Identifying candidates from various channels - Job Portals, Employee Referrals, Social Networks.
- Job fairs & campus, and existing database.
- Providing regular management reports and metrics on overall recruitment functions.
- Designing and creating job descriptions and specifications and publishing them through various channels.
- (Various job sites/ portals like Naukri, Company's career page and social media platforms).
- Part of implementation of new robust ATS (Lever) across Swiggy along with some of the major TA projects.
- Supported hiring managers in recruiting high-performing specialists and experts for improved operational success.
Senior Executive - TA
Team Lease Services Pvt Ltd
12.2016 - 06.2018
- Collaborates with the department heads, Line managers for their open requirements and full filling the same within the timeline.
- Implements recruitment strategy for the assigned business verticals which includes recruitment planning, sourcing, recruitment process etc.
- Managed mid and senior level requirements across the business development verticals PAN India.
- Individually managed business development hiring verticals PAN India.
Senior Executive
PriorityONE Consulting Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 12.2016
- SPOC for multiple investment banking clients which is involved sourcing, delivery, interview coordination and offer discussion.
- Collaborates with the HR team and the hiring Line managers for their open requirements and full filling the same within the timeline.
- Acted as team manager for junior recruiters which include sourcing training, resume delivery for their clients and supporting for the offer negotiations etc.
- Managed mid and senior level requirements across the business development verticals PAN India.
- Managed market mapping and talent mapping for multiple clients.
HR Executive
Muthoottu Mini Financiers Pvt Ltd
04.2013 - 01.2015
- Recruitment - NON-IT (Volume/Bulk Hiring).
- Reporting to : Manager- HR.
- Provided support to employees with various HR-related issues and liaised with heads of department to find resolutions.
- Managed the hiring processes within the company, dealing with matters including writing adverts, reviewing CVs, interviewing and selecting candidates.
- Screened, interviewed and hired candidates to facilitate smooth recruitment procedures.
Assistant to RM
Manappuram Financiers Pvt Ltd
03.2012 - 02.2013
- Supporting for HR recruitment and operations.
- Reporting to : Regional Manager.
- Supported Zonal HR for screening resumes and HR related operational & clerical tasks.
- Planned office events by reserving venues, communicating schedules and coordinating setup.
Education
MBA - HR Analytics
Amity University
03-2026
Master of Business Administration - HR
03.2012
B.com -
Kannur University
01.2009
Skills
- Talent acquisition
- Recruitment strategies
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Diversity initiatives
- Relationship building
- Market research
- Recruitment marketing
- Executive search
- Stakeholder management
- Recruitment metrics
- Recruitment process outsourcing
- Diversity and inclusion
- Boolean search techniques
- ATS integration
- Competency mapping
Accomplishments
- Brought down external hiring dependency from 50% to below 10% at Vedantu Innovation
- Recognized & Rewarded for best performance multiple times.
- Enhanced recruitment processes, implemented across departments for increased productivity and profits.
- Implemented an employee referral program that resulted in 30% of hires, significantly reducing reliance on external recruitment firms
Timeline
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Flipkart
11.2024 - Current
Lead - Talent Acquisition
Pine Labs
06.2023 - 11.2024
Lead - Talent Acquisition
SWIGGY
02.2022 - 01.2023
Team Lead - Talent Acquisition
Vedantu Innovations Private Limited
07.2020 - 09.2021
Talent Acquisition- Specialist
SWIGGY
07.2018 - 07.2020
Senior Executive - TA
Team Lease Services Pvt Ltd
12.2016 - 06.2018
Senior Executive
PriorityONE Consulting Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 12.2016
HR Executive
Muthoottu Mini Financiers Pvt Ltd
04.2013 - 01.2015
Assistant to RM
Manappuram Financiers Pvt Ltd
03.2012 - 02.2013
MBA - HR Analytics
Amity University
Master of Business Administration - HR
B.com -
Kannur University
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