Tabassum Khan
Mumbai
Summary
HR professional with rich experience in the entire gamut of Talent Acquisition. Well-equipped in recruiting from Junior to Senior level mandates for niche skill sets in R&D, Formulations, Biologic's, Quality, Pharmacy, Healthcare, Devices etc. types of hiring. Experience in Campus drive, conducting Walk-in drives for bulk hiring's. MBA in Human Resources with 10+ years of experience. Expertise in Sourcing, Recruitment, designing innovative sourcing strategies to attract candidates from within the marketplace in a cost-effective manner. Possess excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills with team management abilities. Strong analytical abilities combined with enthusiasm about leadership and managing customer relationships maturely. Dynamic and always eager to accept and meet new challenges through a combination of hard and smart work.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Recruiter and Client Servicing
Varite India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai (Remote)
01.2024 - Current
- Sourcing top talent and matching them to their dream careers. I specialize in product-based target hiring and have a proven track record of client relations and delivery.
- Managed the full recruitment lifecycle to ensure the acquisition of top-tier candidates for roles in the IT and non-IT space.
- Worked with clients like Nutanix, Oracle, Ansys, Corro Health, etc. Tailored to their staffing needs, while ensuring client satisfaction and stakeholder management.
- Actively sourced candidates using job boards, social media platforms, and professional networks.
- Partnered with Account Managers and stakeholders to align recruitment strategies with client hiring goals.
- Screened resumes, conducted interviews, and supported candidates through the hiring process.
- Successfully hired for diverse technical roles, and specialized in filling roles across domains.
- I have been assigned to initiate hiring and set up the pharma vertical sourcing for one of the pharma clients. In this role, I am responsible for the end-to-end delivery of myself and team members.
- Maintained a comprehensive candidate database, and managed records effectively.
Senior HR Executive
Syngene International Ltd, A Biocon Group of Company
09.2016 - 09.2020
- Responsible for managing the complete recruitment life cycle for businesses: Quality, Food and Nutrition, Research and Development, Biologics, and other niche verticals across locations.
- Responsible for supporting the end-to-end recruitment process (sourcing, screening, and scheduling) across all levels and departments.
- Develop a strong awareness and understanding of the business and functional areas of responsibility to target and hire the best talent.
- Work in partnership with hiring managers, providing guidance, support, and recommendations on candidates for interviews.
- Manage your own workload to ensure a best-in-class recruitment service is delivered, ensuring the most effective sourcing strategies to maintain cost per hire.
- Enhance and encourage awareness of the internal referral program, and where required, focus efforts on diversity.
- Recommend, coordinate, and participate in hiring events such as job fairs, external recruiting, and other networking events.
- Forecast placements based on demand, changes in the customers' business, the candidate pipeline, and trends in business demand.
- Produce timely and accurate activity and management information reporting for your business areas.
- Responsible for the job posting on various portals, and screening the CVs received through the portals.
- Collect the CVs through internet sourcing, referrals, headhunting, etc.
- Maintaining a database of potential candidates with different profiles and upgrading it from time to time as per requirements.
- Pre-screening of candidates' CVs, etc. And send the same to the departmental heads and hiring managers for final screening.
- Responsible for conducting the initial level interviews in an organized way, which includes first-level filtering of candidates through telephonic interviews and/or face-to-face interactions, etc.
- Handles the post-interview activities, such as pre-employment health check-ups, arranging accommodation, and sharing the Employee Verification Form during the time of joining, as well as all administrative and logistics issues pertaining to candidates at the time of interviews.
- Responsible for the processing of travel reimbursements, relocation allowances, and other bills.
- Responsible for maintaining the MIS, such as the recruitment tracker and recruitment MIS reports on a weekly and monthly basis, etc.
- Handled positions like Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing, Pharma Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance Pharma, Quality Control, Pharma Manufacturing, Pharma Engineering, Business Development, Analytical Research and Development, Formulation Research and Development, Pharma Warehouse, Food and Nutrition, Biologics, etc.
- Responsible for background verification, onboarding, induction, and addressing employee queries.
- To acquire fresh, highly experienced talent through in-house techniques, with minimal dependency on external partners.
- Responsible for achieving the targeted TA turnaround time and proactively overcoming challenges from time to time.
- Devising interventions to tap appropriate external talent, and proactively mitigate attrition.
- Handling leadership and critical hiring through various recruitment strategies.
- Using the SAP/SuccessFactors system for ID creation, offer generation, documentation, BGV, etc.
HR Consultant
Quintiles Research India (Pvt) Ltd
10.2014 - 04.2016
- Talent Acquisition and Staffing.
- Responsible for managing the complete recruitment life cycle for Shared Services, Clinical Research, Data Management, etc.
- Work with management in assigned service areas, business units, or departments to source, select, and hire qualified candidates to fill vacant positions using cost-effective techniques and in accordance with company policies, procedures, and processes.
- Sourcing using job portals, LinkedIn, online networking sites, employee referrals, and internal job postings.
- Review applications and conduct interviews to obtain information regarding applicants' work history, education, training, job skills, and salary requirements.
- Developing candidate interest in the company and position, matching candidate qualities and competencies to those needed by the organization.
- Assessing candidate strengths as compared to the position profile and other candidates.
- Conduct pre-screens over the phone by using behavioral interviews and face-to-face meetings to qualify the candidates.
- Salary negotiations using the min-mid-max grading system.
- I have worked extensively in Taleo for releasing the offer, onboarding, uploading candidate details, and moving candidates through various recruitment stages.
- Understanding and meeting business-required timelines.
- Meet with functional business leaders and executive management, as required, to discuss and establish staffing objectives, and ensure they are achieved.
- Demonstrating excellence in developing a high level of rapport and credibility with business leads, working closely with hiring managers to schedule interviews and conference meetings.
- Ensure the provision of timely employee-related information to management teams, as necessary.
- Conducting background verification checks.
- Ensuring the delivery and 100% target fulfillment.
Consultant
Randstad India Ltd, PH, Division
01.2014 - 09.2014
- Responsible for sourcing, delivery, and key client relationships.
- Managing the complete recruitment life cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources.
- Sourcing candidates for healthcare, pharma, life science (middle and senior level).
- Closed positions for medium and senior levels of scientists and chemists, QA, QC, research and drug development, analytical sciences, research associates, validation, process development, and tech lab.
- Managed client relationships and delivery.
- Initial screening of the resumes received from various channels. Evaluating candidates on their soft skills by conducting telephonic interviews.
- Scheduling and coordination of telephonic and personal interviews.
- Be a part of the interview process, along with the client, for higher-grade mandates/positions.
- Constant communication with the candidates before and after the interviews.
- Maintaining and updating the database.
- Preparing different reports (MIS) for team reviews, and management reviews.
- Preparing all kinds of Excel sheets for clients and the internal team.
- I worked on the Bond Adapt Tool.
- Awarded for 'Standout Performance.'
Executive
SMC Investments and Advisors Limited
11.2012 - 10.2013
Executive HR
Mainstream Technologies
12.2010 - 11.2012
- Handling pharma, Lifesciences, hospitals and medical devices requirement
- Got promoted to Consultant Role.
Education
MBA - Human Resources Management
ICFAI
Bachelor of Science - Zoology
University of Mumbai
Skills
- Recruitment & Hiring Strategies
- Excellent Communication
- Sourcing Tools Expertise
- Tools & VMS Exposure: Job Diva, SAP, Taleo, Adapt (Bond), SuccessFactors, Beeline, Fieldglass, Workday, etc
- Industry networking
- Salary and benefits negotiations
- Social media recruiting
- Team Management and Delivery
Languages
English
First Language
Timeline
Senior Recruiter and Client Servicing
Varite India Pvt Ltd
01.2024 - Current
Senior HR Executive
Syngene International Ltd, A Biocon Group of Company
09.2016 - 09.2020
HR Consultant
Quintiles Research India (Pvt) Ltd
10.2014 - 04.2016
Consultant
Randstad India Ltd, PH, Division
01.2014 - 09.2014
Executive
SMC Investments and Advisors Limited
11.2012 - 10.2013
Executive HR
Mainstream Technologies
12.2010 - 11.2012
MBA - Human Resources Management
ICFAI
Bachelor of Science - Zoology
University of Mumbai
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