Tarun Kumavat

Key Initiatives, Strategies, and Processes

• Led ATS Implementation (Darwinbox): Drove end-to-end system rollout in six months, collaborating closely with backend teams.
• Company-wide Headcount and Budgeting: Spearheaded quarterly headcount projections in collaboration with CXOs, department heads, and FP&A; initiated and standardized tracking and reporting formats.
• BU-Specific HC Projections: Partnered with the CTO/COO for detailed quarterly hiring, cost forecasts, and savings analysis.
• Sole TA POC for Internal/External Audits: Managed EY internal audit and ISO 27001 certification process from the TA standpoint.
• Data-Driven Recruitment Initiatives: Designed and implemented recruitment funnel analytics.
  Metrics included: Hiring TAT summary, Funnel %, Team-wise TAT, Offer-to-Join Ratio.
  Presented insights to leadership (CTO, COO) for informed decision-making.
• Single POC for Background Verification (BGV): Handled 800+ cases over 4 years; ensured compliance, resolved discrepancies proactively.
• Created and implemented TA policies and process documents from scratch.
• Launched the “Candidate Experience Survey” and post-joining engagement connects (30-60 days).
• Initiated the “Hiring Manager Feedback Survey” for recruiters; captured quarterly feedback to drive process improvements.

Recruitment Snapshot

• Built multiple tech teams (DevOps, Program Management, SDET) from scratch.
• Hired across all levels (Junior to Director) for Game Tech roles: DevOps, SDET, Program Management, Data Science, Backend.
• Scaled product teams for the flagship product, “RummyCircle,” hiring Product Designers, Motion Designers, and Graphic Designers.
• Built and staffed the Brand team from ground up.

• Managing end to end recruiters life cycle starting from stakeholder management to onboarding the members.
• Understanding different stakeholders to meet their business needs in order to reduced the time to- hire to fill those needs by 20%.
• Collated job requirements and posted them on career site as well as job boards like LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, Naukri.com, IIM Jobs, Hirist leading to 100+ full-time hires and 10+ consultants.
• Built e-commerce, payments, Fintech, Mobile Networks, Data engineering teams from scratch.
• Hired candidates from beginners level to leadership level.
• Built LinkedIn page & Career site for branding perspective.
• Streamlined existing process and developed new processes in order to bring structure across TA team.
• Identifying the loopholes where recruiters are spending more times on transitional work and automating them as much as possible.
• Involved in campus management with managing interns throughout and releasing PPO Offers.
• Worked on best practices for candidate engagement post offer and improved candidate experience by 10% per quarter.
• Achievements/Tasks

• Single point of contact for all the vendors.
• Involved into Vendor Management and played a role of an MSP Partner.
• Worked with more than 20 partners single handedly.
• Completely managed hiring drives for multiple skills on weekdays with 100+ candidates in a single day including the administrative work.
• Responsible for Managing walk-in drive along with their administrative work for 300+ candidates.
• Screening & reviewing profiles from all the vendors and sharing with business to close the positions with a given TAT.
• Rate Negotiation with Business and Partners for selected candidates.
• Achievements/Tasks

• Implemented Direct - Passive sourcing strategies to identify high-quality candidates.
• Understanding client needs and delivering service that meet client's expectations by processing suitable candidates.
• Led by an example for sourcing and engaging with candidates including offer negotiation.
• Worked on Niche skills for Singapore, Malaysia and UK based clients.
• Involved in hiring for one of the leading service clients with a profit margin of $1Mn.
• Been selected for the core team to hire for one of the leading payment gateway client Mastercard & Telecom client Verizon on their super critical requirements.
• Mentored Junior team members.
• Achievements/Tasks