Vignesh Sekar

Team and Vendor Management

• Led a team of 6 recruiters, providing training, guidance, and performance oversight.
• Managed the end-to-end recruitment cycle, with strong focus on Vendor and Stakeholder Management.
• Handled a network of 65+ vendors, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality profiles per mandate.
• Evaluated and onboarded new vendors, reviewing contracts and mapping them based on skill expertise.
• Conducted regular vendor calls, resolved queries, and ensured alignment with hiring needs.
• Acted as the primary liaison between Hiring Managers, Project Teams, and Interview Panels to streamline recruitment processes.
• Ensured timely feedback, candidate fitment, and closure of open positions.
• Oversaw vendor payments, resolving invoicing issues, ensuring accuracy in contracts and data.
• Coordinated weekend drives, including end-to-end logistics, stakeholder updates, and candidate engagement.
• Met with partners and vendors face-to-face to strengthen collaboration and streamline operations.

Referral Hiring Program

• Managed complete referral hiring operations, including sourcing, screening, scheduling, and engagement.
• Analysed and reported monthly referral performance to HR leadership, driving data-backed program improvements.
• Partnered with Learning & Development to promote best practices for effective referrals across the organization.
• Launched and managed “Referral Star” recognition programs to reward top contributors.
• Collaborated with the Marketing Team to promote referral campaigns and increase participation.

• Handled IT/Non-IT vendor ecosystem for PAN India
• Created skill-specific vendor mapping and demand plans
• Coordinated weekly/monthly review meetings with vendors
• Drove cost-effective hiring strategies and maintained MI reports
• Facilitating and maintaining a relationship with both IT and Non-IT vendors for PAN India Recruitment opportunities.
• Responsible for weekly and monthly team reports.
• Planning strategic way of fulfilling the demands with respect to skill.
• Initiating demands for full-time and contract vendors.
• Driving feedback sessions for profiles.
• Driving vendor calls for demand fulfillment.
• Maintaining MI reports skill-wise.
• Involving effective cost efficiency planning.
• Vendor governance and management.
• Reviewing performance on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Acting as a mediator between stakeholders and vendors.
• Building and maintaining long-lasting relationships with vendors.
• Troubleshooting vendor issues.

• Managed end-to-end capacity planning & fulfillment strategy
• Conducted bulk hiring drives and demand forecasting
• Oversaw public sector & GBS verticals' vendor ecosystem
• Improved cost efficiency & drove vendor performance metrics
• Responsible for capacity planning and development of services.
• Lead capacity planning activities against operational requirements.
• Refined systems and methods to improve plans.
• Assessed existing capacity and developed operational plans.
• Organized and planned Recruitment Drives.
• Managed deviations from the plan with financial impact.
• Monitored key internal processes for capacity and demand.
• Worked as Global Vendor management professional.
• Involved in effective cost efficiency planning.
• Handled IT vendor contracts and selection process.
• Expertise in vendor management.
• Deep knowledge of supply chain.
• Remarkable ability to develop presentations for clients.

• Sourced & screened candidates; coordinated interviews
• Maintained daily hiring trackers, scheduled client meetings
• Handled onboarding process & offer rollouts
• Managed end-to-end recruitment for clients.
• Screening and short-listing candidates as per requirements.
• Mass mailing and advertising jobs on portals like Naukri, Monster.
• Coordinating with interview panels.
• Initiating offer letters to selected candidates.
• Coordinating with selected candidates till their joining date.
• Maintaining Database Excel Tracker on closures and movements.