Responsible for leading the Talent Acquisition team including team leadership, strategy development and execution, transformation, program design and implementation, and goal development and achievement. Partner with key stakeholders on emerging trends and opportunities that impact and influence Talent Acquisition. Principal Talent Acquisition Partner -Global Markets (Sales),IBM ISA Nov 2017-March 2020Senior Talent Acquisition Partner - Leadership Hiring Nov 2014 - Nov 2017 Proactively source to increase passive hiring & instantly match for performance success for Sales & Non sales roles.Work agile to increase speed and predictability.Programs managed as part of IAA (IBMer Assignment agency): Dec 2012 – Nov 2014Redeployment-Effective talent management & capacity optimization.Opportunity cross countries - Support end to end talent acquisition for the project. Opportunity Cross country is a targeted, internal mobility program designed to attract IBM sellers and technical sales specialists from major markets who are interested in the market potential and career opportunities in the growth markets.Blue Talent cloud (BTC) - Support end to end talent acquisition for the project. BTC connects experienced IBMers in home countries to open positions in host countries. This Is a temporary assignment (2-12 months assignment).Staffing Partner Mar 2010 – Dec 2012Supported end to end talent acquisition for Sales, pre-sales & technical hiring for various business units.Domestic reporting to support sales operations & finance team.People management responsibility.Geo expansion Project - Cater reporting needs of the project. Geo expansion project is an IBM initiation to tap potential sales resources from tier 1 & tier 2 cities.

Recruitment of Employees for requirements as per the budget and for replacements whenever required and implementation of alternative cost effective hiring model i.e job portals, internal referrals and company website. Handled corporate and Business Alliance (sales channel) recruitment.Handled independently all the Sr executive and below position recruitment starting from getting the requirement till the person is on-boarded.Salary negotiation independently till AVP level.Developed the recruitment manual for the team with all the recruitment processes and policies.Compensation and Benefits Support for Annual Exercise. (Mercer, DW Simpson Survey).Handled all the HR activities for South zone which consisted of approximately 350 employees.

Responsible for complete hiring cycle for 3 business unitsSourcing, pre-screening, coordinating managerial and technical placementsSalary discussions, negotiations, and issuance of offer lettersManaged internal staffing for optimal resource managementManaged recruitment drives across several citiesReceived two "Bravo Awards" as a recognition for being among top performersWas made a full time employee in less than a year, after having started as a contractor

Responsible for hiring - sourcing and first level interviewsOrganised induction of new employeesDesigned and implemented company policies e.g. mediclaim

Held responsibilities for Manpower coordination, Personnel and Administration Functions, Training & Development, and Appraisals