Santoshh Kumar

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Head of TA, Engineering Services, (SEA and APAC, Global Expansions) @ TP Engineering Associates
Australia
Santoshh Kumar's Location
Malaysia, Malaysia
About Santoshh Kumar

At TP Engineering Associates & TPE RS, I am Heading Talent Acquisition, Professional Services, Business Development and Operations. My expertise orchestrates the seamless integration of top-tier talent into strategic roles, fostering organizational growth across SEA, APAC, EMEA, North America markets. My approach to talent acquisition is rooted in a deep understanding of diverse industries, including healthcare, energy, finance, and technology. This allows for the crafting of robust recruitment strategies and the promotion of a compelling employer brand, which has significantly enhanced our talent pool.Leadership in talent acquisition is demonstrated through the successful management of large, multifaceted teams, ensuring exceptional delivery across permanent, contract, and language-specific hiring. My commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is not just a facet of my role, but a personal mission, successfully integrating a wealth of nationalities into our corporate fabric and championing inclusive hiring practices that have enriched our company culture and operational effectiveness.With over 18 years of experience in Recruiting, Talent Acquisition and Strategic Planning, I have a proven track record of delivering quality and timely recruiting services to meet dynamic business needs.My core competencies include talent mapping and market intelligence, resource allocation, stakeholder management, and recruiting delivery. I have successfully hired over 18 different nationalities and implemented diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI), such as women return to workforce, LGBT, and PWDs. I have also diversified my domain and industry hiring expertise, covering areas such as IT technical and Non-IT, BPO, Big data, Data analytics, Life sciences, Digital, AI, Green energy, and SAP etc. My mission is to identify, attract, deliver efficiently and effectively support the Organization growth and innovation.>>Permanent and Contract hirings>>Volume hirings>>BPO & Language specific hirings>>Business Development & New Client Acquisition>>Project based Recruiting>>Leadership and Executive hiringshttps://www.linkedin.com/services/page/0a978a326b717a3466/

Santoshh Kumar's Current Company Details
TP Engineering Associates

Tp Engineering Associates

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Head of TA, Engineering Services, (SEA and APAC, Global Expansions)
Australia
Website:
tpea.com.au
Employees:
40
Santoshh Kumar Work Experience Details
  • Tp Engineering Associates
    Head Of Ta, Engineering Services, (Sea And Apac, Global Expansions)
    Tp Engineering Associates
    Australia
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  • Tpe Resource Solutions Sdn Bhd
    Head Of Ta, Professional Services, Business Development And Operations (Sea/Apac, Global Expansions)
    Tpe Resource Solutions Sdn Bhd Jan 2024 - Present
    Malaysia
    My role is to lead and oversee all aspects of Talent Acquisition, Professional Services to ensure that the organization has the right people in the right positions to achieve its strategic objectives.•Developing Talent Acquisition Strategy: Responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy aligned with the organization's goals and objectives. •Employer Branding: Building and promoting the organization's employer brand to attract top talent. Delivering employer branding initiatives, leveraging social media and other channels to showcase the organization as an employer of choice, and ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.•Data Analysis: Data analytics and reporting tools to track and analyze recruitment metrics, such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, and quality of hire. This helps to identify trends, assess the effectiveness of recruitment strategies, and data-driven decisions to improve the recruitment process.•Managing Teams: Lead and manage a team of recruiters and business development specialists. Providing guidance, support, and mentorship to my team members, setting performance goals, and ensuring that the team operates effectively and efficiently.•Business Development Strategic Planning: Responsible for developing and implementing strategic plans to drive business growth and expansion. This involves analyzing market trends, identifying potential opportunities for growth, and developing strategies to capitalize on those opportunities.•New Business Opportunities: Proactively identify and pursue new business opportunities, such as partnerships, collaborations, alliances, and new market segments. •Negotiation and Deal Making: Negotiate and close deals with potential clients, partners, and other stakeholders to drive business growth. •Market Expansion and Geographic Expansion: Responsible for expanding the organization's presence into new markets or geographic regions.
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  • Tp Engineering Associates
    Head Of Ta, Engineering Services, (Sea/Apac, Global Expansions)
    Tp Engineering Associates Nov 2023 - Present
    Australia
    My role is to lead and oversee all aspects of Talent Acquisition, Professional Services to ensure that the organization has the right people in the right positions to achieve its strategic objectives.Covering:> Engineering> Mining> Construction> Oil & Gas> Renewable Energy> Mechanical & Heavy equipment's> Marine Electronics> Rail & Transportation
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  • Manpowergroup
    Talent Acquisition Delivery Head ( Sea/Apac )
    Manpowergroup Sep 2022 - Oct 2023
    Malaysia
    Industries covering: Health Care, Green/Energy, Banking and Finance, Telecommunication, Retail, E-commerce, Logistics, Fashion etc.Currently Managing three different teams to cover Perm, Contract & Language hirings with the team size over 30+ TA professionals.Key Deliverables: • Strategic Planning: Create and implement recruiting strategies for recruiting and retaining the best talent.• Recruitment: Drive the entire recruitment lifecycle, from identifying talent to onboarding to retaining the best talent for fulfilling the job roles. • Delivery Management: Map, qualify, and recommend the candidates for BPO, Non-IT, and Technical roles. Ensure recruiting services effectively meet business demand for professional and niche skilled requirements.• PnL Responsibility: Administer the complete PnL across the hiring functions and save costs throughout the recruitment functions without affecting the hiring.• Forecasting: Prepare forecasts on manpower requirements.• Hiring Framework: Develop a framework that supports the seamless recruitment of candidates.• Fulfilment Management: Create and implement strategies for filing the open job roles timely with the best-suited candidate.• Liaison & Coordination: Work closely with managers to gather the company's hiring needs for each position and meet competitive hiring goals and expectations. • Stakeholder Engagements: Interface with the stakeholders on job descriptions, interviews, assessments, shortlisted candidates, offers, and onboarding.• Team Leadership: Provide strategic directions to the multiple TA teams with specialized TA professionals (Perm and Contract roles). Embed best practices of the talent acquisition process into the recruitment team and handled hiring at all levels.
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  • Concentrix
    Senior Recruitment Manager ( Sea/Asean )
    Concentrix Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
    Malaysia
    Managing: 16+ TA professionals.Responsible for Recruiting operations across ASEAN regions and leadership talent.Ensures that staffing requirements are met to identify, attract and onboard top talent to efficiently and effectively meet dynamic business needs. Responsible for assisting with development of recruiting strategy and working with various clients to assess hiring needs.Stake Holder Management - to determine final decisions on candidate hiring; make recommendations on appropriate hire(s) based on need and candidate interaction.Strategy: Planning, Developing the strategies to ensure on OTD and Fill rate.Diversity & Inclusion - closely working with Government agencies, NGOs, and other regulatory associations on a special project. Hirings are not limited to next generation Digital Customer Engagement, IT Automations & Innovation, Product Development and Digital Customer Experience & Transformation Solutions, Contact Center Transformations, Cognitive Solutions (Chatbots/Voice Bots/ Email Bots etc.), NLP, Interactive/Conversation UI/UX, Augmented Reality, Cloud, Internet of Things, AI Integrations on on-premise platforms (Avaya, Geneses, Cisco etc), Omnichannel, Cloud based contact center technologies (like Amazon Connect), CX Analytics, Data Analytics, NLP, Predictive Analysis, AI/ML, Big Data, Cloud and many more as per the client needs.
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  • Webhelp
    Senior Recruitment Manager (Head Of Recruitment) - ( Sea /Apac )
    Webhelp Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
    Malaysia
    Managing Teams: 26 – Recruiting specialists (AMs, TLs, Recruiters ) 02 – Employment VISA specialists (MDec & Immigration matters ) 02 – Branding & Communications (Manager, Analyst) 01 – Reporting Lead (Dashboard & reports)Supported projects:Data Analytics, E-commerce, Digitalization, social media & Search engines, Media & entertainmentTalent Acquisition and Talent Attraction – Acquiring talents from across SEA/APAC regions.Covering over 18 different nationalities.Employer Branding: Close association with internal & external comm teams, engaging with PR agencies and job board marketing teams.Diversity Hirings (Impact Sourcing) : Have been closely working with Government agencies, NGOs, and other regulatory associations on a special project. Hiring talents from impacted sectors of the society.• Women returning to work – career come back program.• PWDs – with disability.• LGBT hiring’s.Strategy : Planning, Developing the strategies to ensure on meeting the delivery needs within time frames.Employment VISAs : closely working with the teams and MDEC agency to have regular updates.To avoid gaps in Employment Pass/Visa time frame and approval process.Stakeholder Management : Regular momentum and keeping Stakeholders updated on current directions from the government, Disaster recovery plans, educating on foreseen scenarios, part of new business proposals etc.Market Intelligence : On going process, and continuous data gatherings from the market ( i.e., competitors information, salary data mix etc ).• Responsible for Recruiting operations across APAC.• Recruiting Strategy and Re-engineering & Communication, Marketing initiatives.• Leadership and Strategic planning• Impact Sourcing initiatives at ASIA.• Working on developing Recruiting plan for our new sites (PH, CN, JP, KR).• Designing a Talent Acquisition strategy to achieve a robust internal resourcing model that supports the business's demands.
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  • Teleperformance
    Senior Recruitment Manager ( Sea/Apac )
    Teleperformance Feb 2019 - Mar 2020
    Malaysia
    Managed Team: 17 – Recruiting specialists (Managers, AMs, Recruiters )Supported projects:Data Analytics, Energy, E-commerce, Digitalization, social media & Search engines, Media & entertainment, Telecommunication.• Recruiting operations - managing across ASIA and importing talents from across Europe (Germany, France, Italy, Romania, Netherlands) to working at APAC regions (CN, HK, JP, KR, SG, MY, TH etc).• Responsible for Recruiting Strategy initiatives.• Working on developing Recruiting plan for our new sites.• Designing a Talent Acquisition strategy to achieve a robust internal resourcing model that supports the business's demands. • Have been focusing on Diversity hirings (PWD, Career comeback program etc)• Focused on shifting the operating model from external to in-house by driving direct sourcing and Employer Brand.• Leading a team to reduce cost, improve efficiency and embed the TA function into the business.• Working on language specific projects (Thai, Indonesia, Japanese, Korean, Burmese, Laos, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Sinhalese, Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog based etc) and targeting talents from across regions. • Align with HMs, BDMs, Delivery heads, Sales Heads, Management teams to have a smooth flow in recruiting operations.• Over 800 language specialized FTEs hired under my Leadership within a years’ time.
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  • Conduent
    Regional Recruiting Manager ( Apac & Anz )
    Conduent Mar 2016 - Jan 2019
    Malaysia
    Managed Teams: 04 – Recruiting specialists (AMs, TLs, Recruiters) 01 – Employment VISA specialist (MDec & Immigration matters ) 05 – Dotted lines (based in PH, JP, AU, SG, HK, CN, FIJI)Supported projects:Technical, Data Analytics, E-commerce, social media & entertainment, Telecommunication, Automobile etc.• Defining strategy and Recruiting Delivery (IT, Data Analytics, Life Sciences, BPO, IOT ).• Successfully managed Migration projects (from UK, NL, Romania to MY).• Regional Talent Acquisition Leader supporting all of Conduent Services businesses within Asia Pac.• Have been involved in Diversity hirings (Career comeback program etc)• Collaborative business partner to senior management to establish talent acquisition strategy; supporting unit level objectives and translate corporate goals into staffing plans. • Lead large recruiting team remotely spread across multiple sites in APAC managing high volume hiring• Looking after projects in IT, Data Analytics, Customer Support, Learning Services, Retail etc• Working on language specific projects (Thai, Indonesia, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, BM/BI, Filipino based) and targeting talents from across regions (Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and other neighboring countries).  Handling recruitments for diversified sectors in across APAC regions Driving recruitment and talent engagement strategies Vendor Management (3rd party agencies) & Stakeholder Management. Involved in QBR discussions. Volume & IT specialized hiring. Promoting Employee referral programs (ERP). Participation in Business reviews & audits. Working closely with MDEC for VISA matters and hiring international talents across. Tie-up with colleges, Universities and mapping locally available Talent for existing, upcoming opportunities.Achievements: Top performer in 2016/2017 with >80% diversity hiring’s, 60% cost optimization & increase of > 40% Employee referral program.
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  • Xchanging Malaysia Sdn Bhd
    Assistant Recruitment Operations Manager ( Apac & Eu )
    Xchanging Malaysia Sdn Bhd Mar 2014 - Mar 2016
    Malaysia
    Managed Team: 04 – Recruiting specialists (TLs, Recruiters)Supported projects:IT, Data Analytics & Big Data, Digitalization, Oil & Gas, Telecommunication, Banking.• Managed end to end recruitment delivery for Xchanging in Malaysia and APAC including recruitment strategy.• Successfully handling IOT & Data Analytics business operations.• Exclusively worked for SEA Region (MY, SG, Japan) as per the customer needs.• Targeted talent across MY, SG, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, HK, Japan & China etc.• Strong in Account Management, Customer Relations, Team handling.• Involved in Domain, Industry specific hiring with Account Management & looking after customers in MY, SG, Japan for their recruitment activities, Projections, Delivery time line etc.• Provided solutions on volume hiring, niche skill set search, difficult hiring, and aging requisitions.• Experienced in HR Business Partnering and Talent Engagement activities.• Managed and monitored the hiring approval process at the regional level.• Responsible for posting positions on the job boards, screening of candidates, interviewing and scheduling of interviews with departmental managers.• Actively involved in new client engagements as the recruitment SPOC for the Malaysia.• Leading, Mentoring and Training team of Recruitment specialists based at On-site and Off-shore to service regional and global clients.• Responsible for managing entire Recruitment assignments from job creation to on boarding either directly or through partners on both regional and international levels.Achievements: • Awarded as Smart Recruitment Lead in 2015 and CSAT rate increased to 80% with a high scale index.• Delivered over 200 FTEs in span of 18 months (year 2014-2015).
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  • Itbs & Apar Technologies
    Recruitment Manager (Apac Recruitments)
    Itbs & Apar Technologies Jul 2011 - Feb 2014
    Malaysia
    Managed Team: 05 – Recruiting specialists (TLs, Recruiters)Supported projects:IT, Oil & Gas, Energy, Digital, Banking, Infrastructure, Telecommunication.• Responsible for Account Management & Recruitment Process (IT, Data Analytics, Life Sciences).• Working closely with clients like Sherwin Williams, Resmed, OCBC Bank, Western Digital, Care Fusion etc.• Taking care of hiring process for Large Projects, Understand the business from HMs, keeping track on SLA’s and maintaining database etc• Mostly looking after positions at SEA region (Malaysia, Singapore, HK, Thailand, Indonesia & Australia)• Responsible for review and evaluate resumes for various technical requirements and conduct phone interviews to identify qualified candidates, administer technical Interviews by clients. • Managing Job postings. Identify and utilize direct sourcing methods, interacting with Clients as per the business needs. Highlights:• Utilize online job boards to reach out to large pools of applicants.• Work on the requirements considering the details given by the sales person. Details are basically about the duration, rate and location of the project.• Evaluate the skills and experience of candidates based on criteria established by the client requirements.• Expertise in building search strings on Internet, use of international job boards and networking sites.• Perform preliminary technical evaluation of candidates; negotiate salaries and comprehensive technical assessment.• Passes on sales leads generated from recruitment activity to Account Managers.• Assist in training and mentoring new recruiters.Achievements: • High targets achiever and highly rated Candidate Manager.• Received Customers Appreciations consecutively for 3 quarters in 2011.
  • Syntel
    Talent Acquisition Lead [Banking &Financial Services And Health Care]: (Europe & North America)
    Syntel Dec 2009 - May 2011
    Pune, Maharashtra, India
    Supported projects:Banking, BigData, Data Analytics, Oil & Gas, Telecommunication.• Responsible for full life cycle recruitment of B&FS, Data Analytics, O&G, Telecom.• Working knowledge of IT Technical, Consulting, Pre-Sales, and Techno-functional positions.• Understanding and gathering the requirements from different BU Heads / DMs and set up hiring plans accordingly.• Extensively involved in the candidate management, screening process and smooth coordination for the successful recruitment drives.• End to End recruitment; right from Requirement gathering, searching resumes according to the required technical skills through (Jobsites, Networking), pre-screening for skills, arranging interviews with the Technical Panel, Offer Negotiations, Relocation process & over-looking the joining formalities.• Hiring candidates across various technologies & positions at Sr. Developer, Project Lead & Project Manager, Program Manager and Engagement Manager Level.• Managing requisition of Requirement, Sourcing, Offer Acceptance, and Final Placement.• Handling various IT Requirements based on Testing, Tech Support, & Corporate.• Sourcing Candidates using different sources like Headhunting, Job Portals, Internal Database, and References.• Achievements: Awarded “SPEED & SPARK PERFORMER” in 2010
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  • Wipro
    Senior Sourcing Lead: Talent Acquisition (Banking & Financial): (Europe, Usa, Canada, Latam & Apac)
    Wipro Nov 2006 - Oct 2009
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    • Recruiting candidates for “WIPRO Technologies” (Europe, Canada, USA, & LATAM).• End to End recruitment for all levels & skills.• Interacting with Clients & Business teams.• Sourcing of profiles by visiting job portals, internal data bases and candidate referrals.• Most of the requirements are Location specific & Language specific.• Handling all levels of requirements & all type of skills.• Mostly working on BFSI (Banking requirements) & Retails requirements.• Good hands-on experience on working Oracle Retail (Retek) requirements in Europe, USA & India.• Screening resumes according to the open requirements & locations.
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Santoshh Kumar works for Tp Engineering Associates

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Santoshh Kumar's current role is Head of TA, Engineering Services, (SEA and APAC, Global Expansions).

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Santoshh Kumar attended Andhra University, West Bengal Board Of Secondary Education.

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Santoshh Kumar's colleagues are Alfred Ng, Mieaust Cpeng Ner, Shamini Gopi, Sharifah Siti Hawa, Sandra Chong, Chemical, Petroleum Engineer In Perth, Audrey Ung Siew, Lim Fook Syn, Timothy Ambun.

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