Anil Kumar R

Global Talent Acquisition Strategist | Leadership Hiring | AI-Driven Recruitment Transformation | Open to Full-Time or Consulting Roles

Role
Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner - India & Asia Pacific at Lenovo
Location
Thiruvananthapuram, KL, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Anil Kumar R

TRANSFORMING BUSINESSES THROUGH STRATEGIC TALENT ACQUISITION I’ve helped…

Experience

  1. Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner - India & Asia Pacific

    Lenovo

    Feb 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

    Deliver end-to-end recruitment for 40–50 roles per quarter across engineering, sales, and corporate functions, consistently achieving 90%+ on-time closures against business SLAs.• Strengthen stakeholder partnerships by leading monthly consultant review meetings; introduced data-driven talent insights dashboards, reducing external agency dependency by ~20%.• Spearhead Diversity & Inclusion hiring initiatives, increasing women representation in mid-level engineering roles by 12% within 2 quarters.• Partner with senior leadership on workforce planning and succession pipelines; developed a 3-quarter hiring roadmap aligning with business expansion in India.• Revamped campus hiring strategy, expanding outreach to Tier 2/3 universities and boosting entry-level hires by 30% YoY, while improving offer-to-join ratio.• Implement data-driven sourcing strategies, leveraging AI tools and recruitment analytics to reduce time-to-fill by 18%.• Partnered with global business leaders to establish a leadership hiring framework, filling 25+ senior roles (Director/VP level) across engineering and operations.• Reduced average time-to-fill by 20 days via process redesign, implementing structured interview panels and talent pipeline reporting dashboards.• Build and maintain real-time recruitment dashboards, ensuring 95% SLA compliance and visibility into TAT, pipeline status, and recruiter productivity.• Delivered market-driven compensation benchmarks, ensuring competitive offers and 90%+ acceptance rates for critical hires.• Implemented AI-driven sourcing & engagement tools (HireEZ, LinkedIn AI), improving candidate response rates by 25% and reducing sourcing cycle time by 15%.

Education

  • Edith Cowan University

    MBA, International Business

    2007 — 2009

  • Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU)

    Bachelor of Commerce - BCom

    2000 — 2003

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