Ankit Bhardwaj

About Ankit Bhardwaj

Sr. HR Business Partner and Talent Acquisition professional with around 9 years of experience in employee lifecycle management, recruitment, and stakeholder engagement, driving retention and organizational growth.

Experience

1. Senior Human Resources Manager

   Bajaj Finserv

   Feb 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   Sr. Unit Manager• Served as a strategic HR business partner across multiple regions — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Uttarakhand — supporting a workforce of field employees in Sales, Underwriting, Collections, and Ops along with 30 Head Office staff including COE, Product, Call centre and Sales Leadership teams. • Manage and mentor one direct reportee, fostering development and performance excellence. • Supported end-to-end employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, L&D coordination, and offboarding. Conducted exit interviews and compiled feedback to support retention strategies. • Drive both monetary and non-monetary Reward & Recognition (R&R) programs to boost employee motivation and engagement, ensuring timely and fair recognition aligned with performance • Assisted in performance review coordination, including goal setting and review tracking. Conduct monthly employee pulse checks to gather feedback and understand employee sentiment. Present key findings to the Business Head through PowerPoint presentations and collaborate with the Product team to develop and implement appropriate solutions based on the feedback. • Conduct monthly performance analysis to identify productivity trends and improvement areas. Finalize bottom performers based on Target (AOP) vs. Achievement data and initiate Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) or place employees under the Bottom Performer Framework to drive performance enhancement. Talent Acquisition • Led a team of 5 sourcers to deliver high-quality hires across functions. • Specialized in leadership and lateral hiring using LinkedIn and other sourcing tools. • Managed recruitment operations via PeopleStrong ATS. Successfully Managed end-to-end recruitment for Non-IT role including bulk and volume hiring drives across multiple branches. • Released up to 200+ offers per month, ensuring timely closures

Education

• UPTU

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resource and Information Technology

• UPTU

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Information Technology

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  Executive Programme in Human Resource Management (EPHRM), Human Resource Management