Arushi Bhardwaj
Vice President @KNR Management Consultants
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President @KNR Management Consultants
Gurugram, IN
Business Development: Identify white spaces and new client opportunities across sectors and geographies. Build a strong pipeline of mandates through proactive networking, client engagement, and relationship building. • P&L: Drive profitability for the Non-Tech vertical with full P&L accountability. Monitor topline and bottom-line performance while ensuring ROI-driven growth. • Delivery Leadership: Oversee and manage end-to-end recruitment delivery with a direct team of researchers and consultants, and other indirect inter-functional team members for middle to senior leadership roles across geographies- India, APAC, Middle East, Europe, LATAM and Africa. • Key Account Management (KAM): Own and grow relationships with top-tier clients, understand business nuances, and work as a strategic partner. Drive client retention and upsell opportunities. • Team Leadership & People Development: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of consultants. Manage performance, skill development, hiring, and capacity planning. • Search Strategy & Market Intelligence: Drive high-quality execution through headhunting, talent mapping projects, market research, and talent intelligence. Leverage advanced sourcing tools and platforms such as LinkedIn, Naukri, internal databases, and Boolean strategies. • Stakeholder Management: Communicate and engage effectively with CXOs, Founders, CHROs, and global hiring teams. Handle end-to-end client interaction, feedback loops, and expectation management. • Execution Excellence: Lead candidate assessment, interviews, onboarding, and follow-ups. Ensure best-in-class candidate and client experience throughout the hiring lifecycle.
EDUCATION
Jamia Hamdard
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing
SKILLS
ABOUT ARUSHI BHARDWAJ
Talent and customer success leader with 9+ years of experience managing end-to-end recruitment, executive search, and team development across global markets. Skilled in leading teams fostering a culture of trust, coaching, and continuous learning and feedback to drive performance and professional growth. Proven expertise in learning and development, capacity management, workload allocation, and process excellence, including KPI tracking, digital enablement, and operational efficiency. Adept at stakeholder engagement, customer success, service escalation management, and cross-functional collaboration across Asia, EMEA, the US, Canada, and ANZ. Recognized for strategic leadership, problem-solving, and delivering consistent results in talent attraction and people operations. Awarded as \"Rising Star- 2016\" at KMC, Heidrick & Struggles, for outstanding performance during the probation period. Awarded in the Dean\'s list of medalists 2013-15 duringthe MBA course.
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