Ashwin Kumar

About Ashwin Kumar

Leaping 13 years of experience as an accomplished Human Resource Management Professional and a Certified Talent Acquisition Professional with an outstanding record of leading change, building process improvements, and turning around personnel related problems. A diplomatic leader/Product Owner/Scrum Master who aligns with the business goals. Focused on delivering tangible results, from margin improvement to enabling a higher employee satisfaction in the Agile Way.Areas of Expertise:• Human Resource Management, Technical Recruitment/Talent Acquisition, Campus Hiring, Volume-Hiring, Head-Hunting, Staffing Services, Resource Management, Team Management, Employee Relations• Workforce Planning, Agile Methodology, Scrum Master for Campus Hiring• MS Office Professional Suite (MIS Reporting Analysis & Presentation)• Performance Management, Vendor Management, Project Management, Talent Management• Succession and Leadership Planning, Competency Development• Process Improvement Design and Implementation, Performance Improvement PlanningTech Stack & Domain Handled:Regions: North America (US & Canada), PAN India, UK & EuropeDomains: APAC, BFS, GE, MEA, CMI, Retail, CPG, Telecom, TTH, IT IS, ESRM & UtilitiesTechnologies: Programming Languages (Developer to Architect Roles), Big Data & Cloud Tech Roles, Infrastructure Roles (Networking, DBA, Support, etc.), Domain-Specific skillsHead-Hunting: Niche Skills (ServiceNow, Spectrum Core, RPA, Splunk, Vertica, Talend24, Guidewire, Workato, JDA Software, etc.) & Leadership Role (BDM, VP-Sales, BRM, etc.)Campus Hiring: USA Fresh Graduate end-to-end hiring, PAN India On-Campus Assessment coordination

Experience

1. Talent Acquisition Specialist

   Wipro

   Oct 2021 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Responsibilities:• Managing a geography/cluster (Americas1) from iDEAS (Integrated Digital, Engineering and Application Services) business line front with a team of 18 members.• Responsible for PAN India Digital hiring including super-niche and senior level hiring (Head Hunting) through sourcing enablement and strategic hiring for Americas1 geography.• Leading an additional initiative from VP TA called DART (Dedicated Account Recruitment Team) which provides fulfillment for 15 specific customers (includes Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Google, BBY, Verizon, UBER, Cerner, UHG, J&J, ELC, AT & T/Amdocs, Fedex, Embecta & Oracle) across all global business lines.• Partnering with senior management to forecast the recruitment needs, provide consultation to key hiring managers and implement innovative and cost-effective recruiting strategies aligned with business needs.• Requirements gathering for the entire clusters, validating with the business stakeholders and team for every financial quarter and providing sourcing plan and strategic hiring methods for the team to adhere.• Responsible for engaging with talent excellence group and corporate management team to enable weekday & weekend walk-in drives, Employee referrals, etc.• Mentoring team members for sourcing analytics, workforce planning through LinkedIn/Job Portal session, workshops.• Analyzing team performance and fulfillment progress for entire cluster, performance improvement, appraisal discussion of team members, etc.• Building a strong and close relationship with key business stakeholders to obtain a deep understanding of their talent strategy. Developing and managing a talent pipeline that is in line with the businesses current and future requirements.

Education

• University of Madras

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science

  2006 — 2009