Sumit Chandra
Head of Talent Acquisition - Flipkart
- Role
- Flipkart
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sumit Chandra
Seasoned Recruiting Leader with over 20 years of rich experience in driving full life cycle Tech R&D & non-tech recruiting. Specialized in driving leadership, senior and niche hiring across engineering, product management, analytics, Data Science, Design and IT functions for high growth industry segments like e-commerce, internet, web scale, mobile, Desktop, wireless, ads, social media, travel, healthcare, food, supply chain, robotics, AI, IoT, enterprise, cloud, virtualization, desktop, online gaming, networking & systems.Currently heading Executive Leadership hiring across Flipkart/Myntra/Cleartrip/SuperMoney in Tech & Non-Tech roles, University Relations, Lateral Tech & Product hiring across Flipkart.Worked on a different start up named Hiring Ideas with a clear objective of providing quality candidates in the product Eco-system for US & India.Ran a start-up named MakeMyJob.com from scratch which is created with an objective - to provide the best talent for organization vis-à-vis a right job for the right candidate. For the past several years, have established an impeccable reputation for filling open niche requisitions with exceptional talent. Specialized in developing and evaluating staffing metrics to measure the efficiency of recruiting efforts and implementing contemporary staffing initiatives to fill positions, delivering significant org wide impact with a strategic approach. Core competencies are Talent Mapping & Market Intelligence, Talent Advisory and Strategic Business Partnering, Driving Innovative Sourcing Channels, Developing Candidate Engagement frameworks & Smooth onboarding, Talent & Employer Branding.Specialties:Strategic & Niche Sourcing Driving effective TA strategies Talent Research and Market IntelligenceDeveloping high-performance & \"A\" Recruitment TeamsCost Effective Recruitment Models / Direct SourcingMetrics driven TA deliveryTalent Advisory and Strategic Business PartneringHands on approach & guidance for TA professionalsTA processes, systems and tools
Experience
Present
Education
University of Lucknow
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Mathematics
1998 — 2001
Apeejay School Of Management
MBA, Marketing & Finance
2001 — 2003
Skills
- Executive Management
- Crm
- Business Development
- Screening Resumes
- Project Management
- Technical Recruiting
- Consulting
- Professional Services
- IT Recruitment
- Cloud Computing
- HR Consulting
- Search
- Sdlc
- Benefits Negotiation
- Talent Acquisition
- Outsourcing
- Entrepreneurship
- Rpo
- Executive Search
- Sourcing
- Lead Generation
- Vendor Management
- Temporary Placement
- Talent Management
- Recruiting
- Pre-Sales
- Business Intelligence
- Management
- Analytics
- Business Strategy
- Screening
- Interviews
- Project Planning
- Saas
- Internet Recruiting
- Leadership
- Staffing Services
- Human Resources
- Networking
- Team Management
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