Saanvari Mathur Malhotra

About Saanvari Mathur Malhotra

With over 21 years of experience in the HR domain, I am a certified talent acquisition professional and an employer branding expert, currently serving as the Associate Director Human Resources at HCL Technologies. I oversee the recruitment, internal communications, and leadership onboarding experience for the Digital Process Outsourcing Business Unit globally, which provides innovative and digital solutions to clients across various sectors and geographies.Before joining HCL, I was the Head of Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding, and the Head HR for the Defense Business Unit at Tata Aerospace and Defense Ltd, where I managed a team of four and handled the complete employee life cycle for over 120 employees. I also led the recruitment and branding initiatives for six business units under the Tata Aerospace and Defense umbrella, covering sectors such as land mobility, engineering, power, materials, systems, and NOVA. I have worked with some of the world\'s best consulting organizations and leading Indian corporates, as well as in Singapore for the APAC region, giving me a cross-cultural perspective and a pragmatic approach to deliver results on time and within quality benchmarks. My mission is to leverage my skills and experience to attract, engage, and retain the best talent for HCL and to create a positive and impactful work culture for the employees and the organization.

Experience

1. Director Talent Acquisition

   HCLTech

   Feb 2024 — Present

   India’s 3rd largest IT services and consulting firm with employees across 54 countries· Role: Tasked with the challenge to transform client feedback on recruitment for, a strategic client and drive several strategic projects. Key highlights: · Leading Recruitment PMO for a large tech client globally· In-charge of Internal Communications (micro strategies for employee awareness on several HR and TA programs) and Early Employee Experience (candidate/pre-onboarding/onboarding experience) for Digital Process Operations (DPO) business globally employees). · Responsible for all non-Financial Services hiring for DPO hires annually. · Providing strategic consulting on recruitment with clients and HCL leaders, including RFP consultation. · Providing value advisory on Talent Strategy (e.g, talent benchmarking, source delivery model, D&I initiatives, market intelligence etc.) to clients, HCL leaders and providing inputs for RFP’s (new/existing accounts). Sharing thought leadership on recruitment topics - · Introduced several innovations in fresher hiring from campus/lateral and retention viz. learning academy Gurukul, internships and fully sponsored 5 year masters program from institute of choice (TECHBEE Prog). · Driving a project to create a repository of Job Descriptions. · Started with a team size of 6 recruiters to a current team size of 50 recruiters + 1 person for internal communications. · Driving several improvement initiatives in Talent Acquisition: · Commencing an exhaustive audit of recruitment activities. · Ownership for capability enhancement initiatives for recruitment team at HCL (~100 recruiters) – designed 1 day training program on latest business and technology initiatives, created an ebook on organization pitch with information on leaders, revenue, compensation, key policies and other talking points. · Re

Education

• Pearson

  Master's Degree, Business Administration and Management, General

  2004 — 2004

• Amity University

  SSE, Higher Secondary, Commerce

  1996 — 2000

• Pearson College UWC

  Diploma in Management, Management & Finance

• Gargi College, Delhi University

  BCOM, Commerce

• University of Delhi

  Business/Commerce, General

  2004 — 2004

Skills

• Performance Management
• Crm
• Technical Recruiting
• Consulting
• Stakeholder Management
• Recruiting
• Leadership
• Team Building
• Management
• Relationship Management
• Outsourcing
• Banking
• Team Management
• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Workforce Planning
• Business Development
• Screening Resumes
• Talent Management
• IT Recruitment
• Contract Recruitment
• Networking
• Process Management
• Human Resources
• Employer Branding
• Performance Appraisal
• Sourcing
• Vendor Management
• Leadership Hiring
• Mis
• Employee Engagement
• Leadership Hiring, Career Counselling, Team Development, Business Development
• Negotiation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Competitive Intelligence
• Hris
• Interviews
• Market Research
• Telecommunications
• Executive Search