Samit Basu

About Samit Basu

More than 23 years of experience as an HR professional in areas of Recruitment/Talent Acquisition, HR Consulting and Strategy, Workforce /Talent Planning, Talent Sourcing and Employer Branding, Employee Engagement, HR Analytics, Employee Retention, HR transformation and Automation with AIAlso has over 5 years of prior experience in Civil Engineering projects in project management including contract/bid management, client engagement, design/execution finalization, business development, job/rate estimation in steel plants as well as in IT Business development and SalesOver the last 15 years with IBM, have held various leadership roles within HR. Have worked across geographies, cultures, and HR service offerings, leveraging a people-oriented and collaborative engagement approach to drive high performance teams Below is a summary of key roles performed: • As Talent Acquisition Leader for IBM India supported cross functional business units across products and services within IBM• As a Global Executive Search Practice Leader for IBM across Asia Pacific, China and Japan supported Executive level stakeholders• As a Global HRMS Transformational leader, worked in design and implementation of Workday and AI led HR cognitive offerings to enhance employee experience• As Talent Acquisition Consultant, worked onsite in transforming talent acquisition practices and teams in China and Japan • Creative and strategic thought leader, with exceptional problem solving and analytical skills in working across large matrix organization• Possess strong track record in team building and collaboration across internal and external stakeholders

Experience

1. HR Ta Transformation Lead

   IBM

   Sep 2018 — Present · Kolkata, IN

   Lead the Strategy, Design & Implementation of HR cognitive agents using Automation in Talent Acquisition and Engagement processes to improve productivity, engagement and employee experience. Managed the end to end Design & Implementation of Workday HR as a Hire process SME• Increased YoY employee adoption of the chatbot by 42% and 25% diversion in inbound helpdesk traffic, thus leading to considerable savings in headcount and enhanced Employee experience

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  PGDBM, HR & Finance

  2002 — 2005

• Jadavpur University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

Skills

• Customer Service
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Program Management
• Team Management
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Business Analysis
• Leadership
• Management