A UK qualified business professional having an overall 7+ years of impressive experience as Talent Acquisition and Senior HR Officer with expertise in HR Administration & Management and HR Strategic Planning & Development and 2+ years of experience in Business Development and Client Management for various small & medium enterprises.
Have collaborative work style and forward-thinking mindset that has driven improvement and simplification and has helped shaped Small & Medium and emerging enterprises. Utilized cross-industry business sense to align organizations with business growth and scale on demand, evolve talent management, and accelerate human capital management technology.
• Building consultant relationships, understanding the local employment market and consulting with technical candidates to help them advance towards their long-term career goals through recruitment life cycle.
• Handling requirements from Fortune 500 clients and Big 4 Companies like Deloitte, PWC, KPMG and many more.
• Making use of Bullhorn a company maintained database for strong and turnaround time recruiting and other online resource portals such as LinkedIn, Dice, Monster and Career Builder.
• Experience in performing requirements analysis and definition, consulting on sourcing strategies, recruiting, screening, scheduling interviews, reference checking and negotiating Pay Rates / Salary with consultant's and clients.
• Extensive experience with Internet recruiting candidates and industry leads, pre-screening to quality potential candidates.
• Conversing with consultants with work authorizations such as H1B, Green Card, US Citizen, Canadian Citizen's and Mexicans on various tax terms i.e. W2, C2H, C2C and direct hire.
• Understanding the client’s requirements, coordinating for short listing and screening including preliminary interviews of the candidates.
• Responsible to understand and analyze the requirements in different domain categories.
• Coordinating, scheduling & conducting interviews via phone and Skype video calls.
• Worked with vendors and 3rd party contractors providing exceptional candidates and top resumes for their job requirements.
• Built and maintained personal database of potential candidates to update and create leads for the business and for future references.
• Sourcing & Recruiting Specialties: SAP functional & technical Professionals, Java/J2EE, .NET Developers, UX/UI Designers/Developers, UX Architects, Web Developers, Techno-Functional/Functional, SFDC Architects, Developers, Executive Search, Technical Architects/Leads/PMs, Solution Architects.
SENIOR IT RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST AUGUST 2016 - CURRENT
W-NETWORK CONSULTING, USA (WWW.WNETWORKCONSULTING.COM)
US based recruiting firm with offices based in US and Canada.
• Successfully placed 4 candidates at leading companies within the first quarter of joining.
• Responsible for recruiting executive, high and mid management level and IT candidates.
• Manages and coaches the recruitment team, ensuring performance development plans are aligned with the objectives of the business.
• Driving and developing the team to ensure best practices when hiring top talent.
• Managing a team of recruiters (coaching, mentoring, market focus and on the job responsibilities).
• Manage the full recruitment cycle and build strong relationships with candidates and clients.
• Provide career counseling and guidance sessions to candidates.
• Develop, maintain and improve business relations with all clients in order to increase revenue.
• Ensure client satisfaction by engaging with clients & soliciting feedback.
• Actively secure the organization’s long-term financial growth by analyzing HR market trends/segmentation, setting and implementing strategic goals and identifying revenue-generating opportunities.
• Established recruiting requirements by studying organization plans, objectives and meeting with Managers to discuss needs.
RELATIONSHIP OFFICER – PERSONAL FINANCE AUGUST 2015 – MARCH 2016
DUBAI FIRST, DUBAI - U.A.E (WWW.DUBAIFIRST.COM)
Dubai First is one of leading NBFC of First Gulf Bank (owned by Al Nahyan family) among its competitors and having its offices all over UAE.
• Successfully transformed various business leads to a monthly submission of AED250K – AED400K
• Carried out various credit and risk analysis checks based on client’s credit expenditure.
• Assisted in implementing various measures of risk analysis to filter out CDD.
• Successfully trained on risk assessment, management ethics, Compliance, AML and CDD policies.
• Prevented fraud through diligence, effective reporting, and monitoring of financial statements.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – INDUSTRIAL SALES DECEMBER 2014 – APRIL 2015
REHKAL, KARACHI - PAKISTAN (WWW.REHKAL.COM)
An oil business venture owned and operated by the ex-MD of PSO (Pakistan State Oil) and President of Marketing, Byco Petroleum Ltd.
• Successfully generated monthly sales of BASF Synthetic Petro Chemical product to $2000 within 6 months.
• Developed and drafted new business correspondence and presentations for clients.
• Worked in coordination with BASF to help promote, market and sales to industrial clients.
• Proposed effective strategies in creating brand awareness according to market trends.
• Developed new marketing promotion and credit terms to facilitate sales and client relationship.
SENIOR HR OFFICER MAY 2011 – MARCH 2014
SPIRAL DIRECT LTD., LONDON – UK (WWW.SPIRLDIRECT.COM)
One of the top leading apparel, fashion and merchandise brand based in London, UK specializing in heavy-metal and gothic designs.
• Oversaw HR Strategic Planning & Development and Administration for a culturally diverse distributed workforce, including policies & procedures, talent management, classification/job mapping, onboarding, health & welfare benefits, compensation & non-qualified deferred program, HRIS data integrity, employee relations, due diligence, payroll, and performance improvement, program management.
• Delivered HR derivatives and support developed by the UK Employment Regulation to deliver the HR program and enhance customer experience.
• Contributed to the standardization and continuous improvement of HR services through VOC feedback and solution mindset in order to increase HR’s effectiveness and enhance the customer experience.
• Efficiently managed and contributed to key governance settings such as Client Board, HR Business Meetings and HR Counseling.
• Resolved external/internal issues and implemented strategies to reduce such issues and enhance performance.
HR OFFICER JANUARY 2007 – APRIL 2011
SPIRAL DIRECT LTD., LONDON – UK (WWW.SPIRLDIRECT.COM)
One of the top leading apparel, fashion and merchandise brand based in London, UK specializing in heavy-metal and gothic designs.
• Ensured all files are consistent and regularly maintained with updated information.
• Maintained regular update on staff’s annual leave in order to avoid days being carried over.
• Maintain regular update on other HR related reports to ensure deadlines when applicable.
• Provide a range of HR services to employees from joining to expiry of contract and assisting in all matter.
• Co-managed training plans and ensure that employees attend the mandatory trainings.
• Arranged for medical examinations, immigration & visa status for new starters where applicable.
• Ensured that all HR policies and employee handbooks are compliant to relevant regulation.
• Acted as the first point of call for managers on employee relations.
• Accurately calculated occupational and statutory sickness, maternity, paternity and annual leave entitlements.