Bhavna Ahuja
Somerset,NJ
Summary
Innovative Human Resources Executive demonstrates talent for turning around flagging operations and spearheading growth through proactive leadership. Experienced with HRIS and data-driven approaches to personnel management, benefits administration and organizational development. Record of success in improving recruitment and retention.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Global HR Director
Novus Global Solutions LLC
10.2013 - Current
- Recruitment lead and responsible for full employee lifecycle for Novus Worldwide
- Worked as a partner to the senior management in forecasting supply and demand of key skills for our top clients
- Led global HR teams in executing strategic objectives aligned with organizational goals.
- Implemented talent management initiatives to retain high-potential employees and prepare them for leadership roles.
- Directed hiring and onboarding programs for new employees.
- Managed international compensation and benefits plans, ensuring competitive market positioning.
- Collaborated with stakeholders across organization to maintain proper flow of communication and execution of planned initiatives and projects.
- Closely measured benchmarks like total hires and future onboarding
- Oversee the daily operations of the HR department to ensure timely and efficient HR workflow
- Responsible for Payroll management of all employees across US, Singapore, Hungary and India
- Experience in full-lifecycle recruitment including sourcing, screening, interviewing, negotiating, and recommending candidates for employment
- Maintaining vendor and consultant relations
- Supported the policy of equal employment opportunity through affirmative action in all personnel actions including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, promotions, training, work assignments, and salary actions
- Oversee pre-employment process (background check, references, etc.), as well as the preparation and negotiation of offer package etc
- Handled the performance cycle and employee relations at Novus with employees as well as with Contractors
- Oversee – Employee and contractor legal documentation and payroll migration including W2, Corp to Corp, W2 hourly.
- Streamlined recruitment processes for increased efficiency and reduced timetohire.
- Developed comprehensive process for new hires and reviewed new hire productivity, optimizing onboarding effectiveness.
- Provided updates on HR policy changes to employees to satisfy compliance and state laws.
Senior Manager HR
Hutchison 3 Global Services Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 04.2011
- Responsible for external - Lateral hiring and internal - IJP sourcing for the site
- Responsible for managing cost per hire budgets
- Attrition planning and recruitment demand forecasting
- Part of Early life attrition team that takes care of 0-90 day’s attrition & retention
- Developing plans for redeployment to other departments and roles due to organization restructuring
- Internal reporting of recruitment progress to business heads on a weekly basis
- Work closely with stakeholders, location heads in closing the open positions
- Implement cost related initiatives to bring down the cost as per the changing business goals of the enterprise like part time hiring, portal hiring, alternate channels etc
- Managed full lifecycle recruitment efforts including Requisition creation; resume screening, coordination of interview scheduling process, bill rate & salary negotiation, and on-boarding candidates.
International Staffing Manager
Syntel Sourcing Pvt Ltd (Now known as Atos)
09.2007 - 06.2010
- Working closely with all the BU Heads and Reporting to Head – US HR, I was responsible to migrate and manage the entire spectrum of US onsite recruitment
- I, with a team of 8 professionals successfully handle all onsite Recruiting activities for Syntel (based out of Syntel Chicago office)
- Responsible for hiring onsite requirements in-house
- Joined Syntel as Recruitment lead for Mumbai (Syntel KPO)
- Heading operational and support recruitments for Syntel KPO division in Mumbai
- Develop strategies for attrition control & Retention Plan Tracker
- Work with Compensation & Benefits Specialist to streamline compensation level as per experience & performance
- Responsible for smooth implementation end to end employee lifecycle HR processes including New Hire, Integration, Relocations/Transfers, Employee Communication & others
- Responsible for Campus recruitment & Hiring of Experienced professionals within a given time frame
- Head Hunting, Using Contemporary methods for attracting talent in less turnaround time
- Handling entire gamut of talent acquisition initiatives for 2500 employees with a 12- member team.
Assistant Manager - Recruitment
SITEL India Pvt Ltd
07.2005 - 09.2007
- Hiring Lead for Leadership Staffing (Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Gurgaon)
- Recruiting using all means including networking, database search, Job portals, Advertisements, Staffing partners
- Manage vendor relations and their performance in meeting objectives
- Full-cycle or recruitment process: Sourcing, Talent scouting, Screening, assessing, psychometric testing and selecting the exact match talent as per client’s criteria
- Co-ordinate with hiring managers to define required skills & Attributes of the candidate for open positions
- To create assessment and interview schedules
- Compensation negotiation as per the recruitment policies of the client
- Able to recruit more than 800+ in less than a year for various client operations.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management -
XLRI Jamshedpur
01.2009
Bachelor of Commerce Degree -
University Of Mumbai
01.2002
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Human Resources Operations
- International mobility management
- Onboarding, Training, and Development
- Policy Implementation
- Payroll Administration
- Compensation Structuring
Honors Awards
- 2015 American Business Award – HR Executive of the Year
- 2016 Golden Bridge Award Best Women Professional of the year
- 2016 Best In Biz Award – Silver for Finance Executive of the Year
Professional Highlights
15+ years of experience in Human Resources, finance, operations, strategy, client account management and organizational development in Information Technology, Consulting and BPO industry. Post Graduate diploma in Human Resource Management from XLRI Jamshedpur majoring in labor laws, compensation benefits and resource management. Managed client relationships for large US and UK customer. Significant experience working with large organizations with a global footprint and presence across continents.
Personal Information
Title: HR Professional
Timeline
Global HR Director
Novus Global Solutions LLC
10.2013 - Current
Senior Manager HR
Hutchison 3 Global Services Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 04.2011
International Staffing Manager
Syntel Sourcing Pvt Ltd (Now known as Atos)
09.2007 - 06.2010
Assistant Manager - Recruitment
SITEL India Pvt Ltd
07.2005 - 09.2007
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management -
XLRI Jamshedpur
Bachelor of Commerce Degree -
University Of Mumbai
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