Esha Aggarwal

Spearheaded the HR function during the company's rapid 18-month growth period, establishing a robust foundation for talent acquisition, management, and employee relations Developed and implemented comprehensive HR policies and frameworks to ensure efficient reporting, streamlined workflows, and effective talent management Owned the entire employee lifecycle, overseeing recruitment, onboarding and performance management Served as a trusted advisor, resolving senior management escalations and providing strategic guidance on HR matters Championed successful HR process integration and transition for new business ventures and acquired companies (Faces & Glamrs, Carmesi) Transformed the talent acquisition process to meet evolving business needs and organizational goals,ensuring a steady pipeline of top talent Talent Acquisition Demonstrated expertise in full-cycle recruitment across the [Industry] industry, encompassing diverse processes, roles, and bands, consistently exceeding agreed-upon service level agreements (SLAs) Championed talent acquisition excellence by designing and implementing an organization-wide interview training program, resulting in significantly enhanced hiring quality Headhunted key executives including CMO, CFO, and Head of Sales, building a strong leadership team at Purplle Spearheaded the launch of an Employee Stock Participation Program (ESPP) and established a robust system for monthly manpower cost tracking, promoting employee engagement and ensuring alignment with management directives, while implementing cost-optimization initiatives in the recruitment process that delivered measurable financial benefits Built a robust talent pipeline by recruiting Management Trainees and Graduate Trainees from top tier universities, establishing a comprehensive campus program Strategic HR

Consulting Assignment of 2 months in Talent Acquisition

• Managing recruitment for niche & non-niche requirements under Lifescience & Healthcare Domain • Team Management • Support hiring for other Domains like Production Support,PLSQL, .Net, Java, Linux Administrator • Support other Domain requirements (Travel, Manufacturing, BFSI, Retail,HRO,F&A) • Support Campus Recruitment – PAN India • Support Induction & Onboarding formalities • Responsible for Leadership Hiring across domains • Responsible for Driving cost (source mix) by hiring through alternative platforms like job boards, social media, head hunting, employee referral etc • Closely work with Resource Management group for effective utilization of unallocated resources • Introduced Brand Building Initiative ‘Pre-Joining Engagement’ for experienced professionals joining us across location – To effectively engage candidates from the time of their selection to joining & to improve their overall on-boarding experience

Responsible for hiring for strategic roles through extensive research and head hunting • Lead Campus Recruitment at Regional level • Hired 400+ entry-level positions for various SBU’s within a span of 12 months • Domain expertise in hiring for Digital Marketing, Ecommerce/ Internet/ Online Retail /e-Publishing/ eCommerce (Content Writers/Editors) • Hired 100+ IT professionals with niche skill open source web based technologies like Drupal and Magento, PHP, Perl, Wordpress, Hybris, Python, ATG Commerce, QA, Solution Architects, BA, Project Managers and Program Managers etc. • Managed hiring for functional roles like Business Development and Finance and resources for translation and multilingual processes (German, French and Spanish) • Support with Forecasting and Resource planning on Quarterly basis • Vendor & Stakeholder Management Key Achievements: • Received Employee of the quarter for exceptional performance and achieving top recruitment quality in organisation and hiring 400+ employees in the space of a year • Star Employee award for saving cost and minimising vendor requirement

• Responsible for lateral hiring for KPO & IT requirements across levels and functions. • Domain expertise in hiring for BFSI, Online Retail, Legal Process Outsourcing, Research and Analytics • Hired technology professionals and senior professionals across Datamatics LOBs with zero vendor utilization and hired for technologies like Bigdata, Hadoop and .Net, Java, sharepoint • Tapping Alternate Channel avenues: Linked-in and professional networking sites • Managing entire recruitment cycle from preliminary interviews, salary negotiations, finalization of candidates, offer and to joining formalities • Vendor & Stakeholder Management • Responsible for Conducting Exit Interviews • Responsible for curbing Attrition • Responsible for clearing all Front level HR related queries, grievances and escalations of employees & ensuring the same are resolved within committed timelines

Recruitment/Operations • Understand requirement from line manager’s and source candidates through various channels (Job Portals, Internal Reference, Consultants, etc) to ensure quick closures • Co-ordinate with consultants for requirements across levels • Conduct telephonic interviews • Conduct personal round of interview and co-ordinate with the line managers for the process round of interview • Negotiate salary and roll out offer letters • Maintain various trackers viz., Selection, Forecast and Scheduling. • Leadership hiring for finance and technical process in ecommerce and IT • Training new joiners and mentoring them • Acting as a backup of team lead • Closed niche and critical requirements • Attended job fairs and recruitment drive during bulk hiring • Collecting and ensuring that the selected candidate has submitted all the necessary documents as required for the records. • Assigning the new joinees to their respective departments. • Document verification and follow up with the selected candidates for further process. Key Achievements: • Received spot rewards and quarterly awards for closing highest number of positions and excellent performance throughout. • Got promoted as Sr. Analyst within the span of 1 yr.

Responsibilities • Interaction with the line managers about the required profile • Screening and short listing prospective candidates based on required skills and competencies • Scheduling interviews for the shortlisted candidates • Creating a database. Undertaking database searches • Assisting in joining formalities