Shiva Kumar Achar
BU HR Leader @ Sonata Software
About
Seasoned Talent Acquisition Leader with over 18 years of experience driving recruitment excellence and operational efficiency across global organizations. Adept at building high-performing teams, aligning recruitment strategies with business goals, and delivering talent solutions for diverse industries, including BFSI, Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Life Sciences. Currently serving as GM – Head of Talent Acquisition & Global PMO, overseeing strategic hiring and PMO functions for a leading IT services organization. My expertise spans across offshore hiring, technology recruitment, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and AI-driven recruitment automation. Key Highlights: • Leadership and Strategy: Successfully led recruitment teams of up to 50 recruiters, managing end-to-end hiring operations for niche and large-scale roles across verticals like Generative AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Cloud, and ERP. • Stakeholder Engagement: Partnered with senior leadership to deliver data-driven hiring strategies and ensure alignment with business revenue goals. • Operational Excellence: Directed the hiring of 1,000–1,400 professionals annually while optimizing TAT, source mix, cost-per-hire, and compliance with SLAs. • AI and Automation: Pioneered the use of AI tools for recruitment automation, including resume screening, candidate engagement, and performance analytics, improving recruitment efficiency. • Diversity and Inclusion: As a D&I Council Member, spearheaded global initiatives to eliminate bias in recruitment, train hiring managers, and track diversity metrics. • Global PMO Leadership: Supervised demand forecasting, talent supply chain management, recruitment costs, and employee referral initiatives. • Vendor and Market Intelligence: Built robust vendor networks and leveraged industry insights to attract top talent across India and international markets. • Awards and Recognition: Recipient of multiple awards, including "Service Excellence," "Delivery Excellence," and "DNA – Play to Win" for achieving recruitment milestones and enhancing operational standards. I am passionate about leveraging technology and data to redefine talent acquisition processes and create impactful hiring experiences. Let’s connect to discuss innovative solutions and share best practices in talent strategy!
India
Bengaluru
Human Resources
Strategic Human Resource Planning, Human Resource Development, Human Capital Management, Human Resource Planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Engagement Management, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement, Employee Benefits Design, Employee Wellness, Employee Recognition, Human Resources (HR), HRBP, Strategic Human Resources Leadership, HR Leader, Hire to retire, HR Process, Talent Acquisition Strategy and Execution, Leadership and Team Management, Stakeholder and Vendor Management
Experience

BU HR Leader
Banagalore
Lead end-to-end HR transformation across the hire-to-retire lifecycle, driving strategic initiatives and digital adoption. Collaborate with senior leadership to enhance processes, automation, and employee experience. Ensure compliance, efficiency, and scalability of HR operations. Spearhead change management and workforce analytics to optimize business impact.

Manager - Talent Acquisition
Bangalore
• Develop and implement the strategic hiring plans to meet business requirements of all Open, Super critical and Potential positions in a time bound manner. • Key Responsible for Quality of hiring, Source Mix, Cost per hire, TAT within the Recruitment SLA’s • Develop, review with Director/ Talent Acquisition Head and monitor the implementation fulfillment strategies. • Managing a team for 10 recruiters handling end-to-end Talent Acquisition process for Pan India for across Business Units. • Measure individual team performance against pre-set target, evaluates alternate course of action to increase throughput. • Authenticate the salary fitment across levels and Negotiate with candidates • Measure the offer to joiner ratio for the managed Business Vertical/Horizontal Business Group or a location/region. • Manage and track the candidate pipeline and ensure it is adequate to meet the open Position requirements. • Build; maintain industry / skill specific market intelligence for target-based hiring. • Train and manage the activities of the team members to ensure compliance with pre-agreed SLA’s for Talent Acquisition function. • Prepare monthly MIS on the hiring status – monthly hiring plan update, team members’ performance, sourcing effectiveness and offer to joiner ratio – • Conduct monthly audit to ensure that the team maintain accurate and well-ordered documentation on all candidates’ selection & hiring records (Resume, Offer letter, and Application form, Interview Evaluation Forms, Salary Fitment and Offer Acceptance), updates offer database & other reports/database. • Conduct requirement qualifications and validations with team members and hiring manager’s to develop a thorough understanding of the requirements and enable the team members to source effectively suitable candidate profiles. • Vendor Management for Pan India and quarterly evaluation vendor performance

Sr. RRM (Recruitment Relationship Manager)
Bangalore
Recruitment Relationship Manager/ Account Management Since Jan 2014 - Key Responsible for End to End Account management - Responsible for Managing Stakeholders, Escalation handling & Customer engagement across Multiple BU’s - Leading and mentoring recruitment teams - Weekly review’s with all Stake holders on active SR’s - Define Hiring/ recruiting plans and implementation and drive to closure

Recruitment Lead
Bangalore
• Responsible for Managing the Delivery for Multiple RPO & SRP Customers • Responsible for Managing Stakeholders, Escalation handling & Customer engagement • Managing & mentoring a Recruitment team of 8-12 peoples • Responsible for Competency building for the COE Team • Requirement Gathering, Sourcing Strategies, Delivery Plan and Execution • Presentations of Market Intelligence Report • Hirecraft Process Implementations • Driving tool utilization and Hirecraft Audit & Compliance reports

Sr.Recruitment Specialist
Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
• Working with various business functions within the organization to understand and fulfill their hiring needs efficiently. • Responsible for full life cycle recruitment, which included, collecting the requirements, generating resume, pre-Screening resumes and applicants, Collecting the details about the candidature, setting up interviews and processing new hires for employment. • Responsibilities include targeting individuals and professionals for profile matching against customer requirements. • Proactively prospect candidates via various lead generation methods and techniques. Maintain a steady pipeline of active candidates/leads to quickly provide talent to meet immediate needs. • Screening resumes, conducting interviews, coordinating & scheduling technical interviews, completing references and articulating the KRA’s defined. • Ensure continuous flow of information b/w Senior Recruiters and Prospective candidates. • Duties include recruiting professionals through job postings, Headhunting & reference building. • Took initiative in preparing MI Data Analysis.

Recruitment Specialist
Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
I have handled E2E recruitment cycle of IT/Non IT Recruitment. Experience with Sourcing, Screening, Scheduling, Qualifying Process Have gained sound Knowledge on E2E Recruitment Life Cycle. Client Meeting, Gathering Requirement and Event Co-ordination (Including Large scale walk-in’s) Sourcing profiles mainly through Referral, Networking & Head Hunting. Mentoring team Excellent Knowledge on Recruitment tools like HireCraft, Naukri, Monster, Jobsahead and Timesjob Coordinating with Technical Panels for the Interview schedules & Feedback Following up with Client till the closure and to get candidate on board. Maintaining & updating the records in Internal Database and client Database Good Knowledge in MS office tools (MS Excel, MS Word, and PowerPoint) I have handled requirements of up to Sr. Manager/ Group Manager Level. Establish and maintain a good relationship with the candidates & the clients.
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