Niharika Tomar (She/Her)

Serve as a strategic advisor and partner to business leaders, influencing workforce planning, org design, and hiring prioritization across APAC markets Lead AI-led Talent Acquisition transformation, leveraging automation across sourcing, screening, scheduling, and analytics to improve hiring velocity and scale Designed and implemented TA capability-building and training programs, enabling recruiters to effectively leverage AI tools, data insights, and modern ATS platforms Built a culture of data-driven and AI-enabled recruiting, embedding funnel analytics, predictive insights, and continuous optimization into hiring processes Drove automation-first recruiting operations, improving recruiter productivity, consistency, and candidate experience across regions Enabled TA teams to evolve into strategic talent advisors, moving from transactional recruiting to consultative business partnership

Talent acquisition for India

Deployed at Client's Location Lead and Manage the Sourcing and Operations vendor team Technical, Non Technical, Cloud and Analytical hiring support Collaborate with clients and other Google stakeholders globally to assess strategic business needs, challenges and translate business strategy into opportunities Responsible for maintaining strong customer relationships and improving our services to maintain customer satisfaction Manage multiple hiring projects for shared services team (8 sub pods) to support the diverse need of the team with maintaining SLAs, KPI and TAT Responsible for baselining activities, Time and Motion studies to establish operational metrics Manage multiple service lines for Staffing team to support the diverse need of the team with maintaining SLAs and TAT Designed and implemented a career growth program, develop competency-based training infrastructures and designed career paths Manage Onboarding process for both Cognizant and client and ensuring all pre employment criterias are fulfilled Partner with cross-functional teams across regions to conduct thorough discovery and due diligence on existing processes Planning and implementing growth strategies to develop new markets and expand business Partner with Client and Cognizant leaders in the identification and implementing change accelerators Create and implement performance management and competency building programs and processes Responsible for weekly, monthly and quarterly business review meeting Initiate and manage multiple ideation program throughout the year to come up with Process Excellence ideas to strengthen our sourcing and recruitment process

Lead multiple hiring projects for Google, provides status updates on performance against plan and meets delivery targets Develop and execute action plans to mitigate, close and/or eliminate issues, and to create efficiencies Measures and reports on key performance indicators; develops and implements effective corrective action plans to address areas of concern Devised, deployed and monitored sourcing and hiring strategies to boost long-term business success Develop and deliver effective presentations to clients and senior leaders Excellent analytical skills with strong working knowledge of problem solving, root cause analysis, and associated solution implementation Ability to apply sound business principles to a wide range of operational and strategic challenges and problems in difficult and deadline driven situations

Interface with Hiring Managers' to determine current and projected staffing requirements Responsible for all internal hiring at AGS India, entry level to Leadership Responsible for maintaining documentation and hiring metrics regarding candidates and events Build strong partnership with the Internal Hiring Managers to understand overall business objective, culture and positioning Communicate regularly with internal client and ensure internal objectives per account are met weekly and monthly Analyze recruitment practices and strategies to ensure best practices are in place Identifying and analysis of training needs Designing and implementing recruiter development strategies including choice of training methodologies like class room sessions, PLMS, live sessions on floor and coaching Content development Evaluating training effectiveness by conducting post training evaluation Mentoring and coaching recruiters Stakeholder management Maintain and present reports to leadership team on quarterly basis

Expertise includes building, managing, winning teams and hands-on recruiting. Extensive experience in the design, implementation and delivery of effective staffing & Recruitment solutions • Proven track record in delivering complex recruitment solutions involving both high volume and specialist skills hiring of permanent and contract workers. • Domains handled BFSI, Infrastructure and Technology. • Excellent leadership skills with Strategic thinking and hands-on delivery experience. • Involved in all phase of Recruitment Life Cycle (RLC) & Expertise in Recruitment Process. • Served Fortune 500 client's (Microsoft, Amazon, T-Mobile, Barclay Cards and many more) with strong experience in volume hiring. • Seasoned in Delivery Management, Talent Acquisition, Account Management, Operations Management, and Process Excellence & Team Management. • Ability to conceptualize, formulates, implement and monitor recruitment strategies as per organization structure, existing capabilities and business plans. • Instrumental in capability building from talent perspective. • Expertise in the build, management and development of multi-disciplinary recruitment teams. • Strong operational focus with extensive experience in leading major business change and transformation/transition programs. • Analyzed Training needs in the team, design Models/Methods, conducted Training, and then do post training evaluation. This includes training on Process, Technical Skills, Search strings, soft skills etc. • Plan & implement performance improvement plans. • Drive improvement in recruiter productivity results by identifying trainable opportunities in terms of process and US staffing understanding • Analyzing internal hiring needs, actively participating in hiring process, Interview & selection and aligning them to different clients and accounts.

I am responsible for 2 major IT clients and team of 10 sourcers/Recruiters. My Responsibilities included driving a team of recruiters setting up strategic recruiting plans, handled consultants and client requirements. • Maintaining and reporting the productivity of my team on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis to the top management. • Maintained a log of reports of candidates sourced, submitted, interviewed and starts and sending it across to the management on a regular basis. • Built the team from scratch while doing both recruitment for the Clients and training the new hires and bringing them to speed to cater to our Client’s need • Part of the core training team that is responsible for training of new hires and bringing them up to speed. • Worked very closely with the management in suggesting training modules and structure.

I am associated with Allegis Services India as a recruitment professional and gained extensive experience in coordination, planning, Staffing and operational functions. I have been part of full recruitment life cycle, working closely with line management and Human Resources in creating sourcing strategies to identify and attract individuals with the proper functional skills and cultural fit. • I am Responsible for the initial screening of candidates based on their resumes and qualifying them to the client, coordinating and scheduling interviews between the client and the consultant. • Handled several clients in the IT, Banking, Sales, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Automotive, Engineering, Telecom, Healthcare and Support Staffing Domains • Extensive recruiting experience in geographical areas ranging from US, UK, EMEA, China and also executive search for the domestic Indian market. • Worked on job boards like Monster (India and US), CareerBuilder, Dice, Naukri and internal databases. • Specialized in recruiting candidates from social networking sites like LinkedIn