Anand Babu

Rakuten is a global innovation company operating over 70 businesses and serving nearly 2 billion members worldwide. With a strong focus on e-commerce, fintech, digital content, and communications, By integrating AI into its ecosystem, Rakuten enhances customer experiences and optimizes operations across services Led technical sourcing for engineering, product, and fintech roles across Internet, Retail, and Fintech domains. Developed and maintained a strong candidate pipeline using Boolean search, social media, referrals, and niche platforms. Partnered with hiring managers to understand role requirements and define effective sourcing strategies. Conducted talent mapping and market research to identify top candidates in competitive markets. Successfully reduced time-to-fill for critical positions while maintaining high-quality hiring standards. Implemented innovative sourcing strategies to increase candidate engagement and conversion. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to support hiring for high-growth projects and strategic initiatives. Mentored junior recruiters and shared best practices in technical sourcing and candidate engagement.

• Recruiting and hiring candidates in Singapore, Malaysia, Middle East & India Market . Direct contract and permanent placements for all IT positions for multiple clients • Working positions for Levis, Virtusa Polaris , Ingram Micro, CSC, Xchanging, FE credit, Andrew Yule, Stats chippac, Cognizant, TechMahindra… and other major premium clients in Singapore, Malaysia, India, Vietnam & ME • Specialize in sourcing niche skills Experience in hiring Technical / Functional consultants , Business Analysts, Project/ Program managers, • Handling complete recruitment life cycle from understanding of client requirement, mapping, initial screening / candidate interaction, meeting / interview scheduling, etc. • Sourcing profiles / resumes through multiple sources (head hunting, networking portals, internal references, Job Portals (like Monster Singapore / Middle East , Jobs Street , Naukri , Bayt, Linkedin Recruiter.etc.) • Entrusted with the responsibility to manage new & existing accounts while carrying out marketing study for analyzing the existing market conditions, competitor strategies • Monitoring overall functionality with respect to each customer & working towards improvements to achieve maximum customer satisfaction. . • Managing the team of 5 recruiters in Bangalore, Chennai and Singapore Offices • Preparing and maintaining regular MIS Reports to provide feedback to the top management for effective rendering of services.

Role: As Assistant Warehouse Supervisor, I was integral part of Logistics Department with a role of controlling warehouse activities with the strength of 40 to 50 Warehouse personnel and reporting directly to Logistics Manager & Materials Director • Supervised and trained 40 over warehouse personnel , according to base and warehouse size • Organize and set priorities for the team to meet warehouse requirements • Utilized hand-held computerized system to verify shipments and identify loads for re-packing and distribution to stores or forwarding into inventory • Oversees warehouse shipping and receiving • Coordinate deliveries and pick-ups with the dispatcher of freight companies. • Have conference calls with suppliers regarding shipments • Raise Incident reports for all the Damages during receiving or Handling • Closely work with Production Supervisors & Engineers • Strictly Maintaining 5S activity in Warehouse • Planning for Warehouse Personnel to Support Production 24 x 7 • Maintained compliance with all safety and corporate regulations • Various User Training activities.

I was integral part of Material Management team with a primary role of Goods Issuing, updating the stocks in SAP inventory system using standard SAP business transactions, maintaining the stock list and supporting Stores Manager & Invntory Manager in Inventory related activities.