Manager Management

PRANATHI. BALABHADRAPATRUNI

Contact No.: 405-***-**** (M) Email: ********.*.**@*****.***

Seeking assignments in the domain of HR with organizations where I can continuously hone my skills and explore

various facets of HR and thus contribute to the best of my abilities.

KEY SKILLS

• Man Power Planning

• Staff Recruitment, Selection and Retention

• Competency mapping

• Employee Induction and Orientation

• Training employees and providing feedback to enhance performance

• Exposure to the SAP HR and ATS (Applicant tracking system) like TALEO & BEELINE.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Highly competitive, self-starter, disciplined and goal oriented professional

• Adaptable, team player with strong analytical abilities and a quick learner

• Excellence in HR process & Management

• Technology Savvy.

EDUCATION

• B tech – Mechanical Engineering

• MBA in HR

CERTIFICATIONS

• Trained in design and execution of a Balance Score Card by QAI

• Certified in People Capability Maturity Model ( PCMM) by QAI

• PHR certification to be completed by June 2015

COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES

• ATS: TALEO & BEELINE

• Office Automation: MS Office (Microsoft Excel, Power point, etc.)

• Analytical tools: SPSS

• SAP HR

EXPERIENCE

PONTOON SOLUTIONS

Role: Program Consultant (2014- Present)

• Responsible for managing all requisition activity through the use of VMS technology.

• Overseeing the use of VMS technology to ensure optimum, cost-effective, timely, and high quality results.

• Provides adequate oversight, training and leadership to ensure end user community and supplier partnerships

reach potential.

• Managing and coordinating client and supplier community interactions within assigned market area or skill set.

• Providing program Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) training and updates to supplier community on a

regular basis to ensure understanding and compliance.

• Communicating program procedural changes and updates to MSP suppliers and client users while providing

all procedural updates in a timely manner.

• Facilitating to ensure suppliers appropriately manage employee on-boarding, employee relations issues,

orientations, performance reviews, and off-boarding activities.

• Supporting the Operations Manager of Pontoon MSP (Pontoon Managed Service Program) in ensuring

financial goals and objectives are met or exceeded as well as full compliance on all Pontoon policies and

procedures.

• Providing accurate, timely, and complete daily performance analyses.

• Building relationships with the Operation Manager of Pontoon MSP and their areas of responsibility. Establish

and maintain a proactive, positive working relationship with client end users through regular phone and in-

person contact.

• Perform site visits and promote communication with the client end users within assigned market area or skill

set.

• Assisted with supplier assessment efforts and updates as needed.

• Innovative coaching and counseling of non-traditional team members to ensure team development,

engagement and value contribution.

• Made decisions daily which required a mindful balance of risk mitigation, candidate and program quality,

optimal cost and maximum efficiency.

• Monitored KPI’s and SLA’s to maintain excellence throughout full life cycle of requisition process

• Implemented continuous benchmarking and improvement practices

• Maintained collaborative partnership with Procurement for contract and term management

• Identified and drove for game-changing cost optimization by considering market trends, recognizing customer

needs and ensuring exceptional service delivery

• Implemented ATS improvements via contribution to the technology roadmap

• Negotiated and refined contracts to match actual business needs while cutting out ancillary costs – reduced

spend with some vendors by more than 50% without sacrificing service levels

RELIANCE POWER LTD.

Role: Assistant Manager – HR (2009-2012)

• Build and maintain network of potential candidates utilizing Applicant Tracking System, job boards and social

networking sites.

• Help conduct phone interviews

• Assist with candidate scheduling as needed

• Track job postings to ensure open positions are properly advertised

• A statistical analysis of the last year’s selection process and suggesting improvements

• Suggesting a selection criterion for various positions based on the vision and mission of the

company/ department

• Designing a competency framework for interviews.

• Designing the rating parameters and rating scales based on the competencies derived.

• Implementation and execution of the selection process in coordination with the concerned

departments in the organization.

• Created online sourcing strategy for Talent Acquisition utilizing premier search tools and advertising technology

• Managed global recruiting contracts and relationships with job boards, search tools and social media

• Managed contracts and relationships with over 65 U.S. based search firms.

• Responsible for contributing to the creation, prioritization and execution of initiatives in the domains of

training, succession planning, performance management.

• Implemented the competency based methodology for training initiatives across the organization.

• Partnered with various CoEs across the organization in designing, managing, optimizing and

executive HR initiatives.

• Applied the analytical tools like SPSS to analyze study the factors that affect the performance of the

employee, that motivate the employee and the results of training & employee performance. This has helped to

optimize and manage the initiatives.

PERSONNEL SEARCH SERVICES

Role: Account Manager – FMCG/ Telecom (2004-2006)

Personnel Search Services (PSS) has been a pioneer in Executive Search. It offered clients a comprehensive

Executive Search and Consulting service at a time when existing players relied solely on database driven

selection services.

Key Deliverables:

• Catered to the clients in FMCG and Telecommunication sectors.

• Recruiting candidates for junior and middle level management positions and managing the database

using the ATS.

• Experience in Sourcing/Posting through different job boards, social networking sites and other

professional networks

• Source candidates for open job orders using various internal and external resources (i.e., internal

databases, various external data sources, referrals networks, recruitment of passive candidates, etc.)

• Directing the search team in understanding client requirements

• Screen, interview and present candidates for open job orders

• Understand client requirements and manage candidate expectations in order to match candidates up

with the proper jobs to ensure a successful placement rate

• Prepare candidates for interviews and work to “close” candidates from the initial interview through to

final interview process and the presentation of a formal job offer

• Present and negotiate job offers with candidates, while managing the expectations of both candidates

and clients

• Gain valuable knowledge of clients’ through industry research, understanding market conditions and

having knowledge of the competitive landscape

• Through dedicated and persistent communication proactively build client and candidate referral

sources

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