Lakshmi Chindunoor

Dayton, NJ *****

ad4gqu@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 203-***-****

Objective:

Experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist with a demonstrated history of success in bringing in best talent in Manufacturing (Corporate), Sales and marketing, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, IT, Finance, and Services industries. Proven expertise in Full Cycle Recruiting, Resource Management, Onboarding, and ATS utilization. Skilled in client relationship management, team leadership, Vendor management and coaching.

Profile Summary:

Over 10 years of experience recruiting and collaborating with hiring managers and HR departments, adept in staffing policies and procedures.

Strong background in Executive level and senior roles recruiting.

Proficient in managing end-to-end recruitment processes for permanent and contractual positions.

Experienced in working in corporate and staffing/recruiting agency environment.

Skilled in various employment methods: W2 Permanent, W2 Contract, Corp-to-Corp, Contract-to-Hire, and 1099.

Expertise in conducting onboarding and induction for new hires, and handling immigration status and contracting agreements.

Proven ability in account management, negotiation, offer presentation, and vendor management.

Proficient in behavioral interviewing, direct sourcing, offshore coordination, and using ATS.

Core Competencies:

Full Cycle Recruitment, Communication and Negotiation, Contracting Agreement (W2, C2C, 1099), Applicant Tracking System, Gen AI in Recruiting and TA, Vendor Management, Employee Relations,

Behavioral Interviewing, Offshore Coordination, Account Management, Offer Presentation, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Work Space

Professional Experience:

LIXIL, Piscataway, NJ: 04/2021 to present

Senior Talent Acquisition specialist:

Lixil is a global company and a leader in Building / construction materials. In the Americas, the brands in business are American standard, Grohe, DXV, Lixil home services, Bosco shower door and INAX.

Have closed more than 150 roles up to now 80 % of the roles starting from Manager to SVP.

Have recruited and on-boarded most C level roles in the organization, to name a few SVP of marketing, VP of marketing, SVP Sales Leader, Director of Channel marketing, Senior National sales manager and more.

Recruited and filled corporate roles (HR, Finance, Legal, and Procurement) Commercial roles (Sales and marketing, Supply chain), Engineering roles (R&D, Design) and technical roles – IT roles.

Recruited for Canadian corporate roles.

95% of offers extended were accepted.

Effective usage of Gen AI for recruiting, onboarding, screening and communications. Extensive use of Chat GPT, Midjourney and Voicebox

Project management : Represented TA and collaborated with other internal teams during major Projects in the organization

oProject Direct: Project when transitioned from agency to in-house sales reps. Project included recruiting and onboarding 60 to 80 inside sales, outside sales, territory managers across US.

oProject Lift: Project where we transitioned from multiple aged system to SAP/S4 HANA.

oProject Cardinal: Helped with Job description and Vendor partnership as this was a project with multiple short term employments.

Streamlining Recruiting processes:

oAlign with the global process

oStandardized offer letters templates

oCreate interview Score cards

oCreate intake/ Strategy call questionnaire

oSetting Hiring expectations with the hiring team

Auditing and QA Applicant tracking system (ATS) for efficient performance

oAutomation of calendar scheduling for candidates

oAutomation of offer letters and promotion letters

oAutomation of Onboarding documents

oAutomation of outgoing emails via ATS

oCreating Outgoing email content

Partner with external Legal team for immigration and global mobility.

Vendor/ staffing agency management:

oSelecting and streamlining vendor pool

oWork with Procurement and legal for standardized contracts and MSA’s

oCoordinate all temp/ contract workers hiring.

oWorking with Accounts payable/finance for timely invoicing

Implementation of Global LINKEDIN Enterprise

oHave been an integral team member with implementing the LinkedIn Enterprise program globally

oHelped in rationalizing all LinkedIn Accounts

oReduced LinkedIn expenses by auditing duplicate spends and accounts.

Real Soft Inc., South Brunswick, NJ: 1/2014 – 3/2021

Talent Acquisition - Account Manager 1/2017 -3/2021

Act as the primary contact for client delivery team onsite in New Jersey, managing talent acquisition/workforce solutions projects across multiple industries.

Successfully oversee recruitment projects resulting in annual revenue of $2+ million.

Lead a team of recruiters, translating staffing requirements into effective talent acquisition strategies and hiring targets.

Collaborate with senior leadership on pipeline strategy, talent acquisition planning, and forecasting.

Utilize online job boards and social media platforms for candidate sourcing.

Manage client and candidate relationships, negotiate contracts, and ensure service delivery satisfaction.

Utilize VMS/MSP tools such as SAP Fieldglass, Brassring, Success-factor, Work Nexus, and IQ Navigator.

Develop and implement dashboards to track recruiting metrics and optimize operational efficiencies.

Coordinate onboarding, background checks, drug tests, and compliance for new hires.

Real Soft Inc., South Brunswick, NJ: 09/2015 – 12/2016

QA – In house Applicant tracking tool – Alphahire

Alpha hire was an in-house developed applicant tracking tool. Today it is used in quite a few global organization. This tool was something similar to bullhorn and Job Diva. Working very closely with the developers for

Integration with the job boards for parsing of the jobs

Integration of search capabilities on various job boards as per the contracts

Keyword search for resumes

Mass emailing capabilities of the tool to candidates for volume requisitions

Interview requests via Alphahire

Onboarding via the tool

Real Soft Inc., South Brunswick, NJ: 01/2014 – 08/2015

Talent Acquisition /Full Cycle Recruiter

Managed end-to-end recruitment process for various job openings.

Handled approximately 30 new jobs per week, collaborating closely with account managers.

Utilized innovative recruiting methods including social media and job boards.

Facilitated interview coordination and feedback process.

Other Experience:

Rutgers Tele fund, New Brunswick, NJ 02/2008 – 08/2008

Fund Raiser Caller / Outbound Call Center

Shivkrupa Nursing Home, Hubli, India 02/2002 – 02/2004

Visiting Dietitian

Diabetes Multispecialty Center, Hubli, India 06/2000 – 02/2004

Dietician / Diabetes Educator

Education and certification:

Master’s in Food Science and Nutrition – India

American Staffing Association Corporate Recruiting Professional Certificate

LinkedIn Learning Certificate: Generative AI, Recruiting, and Talent Acquisition

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