Sumiran Anand

Toronto, ON Phone: 647-***-**** Email: adydns@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumiran-anand Talent & People Business Partner

Talent Strategist Project & Program Management Talent Business Partner People Ops & Analytics

People centric and strategic Talent professional with over four years' of progressive experience in full-cycle recruitment, talent management, process improvement, talent benchmarking, training and onboarding.

Relied upon by senior management to scale talent acquisition strategies and source top candidates for technical and non-technical roles in Product, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Finance, Platform Marketing, Data, Go-To-Market

Trusted business partner with innate ability to tactically solve problems through subpar communication skills to cultivate meaningful relationships at all levels of the organization and coach others to thrive

Transformational leader with a proven track record in identifying organizational needs, creating the vision, and implementing thoughtful programs driving culture, employee & candidate experience, and organizational effectiveness

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Strategic Planning & Execution

Coaching & Mentorship

Project & Program Management

Employee Relations

Internal & External Communication

Data-driven Decision Making

Recruitment Strategy Development

Leadership & Team Building

Training & Development

Change Management

Emotional Intelligence

Internal Mobility

Performance Management

Data Analytics & reporting

Employer Branding

DEI Programs & Initiatives

Analytical Thinking

ATS Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Recruiter, GitLab Toronto, Remote 09/2022 to 02/2023

Collaborated with leadership to understand their hiring needs and come up with strategic recruitment initiatives to scale engineering teams in AMER, EMEA and JAPAC

Initiated and strategically lead initiatives to standardize recruitment practices across different business units for consistent candidate and hiring team experience

Tools: Greenhouse, Gem, Guide, Calendly - Prelude, Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, GitLab

Reason for leaving: Impacted by lay-offs along with other 7% Labbers Senior Recruiter, Shopify Toronto, Remote 05/2022 to 07/2022

Managed and participated in a recruitment sprint for infrastructure and application security while talent benchmarking and making evidence based hiring decisions with the hiring managers

Designed and developed a department specific interview training program directed to safeguard the quality of hiring decisions, along with setting clear guidelines all across teams

Tools: SmartRecruiters, CoderPad, LinkedIn Recruiter, Mode, GoodTime

Reason for leaving: Impacted by lay-offs along with other 10% Shopifolk Talent Acquisition Specialist, Thinkific Toronto, Remote 09/2021 to 04/2022

Provided Talent and HR subject matter expertise to hiring managers to support with succession planning, performance management, while creating and executing end-to-end recruitment strategy

Coached & mentored first-time hiring managers and teams to align with Thinkific values leading to a more refined recruitment process while maintaining record of people training needs and internal mobility for multiple business functions

Tools: Greenhouse, Gem, Calendly, Guru, Asana, Miro, LinkedIn Recruiter, Lattice, DocuSign

Reason for leaving: Impacted by lay-offs along with other 20% Thinkers Talent Acquisition Specialist, Behavox Toronto, Remote 01/2021 to 08/2021

Responsible for interviewing and identifying leads, talent benchmarking, relationship building with internal and external stakeholders, job posting, utilizing public talent communities to attract the right talent and closing candidates/ roles.

Lead the revamp of internal processes like creating a single source of truth reflecting hiring analytics/ metrics for the senior leadership using Google Sheets, while implementing Greenhouse

Tools: Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, GoodTime, Workday, HackerRank, DocuSign

Reason for leaving: Resigned due to company’s financial instability Recruiter (Contract), Shopify Toronto, Remote 08/2020 to 11/2020

Collaborated with the talent team to manage back-logged and new talent pipelines for GTM roles (Customer Success, Revenue, Marketing & customer engineering) expediting the hiring process by 20% across multiple crafts

Organized interview schedules and feedback forms and supported hiring managers throughout the hiring process

Tools: Lever, GoodTime, DocuSign, LinkedIn Recruiter

Reason for leaving: Fixed term contract

Talent Acquisition Specialist, WilsonHCG Canada, Inc. Toronto, On-Site 04/2019 to 04/2020

Promoted after eight months to develop active sourcing and hiring strategies that attract diversified talent for finance and insurance.

Exceeded monthly performance goals by 120% in a high-volume environment across 6 markets within Eastern Canada, achieved through consultative approach to identify talent needs and launch strategic recruitment plans that deliver results.

Tools: Brassrings, Successfactors, Avature, Workday Talent Administrator & Coordinator 09/2018 to 04/2019

Strengthened talent initiatives, which drove the acquisition of top talent to meet business objectives of 16 clients through 30 open requisitions, updating applicable databases, job descriptions, candidate details, and tracking systems.

Coordinated selection process activities and pre-employment procedures for 600+ candidates, inclusive of completing ad-hoc reporting for HR, new hire packages, green card filing, and background checks.

Tools: iCims, UltiPro, G-Suite, Workable, Harvest, DocuSign, Sterling Backcheck

Reason for leaving: Laid-off along with the whole team due to client contract roll-back ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Bachelor of Commerce in Business Technology Management Ryerson University, Ted Rogers School of Business, 2023 Advanced Diploma, Business Admin in Human Resource Management Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology, 2018

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