Uma Maheswari Mani

M o b i l e N o : +91 9840604955/9840654408
E m a i l : uma0304@gmail.com

Professional Synopsis
 Talent Acquisition professional with 11+ years of experience in end to end recruitment in
Domestic as well as Global Market.
 Experienced in working with Product based as well as Services Company, hired for ERP, BFSI,
Logistics, Consulting, Telecom and Support Positions across levels and industry.
 Excellent knowledge of recruiting and hiring processes including sourcing, interviewing, reference
checking, tracking, salary negotiations, and closing.
 Internet-savvy, particularly the more sought-after passive candidates. Understand the technology
space well and can leverage the web effectively to assist the search.
 Good hands on experience in Hirecraft & Zoho.
 Exclusively working with latest Internet navigation and on-line recruiting technology/tools.

Core Competencies

 Stakeholder Management
 Sourcing
 Social Media Hiring
 Employee Referral Program
 Pre BGV-Process
 Team handling / People Management
 Recruitment Analytics / MIS
 RPO & Staffing (inclusive of rate negotiations)
 P&L Management / Revenue Generation
 Campus & lateral Hiring
 Technical and Leadership Hiring
 Diversity hiring
 Market Mapping & Market Intelligence
 Vendor Management
 HRIS System

Professional Experience

Aug 2018- Jan

Altimetrik India Pvt. Ltd @ PayPal IDC 2019
Jan 2019 – May
Ness Technologies @ PayPal IDC 2019

 Work with internal teams and hiring managers to assist with recruitment efforts.
 Keep a track of the performance by creating reports & metrics such as hiring reports, Interview to Offer ratio, offer
to joining ratio.
 Discussing requirements with the Stakeholders & senior management & laying down recruitment strategies for the
same.
 Drafting Job Descriptions, distributing requirements and staying on top of it & ensuring the desired numbers are
achieved within deadlines Identify future talent needs and proactively recruiting and sourcing; develop talent pool.
 Training for the team on Recruitment Methodologies, Technologies, Sourcing & Assessment Techniques.
 Training, Recruitment Process, Do’s & Don’ts, Company Processes, Candidate Value propositions.
 Increased the employee referrals from 9% to 32% by internal brandings like Hack earth, Playground.

May 2015- Aug

Renovite Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd @ PayPal IDC 2018

Achievements:
Set up recruitment strategies from scratch and drove the headcount from 7 to 325 in a span of 3 years.
Automated Resource Management (Allocation/ De-allocation of resources & Bench Management).
Appreciated by the Senior Management & client for successfully managing TAT for all critical hires.
Involved from conception to implementation “Star Performer Award “– May 2016, May 2017.

Talent Acquisition ownership from ‘Recruit to Exit’

 Played an individual contributor role in recruitment team and holding ownership of assigned open
positions.
 Propose hiring plan and designed hiring strategies, implemented plan of action for open positions, review
requisitions, ageing, discuss and effective utilization of sourcing tools, close position as per the target deadline.
 Planning – Identifying effective sourcing methodologies to reach the passive candidates and built sufficient
pipeline to all open positions.
 Hiring – Overall management of the entire Recruitment cycle from Understanding the requirements, sourcing -
validating resumes and eliminating the risk of hiring the wrong candidate, preliminary interviews, salary
negotiations, finalization of candidates.
 Partnered and worked directly with stakeholders, business unit heads and the respective teams to
determine the hiring demands and assist in preparing JDs.
 Managed end to end recruitment from reviewing, creating job fitment, and working closely with hiring
managers based out of India, UK & USA.
 Managed employee referral campaigns periodically by driving the program for Chennai location and providing
timely feedback
 Managed buddy program for new joiners to understand the environment thoroughly.

 Organized and managed walk-ins and drives across India.

 Attracting passive talent from the job market by utilizing key selling points.

 Extending an offer letter for shortlisted candidates as per hiring manager’s approval after initiating background
verification.
 Recruitment Analysis - Set up Structures for measuring Weekly, Monthly MIS Reports, BU Response Time, Gap
Analysis report, No Show Analysis
 Recruitment Metrics - Offer Acceptance rate, Cost per Hire, Average time to select, Average time to deploy,
Average time to join.
 Deployment - Effective deployment of resources between business units to achieve the given target of resources
for various projects with requisite skill sets in a given time frame.
 Onboarding - Ensuring the offer closure through proper salary negotiations and follow up till resource gets on-
board.
 Vendor Management - Extensive interaction with recruitment vendors on aspects of targets, performance
reviews, retention strategies and brand management.
 Review existing Process flow and create control points within the process which will enable timely execution of the
defined process with minimum defects

Nov 2013 - Feb

Helios & Matheson 2015

 Leading, Managing and monitoring team.

 Responsible and Accountable for the team’s target achievements in terms of number of hiring within the required
budgetary specifications.
 Stakeholder Management.
 Escalation management.
 Executing the salary negotiation to enable band fit with regards to the budget & as per the company standards.
 Setting KRAs for the team & identifying training needs for the teams.
 Structure the team; manage career growth plan, and retention.
 Regular review of the existing recruitment process to enhance overall productivity.
 MIS reports reports on recruitment for presentation to the management.
 Managing the recruitment for large accounts.
 Management of the entire recruitment life-cycle for sourcing the best talent from diverse sources (Social Media,
Portals, ER, Networking) after identification of manpower requirements.
 Handling PAN India manpower requisitions with vanilla and niche skills across multiple projects.
 Possess strong exposure in Process Management.

Aug 2011 – Apr

Adecco India 2012

 Forecasts staffing needs based on client requirements, attrition trends, and current project team composition.
 Collaborates with Project managers and recruiting managers to identify quality candidates, develop hiring strategy
and plan for difficult to hire skills.
 Responsible and accountable for achieving Goals set for the teams and accountable for achieving account wise
business targets.
 Responsible for vendor management with respect to the BGV’s of the candidates.
 Responsible for maintenance of operational and business standards, implementation and maintenance of
processes as determined by the Company.
 Used recruiting tools like Hire craft.
 Maintaining and updating MIS, preparing monthly recruitment reviews.

Sep 2010 –
Maples ESM Technologies Pvt Ltd Jul 2011

 End-To-end recruitment & Account Management.

 Working closely with the business units to create control points for effective recruitment process.
 Provide support and advice through resource planning, job specification and building talent pipeline to meet the
future needs.
 Helping sales team to bid the best billing rate for the niche skill position with the help of market analysis.
 Periodic client meetings to assess our services, feedback gathering and to penetrate account further.
 Providing sufficient input to candidates for preparing the interviews and communicating the service agreement
clauses to prospect candidates.
 Handling employee referral programs by publishing weekly mailer to employees and identifying the potential
candidates.
 People Management, Attrition control, leave management, succession planning, Appraisal, performance
management, Rewards & Recognition, Exit process.
 Employee relation & referral generation.

May 2007 – Aug

Future Focus Infotech Pvt Ltd 2010
 Manage day-to-day activities of delivery team(s) to ensure timely and accurate customer deliveries, Workforce
planning and Resource Utilization Forecasting and Bench Engagement.
 Forecasts staffing needs based on client requirements, attrition trends, and current project team composition.
 Interacting with Project managers and recruiting managers to identify quality candidates, Develop hiring strategy
Responsible for vendor management with respect to the BGV’s of the candidates.
 Handling niche skills requirement independently
 Maintaining staffing Metrics like TTF, Cost per hire, Source Mix, Hiring Manager, Quality of hire, recruiter
performance and Diversity specific.

Academic Credentials

 Executive Management Programme – Human Resources from Cambridge University, UK, A Grade, 2004
 Master of Arts from Bharathiar University majoring in Sociology, Coimbatore in 2003, 66%.
 Bachelor of Arts from Providence College for Women (Bharathiar University) majoring in Economics, in 2001, 68%.
 Diploma in Personal Management & Industrial Relations at National Institute of Labour & Educational Management,
(NILEM), 68%.
 12th with majoring in Accountancy, Economics & commerce, through State Board in 1998, 72%.
 10th with majoring in Maths, Science & Social Science, through State Board in 1996, 73%.