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🔹 Holistic 360° HR Leader with 22+ Years Experience 🔹 Senior Director - HR Shared Services, AtkinsRéalis 🔹 Championing Innovation & Tech in Global HR 🔹 ED&I Advocate | Networking Pro | Bike Lover

About

Puru is a seasoned HR professional with over 22 years of experience, currently serving as the Senior Director of HR Shared Services at GTC. Over his 11 years at AtkinsRéalis, Puru has held various HR leadership roles, making him a holistic HR leader who now leads a team of 265. He is focused on driving innovation and efficiency in HR processes by overseeing the implementation of fully automated, digital solutions, delivering impactful employee and stakeholder experiences across the globe. Prior to his current role, Puru was Talent Acquisition Manager at Dell International Services, where he led a team of recruiters and successfully achieved 100% hiring through direct channels for analytics roles. Before joining Dell, he spent 7 years with Hewlett-Packard as Program Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan, where he managed HR systems, staffing, and compliance. Puru holds a Post-Graduate Degree in Human Resources Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Bangalore University. His experience in global talent acquisition, HR systems, and leadership development has been instrumental in shaping his career. Follow him for regular insights and updates on HR transformation, leadership, and digital HR processes. Connect with him to discuss HR best practices and explore collaborative opportunities.

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Senior Director - HR Shared Services at AtkinsRéalis, Sep 2024 - Present · 2 y, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Puru, Senior Director of HR Shared Services at GTC, brings over 22 years of HR expertise. In his 11 years at AtkinsRéalis, he has held various roles across the HR function, making him a holistic HR leader. Now responsible for leading a team of 265, Puru oversees the innovation and efficiency of fully automated, digital HR processes, leveraging cutting-edge technology to deliver seamless processes, impactful employee and stakeholder experiences globally.

Head of Recruitment for Asia and Global Recruitment Shared Services at AtkinsRéalis, Mar 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Head of Recruitments - Asia and UK Operations at AtkinsRéalis, Apr 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 6 mos, Bangalore

Manager, Talent Acquisition at Dell International Services, Apr 2011 - Mar 2014 · 3 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Manager, Talent Acquisition for Dell International Services: I take care of hiring for the Contact Center,Global Financial Support, Global Analytics teams with a team of 6 recruiters. I have also supported hiring for Senior level positions by head hunting , direct sourcing and also end to recruitment for roles like Senior Consultants / Directors and Executive Director in the Core Networking and other support functions. Hiring @dell has given me tremendous experience in how to give a better candidate experience ; how to exceed expectations of the hiring manager and of course what are candidate rights in the process of hiring.

Program Manager - APJ Region at Hewlett-Packard, Jan 2010 - Apr 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, APJ Lead for Taleo,HR Systems and Program Manager for the Contingent Workforce policies and compliance. Agency contractor tenure policy for India/Singapore/Malaysia and other APJ was implemented and governed. Taleo upgradations,Staffing policy/process governance,recruiter training on all HR Systems concerned and also providing Tier 3 (last level) support on the HR System related issues for TA and HR Shared Services Organisation.

Staffing Lead at Hewlett-Packard, May 2004 - Dec 2009 · 5 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Have been part of the Staffing / Talent Acquisition team as a lead for the Infrastructure delivery unit (ITO GCI) and was later given additional responsibility to handle Global Delivery Application Services (GDAS). in these 6 yrs span i have extensively worked on hiring Infrastructure roles such as UNIX Engineers,Microsoft Engineers along with the Developers and SAP/ERP Professionals.

Executive Recruiter at Network Solutions, Sep 2003 - May 2004 · 9 mos, Bangalore, One Point of Contact for all Recruitment needs for Netsol.. majorily gained experience in infrastructure hiring conducting recruitment events .. handling interviews in large scale.

Education

PGCHRM, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, XLRI Jamshedpur

Bachelors of Business Management, Marketing, bangalore university