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Senior Talent Acquisition & HR Business Partner | E-Commerce Hiring | Campus Programs | ATS & HR Analytics

About

The most interesting HR conversations I've been part of did not start in HR. They started in a founder's office, asking why a critical role had been open for 90 days. They started on a P&L review, asking what the actual cost of attrition was. They started during a pivot, asking who we needed to become as an organization to deliver the next phase. I've spent the past 8+ years operating at that intersection — where people decisions are business decisions — across HR Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, HR Generalist roles, and (for four years) running my own venture as a founder. Today, I lead Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partnering at RK Worldinfocom (RKWI) — one of the largest authorized FMCG sellers on Amazon India and part of the RK Group. I partner with founders and senior business leaders on workforce planning, hiring strategy, organizational design, employer branding, and culture initiatives. Some of what we have built together: ▸ ₹1 Cr+ in annual savings through hiring engine re-engineering ▸ 60% reduction in cost-per-hire and 10x scale-up of recruitment capability ▸ Nationwide campus hiring presence across IIMs, IITs, and Tier-1 B-schools ▸ 30%+ improvement in early-tenure retention via structured onboarding redesign ▸ Organizational rebranding led with founder-driven leadership engagement Before RKWI, I led recruitment teams at Kaygen Global Services (Inc. 5000-listed US tech consulting and talent firm) and HireTalent / TalentRupt (US-headquartered global RPO and diversity staffing firm) — building deep operating muscle in fast-moving, metrics-driven environments. Before that, I founded Keshari Biotech, a plant tissue culture venture, and ran it for 4+ years — owning the P&L, building the HR function from scratch, and navigating regulatory complexity under DBT (Department of Biotechnology) guidelines. The founder-lens I built there is what I bring to every HR conversation today. I am currently pursuing the Post Graduate Program in HR Management at XLRI Jamshedpur — India's premier HR institution — to round out the strategic depth I'm intentionally building toward a senior HRBP and people consulting trajectory. What I'm looking for next: Strategic HRBP, Senior HRBP, or People & Organization Consulting roles where commercial perspective and HR depth are equally valued. Open to conversations about: organizational design, workforce planning, founder-HR partnership, HRBP transitions, or anything at the intersection of people and business. Reach me here or at yashsharma8087170761@gmail.com.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

Canva Magic Studio

ChatGPT

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Talent Acquisition & HR Business Partner at RK World Infocom Private Limited, Nov 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore Urban, Partnering with founders and senior leadership at one of the largest authorized FMCG sellers on Amazon India (RK Group). RKWI works with 2,800+ brands — P&G, HUL, Reckitt, L'Oréal, J&J, Nivea, Himalaya — across Health & Personal Care, Grocery, Baby, and Beauty categories, serving 19,000+ pin codes through 125+ fulfillment centers. What I do here: Workforce planning, hiring strategy, organizational design, employer branding, onboarding architecture, town halls, and culture initiatives — the full HRBP toolkit, embedded inside the talent function. Selected impact: ▸ Delivered ₹1 Cr+ in annual savings by re-engineering the hiring engine — reduced cost-per-hire by 60% through strategic sourcing, SLA-driven vendor management, and process optimization ▸ Scaled recruitment capability 10x to support aggressive business growth, without proportional increase in headcount or spend ▸ Designed and launched a nationwide campus hiring program in partnership with IIMs, IITs, and Tier-1 B-schools, building a sustainable early-talent pipeline ▸ Led organizational rebranding and employer-branding strategy, including curation of high-impact leadership sessions with prominent founders ▸ Architected the structured onboarding journey and monthly town halls, contributing to 30%+ improvement in early-tenure retention ▸ Built and ran a forecast-linked summer internship program with defined conversion metrics ▸ Conducted firm-wide recruitment workshops to standardize hiring rubrics and interviewer calibration across business units

Senior Lead — Recruitment & Team Building at Kaygen, Inc., May 2024 - Aug 2024 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Senior recruitment and team leadership at the India arm of Kaygen Inc. — a US-headquartered (Irvine, CA), Inc. 5000-listed technology consulting and talent firm. Kaygen is certified Minority/Woman-Owned (WBENC) and serves Fortune 2000 clients across financial services, healthcare, life sciences, automotive, and hi-tech, specializing in digital transformation, data, cloud, and AI/ML talent solutions. Selected impact: ▸ Led and mentored a team of recruiters delivering against India and US hiring mandates for direct-client and VMS engagements ▸ Designed training programs on global compliance, ethical hiring, anti-discrimination practices, and diversity-led sourcing, strengthening recruiter capability and audit readiness ▸ Partnered with US and India leadership on workforce planning, compensation benchmarking, and employee well-being initiatives ▸ Optimized ATS and HRIS workflows (Bullhorn, JobDiva, Ciepal) to lift recruiter productivity and improve hiring funnel quality

HR Generalist / Team Lead at HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm, Aug 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos, On-site, HR Generalist and Team Lead at sister entities under common leadership: HireTalent (US-headquartered nationwide contingent staffing firm specializing in diversity staffing) and TalentRupt (global Offshore RPO with India delivery centers in Pune, Ahmedabad, and Baroda). Joined as Senior Recruiter; promoted to Team Lead on the back of consistent delivery. Selected impact: ▸ Owned the end-to-end employee lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, learning & development, and exit management — for a multi-functional offshore delivery workforce ▸ Led annual performance evaluation cycles and supported succession planning conversations with US and India business leaders ▸ Designed and deployed HR interventions across functions to address engagement, retention, and capability gaps in a high-attrition staffing environment ▸ Drove diversity and inclusion programs aligned to the parent group's diversity-staffing positioning, including ethical hiring practices and anti-discrimination training ▸ Managed transition smoothly through a strategic group-level merger between the two entities

Founder & Director at Keshari Biotech Private Limited, Jun 2018 - Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Maharashtra, India, Founded, scaled, and ran a plant tissue culture biotechnology venture end-to-end — from concept and facility setup to commercial operations. Owned the full P&L, regulatory governance, people, production, and go-to-market. What this experience taught me — and why it matters for HR work: ▸ P&L ownership — managed production operations, safety and regulatory compliance, procurement, vendor negotiations, working capital, and go-to-market strategy ▸ Building HR from zero — leadership hiring, organization design, HR policies, payroll, L&D, grievance handling, and POSH compliance for a multi-functional team ▸ Regulatory navigation — DBT (Department of Biotechnology, Government of India) guidelines, compliance audits, subsidy and grant management ▸ The founder-lens — what it actually feels like to make people decisions when they directly impact runway, customer commitments, and survival This experience is the foundation of how I partner with business leaders today — speaking the language of the business, not just the language of HR.

Partner at Gurukrupa Agencies, Jun 2015 - Jun 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Maharashtra, India, Partner at the sole authorized distributorship for Livguard (a leading Indian battery, inverter, and energy-solutions brand) across the assigned territory. ▸ Owned the full distributorship — sales, operations, finance, marketing, vendor relationships, team management ▸ Designed and executed promotional and channel-activation strategies that drove a significant uplift in monthly sales ▸ Managed working capital, inventory planning, vendor relationships, and credit-cycle management with downstream channel partners Built foundational people-leadership and operational skills that informed everything that came after.

Education

PGHRM, HRM, XLRI Jamshedpur

Master of Business Administration - MBA, SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY