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Hossein Aghakhani

Hossein Aghakhani

Talent Acquisition Manager

Summary

Experienced Talent Acquisition Manager devises strategy and recruitment processes to execute sourcing and recruiting campaigns. Finds and screens candidates and develops corporate policy for talent bench-marking, talent assessment and interviewing policies. Develops and leads strategic initiatives to recruit and select high caliber, professional and diverse workforce that identifies with business culture.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Talent Acquisition Manager

Snapp Food HQ
08.2023 - Current
  • Created and drove talent acquisition and job placement strategies to attract diverse candidates.
  • Developing effective recruitment strategies, including job posting optimization, physical and digital employment marketing, and talent planning
  • Identified and created recruitment and administrative performance metrics and data to analyze trends, drive change, and assess progress.
  • Analyzed recruiting metrics to share reports and recommendations with stakeholders.
  • Optimized sourcing networks and used proactive methods to direct source candidates.
  • Developed communication and marketing plan and leveraged talent acquisition tools, resources, and campaigns to source and attract top talent.
  • Providing recruitment guidance and advice to HR professionals using employment and hiring data
  • Lead employment branding initiatives
  • Use HR metrics to create reports and identify areas of improvement
  • Create and maintain a world-class candidate and hiring manager experience
  • Use HRIS, Recruitment Marketing tools
  • Lead, oversee and supervise members of the recruiting team
  • Determine HR and recruiting KPIs

HR Generalist (Junior HRBP)

Digikala HQ
06.2022 - 06.2023
  • Reviewed and screened applicant resumes to identify qualified candidates.
  • Reviewed existing policies and procedures to make recommendations for enhancing work productivity, recruitment, hiring processes, and talent management.
  • Planned and managed recruitment activities for new hires using strategic personnel, staffing, and position management practices.
  • Liaised between management and employees to deliver conflict resolution, alleviate problems, and interpret compensation and benefits policies.
  • Create recruitment plan and calendar according to business projections.
  • Engineered on boarding plans and educating newly hired employees on HR policies, internal procedures and regulations
  • Evaluate employee performance and appraising their pay scale accordingly.
  • Coach all employee levels including management and executive leaders on behaviors and techniques to achieve leadership excellence and culture to performance outcomes.
  • Provide effective consultative skills/talent management solutions that drive technical innovation and quality results, partnering with leaders to integrate functional, and organizational change management strategies and action plans to improve operational effectiveness, leadership, workforce planning ,engagement, and talent acquisition

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Digikala HQ
01.2021 - 01.2022

• Compiled reports on recruiting activity to illustrate time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, and source of hire.
• Conducted telephone and in-person interviews to assess candidate experience and qualifications.
• Collaborated with hiring managers to determine job requirements and understand departmental needs.
• Evaluated resumes, interviewed, and presented qualified candidates to hiring managers and solicited feedback to refine recruiting strategy.
• Highest volume of hires in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 (63) for Marketing, HR, Supply chain and Operations, General Services, HSE and Tech departments while achieving and maintaining highest Line Manager satisfaction rate among all active recruiters.
• Drive recruitment cycle from end to end including sourcing, screening, interviewing and placement for variety of roles and grades.
• Initiated and Enhanced data driven Talent Acquisition process.
• Formulated candidate pipeline for open requisitions, including building and maintaining relationships for long term hiring.
• Manage active candidates throughout recruitment process, as well as talent pipelines. Create guideline for new recruiters in company for better on-boarding.

Talent and Performance Specialist

Nestlé Iran
06.2019 - 07.2021
  • Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
    • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.
    • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.
    • Provided technical support for troubleshooting analytics and reporting issues.
    • Conducted first ever Harassment and Bullying training at workplace; recognized and praised by leadership team and MENA market.
    • Successfully reduced paper usage by 50 percent in HR Department.
    • Supported TA team successfully in mass hiring for new Maggie Line.
    • Held very successful “A Day at Nestle” for Iran market, which broke record for most participants and was recognized by Factory Manager and MENA Market.
    • Updated all Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for Iran market, as well as creating flow charts and standard processes for first time.
    • Successfully improved On-boarding process for new hires, resulting in increase of satisfaction among all relevant Stakeholders.

Head Teacher of the English Department

Safir Academy
07.2014 - 07.2020
  • Developed innovative lesson plans to engage students in English language learning.
  • Assessed student progress and provided feedback to improve performance and establish academic success.
  • Prepared and implemented lesson plans covering required course topics.
  • Designed and implemented assessments to measure student progress in English language learning.

Education

Master of Science - Engineering Management

IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
TEHRAN
07.2018 - 07.2020

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

KHARAZMI University
Tehran
07.2014 - 07.2018

Inspiring And Motivating Individuals -

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Skills

  • Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word and Visio
  • Special Events
  • HR Transformation
  • Collective Bargaining Agreements
  • Portfolio Review
  • Benefits Negotiation
  • Talent Acquisition Strategies
  • Social Media Platforms
  • Candidate Pipeline Management
  • Human Resources Department Processes
  • Applicant Tracking Systems
  • Corporate Branding
  • Global Talent Acquisition
  • Outreach Strategies
  • Problem Resolution
  • Performance Optimization
  • Global Recruitment
  • Orienting New Employees
  • Recruitment
  • Requisitions Management
  • Team Meetings

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Manager

Snapp Food HQ
08.2023 - Current

HR Generalist (Junior HRBP)

Digikala HQ
06.2022 - 06.2023

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Digikala HQ
01.2021 - 01.2022

Talent and Performance Specialist

Nestlé Iran
06.2019 - 07.2021

Master of Science - Engineering Management

IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
07.2018 - 07.2020

Head Teacher of the English Department

Safir Academy
07.2014 - 07.2020

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

KHARAZMI University
07.2014 - 07.2018

Inspiring And Motivating Individuals -

COURSERA AUDITED
Hossein AghakhaniTalent Acquisition Manager