Lijesh Puthiyadath

• Strategic Business Launch: Built and scaled an HR consultancy specializing in international
talent acquisition, delivering recruitment solutions across India and GCC markets.
• Market Expansion: Established a robust portfolio of domestic and international clients across
the Middle East and India, delivering customized resourcing strategies for complex technical
industries.
• Operational Leadership: Directed a team of recruiters to streamline sourcing workflows,
ensuring high-quality placements and reducing client time-to-hire through data-driven
screening processes.
• Revenue & Growth: Led the full business lifecycle, including business development, P&L
management, and brand positioning within the competitive HR services market.

• Departmental Leadership: Directed the full-cycle recruitment, HR operation and employee welfare functions, managing a cross-functional HR team to support a workforce of 2, 000+ employees across 10+ nationalities.
• Supported large-scale EPC / Oil & Gas projects with critical manpower deployment
• Partnered with senior leadership to align HR strategy with business objectives
• Enabled timely manpower deployment for multi-million-dollar projects, directly supporting project delivery timelines
• Budgetary Control: Held full accountability for the recruitment budget, successfully slashing annual costs by 70% (USD $40, 000 savings) through the strategic elimination of third-party agencies and the implementation of direct-sourcing models.
• Operational Excellence: Modernized the hiring workflow by establishing an in-house Assessment Centre integrated with psychometric testing, which accelerated the hiring lifecycle and reduced lead time by 40%.
• Succession & Talent Growth: Orchestrated a high-impact Succession Planning framework using the 9-Box Grid for 30% of leadership roles, directly resulting in a 15% increase in internal promotions and higher leadership retention.
• Policy Architecture: Authored and implemented a comprehensive HR Manual and 200+ Job Descriptions, standardizing organizational roles and improving employee satisfaction scores by 20%.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensured 100% adherence to Oman Labor Law and international best practices, mitigating legal risks and streamlining the mobilization of expatriate talent.
• Performance Management: Designed and launched a merit-based Performance Management System (PMS), aligning individual KPIs with corporate strategic objectives to drive overall business productivity.

• High-Volume Talent Acquisition: Spearheaded end-to-end recruitment for the Construction and Oil & Gas divisions, successfully fulfilling 600+ technical and non-technical vacancies annually with an 85% fulfillment rate.
• Digital Transformation: Orchestrated the implementation of the Oracle ERP Recruitment Module, digitizing manual workflows and increasing overall hiring efficiency by 25%.
• Multinational Mobilization: Led the complex end-to-end mobilization process for a diverse expatriate workforce, including visa processing, overseas recruitment agency coordination, and comprehensive onboarding programs.
• Strategic Sourcing: Developed a robust pipeline of qualified candidates by leveraging international job boards, social media, and niche industry networks, reducing the average time-to-fill for critical project roles.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborated closely with Project Managers and Department Heads to forecast manpower requirements and ensure timely deployment of staff for multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects.

• National Recruitment Strategy: Spearheaded end-to-end talent acquisition on a PAN India
scale, managing recruitment for diverse corporate and field functions to support rapid
organizational growth.
• Campus Relations & Early Careers: Directed large-scale campus recruitment drives at Tier
1 colleges across India, successfully identifying and onboarding high-potential management
trainees.
• Multi-Channel Sourcing: Optimized candidate pipelines by managing a strategic mix of high
volume channels, including national newspaper advertisements, specialized recruitment
agencies, and digital job portals.
• Data Analytics & Visualization: Revolutionized HR reporting by designing and maintaining
Monthly HR Dashboards and comprehensive MIS Reports, providing senior leadership with
actionable insights into recruitment ROI and headcount trends.
• Process Standardization: Streamlined the selection workflow to ensure a consistent and
professional candidate experience across all regional branches in India.

• Specialized Sourcing: Managed full-cycle recruitment for the Telecom & Embedded Services
business units, sourcing high-caliber IT professionals in a competitive technical landscape.
• Talent Pipeline Development: Leveraged a multi-channel approach—including employee
referrals, niche job portals, and agencies—to maintain a robust database of pre-qualified
technical talent.
• End-to-End Onboarding: Facilitated seamless joining formalities and comprehensive
background verification (reference checks) for all new hires, ensuring compliance with
corporate governance standards.
• Total Rewards Coordination: Collaborated with the centralized payroll department to
manage salary inputs, benefits administration, and offer negotiations for successful
candidates.
• Market Intelligence: Conducted regular market mapping and salary benchmarking to ensure
the competitiveness of offers within the IT services sector.