Meha Bhatia

• Leading the team of recruiters and senior recruiters for the Oilfield Services in MENATI Region based across UAE, India & Egypt

• Talent Acquisition partner for all Baker Hughes product line across MENATI region

• Acting as a trusted advisor to business managers by providing market insight pertaining to availability of suitable talent in

the market

• Developing and maintaining strong industry knowledge and keeping abreast of all new developments and competition landscape

• Building and maintaining stakeholder relationship across product line Leadership & Management, Human Resource Managers

& Onboarding.

• Understanding talent requirements across product lines through intake meetings with the Hiring Managers and develop sourcing strategy

Recruitment:

• Responsible for Headcount planning as per business requirements. Liaise and guide business managers in Human capital planning process
• Conceptualise the TA strategy for 3M MEA
• Train and coach hiring managers on interviewing and selection skills.
• Designing standardized selection framework to attract higher quality employees: sourcing approaches, interview formats, social media/networking strategies, referral program, and metrics
• Ensuring execution of the recruitment process encompassing the recruitment administration
• Formulating pool of internal and external talents & ensuring preparation of yearly recruitment plan and budget
• Planning and maintaining recruitment for the 3M Gulf Online System (Success Factors)
• Ensure the recruitment metrics of Cost per hire, Cycle time and TAT for closures are within the defined guidelines

Training and Development

• Design and Develop Training programs in line with the Business needs
• Work with Business leaders to understand and interpret the talent needs - cull out solutions for High potential and critical resources development programs
• Oversee the LSO Administration for 3M Middle East & Africa
• Consult and collaborate with the TD head in designing the Training calendar and ensure the execution as per the timelines
• Oversee the entire Training coordination and logistics for class room and virtual training across MEA
• Feedback and suggestions to trainers on the effectiveness of the training
• Collate and follow up action plans to increase the effectiveness of Training programs
• Collaborating closely with C-level executives to identify needs, establish metrics, and implement solutions to optimise performance

Employee Services
 Re-design and revise the policies and processes for the full year
 Evaluate and negotiate with service providers (e.g. medical insurance company)
 Manage enrolments and determine employee eligibility
 Handle all benefit compensation (Education allowance, club membership allowance, Housing & municipality allowance)
 Collaborate with accounting department for payments and deductions
 Produce salary certificates, control holidays, medical leaves, and attendance of every employee adjusting monthly wages accordingly.
 Arrange visas for employees according to legal regulations and company policies.
 Maintain employee personnel filing (passport copies, insurance, etc.)
 Organize company outdoor events.

 Managed the end to end recruitment process which involved working alongside external recruiters and internal business units in support of Group IT’s hiring needs.
 Managed the flow of candidates through the recruitment process, from scheduling interviews to the on boarding process
 Conducted testing, screening and preliminary interviewing of potential candidates, arranged travel for candidates, scheduled face-to-face interviews and acted as liaison between Group IT and the candidate.
 Managed the UAE Trainee program (PAL) and ensure ongoing development of trainees - making and handling their OJT schedules, conducted counseling sessions in order to resolve staffing/disciplinary/grievance issues, conducted meetings with line managers regularly to review trainee’s performance.
 Liaised with different departments to conduct training needs analysis and external vendors to deliver training for ENBD Group IT employees
 Organized and managed the flow of communication to ensure L&D and our internal partners received the required information to perform training-related tasks
 Coordinated training functions by sending invites, scheduling rooms, refreshments, etc.
• Arranged training venues (classroom and on-site, ) instructors, materials, and equipment
• Assisted with creation and implementation of Group IT strategy

 Managing the end to end recruitment service and process:
 Worked on creation and implementation of recruitment strategies
 Understanding the operational objectives and manpower needs of the assigned departments and Recruitment Managers.
 Ensured quality service standards and quality of sourced candidates at all times.
 Managed efficient sourcing of high quality candidates, including self-sourcing, by using multiple channels (Social Media, E-Recruiting, Advertising, Referrals) and using your network and headhunting skills to identify passive candidates
 Sourced and identified potential candidates through the internal database and the careers portals, and communicating their suitability to the Recruitment Managers.
 Pre-screened, interviewed and presented a shortlist of candidates for each role within specified timeframe
 Build a relationship with the candidates and the hiring community and ensure regular updates and feedback was provided for candidates, hiring managers and HR
 Advertised jobs on the client’s career portal and external sites
 Maintained all databases, management reports and documentation
 BP, UK invited me to attend and assist them in the Offshore Technology Conference 2012 in Houston, Texas-USA in May 2012.

Clients at Kenexa
• Etihad Airways - April 2013 - Sep 2013
• First Gulf Bank - Dec 2012 - Mar 2013
• British Petroleum (Upstream) - June 2011 - Dec 2012

 Sourced, Screened and short listed profiles for IT and Telecom positions ranging from Software Development to ERP implementation, networking to Datacenter Management, IT Project Management, IT Compliance and Governance. Also assisted with the sourced, screened and short listing of profiles for FMCG, Oil & Gas and Finance teams.
 Identified and evaluated employers' recruitment needs.
 Understanding the clients hiring needs in terms of organization, planned objectives, structure, hierarchy, job role and relevance of the job to the organization.
 Sourced potential candidates for our clients using various sourcing methods such as generating references from candidates, head-hunting the right professional from competitors, internet searching and placing advertisements in local newspapers.
 Conducted telephone and personal interviews for potential candidates as part of the prescreening process.
 Organised candidate interviews with clients.
 Negotiated compensation packages, reference checking and supporting candidates till joining.
 Preparation of job advertisements to be placed on the website and newspapers.

Worked as an Assistant in the Mutual Funds Department
Duties included - Data Entry, Classification of various documents, Filing, Customer Service, Department Co-ordination and various Clerical duties.