Sanjjeev Kumar

Al Tayer Group is one of the most diverse and dynamic organizations in the Middle East. It operates in several industries including automobile sales and service, luxury and lifestyle retail, perfumes and cosmetics distribution, engineering, real estate, interior contracting, healthcare, and automation
• Fully accountable to design, develop, and implement talent acquisition strategies for 7 BUs within Real estate, Ventures & JVs division (Interior Fit-out, Construction, Engineering, Supply Chain, Healthcare, Real-estate, and Travel)
• Act as a process owner and partner with senior level stakeholders to understand recruitment requirements in line with approved manpower plans and budget
• Drive process improvement projects and position TA as a value-add function. Example, Employee referral scheme, Salary benchmarking, Hiring manager experience survey (Net Promoter Score), Employer branding, Graduate hiring program
• Support Succession planning by mapping critical roles and building a pipeline by competitor analysis
• Lead a team of recruiters and HR coordinators. Manage performance to ensure each member contributes to making the function a high-performance team
• Ensure compliance with TA processes and Governance guidelines in line with Group policies
• Lead Nationalization and Diversity agenda by partnering with businesses and Government teams

Eurostar group is a large, diversified organization with interests in Real estate / MEP / HVAC / Consumer Electronics
/ FMCG / Technology / and Retail sectors and a presence across the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and China.
• Led Talent Acquisition function for multiple businesses, which include, MEP, ICT & ELV, Electronics/Retail, FMCG
& Trading, Automotive, Consumer Products, and Satellite
• Actively Collaborated with stakeholders at the CXO level and helped them understand market dynamics by
constantly evolving talent acquisition and selection approach to meet expectations
• Created Job Descriptions, Interview Assessment Sheets, Onboarding checklist; developed a Competency-based
Interview guide with the STAR model to make the hiring process effective and structured
• Built HR analytics and dashboards to measure various HR metrics, like Employee Turnover, Cost per Hire,
Demographics, etc. for improved management decision making

DAMAC Properties was established in 2002, as a private residential, leisure and commercial developer in Dubai. Since
then, the Company has expanded rapidly into the Middle East and Europe.
• Recruited for all critical technical and non-technical roles across entry-level to leadership level with a particular
focus on direct Headhunting for senior positions across the Middle East and Europe for multiple landmark high-
rise and master-development projects
• Partnered with the stakeholders on forecasting talent gaps based on business demands to build a proactive
candidate pipeline
• Managed a team of researchers, developed market intelligence by and talent mapping of competitors across
GCC, Europe, North America, Australia, and South East Asia
• Improving in-house sourcing capabilities to ensure 90% of the positions are filled in-house
• Saved more than AED 700, 00 on agency usage

Talascend is a world leader in global staffing and has offices worldwide. Talascend has been serving clients from EPC,
Oil & Gas, Infrastructure, Construction, Rail, Power, and Mining sectors for the last 60 years.
• Worked with clients from various sectors, such as oil & gas (Refinery, Petrochemical), EPC, High-Rise
Construction, Infrastructure, and Rail on their talent needs and implemented appropriate strategies to map the
market for finding the right fit
• Headhunted candidates and actively looked for both active & passive talent for the open roles across following
backgrounds: Process, Electrical, Instrumentation, Mechanical, Project controls, QA/QC, Planning engineers,
Piping, Pipeline, and HSE