Talha Ahmed

1. Lead - Talent Acquisitions & Development April19 ~ Present
ELSEIF ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION
Organize recruitment road shows: prepare recruitment presentations, coordinate with universi-ties, handle logistics, etc.
Handle all Director/Executive level as well as C level hiring.
Negotiate contracts with service providers such as LinkedIn, Bayt, Gulf Talent & Naukrigulf
Maintain an extensive database of recruitment agencies mainly to assist in selection of Sr. Man-agers, Directors/Executives and C-level. (Hays, Manpower, FIRCROFT, RASD, Talent Hunter, Ig-nite, QSQUEST etc).
Lead the Staff hiring for all projects (23 projects total value SAR 15 Billion approx.)
Created social media outreach program which resulted in ELSEIF achieving over 100, 000 follow-er on LinkedIn (highest for a construction company in Saudi Arabia), Snapchat and Instagram by partnering up with the regions influencers.
Coordinate with Manpower team to conduct international recruitment drives for various levels of Manpower hiring (labors, technicians, foreman’s etc.) in India, Pakistan, Philippines, Srilanka, Bangladesh & Nepal.
Work with the Talent Acquisition Director to develop standardized interview material
Conduct recruitment interviews for white collar positions and appraise candidates
Search for qualified candidates using computer databases, networking, Internet recruitment, media, recruitment agencies (local and overseas), and employee referrals
Maintain an up to date recruiting database
Conduct first round of interviews with the Talent Acquisition Director for white collar positions, and shortlist candidates
Ensure appropriate employment offers are made to selected candidates in coordination with the requesting function’s managers and HR management to determine the appropriate package to offer
Oversee the on-boarding of new recruits
Tracks team’s KPIs, and devise plans and initiatives for improvement
Provide support for the professional development (including training) of direct reports
Interact with all potential candidates and newcomers during the recruitment and induction pro-cesses
CORPORATE PROFILE
ESEC was established in 1951 is one of the most prominent EPC companies in Saudi Arabia. With a diverse history of achievements over the past few decades. Since 2010 ESEC has completed projects of total value SAR 50 Billion and above. Constantly identified as a top 3 EPC company in the Kingdom.)

Plan and initiate hiring for various levels of engineering, skilled and management level re-sources across the GCC, with the support of two team members (Saudi Nationals)
Planning targets, monitoring proper implementation of plan and achievement of overall tar-gets on a Daily, weekly & monthly basis in adherence to the pre-set standards.
Responsible for achieving operational efficiencies and targets through planned strategies.
Maintaining and taking care of all type of HR MIS.
Conducting face-to-face interviews for internal requirements, technical rounds and tele-phonic interviews.
Conducting Induction session for newly joined employees and formulating engagement plan with them for first 3 months from joining.
Practiced searching candidates from the Job-portals (active), Passive searching, Job Postings, headhunting, Networking sites, referrals, various associations, blogs, forums, and internet for exploring new tools for the purpose.
Successfully recruited and placed middle level to high level and senior level professionals and other executive level professionals at permanent positions.
Carrying out salary negotiations with candidates, insisting on relocation etc.
Ensuring significant growth of existing accounts, by being a trusted advisor & knowledge partner to Business Heads & HR Leaders for their recruitments needs.
Conducting industry research, enhancing sector intelligence and keeping abreast with latest movements in the sector.
Designed Social network outreach program on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook in order to engage local talent in the Kingdom

Responsible for developing and enhancing the presence of IOTA and Menaisco in KSA specifically targeting major Oil & Gas and Chemicals manufacturers and contractors of the region.
Plan recruitment and deployment strategy for various different entities.
Handling all key oil & gas as talent acquisitions for GE, Saudi ARAMCO, SAHARA, Baker Hughes.
Build the business relationship with senior management team as an integral part of the client
management team by developing effective working relationships, influencing.
Developed a number of key relationships at all levels of client organizations and played key
role as customer trusted adviser.
Analyze Request for Proposals (RFP’s) and responding with technical and commercial proposals.
Handle all major key accounts/clients such as General Electric (Oil & Gas & Other entities),
MARAFIQ,
SAUDI ARAMCO, SAHARA, LUBEREF, SADARA, SABIC Affiliates and many others.
Actively participate in sales engagements with major enterprise customers.

To ensure efficient documentation, audits and turnaround time for recruitment requirements, ensure skill enhancement and team development, enhance the recruitment strategy and efficiency
Accomplishments:
Involved with recruitment of Staff & Manpower Hiring for multiple Mega and Large EPC pro-jects across KSA with Saudi Aramco, SABIC and affiliates, Royal Commission of Jubail to name a few.
Successfully negotiated with multiple Manpower vendors for best possible pricing and talent delivery.
Developed new reporting formats for easier inter-staff use
Involved with ERP development from core stages to deployment.
Proficient user of SAP and later on MS Dynamics.
Assisted in Webpage Re-design and deployment

Responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing the organization's recruitment and training methodologies. Reporting with weekly/monthly/annual reports.
Responsibilities:
Scrutinizing the resumes from resource channel
Sourcing and conducting preliminary assessment to meet the clients requirements
Training the candidates on soft skill as per client requirements.
Managing all type of MIS & reports.
Organizing and conducting trainings for new and old employees on sales and marketing techniques, technical support, new products, product enhancements etc.
Organizing of Technical Support team.
Arranging for best possible suppliers considering budgetary constraints.
Developing customer/supplier relationship by providing different incentives.
Involved with continuous improvement of business processes
Dealing with international development teams for projects outsourced to Harvest develop-ment centers in India and USA.