Recruitment Specialist As a recruitment specialist, I was responsible for the end to end recruitment cycle at Nestle Pakistan. Key responsibilities included: Recruitment -Developed tactical recruitment plans to ensure availability of an active talent pool for all annual staffing needs. -Sourced and recruit the right talent for commercial (marketing & sales), technical (engineering & IT) , and corporate (HR & administration) roles. -Liaised with Compensation & Benefits team to ensure that reward packages are crafted to develop and retain key talents necessary for business performance.  -Facilitated in the capability development of line managers by training them on Competency based Recruitment (CBR) methodology and other recruitment processes. Talent Pipeline Management -Proactively sourced talent pipeline for our future talent needs through our specialized graduate (engineering, Management & sales) trainee programs  -Shortlisting and conducting behavioral interviews following CBR methodology and ensuring minimum competency requirements are fulfilled by candidates. Designing and conducting assessment centers in coordination with our external consultant.  -Devised a strong development plan for Graduate Trainees based on the competencies required for their potential future roles. I also ran their performance evaluation cycle for the duration of the graduate trainee program.  -Ensured final placements as well as sketched out career paths for graduate trainees based on succession plans in conjunction with the business and the HRBP’s.  Employer Branding -Liaised with target universities, and attend Graduate Fairs / Universities to source future talent. -Developed communication and activation plans for various touch points to ensure consistent knowledge of the Nestle Employer Value Proposition. These include both internal and external brand engagement activities.  -Developed a digital recruiting strategy with the aim of increasing engagement with potential talent. Other Key Projects/Initiatives: -Developed a comprehensive employee on-boarding program for all newly hired management staff.  -Super user and trainer for Taleo, which is our e-recruitment tool.  -Successfully recruited & inducted 2 batches (2011 &2012) of graduate trainees. 

The Nestle Pakistan Management Trainee program is a one year cross- functional training program (In my case the delay was caused by a 5 month maternity leave). Key projects included: -Supply Chain: Studied the event management process and identified key optimization areas in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. Based on the research, an excel based event management system was designed which would lead to process improvement by providing real time tracking to all relevant stakeholders.  -HR: Proposed and implemented employee induction software which was intended to inform new employees about essential Nestle policies in an upbeat yet simple manner.  -Brands: Devised a digital activation plan for Nestle MILKPAK.  -Marketing: Developed a KPI Dashboard which tracked SKU wise sales across cities as well as key brand health indicators for ambient business.  Sales: Conducted an in-depth feasibility study on moving the Nestrade business onto Nestle Pakistan own-distribution model. 