Rahim Chunara
Sydney,NSW
Summary
Forward-thinking Recruitment Manager successful at developing effective strategies to fill vacancies with well-qualified candidates. Collaborative and hardworking leader with excellent communication and planning abilities. Bringing a 14 -year record of success in the field.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Recruitment Lead - Oceania (AU and NZ)
Hitachi Construction Machinery & CablePrice NZ
, NSW
06.2016 - Current
- Responsible for Talent function for 1600 staff across Australia and New Zealand and leading a team of Talent Specialist
- Measured and reported on recruitment metrics to track successes and failures of recruitment efforts and identify areas for improvement.
- Implemented a new ATS for the business in Australia and New Zealand
- Identifying modern recruitment applications in the market and procuring and implementing them as per the business needs, E.g Video Interviewing for our graduate and apprenticeship program
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
- Set and conveyed recruitment goals to downstream staff.
- Managed recruitment team and trained and mentored new advisors.
- Developed relationships with recruitment agencies and other external partners to expand organizational reach and identify potential candidates.
- Elevated team performance via strategic planning and coaching in areas of prospecting, sales and value-added presentations.
National Recruitment Manager
Inenco Group
02.2013 - 06.2016
- Played a key role in setting up an in-house recruitment model for the business and successfully integrating it with the business
- Heavily involved in recruiting for corporate roles, and technical sales roles for the business
- Full responsibility for recruiting corporate and operational roles nationally
- Did roadshow presentations to the board of directors and key stakeholders on the recruitment model and benefits around the new process
- Consulting and coaching hiring managers on best recruitment practices
- Developed and mentored staff members within the team
- Centralize the recruitment function of the business
- Successfully implemented a new recruitment system for the business
- Producing reports to the senior management team each month on recruitment activities, cost savings and return on investment of the RPO model
- Achievements
- Recruited key senior positions from local and international markets for the business like the Group HR Manager/ Group Financial Controller, saving executive recruitment costs of over $150K
- Saved an average of $500K each year for the business in a recruitment agency cost by recruiting 95% of the roles internally
- Brought down the time to recruit for a role from 60 days to 30 days averaging over 1 year
- Won awards for displaying company values of partnering with the business and commitment to clients' success
- Formed a talent pool for the roles recruited frequently and increased talent pool placement from 5% to 12% from the first year to the second year of the RPO model
- Client surveys resulted in 98% customer satisfaction across all recruitment activities.
Senior Recruitment Specialist
Coates Hire
08.2010 - 01.2013
- Responsible for operating full ‘end-to-end recruitment services for the business recruiting corporate and operational base roles nationally
- Placed advertisements, evaluated applicant credentials, conducted initial interviews and pre-screening assessments.
- Advertised job opportunities on social media platforms and job boards.
- Conducted phone interviews to assess applicants relevant knowledge, skills, experience and aptitudes.
- Developed and implemented plans to improve recruitment process.
- Built strong relationships with internal and external candidates to ensure an excellent hiring experience.
- Heavily involved in building a talent pool for the business
- Mentoring staff members
- Participating in Job expos in regional areas as part of sourcing and developing the talent pool
- Recruiting for senior roles by conducting Linked In, and Career One Seek database searches, and by engaging passive candidates in discussions
- Consulting and coaching hiring managers on interview techniques and retention strategy
- Preparing month-end reports on diversity and job ad costs
Recruitment Consultant
Hudson
03.2010 - 08.2010
- Responsible for recruiting qualified, part qualified accountants and transactional accounting staff across Greater Western Sydney
- Conducting client mapping
- Business development with existing and new clients by conducting business meetings with them and providing value-added service to them in the form of market reports etc
- Assisting the deployment team in Hudson by conducting a short presentation to job seekers on job hunting and interviewing techniques.
Recruitment Consultant
Randstad, Link Recruitment
03.2008 - 03.2010
- Accountabilities
- Responsible for recruiting part qualified accountants for Sydney CBD areas for clients within the commercial, financial and service industry
- Providing superior service to clients by understanding individual customized needs and providing a short list of the best candidates available
- Visiting clients and building relationships with them
- Plan and forecast opportunities within the given market sector
- Achievements
- I had billed $18K in my fourth week of starting the role.
Recruitment Consultant
Hays
07.2007 - 02.2008
- Accountabilities
- Handling my ledger of clients and building a long-term relationship with them
- Receive and record job vacancy information from employers, including details such as duties involved, working conditions, hours, pay, any experience needed and training that is available
- Responsible for recruiting part qualified accountants for various clients
Assistant Financial Accountant
CHEP part of Brambles
07.2006 - 01.2007
- Accountabilities
- Daily uploading of Bank statements on Oracle Finance
- Assisting in the preparation of F.B.T statements
- Assisting the finance team in month-end procedures by processing, general journals and various month-end reconciliation
Education
Master of Business Administration - Accounting And Business Management
UTS
Sydney, NSW 06.2004 - 06.2006
Masters of Commerce - International Business Management
University Of Mumbai
04.2000 - 04.2002
Bachelor of Commerce - Business and Accounting
University of Mumbai
07.1997 - 07.2000
Psychometric tool - Accredited. - undefined
LinkedIn training course - Building pipeline, and Advance searches - undefined
Diploma - Human Resources via
AHRI
Skills
Recruitment strategies
Accomplishments
- Provided savings of over a $1M PA by filling 98% of all permanent placements internally with over 350 plus vacancies filled across Australia and NZ.
- Identified and implement new ATS for the business in Australia and NZ.
- Re-negotiated new ad packs with existing suppliers like Seek, Indeed and other job ad providers and provided savings of over $50K a year.
- EVP – Assisted in creating a new career video for Hitachi and revamped their career page, LinkedIn company page, and Seek job ad page with new branding materials.
- Brought down the time to fill from 45 days to 30 days.
Timeline
Recruitment Lead - Oceania (AU and NZ)
Hitachi Construction Machinery & CablePrice NZ
06.2016 - Current
National Recruitment Manager
Inenco Group
02.2013 - 06.2016
Senior Recruitment Specialist
Coates Hire
08.2010 - 01.2013
Recruitment Consultant
Hudson
03.2010 - 08.2010
Recruitment Consultant
Randstad, Link Recruitment
03.2008 - 03.2010
Recruitment Consultant
Hays
07.2007 - 02.2008
Assistant Financial Accountant
CHEP part of Brambles
07.2006 - 01.2007
Master of Business Administration - Accounting And Business Management
UTS
06.2004 - 06.2006
Masters of Commerce - International Business Management
University Of Mumbai
04.2000 - 04.2002
Bachelor of Commerce - Business and Accounting
University of Mumbai
07.1997 - 07.2000
Psychometric tool - Accredited. - undefined
LinkedIn training course - Building pipeline, and Advance searches - undefined
Diploma - Human Resources via
AHRI
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