CURRICULAM VITAE

Srinivasa Rao Mekala

Contact: 7829582999, 9573955999, vasumekala77@gmail.com
Hyderabad,Telangana.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

 Around 17+ years of functional expertise in the areas of Talent Management, Talent Acquisition,
Workforce Planning, On boarding , MIS & Analytics, BGV and Vendor Management in Corporate
and Consulting Services.
 Presently employed with Asia’s Leading Pharmaceutical Company, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd as
Corporate Talent Acquisition Head, Hyderabad.
 Managing entire recruitment life cycle for sourcing best talent from diverse sources.
 Exposure in working with Multi-Cultural Environment, Multi-tasking and Talent Acquisition
specialist in API, Formulations,(Solid dosages, Orals and Injectable) Biosimilars, Enzymes and R&D.
 Experience in recruiting & retaining appropriately skilled and professionally qualified candidates
of highest quality with optimum cost in minimum time.

CAREER SUMMARY

1. Since February 2017 to till date, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd, as Corporate Talent Acquisition Head
(Assistant General Manager – Human Resources).

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:

 Responsible for Talent Acquisition of API vertical of all locations and all functions.
 Leading a team of 6 people.
 Develop the recruitment strategy.
 To Plan and execute the Talent Acquisition and workforce planning strategies as per the
organization goals and needs so as to attract, hire and on- board best in class talent for meeting
the business growth objectives.
 Responsible for Talent Acquisition and workforce planning exercise for API Vertical and managing
the quality, cost effective and timely recruitment.
 To build varied and robust channels to meet the various staffing needs of the organization.
 To ensure efficient documentation, audits and turnaround time for recruitment requirements.
 Strong networking skills & negotiation skills and ability to influence professionals.
 To ensure the attainment of good metrics relative to quality of hire, cost per hire, time-to-fill and
diversity hiring.
 Talent mapping and market intelligence for new and critical roles.

Campus Relations & Hiring:

 Implemented Campus Branding initiatives at various campuses across India to attract right talent.

MIS & Dash Boards:

 To develop comprehensive and accurate Dashboards & Metrics to enable decision making and
measure effectiveness.

Vendor Management:
 Conceptualized developed and managed vendor management function.
 Introduced the robust process of Vendor Identification & Evaluation.
Key Achievements:
 Streamlined the recruitment process.
 Successfully Hired 2 batches of MSc freshers, GETs and MTs from reputed institutions.
 Supporting the business in ensuring 100% manning.
 Successfully organized several Walk-in drives.
 Streamlined the Onboarding & Induction process.
 Key Member of Mercer Compensation Survey Project.
 Streamlined the Vendor Evaluation Process.

2. December 2014 to February 2017 , Biocon Ltd, as Corporate Talent Acquisition Lead ( Manager
HR) Responsible for Talent Acquisition of all BU’s and all verticals of Biocon, Majorly Volume hiring,
which is around 95% of total hiring.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:

 Leading a team of 10 recruiters looking after all BU’s hiring.
 Responsible for Talent Acquisition and workforce planning exercise for all BU’s and managing the
quality, cost effective and timely recruitment.
Campus Relations & Hiring:
 Implemented Campus Branding initiatives at various campuses across India to attract right talent.
MIS & Dash Boards:
 To develop comprehensive and accurate Dashboards & Metrics to enable decision making and
measure effectiveness.

Key Achievements:

 Successfully organized several Walk-in drives at various places.

 Involved in implementation of IJP framework.
 Involved in E Recruitment module implementation.
 Streamlined the entire BGV process.

3. October 2013 to December 2014 , Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd, Global Generics as Manager – HR
(Talent Acquisition)

Responsible for the Talent Acquisition of Global Generics, majorly All Formulations, which is the largest
business of Dr. Reddy's.

Role & Responsibilities:

 Developed the recruitment strategy for Global Generics.
 Forecasting talent requirement, job sourcing channel optimization, comprehensive recruitment
campaign planning, and talent planning for critical areas.
 Partner with senior leadership team to understand the capability gaps and firm up strategies to
bridge those within agreed timelines.
 Proactively create a bench/ internal talent pipeline for critical roles in the organization
 Explore new recruitment sources and ensure recruitment cost is within the annual budget

Key Achievements:
 Successfully partnered with degree and inter colleges to recruit SMTs. This innovative approach
resulted in quick turnaround time. Also created a bench for SMT so that high attrition is taken care
from the beginning itself.
 Created a bench for positions which are required round the year such as machine operators in
manufacturing and Injectable.
4. September 2007 to August 2013 , Mylan Laboratories Ltd, Corporate Office as Manager- Human
Relations (Talent Acquisition)

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:

 To Plan and execute the Talent Acquisition and workforce planning strategies as per the
organization goals and needs so as to attract, hire and on- board best in class talent for meeting
the business growth objectives.
 Responsible for Talent Acquisition and workforce planning exercise for the API & Formulation of
all locations, R&D and Corporate Office and managing the quality, cost effective and timely
recruitment.
 Responsible for Leadership Hiring of all functions.
 To manage all aspects of all elements of the attraction, recruitment and selection process for new
candidates and engage with the business and functional heads to deliver the workforce plan in a
consistent and integrated way and supporting the same with an institutionalized mechanism for
quality recruitment and analytics and strong TAT for recruitments.
 Hands on in hiring, particularly for leadership & critical positions, involved in Full – Cycle
recruitment: pre-screening, interviewing the candidates, inter-group co-ordination for technical
evaluation, closing (compensation negotiations), reference checks, making offers and Pre -
Employment Medicals for selected candidates.
 To build varied and robust channels to meet the various staffing needs of the organization.
 Talent mapping and market intelligence for new and critical roles.

Campus Hiring:

 Anchored the all-India campus recruitment (MYTP) for GTs and MTs from premier institutes like
NIPER, ISB, NITIE, BHU, MCOPS, BITS, AU ,KU and GITAM.
 Implemented Campus Branding initiatives at various campuses in across India to attract right talent.
 Designed and implemented training module for MYTP trainees.
 Responsible for Post selection & On - boarding activities of all New MYTP Trainees.

On Boarding:

 Designed and implemented Structured On -Boarding program for all new joiners.
 Designed and implemented Induction & Site visits for all senior level joiners (AGM & above).
 Responsible for arranging business tools for new joiners.
 Welcome communication to all users of Mylan.

MIS & Dash Boards:

 To develop comprehensive and accurate Dashboards & Metrics to enable decision making and
measure effectiveness.
 SPOC for all TA related dashboards at Mylan.
 Responsible presentation of Monthly TA Dash boards to all internal stakeholders, Senior
Management and Global team.
 Responsible for Monthly TA Dashboard upload in Hyperion & Sharp Sites for Senior Leadership
review.
 Vendor Management:

 Conceptualized developed and managed vendor management function.

 Introduced the robust process of Vendor Identification & Evaluation.

Significant Contributions & Achievements at Mylan

 Closed many Critical Requirements in Mylan through various sources like Job portals, Social
network and references.
 Used effective methods of recruitment and minimised the dependency on consultants.
 Closed more than 2000 positions in Mylan in all functions during my tenure.
 Achieved 94% of target every year.
 Independently handled hiring of New Formulations (Solid dosages & Injectable) Acquisition sites
at Indore, Jadcherla and Vizag of all functions and grades.
 Actively participated in Management initiatives like Mercer Project, Taleo and Workday.

Previous Employers:

4. Teamlease Services Pvt Ltd (www.teamlease.com), as Sr Career Consultant, Head of Pharma

Recruitment Division, (March 2007 to Aug 2007).

5. Sukhvarsha Management Services Pvt Ltd (SMS JOBS)(www.smsjobs.in),asAssistantManager,

Head of Pharma Recruitment Division, (March 2005 to March 2007).

6. Polaris Management Services Pvt Ltd.,(www.polarisindia.com) as Senior Executive, (August

2004 to March 2005).

7. Metrochem API Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, as HR-Executive. (Jan 2002 to Aug 2004).

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Thomas DISC Position Profile administrator

ACADEMICS

Master of Human Resource Management from Andhra University.

Bachelor’s degree in science from Andhra University .

PERSONAL INFO

Date of birth: 04-03-1977

Father’s name: Kondaiah Naidu
Languages Known: English, Telugu and Hindi.