Shashini Konkaduwage

Shashini Konkaduwage Recruitment Professional- - 64/37 A, Kurunduwatta Road, Mirihana, Kotte Experienced Talent Acquisition Manager with over 12 years of proven expertise in the financial technology services, telecommunications, and software industries. Adept at crafting and implementing strategic HR policies and initiatives to attract, retain, and develop top-tier talent. Demonstrated proficiency in HR management, leadership, and strategic planning, with a focus on driving organizational growth and success through effective recruitment strategies. Skilled in leveraging innovative recruiting techniques to identify and acquire high-potential candidates Experience Head of Talent Acquisition - Axiata Digital Labs - Sri Lanka/Malaysia/Indonesia Jul 2022 - todate Lead the entire recruitment lifecycle across Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia – from sourcing, interviewing, selection, and offer creation. Develop and maintain a robust talent pipeline to meet current and future talent needs. Implement proactive sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive candidates. Partner with stakeholders to provide insights and expertise on talent sourcing and suggest creative ways to address talent acquisition challenges. Successfully manage talent searches, set benchmarks and metrics, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. Network with universities, industry professionals and professional bodies to share and collect best practices and promote ADL as a preferred employer. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the effectiveness of talent acquisition efforts. Use data and analytics to drive data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement. Assistant Manager - Talent Acquisition - London Stock Exchange Group May 2018 - Jul 2022 Manage/ guide the Team members to achieve overall Talent Acquisition goals. Continues development of the team members. Bring thought leadership and innovative solutions that continuously improve the hiring process. Develop and deliver recruitment strategies and processes to improve outcomes (e.g. decreased time to hire, increased quality of hire). Achieving demanding targets, ratios and SLAs and working to tight deadlines in a fast moving environment. Produce business orientated management dashboards and interpreting this to draw conclusions and make recommendations. Subject matter expertise, knowledge of local recruitment practices along with the ability to use market intelligence and analyse market trends to provide insights to clients. Active strategic contribution in employer brand building and Employee Value Proposition initiatives. Shashini Konkaduwage Experience Recruitment Professional Senior Executive - Talent Acquisition - Pearson Lanka June 2016 - May 2018 Forecasting business requirement, Planning for Sourcing strategies to enable just-in-time and -pro-active hiring - Continuously improve selection programs and tools to increase effectiveness of talent selection, develop and execute comprehensive long-term strategies in branding, marketing, and sourcing designed to attract key talent through all media channels. Identify and source appropriate internal talent for current and future open roles within the organization Coordinator - Talent Acquisition - Dialog Axiata PLC April 2012 - Jun 2016 Understand the work force requirement/ attrition for the respective business units and develop an effective Manpower plan for each year. Responsible in developing and maintaining positive relationships with both government and nongovernment education institutes and other youth affiliated establishments for potential recruitment partnerships. Developed a strategic internal career movement mechanism to identify potential internal candidates to take up vacancies which has been advertised through dialog careers portal. Prepare portfolio wise HR dashboards related to manpower cost, attrition rate, internal mobility, related data etc. and share same with the management Handle Annual Summer Internship programme in collaboration with MAS, Deutsche Bank and 3M Intern - Human Resources - Dialog Axiata PLC Sep 2011 -April 2012 Customer Service Executive - HSBC Feb 2011 - June 2011 Oct 2011 - Dec 2011 HR Trainee - Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC Education University of Wolverhampton 2018 Masters of Business Administration Six Sigma Management Institute by Dr. Mikel J.Harry 2020 Six Sigma Yellow Belt System proficiency Taleo Workday Manatal Service Now HCM Power BI Key Achievements Value in Practice (VIP Award) - LSEG Awarded for completing recruitment of 60 candidates within 2 months (finance shared services expansion project) HR Hero Global Award - LSEG Awarded for successful capital market recruitment for Sri Lanka Dialog Bravo Award - Dialog Awarded for outstanding performance in HR The Best Trainee Award - HSBC References Available on request