ANILA CHANDRA KUPPTHAN

Responsible for setting up the Executive Search function for Malaysia & Indonesia, hiring and upskilling team members, and managing new and exciting clients' hiring demands.

Responsible to manage full cycle recruitment and stakeholder management via an Inhouse based RPO Recruitment Team for KC ASEAN.

• Recruitment Strategy: Develop and implement innovative Talent Acquisition strategies across Asia Pacific & Middle East BAT Entities that focus on both effectiveness and efficiencies, in order to meet the talent needs of the organization. Partner with business leaders and HRBPs to understand workforce planning outcomes, in order to proactively plan around new roles or capabilities. Champion Inclusion and Diversity, building education, sourcing practices, and targeted goals into our processes. Advance the use of new and innovative methods to develop robust candidate pipelines for key, critical roles.
• Resource Management: Responsible for leading, mentoring, and coaching 3 Team Leads and 26 Recruitment Specialists to ensure seamless execution and management of Regional recruitment activities.
• Operational Effectiveness: Experience in implementing, working with, and improving globally aligned talent acquisition tools and systems, including candidate relationship management and applicant tracking technologies, sourcing tools, and online collaboration platforms.
• Hands-on Recruitment: Responsible for leading large-scale strategic transformational programs, partnering with senior business leaders, and overseeing key Executive Search assignments, new capabilities hiring, and the expansion of BAT's 2nd Regional Hub expansion in Pakistan.
• Recruitment Operations & Talent Acquisition Leadership Team: Part of the Global Recruitment Leadership team, which is responsible for developing the overall strategy, KPI, and roadmap for the recruitment function. Maintains a team-focused approach and promotes global and cross-boundary communication to achieve team objectives.
• Regional Senior HR Leadership Team: Representing the function in monthly forums as a Regional Recruitment subject matter expert showcasing the team's full-lifecycle KPI results, developing suitable strategies, and proactively monitoring and leveraging industry-leading practices and sharing Talent Insights and recommendations to meet the region's Talent & Diversity targets.