Vitthal Dhingra

Experience

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  Egon Zehnder

  May 2016 - Jan 2018

  Research Analyst, Executive Search

  About Egon Zehnder:Egon Zehnder is a global executive search firm headquartered in Switzerland.With more than 440 consultants in 69 offices and 41 countries around the globe, Egon Zehnder works closely with public and private corporations, family-owned enterprises and nonprofit and government agencies to provide board advisory services, CEO and leadership succession planning, executive search and assessment, and leadership development.My Role:• Manage and execute projects involving Business Development Pitch Presentations, Talent Mapping (Sourcing) Assignments & Reporting Structures, Executive Insider Profiles, Board Analysis Reports, Company Intelligence Reports, Industry & Country Profiles and Thought Leadership Initiatives.• Collating specific information from various sources viz. LinkedIn, OneSource, Hoovers, Capital IQ, Factiva, BoardEx, Reuters, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg etc. as well as through Google search.• Handle independent searches with Internal Clients (consultants & partners); responsibility includes understanding the specifics of the search, candidate skill set & competency requirement, analysing the markets globally as per agreed specification and negotiating dead-lines.• Provide support to associates and consultants with information essential to the completion of the research phase of the leadership search or consulting effort which includes business development opportunities and executive search.• Teamed up with the US team to turn around company’s relations with the key clients in the region. Client engagement increased from 30% to 80% within a span of few weeks.• Have worked with the teams in UK, Germany, Netherlands and various other geographies and with teams across practice groups including Retail/Consumer. • Responsible for two weekly Newsletters.• Responsible for Mentoring new joiners.• Received appreciation from key clients.• Received “The Quality Champion” title for maintaining excellent quality on Company’s one of key services. Show less

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  The Edge Partnership - The Edge in Asia

  Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

  Executive Search Consultant, Technology
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  Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.

  Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

  Senior Executive, Talent Acquisition

  ABFRL is India's No 1 Fashion Lifestyle entity with a combined revenue of Rs.7,181 crore for FY 2018 and EBITDA of Rs.501 crore for FY 2018.My Role:• Worked on pan-India corporate hiring for brands Van-Heusen, Louis Philippe, Planet Fashion, Peter England and Allen Solly.• Hired 250+ people during my tenure for corporate roles at mid-senior levels for all channels of business for functions like Central Trade, Commercial, Retail Operations and Marketing, Sales, HR, Commercial & Visual Merchandise.• Introduced and executed candidate feedback systems in the company.• Partnered with hiring managers, shared market intelligence.• Stakeholder Management: Worked with the National Heads, Brand COOs and other senior management to understand the business deeply.• Initiated Pro-active hiring for high attrition functions which brought down TAT by 50%• Have undertaken projects: industry mapping, performance evaluation goal audit, role appreciations and management trainee reviews.• Responsible for coming up with a search strategy, delivery, interviewing, salary negotiations and closures.• Responsible for managing vendors partners and related cost management.• Recognized and awarded “Employee of the Quarter” for two consecutive quarters for displaying values in action.• Performance rated 4/5 and potential rating as A. Show less

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  Udaan.com

  Sept 2020 - Apr 2021

  Leadership Hiring Team, Human Resources

  Udaan is a B2B e-commerce platform, designed specifically for small & medium businesses in India.My Role:• Leadership hiring for food/FMCG, Pharma and lifestyle businesses across functions.• Partnered with Business Heads.• Came-up with search strategy for all mandates.• Mapped c-suite potential candidates from target companies.• Developed and shared market intelligence with the hiring managers for driving better hiring decisions.

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  TRANSEARCH

  Apr 2021 - Apr 2023

  Executive Search Consultant

  Transearch is a global retained executive search firm, my work was focused in the consumer Tech/Digital practice at Transearch India. I partner with clients on tech and non-tech searches, clients which are established conglomerates in Retail, Ecommerce to early-stage start-ups in web3/Crypto, Fintech, e-commerce, Social-commerce, gaming, Agritech etc.My Role:• Worked on Tech and product searches (CTO, CPO, CTPO or VP).• Worked on non-tech searches across functions: CFO, CHRO, Business head (CEO), Head-Corporate Development, Legal Head, CIO, Head of Growth, Head Public Policy, and 40+ other mandates.• Key role was to have a through market intelligence and to be a true partner to the clients and the candidates.• Acted as a talent brand partner to many early start-ups. Show less

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  Guild Capital

  Apr 2023 - Mar 2024

  Lead Talent Consultant

  Guild Capital adds value to early-stage portfolio companies through specialized teams collectively called the Guild Platform. Argyle is the executive search team responsible for recruiting high-performing professionals from top management consulting, investment banking and private equity firms in leadership roles for Guild Capital's portfolio companies.

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  Singularity AMC

  Mar 2024 - now

  Lead Talent Consultant
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  Singularity AMC

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  AVP, Talent