Sumit Chandra Email Address

Director Leadership Hiring and University Relations

Flipkart is an Indian e-commerce company focused on sales of books, consumer electronics, fashion, home essentials & groceries, lifestyle products etc.

Seasoned Recruiting Leader with over 17 years of rich experience in driving full life cycle Tech R&D & non-tech recruiting. Specialized in driving leadership, senior and niche hiring across engineering, product management, analytics, Data Science, Design and IT functions for high growth industry segments like e-commerce, internet, web scale, mobile, Desktop, wireless, ads, social media, travel, healthcare, food, supply chain, robotics, AI, IoT, enterprise, cloud, virtualization, desktop, online gaming, networking & systems. Currently heading Executive Leadership roles across Flipkart (Tech & Non-Tech) ! Worked on a different start up named Hiring Ideas with a clear objective of providing quality candidates in the product Eco-system for US & India. Ran a start-up named MakeMyJob.com from scratch which is created with an objective - to provide the best talent for organization vis-à-vis a right job for the right candidate. For the past several years, have established an impeccable reputation for filling open niche requisitions with exceptional talent. Specialized in developing and evaluating staffing metrics to measure the efficiency of recruiting efforts and implementing contemporary staffing initiatives to fill positions, delivering significant org wide impact with a strategic approach. Core competencies are Talent Mapping & Market Intelligence, Talent Advisory and Strategic Business Partnering, Driving Innovative Sourcing Channels, Developing Candidate Engagement frameworks & Smooth onboarding, Talent & Employer Branding. Specialties: Strategic & Niche Sourcing Driving effective TA strategies Talent Research and Market Intelligence Developing high-performance & "A" Recruitment Teams Cost Effective Recruitment Models / Direct Sourcing Metrics driven TA delivery Talent Advisory and Strategic Business Partnering Hands on approach & guidance for TA professionals TA processes, systems and tools