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Shakhnoza Akhmedova
Talent Acquisition Business Partner
Tashkent
Summary
Results-driven Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partner with a proven track record in strategic hiring and talent acquisition. Skilled in leading recruitment initiatives that align with organizational objectives, ensuring optimal talent sourcing and collaborative hiring processes. Expertise in stakeholder management and fostering strong relationships to drive effective recruitment strategies. Committed to enhancing workforce capabilities through innovative sourcing techniques and strategic partnerships.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
5
5
Languages
Work History
Talent Acquisition Associate Manager
ACWA Power - Central Asia
01.2025 - Current
- The Talent Acquisition Associate Manager responsibilities include leading ACWA Power Uzbekistan’s recruitment strategy to attract, assess, and hire top talent for our fast-growing renewable energy portfolio, ranging from power plants, wind farms, to large-scale infrastructure projects. The role requires a strong understanding of both the local labor market and international recruitment practices, ensuring that all hiring aligns with ACWA Power’s values, business objectives, and compliance requirements.
- Develop and execute a talent acquisition strategy to meet hiring needs across multiple projects.
- Partner with project leaders, functional heads, and People & Culture colleagues to identify current and future workforce requirements.
- Drive employer branding initiatives in Uzbekistan to position ACWA Power as an employer of choice in the renewable energy sector.
- Support localization strategy by ensuring effective recruitment of local professionals while managing international hires when required.
- Oversee the full-cycle recruitment process: job requisition, sourcing, interviewing, assessments, offers, and onboarding.
- Leverage multiple sourcing channels (job boards, LinkedIn, industry networks, employee referrals, and headhunting).
- Ensure a high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience throughout the process.
- Monitor key recruitment KPIs (time-to-fill, quality of hire, diversity and inclusion goals, etc.) and provide regular reports to management.
- Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition team, fostering a culture of collaboration, efficiency, and service excellence.
- Build strong partnerships with hiring managers to align on role requirements and candidate profiles.
- Work closely with the Compensation & Benefits team to ensure competitive and aligned offers.
- Collaborate with regional and global People & Culture colleagues to ensure best practices are applied consistently.
- Ensure compliance with Uzbekistan labor laws and company recruitment policies.
- Maintain structured recruitment documentation, trackers, and dashboards for management and audit purposes.
- Continuously review recruitment processes to enhance efficiency, transparency, and fairness.
- Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all recruitment practices.
- Meeting newcomers and conducting HR Induction training.
- Monitoring and Coordination of the whole process of the onboarding of local and expat newcomers.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Air Products Central Europe and Central Asia Group
08.2023 - 01.2025
- Partnering with hiring managers to determine staffing needs.
- Screening resumes.
- Performing in-person, phone interviews and online interviews with candidates.
- Work with recruitment agencies.
- Coordinate recruitment process from A to Z.
- Weekly reports to the management.
- Performing reference and background checks.
- Making recommendations to company hiring managers.
- Coordinating interviews with the hiring managers.
- Following up on the interview process status.
- Maintaining relationships with both internal and external clients to ensure staffing goals are achieved.
- Communicating employer information and benefits during screening process.
- Staying current on the company’s organization structure, personnel policy, and federal and state laws regarding employment practices.
- Serving as a liaison with area employment agencies, colleges, and industry associations.
- Completing timely reports on employment activity.
Recruiter
Assystem - French Nuclear Power Engineering Comp.
01.2021 - 07.2023
- Partnering with hiring managers to determine staffing needs.
- Screening resumes.
- Performing in-person and phone interviews with candidates.
- Administering appropriate company assessments.
- Performing reference and background checks.
- Making recommendations to company hiring managers.
- Coordinating interviews with the hiring managers.
- Following up on the interview process status.
- Maintaining relationships with both internal and external clients to ensure staffing goals are achieved.
- Communicating employer information and benefits during screening process.
- Staying current on the company’s organization structure, personnel policy, and state laws regarding employment practices.
- Serving as a liaison with area employment agencies, colleges, and industry associations.
- Completing timely reports on employment activity.
- Conducting exit interviews on terminating employees.
Marketing specialist
UzCard
09.2020 - 12.2020
- Manage smm team, and sales team.
- Dedicate the tasks.
- Working on a constant improvements of the company (service/employee skills and etc).
- Create new service packages for the potential clients.
- Conduct market research to find answers about consumer requirements, habits and trends.
- Cost analysis.
- Meeting with clients to understand their needs and explain our service advantages.
- Brainstorm and develop ideas for creative marketing campaigns.
- Assist in outbound or inbound marketing activities by demonstrating expertise in various areas (content development and optimization, advertising, events planning etc.).
- Plan and execute initiatives to reach the target audience through appropriate channels (social media, e-mail etc.).
Co-Founder & CEO
НОУ "Pro Academy"
01.2018 - 03.2020
- Vision, strategy, and business growth
- Program development and quality assurance
- Partnerships and brand development
- Financial and operational oversight
Specialist of Subscriber Service Department
OOO ''UMS''
01.2017 - 12.2017
- Consulting by phone Information and service services for clients on financial, technical, legal issues of mobile communication, as well as the sale of services to customers who applied for advice to the Customer Service Center.
- Achievements - good KPI indicators, became the best group of the year.
- Telecommunications company – (current Mobi.uz)
IELTS-instructor
НОУ "RITZ"
01.2017 - 12.2017
- Teaching English, preparing students for IELTS, my achievements are the results of my students who passed exams and entered various prestigious universities.
Education
Bachelor - Business and Marketing Management
Management Development Institute of Singapore
05.2020
Tashkent Economic College - Faculty of Finance
Tashkent Economic College
06.2015
Skills
Talent management
Teamwork and collaboration
Problem-solving abilities
Multitasking Abilities
Task prioritization
Analytical skills
Onboarding processes
Global recruitment
Certification
Module on Personnel Record Management, 01/01/22
Personal Information
- Citizenship: Uzbekistan
- Date of Birth: 02/10/96
Accomplishments
- Implemented a recruitment & onboarding process from zero
- Top positions closure – Engineering, Corporate and IT
- 200+ hiring within a year
- Successful GDP closure
- Establishing Partnership with Universities & Erasmus+ – MoU signing
- Employer Brand Promotion
- Teambuilding activities - organization
- Supervised team of 3 staff members
Software
Microsoft
Power BI
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Associate Manager
ACWA Power - Central Asia
01.2025 - Current
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Air Products Central Europe and Central Asia Group
08.2023 - 01.2025
Recruiter
Assystem - French Nuclear Power Engineering Comp.
01.2021 - 07.2023
Marketing specialist
UzCard
09.2020 - 12.2020
Co-Founder & CEO
НОУ "Pro Academy"
01.2018 - 03.2020
Specialist of Subscriber Service Department
OOO ''UMS''
01.2017 - 12.2017
IELTS-instructor
НОУ "RITZ"
01.2017 - 12.2017
Bachelor - Business and Marketing Management
Management Development Institute of Singapore
Tashkent Economic College - Faculty of Finance
Tashkent Economic College