Built by operators, not outsiders.

TalentStores was built by two leaders who spent 25 years inside the machinery of global workforce operations — running contingent labor programs, standing up Global Capability Centers, and managing hundreds of vendor relationships for the world's largest enterprises.

Our Story

Why we built this.

We didn't come from software. We came from procurement floors, delivery centers, and boardrooms where hiring, vendor management, and payments lived in six different systems that didn't talk to each other.

Every enterprise we worked with — Applied Materials, ManpowerGroup, Capgemini — fought the same fragmentation: recruiters in one tool, staffing partners in another, payments and settlements bolted on somewhere else.

TalentStores exists because we got tired of watching that cost companies time, money, and good candidates. We built the platform we wished we'd had.

Leadership

The people behind it.

Aditya Joshi (AJ)

Co-Founder & CEO

Aditya has spent 25+ years building and scaling Global Capability Centers, Global Operations Centers and Centers of Excellence for Fortune 500 and PE-backed companies. He has led global transformation initiatives at Applied Materials, ManpowerGroup and Capgemini, spanning procurement strategy, vendor management, strategic sourcing and AI-led technology transformation.

At Applied Materials, Aditya led the consolidation of contingent workforce operations from multiple in-country vendor teams into two global delivery centers in India and China — a transformation planned to take over a year, completed in two quarters.

He was named an Industry Game Changer by Staffing Industry Analysts (2022) and received the ManpowerGroup Global Power Award (2019). Aditya is a TEDx speaker and serves as President of Nirji Ventures.

Sanjay Pandit

Co-Founder

Sanjay is Group CEO of Nirji Ventures, based across Japan and Singapore, and previously served as COO, APAC, Japan & Middle East at ManpowerGroup. A Chartered Accountant by training, he has delivered close to 10 business turnarounds and over $100 million in operating efficiencies through process and technology transformation.

Across his career, Sanjay has led 3–4x topline and profitability growth for portfolio companies and executed more than 40 M&A transactions, divestments, integrations and joint ventures. He now works with founders, investors and growth-stage companies across Asia through Nirji Ventures.

Track Record

Built on what we've already proven.

35+ years

Combined enterprise workforce operations

$11B+

In workforce spend managed

40+

M&A transactions led

Global

Workforce expertise across North America, Europe, APAC, Middle East, India, Japan and Australia

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