Lead Mass Recruitment & Workforce Mobilisation

Lead – Mass Recruitment & Workforce Mobilisation

Organization: Right Advisors Pvt. Ltd.

Location: Oragadam / Walajabad / Sriperumbudur, Chennai

Function: HR – Talent Acquisition / Workforce Mobilisation

Employment: Full-time

Reporting: Business / Staffing Operations Head

Joining: Within 30 days

Role Purpose

Lead end-to-end mass recruitment and workforce mobilisation for a large electronics manufacturing operation, with an immediate mandate to onboard 300+ employees, scaling to 500–1,000+ workforce.

The role requires a hands-on professional with strong field mobilisation, local labour-market networks, team leadership, onboarding and retention experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive 300+ hires within aggressive timelines and build a scalable recruitment pipeline.
• Manage the complete funnel: sourcing → screening → selection → documentation → onboarding → joining → retention.
• Conduct field recruitment drives, walk-ins and mobilisation camps across Oragadam, Walajabad, Sriperumbudur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and surrounding areas.
• Build strong networks with ITIs, colleges, skill centres, community groups and local referral networks.
• Lead and manage 3–5 field recruiters/mobilisers, with daily targets and performance reviews.
• Focus strongly on women workforce mobilisation, with an indicative target of 55% women / 45% men, subject to job-related selection criteria.
• Manage high-volume onboarding including documentation, PF/ESI, medicals, induction and payroll handover.
• Track joining, Day-7, Day-30 and Day-90 retention, identify attrition reasons and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain recruitment MIS/dashboard covering source, geography, recruiter, selection, joining and retention.
• Support development of career and skill-development pathways for shop-floor employees.

Ideal Candidate

• 5–10 years of HR / Talent Acquisition experience.
• Minimum 3–5 years of high-volume manufacturing recruitment.
• Proven experience handling 100–500+ shop-floor hires within short mobilisation periods.
• Experience in blue-collar/grey-collar hiring, contract staffing, apprentices/trainees and mass onboarding.
• Preferred experience in electronics, EMS, automotive, consumer durables, electrical or large assembly manufacturing.
• Strong local recruitment network across the Chennai manufacturing corridor.
• Must be comfortable with extensive field work and hands-on execution.

Essential Skills

• Mass recruitment & field mobilisation
• Manufacturing / blue-collar recruitment
• Local labour-market networking
• Team management
• Candidate counselling
• PF/ESI & onboarding knowledge
• Excel / MIS reporting
• Strong execution and ownership

Language

Tamil – Mandatory

English – Working proficiency

Hindi / other Indian languages – Advantage

Qualification

Graduate with relevant experience. Postgraduate qualification in HR / Personnel Management / IR / Business Administration preferred.

Initial Targets

First 30 Days:

• Recruitment territory & bus-route mapping
• Field recruiter team activated
• 1,000+ candidate leads
• Recruitment camps and referral network established

45–60 Days:

• 300+ employees mobilised/onboarded
• Stable replacement pipeline
• Day-7 / Day-30 retention tracking operational

Key KPIs

• Day-30 active headcount – 30%
• Joining achievement – 20%
• Candidate mobilisation – 15%
• Day-30/90 retention – 15%
• TAT – 10%
• Compliance accuracy – 5%
• MIS & stakeholder management – 5%