Manager - Talent Acquisition (Field)

Role & responsibilities

1. Bulk & Field Recruitment

• Lead end-to-end bulk recruitment for field-level and operational positions across multiple locations.
• Manage hiring for fleet personnel, supervisors, safety officers, operators, and other logistics and operations-related roles.
• Develop and execute high-volume recruitment strategies to meet manpower requirements within defined timelines.
• Conduct walk-in drives, recruitment camps, local hiring drives, and field-level sourcing activities.
• Build strong local sourcing networks through referrals, recruitment agencies, local consultants, job portals, and community-based channels.
• Ensure a consistent pipeline of qualified candidates for current and upcoming operational requirements.

2. Fleet & Logistics Hiring

• Drive recruitment for fleet-related positions and other manpower required for logistics and transportation operations.
• Coordinate with Fleet, Transport, and Operations teams to understand manpower requirements, deployment schedules, and location-specific hiring needs.
• Support recruitment for drivers and other fleet personnel, wherever applicable, along with supervisors and operational staff.
• Understand the manpower requirements of logistics operations and ensure timely deployment to support business continuity.
• Maintain a talent pipeline for critical and high-demand operational positions.

3. Manpower Planning & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with Operations, Fleet, Safety, and regional business teams to forecast manpower requirements.
• Prepare hiring plans based on operational demand, new business requirements, and workforce deployment schedules.
• Track open positions, hiring progress, joining commitments, and pending manpower requirements.
• Conduct regular review meetings with stakeholders to discuss hiring progress, recruitment challenges, and corrective actions.
• Ensure timely communication with hiring managers regarding candidate availability and recruitment status.

4. Recruitment Vendor & Agency Management

• Identify, onboard, and manage recruitment agencies and local manpower vendors to support bulk hiring.
• Build and maintain relationships with local recruitment partners across operational locations.
• Monitor vendor performance against hiring targets, joining ratios, turnaround time, and candidate quality.
• Negotiate commercial terms with recruitment vendors in coordination with the relevant internal teams.
• Ensure vendors follow company recruitment processes and documentation requirements.

5. Recruitment Operations & Reporting

• Monitor recruitment metrics, including:
• Number of positions closed
• Time to hire and time to join
• Offer-to-joining ratio
• Recruitment cost per hire
• Source-wise hiring performance
• Candidate no-show and drop-out rates
• Location-wise manpower fulfilment
• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers and provide regular hiring reports to HR leadership and business stakeholders.
• Identify bottlenecks in the recruitment process and implement improvements to increase hiring efficiency.
• Ensure timely coordination for candidate documentation, pre-employment formalities, and joining processes.

6. Quality Hiring & Compliance

• Ensure candidates meet the required qualifications, experience, and role-specific criteria.
• Coordinate with the Safety and Operations teams to understand mandatory certifications, licences, and other requirements for relevant positions.
• Ensure recruitment activities follow company policies and applicable employment requirements.
• Coordinate background verification, medical examinations, and other pre-employment checks wherever applicable.
• Work with the HR Operations team to ensure smooth onboarding and timely deployment of selected candidates.

7. Team Management

• Lead and guide recruiters, field recruiters, and recruitment coordinators responsible for bulk hiring.
• Allocate recruitment targets based on business priorities and location-wise requirements.
• Monitor team productivity, recruitment performance, and closure timelines.
• Develop sourcing capabilities and improve the team's effectiveness in high-volume hiring.
• Build a performance-driven recruitment team focused on timely and quality manpower deployment.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; an MBA in HR will be an advantage.
• 812 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, preferably with significant exposure to bulk and field hiring.
• Prior experience in logistics, transportation, fleet management, supply chain, infrastructure, manufacturing, or other operations-intensive industries.
• Proven experience in recruiting field-level employees, supervisors, safety personnel, operators, and other operational staff.
• Experience in managing high-volume recruitment across multiple locations.
• Strong understanding of local sourcing channels, recruitment agencies, walk-in drives, and field recruitment strategies.
• Experience in manpower planning, recruitment budgeting, hiring analytics, and vendor management.
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple hiring requirements under tight timelines.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and recruitment tracking and reporting.
• Willingness to travel to operational locations and participate in field recruitment drives as required.