Senior Executive - Talent Acquisition

Role & responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment from manpower requisition to onboarding.
• Understand manpower requirements from Plant HR, Production, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Stores, and other functions.
• Handle recruitment for blue-collar, skilled/semi-skilled, supervisory, engineering, and junior/mid-level positions.
• Develop and maintain a strong pipeline through:
  
• Job portals and recruitment platforms
• Employee referrals
• Recruitment agencies/consultants
• Campus Recruitment
• Local sourcing and job fairs
• Social media and other sourcing channels
• Screen CVs, conduct initial interviews, coordinate technical/functional interviews, and facilitate selection.
• Coordinate pre-employment documentation, background verification, medical examination, and joining formalities.
• Maintain recruitment MIS covering open positions, sourcing, interviews, selections, offers, joining status, and time-to-fill.
• Work closely with hiring managers to ensure timely closure of critical vacancies.
• Build and maintain a database of potential candidates for recurring manufacturing requirements.
• Manage relationships with recruitment consultants, manpower agencies, institutes, and other external sourcing partners.
• Support campus and ITI recruitment drives as required.
• Monitor recruitment metrics such as time-to-hire, offer-to-joining ratio, source effectiveness, and recruitment cost.
• Conduct regular follow-ups with selected candidates to improve joining ratios and reduce offer dropouts.
• Ensure recruitment processes comply with company policies and applicable statutory requirements.
• Support HR initiatives related to employee engagement, induction, onboarding, and retention, wherever required.
• Assist in manpower planning and periodic workforce reviews for the plant.

Preferred candidate profile

• Graduate/Postgraduate in HR, Personnel Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 57 years of recruitment experience, preferably in a manufacturing, engineering, automotive, FMCG, chemical, pharmaceutical, or similar industrial environment.
• Strong experience in plant/industrial recruitment and hiring of shop-floor and technical manpower.
• Good understanding of recruitment channels and local talent markets.
• Experience handling multiple positions and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Strong communication, negotiation, coordination, and follow-up skills.
• Good proficiency in MS Excel and recruitment MIS.
• Exposure to HRMS/ATS and job portals.
• Ability to work independently and manage recruitment targets within defined timelines.
• Willingness to travel to institutes, recruitment drives, vendors, and other sourcing locations when required.