Talent Acquisition Executive

Job Description: Retail Recruiter

Job Title: Retail Recruiter
Department: People Excellence
Location: Punjab, Kolkata, Guwahati
Experience: 25 years
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

We are looking for a proactive and result-oriented Retail Recruiter to manage end-to-end recruitment for our retail operations. The candidate will be responsible for sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding suitable candidates for retail positions while ensuring hiring targets and timelines are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle end-to-end recruitment for retail positions .
• Source candidates through job portals, social media, employee referrals, recruitment agencies, and other channels.
• Screen resumes and conduct initial telephonic/video interviews.
• Coordinate interviews with hiring managers and store teams.
• Maintain a healthy candidate pipeline for current and upcoming vacancies.
• Manage recruitment drives and walk-in interviews when required.
• Ensure timely closure of open positions as per business requirements.
• Negotiate compensation and coordinate offer rollouts.
• Follow up with selected candidates until joining and ensure a smooth onboarding process.
• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, MIS, and hiring reports.
• Build and maintain relationships with candidates and external recruitment partners.
• Monitor recruitment metrics such as time-to-hire, source effectiveness, joining ratio, and offer-to-joining conversion.
• Ensure recruitment processes comply with company policies and applicable employment regulations.

Required Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good knowledge of retail hiring and frontline recruitment.
• Experience using job portals and recruitment databases.
• Strong sourcing and candidate-screening skills.
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies and meet tight hiring deadlines.
• Good negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfortable working with recruitment targets and metrics.
• Proficiency in MS Excel/Google Sheets and basic recruitment tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in recruitment, preferably in retail, FMCG, fashion, hospitality, or other high-volume hiring environments.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Positions closed within agreed timelines.
• Number and quality of candidates sourced.
• Offer-to-joining ratio.
• Time-to-hire.
• Candidate retention/early attrition.
• Hiring manager and candidate satisfaction.

Ideal Candidate: A target-driven recruiter who can handle high-volume frontline hiring, build strong candidate pipelines, and consistently deliver quality hires within defined timelines.