Talent Acquisition Manager

To lead and manage the Talent Acquisition function at a regional level for Malabar Gold & Diamonds ensuring effective manpower planning, attraction of top talent, and timely recruitment of best-fit candidates while driving operational excellence and process optimization.

Role & responsibilities:-

• Plan, develop, manage, oversee and implement sustainable Talent Acquisition and recruitment processes & strategy to ensure translation and alignment with departmental strategy including objectives, targets and initiatives.
• Collaborate with Head Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to develop and execute life cycle recruiting plans, use passive and active recruiting techniques and a broad variety of sources with a focus on developing a ready candidate pipeline to fill critical needs at the region.
• Recommend improvements to Hiring policy and coordinate to improve the recruitment process to ensure an effective recruiting experience for hiring managers and applicants alike as directed by the senior management.
• Recommend and prepare Talent Acquisition Department budget of region by preparing analysis and data related to specific elements in consultation with senior management.
• Perform analysis of hiring needs at region and provide employee hiring forecast to find bottlenecks in the recruitment process.
• Perform sourcing of top talent for hard-to-fill roles via job board niches, social media, strategic advertising, and community outreach.
• Supervise daily operations, perform candidate and employee satisfaction evaluations and act for the development and improvement of the team performance.
• Communicate with Corporate talent acquisition team and regional team regularly to obtain a better understanding on their recruitment needs and leverage from the internal resources and talent to fill vacant positions, whenever possible
• Drive digital recruitment strategies by introducing various marketing tools to the team.
• Oversee the graduate/professional/overseas/outsourced acquisition to ensure that the selection of candidates is done as per the applicable policies and procedures.
• Review the requests for internal transfers and coordinate with the respective team to ensure that candidates possess the required qualifications for the target position and decide in consultation with senior management.
• Conduct weekly recruitment meeting with team to track and report progress on open positions.
• Ensure development and deployment of standard operating procedures (SOPs) in the department.
• Create review reports to track operational performance and ensure course correction & corrective action, as appropriate.
• Drive a performance driven culture in the team by timely monitoring, review of performance parameters and feedback to the team members.
• Actively participate in HR initiatives to drive overall engagement and motivation.

Requirements:-

• MBA/PGDM in Human Resources or equivalent qualification.
• 10-14 years of experience in Talent Acquisition.
• Retail industry experience is mandatory.
• Proven experience in managing large-scale hiring across multiple functions and locations.
• Strong exposure to manpower planning, recruitment strategy, leadership hiring, and stakeholder management.
• Experience in leading and managing recruitment teams.
• Hands-on experience in HR Analytics, Recruitment MIS, and Workforce Planning.
• Advanced Excel and recruitment dashboard reporting skills.