Talent Acquisition Specialist

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Recruitment

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from understanding manpower requirements and sourcing candidates to screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and joining.
• Ensure timely closure of vacancies in line with approved manpower plans and hiring timelines.
• Build and maintain a strong candidate pipeline through job portals, referrals, social media, consultants, walk-ins, and other sourcing channels.

2. Corporate Hiring

• Manage recruitment for corporate functions, including HR, Finance, Marketing, Design, Buying, Planning, E-commerce, and other business functions.
• Coordinate with hiring managers to understand job requirements, evaluate candidate suitability, and ensure timely interview feedback.
• Support hiring for specialist, managerial, and leadership positions as assigned.

3. Retail Hiring

• Manage recruitment for retail positions across stores, including Store Managers, Assistant Store Managers, Sales Associates, Cashiers, and other frontline roles.
• Coordinate with Retail Operations and Cluster Managers to understand manpower requirements and prioritise urgent vacancies.
• Organise walk-in interviews, local hiring drives, and store-level recruitment activities.
• Ensure timely replacement hiring, pre-opening manpower readiness, and deployment of employees as per approved requirements.

4. Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with department heads, hiring managers, and Retail Operations to plan and execute recruitment activities.
• Maintain regular follow-ups on interview feedback, candidate selection, offer approvals, and joining status.
• Ensure recruitment is undertaken strictly against approved manpower requirements and salary budgets.

5. Recruitment MIS & Reporting

• Maintain an updated recruitment tracker covering open positions, ageing, sourcing channels, interview status, offers, and joining details.
• Publish periodic recruitment MIS highlighting hiring progress, pending positions, and anticipated closure timelines.
• Track recruitment performance against defined KPIs, including time-to-fill, offer-to-join ratio, and hiring cost.

6. Candidate Experience & Compliance

• Ensure a professional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and recruitment documentation.
• Ensure adherence to company recruitment policies, approval matrices, and confidentiality requirements.

Desired Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate in any discipline; MBA/PGDM in Human Resources preferred.
• 3–6 years of experience in end-to-end talent acquisition, preferably in retail, apparel, fashion, or multi-location organisations.
• Proven experience in both corporate and frontline retail recruitment.
• Strong sourcing, screening, negotiation, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in recruitment portals, Excel, and recruitment tracking systems.

Core Competencies

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Execution orientation and ability to work with tight hiring timelines.
• Effective stakeholder and candidate management.
• Organisation, follow-up, and data management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies across corporate and retail locations simultaneously.