Lead - Talent Acquisition - Auto

A Talent Acquisition Lead is intended to be in charge to design, develop and execute a new talent acquisition strategy for the company. The candidate is expected to be able to find, hire and retain talented candidates, build a strong employer brand, and ensure great relationships at the workplace.

Major Responsibilities:

- Lead the team of 3-4 recruiters and manage overall talent acquisition process until onboarding of the candidates

- Lead the efforts in hiring across verticals from Engineering (R&D, Software, Hardware, Systems Engineering) to Operations (Production, Quality, SCM) and Support functions (Finance, HR, IT, QMS).

- Manage the campus hiring cycle from end-to-end. Act as point of contact for Campus Placement teams and students. Should be ready to travel to various campuses (IITs, NITs, BITS, etc.) during campus placements.

- Determine current staffing needs and forecast.

- Leverages multiple recruiting sources and techniques to identify and engage a diverse pool of active and passive candidates to ensure role match and cultural fitment.

- Conduct thorough pre-screen of all prospects prior to presenting to hiring manager for consideration.

- Extends offers to candidates, coordinating closely with hiring managers.

- Responsible for smooth onboarding of selected candidates

- Conduct regular follow-up meetings and well communication channels with hiring managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans and implementation.

- Improve candidate experience.

- Conduct analysis and report key recruitment metrics to appropriate business leaders.

Technical Skills and Experience:

- Strong understanding of sourcing techniques, usage of job boards and tools such as Naukri, LinkedIn, etc.

- Experience with ATS and Recruitment Marketing tools

- Experience of handling campus hiring process

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Strong analytical skills, ability to work with spreadsheets

- Stakeholder and People Management skills

- Strong negotiation and sales skills

- Experience in manufacturing/ production recruitment is preferable

Technical Skills and Experience:

- Strong High degree of initiative and on-the-ground execution focus

- Collaborative and effective teamwork

- Ownership and sense of urgency

- Good judgement and attention to details

- Strong work ethic

Information on Selection Process:

- The selection process will include an aptitude test plus interviews

- There will be a focus on evaluation of the candidate's understanding of technical, analytical & logical skills

Education & Experience - MBA Full-time, with at least 1-2 years of team handling experience