Role Overview:

Looking for a recruitment professional who has spent their career exclusively in blue-collar and frontline hiring. This role requires someone who lives and breathes bulk numbers, has led a sizeable recruiter team, and can own high-volume hiring end-to-end for Food and Facilities Management services in the region. This is not a fit for candidates coming from white-collar or lateral hiring backgrounds.

Location:

Mumbai

Your Future Employer:

A world-renowned name in Integrated Facilities Management and Food Services, with a presence across multiple continents and a workforce of lakhs globally. The organization is known for its scale, structured operations, and strong employer brand in the FM industry.

Responsibilities:

- Own end-to-end bulk hiring delivery for blue-collar and frontline roles across the region, on a recurring monthly/quarterly basis, not one-off drives.

- Lead, manage, and mentor a team of 10+ recruiters, holding them to hiring targets and productivity benchmarks.

- Drive monthly/quarterly hiring plans aligned to business demand and workforce forecasts.

- Ensure closure of positions within TAT and cost-per-hire targets, treating these as hard numbers to own, not just track.

- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines and databases for recurring blue-collar roles.

- Develop and manage local sourcing channels, including vendors, contractors, field sourcing, job drives, referrals, and community networks.

- Establish institutional and agency partnerships for continuous talent supply at volume.

- Monitor recruitment funnel metrics, attrition trends, and source effectiveness, and recommend actionable interventions.

- Partner closely with operations and line managers for manpower planning, requisition clarity, and offer closures.

- Ensure process compliance, documentation, and recruitment MIS accuracy.

- Drive employee referral programs and alternative sourcing innovations.

- Support offer rollout, joining coordination, and onboarding handover to HR operations.

Requirements:

- 5+ years of experience exclusively in blue-collar and frontline bulk hiring. Candidates with a white-collar or lateral hiring background will not be a fit for this role.

- Demonstrated ownership of high-volume, bulk hiring numbers on a recurring basis, not one-off drives.

- Proven track record of leading and managing a sizeable recruiter team, minimum 8 to 10+ direct reports.

- Strong Mumbai market exposure with hands-on experience in local blue-collar hiring ecosystems.

- Deep working knowledge of bulk hiring metrics, including TAT, cost-per-hire, and funnel conversion, and of running the process end-to-end.

- Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.

- Ability to work in high-pressure, target-driven environments.

What is in it for you:

- Opportunity to lead large-scale blue-collar and frontline hiring for a major Food and Facilities Management player.

- A role built for someone who wants to go deeper into bulk hiring, not pivot away from it.

- Exposure to regional workforce planning and high-volume recruitment operations.

- Collaborative work environment with strong career progression.

- Competitive compensation and learning opportunities.

Disclaimer:

Crescendo Global specializes in Senior to C-level niche recruitment. We are passionate about empowering job seekers and employers with an engaging and memorable hiring experience. Crescendo Global does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Note:

We receive a large number of applications every day. If you do not hear from us within one week, please consider that your profile has not been shortlisted for this role. Thank you for your patience. Beware of recruitment scams. Crescendo Global never asks candidates for money, purchases, or system upgrades during the hiring process.