Regional Manager - Talent Acquisition - Telecom/IT

Purpose of the Job:

- Responsible for workforce planning & complete recruitment life cycle for middle-management positions for all SBU's of airtel (Mobile, DTH, Enterprise Services, Network Services, Telemedia, Shared Services) across geographies. The job requires efficient hiring with key focus on hiring metrics like TAT, Source Utilization, Requisition Vs Hired, Cost of Hire & Quality of Hire.

What will you do :

1. Responsible for Workforce Planning for business units :

a. Identifying critical, unique/niche & mass positions for building a talent pipeline

b. Industry/Organization mapping for critical positions

2. Complete recruitment life cycle management for all SBU's for middle management through ATS :

a. Validating manpower requisition in consultation with line and business HR

b. Effective utilization of internal and external sources of recruitment like (HR Activ, IJPs, consultants, employee referrals, job sites, social media, OTR etc.)

c. Mapping applicants to the position on the basis of hiring guidelines laid down with due focus on quality

d. Responsible for assessment and selection of the right talent

e. Ensure that the candidate possesses the required skills set/behavioral competence and can be aligned to the organization culture via HR round of interview

f. Salary positioning, offer negotiation & timely closure of positions involving aggressive follow up with head-hunters, line manager & candidates.

g. Managing effective and smooth on boarding of new hires in coordination with HR Activ team as per defined process to ensure their acclimatization to the organization for better engagement and stability

3. Maintain key hiring metrics for measuring efficiency of hiring at regular time intervals (TAT, Source Utilization, Requisition : Hired, Cost of Hire & Quality of Hire, Gender diversity)

- Analyzing hiring gaps and designing hiring guidelines to get desired quality and cost

4. Periodic analysis and improvement of talent acquisition process via various short term & long term improvement projects like TA Manual, talent market share etc.

5. Organize and drive effective training for line managers on MRF creation, selection process & usage of ATS

6. Responsible for operational projects that deal with a range of manpower related issues at South India level. E.g. Outplacements, Redeployment etc.

Our Culture Code :

- All work and no play isn't how we do things at Airtel. Here, innovation is a way of life and we believe that a dynamic and friendly environment helps our employees strike a healthy work-life balance. In fact, a defining characteristic of life at Airtel is a fun, youthful and vibrant work culture

You are an ideal FIT if you have :

- MBA in HR

- 3-10 yrs experience in Generalist/HR Recruitment Role