Description:

Job Title: Associate Director - Talent Acquisition (Non-IT Hiring)

About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned Associate Director Talent Acquisition to lead, guide, and enable a high-performing TA team responsible for large-scale non-IT hiring across Field Sales, Business Development, Retail, and Beauty/Wellness roles.

The ideal leader will drive strategy, empower the team, and ensure seamless execution of hiring goals across multiple business units.

Key Responsibilities

1. TA Strategy & Team Leadership

- Build and implement the overall TA strategy for non-IT hiring.

- Lead, coach, and upskill the TA team to deliver high-volume and niche hiring mandates.

- Guide the team on workforce planning, forecasting, and monthly hiring priorities with business leaders.

2. High-Volume & Specialized Hiring through Team Management

- Oversee end-to-end hiring execution managed by the TA team for Field Sales, BDMs, Retail Staff, Skin Therapists, and Cosmetologists.

- Ensure the team builds strong and scalable pipelines for bulk recruitment.

- Monitor team performance to ensure quality hires within defined SLAs.

3. Campus / Institute Partnerships

- Drive the team to build and maintain partnerships with nursing institutes, beauty academies, sales training centers, and retail institutes.

- Enable the team to conduct campus drives, job fairs, and institute-based hiring events.

- Establish long-term campus pipelines to support quarterly and annual hiring needs.

4. HireTrainDeploy (HTD) Model Execution

- Provide leadership to design and run structured HTD programs for Sales, Retail, and Therapist roles.

- Coordinate with training teams while ensuring the TA team manages candidate selection and pre-joining training batches.

- Review metrics on training conversion, job readiness, and deployment effectiveness.

5. Business & Stakeholder Management

- Act as the primary TA partner to senior stakeholders across Sales, Retail, Operations, and Beauty verticals.

- Guide the team in translating manpower requirements into hiring plans.

- Lead discussions on hiring dashboards, challenges, and market insights.

6. Sourcing Strategy & Pipeline Development

- Direct the team in building diversified sourcing channels such as portals, referrals, field sourcing, walk-ins, institutes, and HTD pipelines.

- Oversee team-led hiring events, mega drives, and local recruitment campaigns.

7. Employer Branding

- Provide direction for strengthening the employer brand across LinkedIn, Naukri, Indeed, and grassroots channels.

- Support the team in executing branding campaigns targeted at sales, retail, and beauty talent pools.

8. Process Excellence & Governance

- Ensure the team follows standardized interview processes, assessments, grooming checks, and trade tests.

- Improve ATS adoption, hiring MIS, and reporting accuracy through team coaching and governance.

- Drive continuous process improvements across the TA function.

9. Vendor & Agency Management

- Oversee relationships with recruitment agencies, staffing partners, and training institutes.

- Ensure the team monitors vendor performance and adherence to agreed SLAs.

- Lead commercial discussions and vendor optimization initiatives.

Skills & Qualifications

8 - 14 years of experience in non-IT hiring with strong exposure to:

- Field Sales & BDM hiring

- Retail hiring

- Beauty & Wellness hiring (Therapists/Cosmetologists)

- Campus & institute partnerships

- HTD program management

- Proven experience in leading and scaling multi-location TA teams.

- Strong leadership, team-building, and coaching abilities.

- Excellent stakeholder management and communication.

- Data-driven approach with strong command of recruitment metrics.

- Working knowledge of ATS, job portals, and frontline sourcing.

Key Competencies

- Strategic team leadership

- Strong execution through teams

- High-volume hiring management

- Institute partnership building

- HTD program oversight

- Decision-making & problem solving

- Governance and process excellence

- Stakeholder engagement