Executive Recruiter

Weekday AI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday AI is seeking a Senior HR Executive - Recruitment in Bengaluru to drive end-to-end talent acquisition across corporate and manufacturing functions within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. You will ensure timely closure of approved positions and build strong talent pipelines.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of recruitment experience, strong stakeholder management, and proficiency with sourcing channels, interviewing, offers, onboarding, and recruitment analytics.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruitment, talent acquisition, or HR operations experience.
• End-to-end hiring across corporate and manufacturing functions.
• Experience in regulated manufacturing environments (pharma/healthcare/FMCG) preferred.
• Strong manpower planning, sourcing, screening, interviewing, onboarding.
• Ability to build and maintain talent pipelines for critical roles.
• Experience tracking recruitment metrics, MIS, dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Department Heads and Hiring Managers to understand manpower requirements.
• Track approved vacancies, recruitment budgets, requisitions, and hiring timelines.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies using portals, LinkedIn, referrals, recruiters, campus hiring, networking.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for manufacturing roles.
• Screen and shortlist candidates against requirements and competencies.
• Conduct initial HR screening and coordinate assessments with Hiring Managers.
• Manage interview scheduling and candidate communication.
• Coordinate offer preparation and documentation; support onboarding.

Skills

Sourcing strategies

Interview coordination

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Onboarding

Recruitment analytics

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/BA or related

MBA/PGDM in HR (added advantage)

Tools

MS Excel

PowerPoint

HRMS

ATS platforms

Recruitment analytics tools

Job description

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 500000 - Rs 700000 (ie INR 5-7 LPA)

Experience: 5+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Executive - Recruitment to manage end-to-end talent acquisition activities across corporate and manufacturing functions within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment. The role will be responsible for ensuring timely closure of approved positions, building strong talent pipelines, maintaining recruitment quality, and delivering a positive candidate experience.

The ideal candidate will combine strong recruitment expertise with excellent stakeholder management, recruitment analytics, coordination, and execution skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Department Heads and Hiring Managers to understand current and future manpower requirements.
• Track approved vacancies, recruitment budgets, requisitions, and hiring timelines to ensure timely closure of positions.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies using job portals, LinkedIn, employee referrals, recruitment consultants, campus hiring, networking, and other channels.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical, recurring, and specialised positions, particularly within manufacturing environments.
• Screen and shortlist candidates against defined job requirements, qualifications, experience, competencies, and organisational fit.
• Conduct initial HR screening and interviews and coordinate technical or functional assessments with Hiring Managers.
• Manage interview scheduling, candidate communication, feedback collection, and selection coordination.
• Support Hiring Managers in evaluating candidates and recommending suitable profiles.
• Conduct compensation discussions within approved salary structures and coordinate offer preparation and documentation.
• Maintain regular engagement with selected candidates throughout the notice period to improve offer acceptance and offer-to-joining conversion.
• Identify potential joining risks and proactively address candidate concerns.
• Coordinate pre-joining formalities, documentation, induction, and onboarding activities.
• Maintain recruitment dashboards, trackers, MIS reports, and accurate candidate records.
• Monitor recruitment metrics such as time-to-fill, vacancy closure, offer acceptance, offer-to-joining conversion, cost per hire, source effectiveness, and new-hire retention.
• Analyse recruitment trends and provide periodic hiring reports and insights to management.
• Support employer branding, job fairs, campus recruitment, networking events, and talent engagement initiatives.
• Maintain complete recruitment documentation and ensure adherence to HR policies, statutory requirements, and audit standards.
• Coordinate with approved recruitment agencies, assessment partners, educational institutions, and other external talent sources.
• Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, candidate experience, talent pipelines, and overall hiring effectiveness.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 5+ years of relevant experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, or HR operations with strong exposure to end-to-end hiring.
• Proven experience managing recruitment across corporate and manufacturing functions.
• Experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing, healthcare, FMCG, or another regulated manufacturing environment will be an advantage.
• Strong understanding of manpower planning, sourcing, competency-based screening, interviewing, selection, offer management, and onboarding.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and recurring positions.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with the ability to work effectively with HODs, Hiring Managers, senior management, candidates, and recruitment partners.
• Strong negotiation and candidate-engagement skills, particularly during compensation discussions and notice periods.
• Experience tracking and analysing recruitment metrics, MIS, dashboards, and hiring effectiveness.
• Good understanding of recruitment compliance, documentation, audit requirements, and HR processes.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, HRMS, ATS platforms, job portals, and recruitment analytics tools.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a professional and candidate-focused approach.
• Excellent planning, organisation, follow-up, problem-solving, and execution skills.
• Result-oriented mindset with the ability to manage multiple vacancies and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline; MBA/PGDM in HR will be an added advantage.