Recruitment Specialist

Hundo Pizza; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hundo Pizza is seeking a Recruitment Specialist to lead talent acquisition within the hospitality sector from sourcing to joining. The role focuses on frontline, operational, culinary, F&B, and corporate hospitality positions in Mumbai.

You will manage end-to-end recruitment, build pipelines, and partner with hiring managers to close roles efficiently. The ideal candidate has 5–7 years of hospitality recruitment experience, deep knowledge of job profiles, market trends, and staffing challenges.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment.
• Hospitality industry experience is mandatory.
• Strong experience specifically in hospitality recruitment.
• Strong understanding of hospitality roles and talent pools.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment.
• Strong sourcing and candidate engagement skills.
• Experience handling multiple positions and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong communication, coordination, and negotiation skills.
• Good understanding of recruitment tools, job portals, LinkedIn, and candidate databases.
• Strong follow-through and ownership of hiring closures.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for hospitality roles across levels and functions.
• Understand hiring requirements and translate them into clear candidate profiles.
• Source candidates through job portals, LinkedIn, referrals, industry networks, databases, and other relevant channels.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of hospitality talent.
• Proactively source candidates for critical and recurring positions.
• Screen candidates based on experience, skills, cultural fit, and role requirements.
• Conduct initial interviews and coordinate subsequent rounds with hiring managers.
• Manage candidate communication and ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Recruit across frontline, operational, culinary, F&B, hospitality management, and corporate roles as required.
• Maintain a strong understanding of hospitality job profiles, hierarchy, skill requirements, and market availability.
• Develop and maintain networks within the hospitality industry.
• Understand compensation expectations and hiring trends within the hospitality talent market.
• Build talent pools for frequently hired and hard-to-fill hospitality positions.
• Manage multiple vacancies simultaneously while maintaining hiring timelines.
• Coordinate interviews, assessments, references, documentation, and offers.
• Follow up with candidates through the offer and joining process.
• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, candidate databases, and hiring reports.
• Track recruitment metrics such as open positions, time-to-hire, source effectiveness, offer-to-joining ratio, and closures.
• Work closely with hiring managers to ensure timely closure of positions.

Skills

Sourcing

Candidate engagement

End-to-end recruitment

Interview coordination

Negotiation

Communication

Hiring coordination

Tools

LinkedIn

Job portals

Candidate databases

Job description

Function: Human Resources – Talent Acquisition

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 5–7 years

Industry: Hospitality – Mandatory

About the role

We are looking for a Recruitment Specialist with strong, hands-on experience in Talent Acquisition within the hospitality industry.

This is a specialised recruitment role for someone who understands the hospitality talent landscape, knows how to identify and attract the right people across operational and corporate roles, and can independently manage the recruitment process from sourcing to joining.

The ideal candidate should have spent the majority of their career in hospitality recruitment / talent acquisition and should bring a strong understanding of hospitality roles, candidate markets, hiring challenges, and industry expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for hospitality roles across levels and functions.
• Understand hiring requirements and translate them into clear candidate profiles.
• Source candidates through job portals, LinkedIn, referrals, industry networks, databases, and other relevant channels.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of hospitality talent.
• Proactively source candidates for critical and recurring positions.
• Screen candidates based on experience, skills, cultural fit, and role requirements.
• Conduct initial interviews and coordinate subsequent rounds with hiring managers.
• Manage candidate communication and ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.

Hospitality Recruitment

• Recruit across frontline, operational, culinary, F&B, hospitality management, and corporate roles as required.
• Maintain a strong understanding of hospitality job profiles, hierarchy, skill requirements, and market availability.
• Develop and maintain networks within the hospitality industry.
• Understand compensation expectations and hiring trends within the hospitality talent market.
• Build talent pools for frequently hired and hard-to-fill hospitality positions.

Hiring Coordination & Process

• Manage multiple vacancies simultaneously while maintaining hiring timelines.
• Coordinate interviews, assessments, references, documentation, and offers.
• Follow up with candidates through the offer and joining process.
• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, candidate databases, and hiring reports.
• Track recruitment metrics such as open positions, time-to-hire, source effectiveness, offer-to-joining ratio, and closures.
• Work closely with hiring managers to ensure timely closure of positions.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 5–7 years of professional experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment.
• Hospitality industry experience is mandatory.
• Candidates should have strong experience specifically in hospitality recruitment, rather than generalist HR.
• Strong understanding of hospitality roles and talent pools.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment.
• Strong sourcing and candidate engagement skills.
• Experience handling multiple positions and priorities simultaneously.
• Strong communication, coordination, and negotiation skills.
• Good understanding of recruitment tools, job portals, LinkedIn, and candidate databases.
• Strong follow-through and ownership of hiring closures.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

WHO YOU ARE

HOSPITALITY-FOCUSED

You understand the hospitality industry, its people, roles, hierarchy, and hiring challenges.

A TALENT HUNTER

You know how to proactively find the right candidates rather than simply waiting for applications.

NETWORKED

You have built strong relationships and talent networks within the hospitality industry.

FAST & ORGANISED

You can manage multiple open positions without losing track of candidates, timelines, or details.

PEOPLE-ORIENTED

You know how to engage candidates, build trust, and create a strong candidate experience.

OWNERSHIP-DRIVEN

You take responsibility for a position from brief to closure and follow through until the candidate joins.

WHY THIS ROLE

This is an opportunity to take ownership of hospitality talent acquisition in a fast-moving organisation and build strong teams across functions.

If you have spent 5–7 years recruiting within hospitality and understand how to find, attract, assess, and close the right hospitality talent, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: Mumbai

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience: 5–7 years

Industry: Hospitality – Mandatory