1. Job Summary
We are looking for a proactive, organised, and result-oriented Senior Talent Acquisition Executive to manage end-to-end recruitment across corporate, sales, field, and operations functions.
The candidate will be responsible for understanding manpower requirements, sourcing relevant profiles, screening candidates, coordinating interviews, managing offers, and ensuring timely joining. The role requires strong sourcing skills, effective stakeholder coordination, and the ability to manage multiple open positions while maintaining recruitment quality.
2. Key Responsibilities
A. End-to-End Recruitment
- Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, from understanding manpower requirements to candidate joining.
- Coordinate with department heads and reporting managers to understand job requirements, candidate profiles, and hiring priorities.
- Prepare recruitment plans and ensure vacancies are closed within agreed timelines.
- Handle recruitment for office, corporate, sales, field, operations, and support functions.
- Maintain a healthy pipeline of candidates for current and upcoming vacancies.
B. Candidate Sourcing and Screening
- Source candidates through Naukri, LinkedIn, Indeed, employee referrals, job postings, professional networks, and other relevant channels.
- Screen resumes against job descriptions, experience, qualifications, and role requirements.
- Conduct initial telephonic interviews to assess communication, relevant experience, salary expectations, notice period, and job suitability.
- Build and maintain a candidate database for future hiring requirements.
- Explore cost-effective recruitment channels to improve sourcing quality.
C. Interview Coordination and Selection
- Schedule interviews with hiring managers and coordinate with candidates throughout the selection process.
- Collect interview feedback and follow up to avoid delays.
- Maintain regular communication with shortlisted candidates and keep them informed of their application status.
- Coordinate final selection, salary negotiations, and approval of compensation within company guidelines.
D. Offer Management and Joining
- Coordinate offer preparation, release, acceptance, and joining formalities.
- Follow up with selected candidates during their notice period to reduce offer dropouts.
- Maintain communication with candidates until their date of joining.
- Coordinate with HR and administration teams for pre-joining documents and onboarding.
- Track offer acceptance, candidate dropouts, and actual joining ratios.
E. Recruitment Reporting and Coordination
- Maintain an accurate recruitment tracker covering vacancies, sourcing, screening, interviews, offers, and joining status.
- Share weekly recruitment reports with the HR Manager and management.
- Track hiring progress against approved manpower requirements.
- Maintain candidate records and recruitment documentation confidentially.
- Monitor recruitment costs and recommend improvements in sourcing and selection processes.
3. Required Qualifications and Skills
- Graduate in any discipline; MBA/PGDM in Human Resources will be an advantage.
- 35 years of hands-on experience in recruitment or talent acquisition.
- Proven experience in managing end-to-end recruitment for multiple functions.
- Practical knowledge of job portals such as Naukri and LinkedIn.
- Strong candidate sourcing, screening, negotiation, and follow-up skills.
- Excellent communication, coordination, and interpersonal skills.
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel or Google Sheets.
- Ability to prioritise multiple vacancies and work within hiring deadlines.
- Strong ownership, organisation, and problem-solving skills.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Performance will be evaluated against agreed hiring targets and role complexity.
- Vacancy closure: Number and percentage of assigned positions filled within the agreed timeline.
- Time-to-fill: Average time taken to close approved vacancies.
- Interview conversion: Ratio of shortlisted candidates progressing to interviews and selection.
- Offer-to-joining ratio: Percentage of candidates who join after accepting offers.
- Candidate quality: Hiring manager feedback and suitability of shortlisted candidates.
- Recruitment pipeline: Availability of relevant candidates for active vacancies.
- Reporting accuracy: Timely and accurate maintenance of recruitment trackers and reports.
- Recruitment efficiency: Effective use of job portals, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
5. Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is self-driven, target-oriented, professional in communication, and capable of managing recruitment independently. They should be comfortable hiring for both office-based and sales/field roles, coordinating with different departments, and ensuring a smooth candidate experience from initial contact through joining.