Talent Acquisition Lead

CMA CGM; Navi Mumbai, Chennai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

CMA CGM is hiring a Recruitment Specialist in Navi Mumbai to lead end-to-end hiring across shipping, logistics, commercial, finance, technology, legal and corporate functions. You will manage requirements, source candidates, coordinate interviews, and handle offers while optimizing costs and ensuring governance.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years as a specialist or 1+ year as a team lead, with strong stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills. Proficiency in MS Excel is essential.

Qualifications

• Should have minimum 2 years experience as a Specialist or 12 months experience as an Assistant Manager of Team Lead.
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of shipping, logistics, freight forwarding and supply chain roles.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Hiring Delivery: Ability to manage multiple mandates and meet hiring timelines.
• Technical Proficiency: Should be skilled with MS Excel.
• Analytical Skills: Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Process Compliance: Commitment to confidentiality, recruitment governance and positive candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Recruitment: Manage hiring across shipping, logistics, commercial, finance, technology, legal and corporate functions.
• Requirement Management: Understand hiring needs, role specifications and timelines with stakeholders.
• Sourcing Strategy: Source candidates through portals, referrals, agencies, social media and networks.
• Hiring Delivery: Execute lateral, bulk, niche and leadership hiring.
• Candidate Assessment: Screen profiles, coordinate interviews and facilitate selection.
• Offer Management: Manage compensation discussions, approvals, offer releases and joining follow-ups.
• Vendor Management: Coordinate agencies and optimize sourcing costs.
• Recruitment Reporting: Maintain hiring trackers and monitor key recruitment metrics.
• Process Compliance: Ensure adherence to recruitment policies and documentation standards.
• Stakeholder Management: Ensure effective communication and positive candidate experience.
• Process Improvement: Enhance sourcing efficiency, hiring turnaround and quality of hire.
• Team Support: Coordinate workloads and guide team members.

Skills

MS Excel

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Hiring delivery

Analytical skills

Confidentiality

Recruitment governance

Team guidance

Recruiting experience

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• End-to-End Recruitment: Manage hiring across shipping, logistics, commercial, finance, technology, legal and corporate functions.
• Requirement Management: Understand hiring needs, role specifications and timelines with stakeholders.
• Sourcing Strategy: Source candidates through job portals, referrals, agencies, social media and professional networks.
• Hiring Delivery: Execute lateral, bulk, niche and leadership hiring.
• Candidate Assessment: Screen profiles, coordinate interviews and facilitate selection.
• Offer Management: Manage compensation discussions, approvals, offer releases and joining follow-ups.
• Vendor Management: Coordinate agencies and optimize sourcing costs.
• Recruitment Reporting: Maintain hiring trackers and monitor key recruitment metrics.
• Process Compliance: Ensure adherence to recruitment policies and documentation standards.
• Stakeholder Management: Ensure effective communication and a positive candidate experience.
• Process Improvement: Enhance sourcing efficiency, hiring turnaround and quality of hire.
• Team Support: Coordinate workloads and guide team members, where applicable.

Required Skills

• Should have minimum 2 years experience as a Specialist or 12 months experience as an Assistant Manager of Team Lead.
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of shipping, logistics, freight forwarding and supply chain roles.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Hiring Delivery: Ability to manage multiple mandates and meet hiring timelines.
• Technical Proficiency: Should be skilled with MS Excel.
• Analytical Skills: Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Process Compliance: Commitment to confidentiality, recruitment governance and positive candidate experience.