Job Description
Role summary
Sannam S4 is looking for a technically strong and confident Talent Acquisition Leader who would be responsible for leading a team through strategic manpower planning, providing quality deliverables for international clients, streamlining the existing talent acquisition processes and systems, and building systems to monitor performance of the team’s delivery. This is a unique opportunity to work with one of the most respected and fastest growing India focused international consulting firms.
Talent acquisition Departmental Responsibilities
- Employer Branding: Lead, develop and execute Sannam S4’s outreach to India’s talented workforce, positioning the brand as a market leader employer.
- Manpower planning and executing searches: Support service line and department heads to understand the current and long-term manpower requirements, helping them strategically think through these requirements and target the right candidates. This includes all talent acquisition processes right from developing job descriptions, sourcing, screening, up till conducting interviews, extending the offer, facilitating back ground checks and enabling a delightful candidate experience.
Talent acquisition Service Line Responsibilities
- Work with international clients to understand manpower requirements for India market and deliver timely service including sourcing, screening, presenting shortlists and participate in the final interview process with clients and provide advisory on various parameters such as personality, local culture etc.
- Advise and manage client communication on:
- Talent acquisition strategy and process, including advertising and search methodologies,
- Available talent pool in the required sector,
- Framing of job descriptions, and
- Compensation benchmarking and benefits analysis
Leadership
- Lead a team of three to four senior team members distributed across cities and further grow a talented team of talent acquisition staff, assessing skills and addressing gaps with coaching and training programs and additional hiring into the business.
- Build processes and systems to monitor the team’s performance and set and implement developmental goals to improve their performance
- Manage the profit and loss account for the practice
Minimum Required Qualifications
- MBA
- Knowledge of end to end recruitment cycle and process
Work Experience
- 10+ years of recruiting experience
- Of the 10 years, 2+ years of experience must be in head hunting or in Executive Search firms
- Demonstrated experience working independently on critical positions
- Experience in hiring across diverse functions and sectors
- Must have people leadership experience with a proven ability to coach, develop and groom talent.
- Should have led a team of senior recruiters in the past
- Experience working on Psychometric Tools – Predictive Index, Thomas Profiling, DISC
- Strong experience in setting up and working with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) systems
- Experience in recruiting initiatives including assessment of best practices in interviewing techniques, employer branding etc.