Location : Mumbai

Experience Required : 10 years +

Working Days : Monday to Saturday

Job Type : Full Time

About the Role

We are looking for a highly execution-driven Head of Talent Acquisition to lead and strengthen our recruitment function.

You will manage and mentor recruiters while building a structured, performance-driven Talent department that ensures:

- Positions are closed within defined timelines
- No hiring vacuum across departments
- Strong quality-of-hire standards
- Controlled hiring costs
- Reduced dependency on external agencies

This is not a passive oversight role. This is a hands-on leadership position requiring ownership of hiring pipeline, recruiter productivity, cost efficiency, and closure discipline.

The ideal candidate brings structure, accountability, hiring strategy, and measurable outcomes not just coordination.

- Key Responsibilities

- 1. Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning

- - Build and maintain a structured hiring roadmap aligned with business growth
- Ensure no critical positions remain open beyond defined SLA timelines
- Work closely with leadership to forecast hiring needs
- Create succession and backup hiring plans to avoid operational gaps

- 2. Recruitment Operations & Closure Discipline

- - Own end-to-end hiring across functions (Sales, Operations, Finance, Marketing, etc.)
- Define hiring SLAs and enforce closure timelines
- Monitor recruiter pipelines daily
- Intervene proactively in slow-moving positions
- Ensure offer-to-joining conversion ratios remain strong

- 3. Recruiter Management & Productivity Control

- - Manage and mentor internal recruiters
- Track recruiter KPIs (CV-to-interview ratio, offer ratio, joining ratio, TAT)
- Improve recruiter screening quality
- Train recruiters in structured evaluation, judgment assessment, and stakeholder coordination
- Remove weak sourcing practices and build disciplined screening systems

- 4.



Cost Optimization & Agency Control

- - Reduce dependency on external recruitment agencies
- Negotiate agency terms where required
- Track cost-per-hire metrics
- Build strong internal sourcing channels (referrals, direct sourcing, headhunting)
- Improve hiring ROI

- 5. Hiring Quality & Culture Fit

- - Improve quality-of-hire standards
- Ensure role clarity before hiring begins
- Reduce early attrition through better screening discipline
- Implement structured pre-screening frameworks

- 6. Hiring Analytics & Reporting

- - Maintain hiring dashboards
- Track open positions vs closed positions
- Monitor pipeline health weekly
- Share structured reports with leadership
- Identify bottlenecks and resolve quickly

- 7. Employer Branding & Candidate Experience

- - Ensure professional communication at every hiring stage
- Improve candidate experience
- Strengthen employer positioning in the market

- What Success Looks Like in this Role

- - No prolonged open positions
- Hiring completed within defined SLAs
- Reduced hiring costs
- Strong offer-to-joining ratio
- Recruiters operating with measurable productivity
- Reduced dependency on agencies
- Leadership has explicit visibility on hiring pipeline
- Early attrition significantly reduced

- Key Skills & Competencies

- - 10+ years of Talent Acquisition experience
- Proven experience managing recruiters
- Strong closure-focused hiring mindset
- Experience in multi-function hiring
- Ability to enforce SLA-based hiring discipline
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Strong negotiation ability (offers & agencies)
- Data-driven decision-making
- Cost-control orientation
- High ownership and execution mindset

Qualifications

• Strong experience in managing internal TA teams • Demonstrated track record of fast, quality closures • Experience in operational and leadership hiring • Comfortable in performance-driven environments • Structured, assertive, and execution-oriented

📌 Head of Talent Acquisition (India)
🏢 South Seas Distilleries
📍 India