Core Responsibilities

- Strategic Talent Planning: Establish long-term and short-term hiring strategies to align with production cycles, factory scaling, and engineering milestones.

- Specialized Technical Sourcing: Oversee the mapping and acquisition of niche automotive talent, including EV powertrain engineers, autonomous driving software developers, assembly specialists, and supply chain analysts.

- High-Volume Blueprinting: Build blueprints for seasonal or expansion-driven mass hiring at manufacturing units and assembly plants.

- Leadership &
- Vendor Management:

Direct an internal team of technical and non-technical recruiters while managing relationships with external specialized automotive headhunting agencies.

- Employer Branding: Build the company’s reputation as an innovation hub to attract highly competitive STEM and engineering talent.

- Compliance &

- Analytics:

Ensure all recruitment practices strictly align with regional employment and labor laws. Track critical hiring metrics like time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, and quality-of-hire.

Required Technical &

- Industry Skills

- Automotive Market Intelligence: Deep domain knowledge of automotive engineering, R&D; lifecycles, and shop-floor operating dynamics.

- Advanced Sourcing Tools: Mastery of platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, and automotive-focused job networks.

- ATS &




- HRIS Systems:

High proficiency in enterprise-grade Applicant Tracking Systems (e.g., Workday, Taleo, Greenhouse) to scale operations.

- Strategic Workforce Planning: Capability to project future hiring needs based on technological roadmaps

Essential Soft Skills

- Executive Stakeholder Management: Ability to act as a trusted advisor to Plant Heads, VP of Engineering, and C-suite executives.

- Strategic Negotiation: Expertise in closing complex compensation packages for high-demand technical specialists and global executives.

- Adaptive Leadership: Solid interpersonal skills to manage, mentor, and elevate a diversified recruiting team.

Experience &

- Qualifications

- Education: Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or an Engineering background combined with strong HR experience.

- Experience: Generally requires 8–12+ years of talent acquisition experience, with at least 4–5 years leading a recruitment team specifically within the automotive, manufacturing, or deep-tech hardware domains.

Pay: From ₹55,000.00 per month

Benefits

- Cell phone reimbursement

- Commuter assistance

- Flexible schedule

- Food provided

- Paid sick time

- Paid time off

- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

📌 Recruitment Head (Kottayam)
🏢 AVG MOTORS
📍 Kottayam