Head Talent Acquisition

Company: Leading Automotive Group (Confidential)

Location: Delhi NCR , Haryana

Industry: Automotive / Auto Components / Manufacturing / Engineering

Department: Corporate HR Talent Acquisition

Role: Group Talent Acquisition Leadership / TA Center of Excellence

Experience: Senior-level Talent Acquisition leadership experience in large, multi-location organizations

About the Organization

We are hiring for one of India's leading and well-established Automotive Component Manufacturing Groups, with a strong presence across multiple business units, manufacturing facilities, and engineering operations.

The Group is recognized for its technological innovation, operational excellence, and partnerships with leading automotive OEMs.

Job Objective

We are looking for a strategic and transformation-oriented Talent Acquisition Leader to lead, centralize, and standardize the Talent Acquisition function across multiple business units of a leading Automotive Group.

The incumbent will establish a robust Group Talent Acquisition Center of Excellence (TA CoE), drive strategic workforce planning, executive hiring, employer branding, recruitment digitalization, and talent acquisition governance to build a future-ready workforce.

Key Responsibilities

1. Group Talent Acquisition Strategy & CoE

- Develop and execute a comprehensive Group-wide Talent Acquisition strategy.
- Centralize and standardize hiring processes, recruitment policies, SOPs, and governance frameworks across business units.
- Drive recruitment excellence, consistency, and operational efficiency.

2. Strategic Workforce Planning

- Partner with business heads and HR leadership on annual manpower planning, recruitment budgeting, and capacity forecasting.
- Align talent acquisition strategies with organizational growth, expansion, and future skill requirements.

3.



Leadership & Executive Hiring

- Lead senior management, executive, and niche technical recruitment across the Group.
- Develop proactive talent pipelines, talent mapping, and succession-oriented hiring strategies.
- Partner with CXOs and senior business leaders on critical leadership positions.

4. TA Digital Transformation & Analytics

- Drive recruitment transformation through HRMS, ATS, AI-enabled sourcing tools, and recruitment automation.
- Establish standardized recruitment dashboards, hiring KPIs, and reporting frameworks.
- Monitor time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, and recruitment productivity.

5. Employer Branding & Talent Development

- Strengthen the Group's Employer Value Proposition (EVP).
- Develop campus hiring, university partnerships, and early-career talent acquisition strategies.
- Enhance candidate experience, recruitment communication, and onboarding processes.

6. Vendor Governance & Recruitment Effectiveness

- Manage executive search firms, recruitment partners, job portals, and external assessment agencies.
- Establish vendor performance metrics, SLAs, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Drive recruitment process improvement and compliance with Group policies.

7. Diversity & Inclusive Hiring

- Develop strategies to improve gender diversity and inclusive hiring.
- Build sustainable talent pipelines for critical and emerging skill requirements.

Desired Candidate Profile




- Proven experience in Corporate Talent Acquisition / Group TA Leadership / Talent Acquisition CoE.
- Preferred background in Automotive, Auto Components, Engineering, Industrial Manufacturing, or large manufacturing conglomerates.
- Demonstrated experience in managing centralized recruitment operations across multiple plants, locations, or business units.
- Robust expertise in leadership hiring, executive search, strategic workforce planning, and recruitment governance.
- Experience in designing and implementing standardized TA policies, frameworks, and SOPs.
- Hands-on experience with ATS, HRMS, recruitment automation, AI-driven TA tools, and recruitment analytics.
- Robust stakeholder management and ability to partner with senior leadership and CXOs.
- Experience in employer branding, campus recruitment, and vendor management.

Key Skills Group Talent Acquisition | TA Center of Excellence | Talent Acquisition Strategy | TA Transformation | Corporate Recruitment | Leadership Hiring | Executive Search | Strategic Workforce Planning | Talent Mapping | Recruitment Governance | TA Digitalization | ATS | HRMS | Recruitment Analytics | Employer Branding | Campus Hiring | Stakeholder Management | Diversity Hiring | Automotive Recruitment | Manufacturing Recruitment

Why Join?

An excellent opportunity to lead Group-wide Talent Acquisition transformation for an established automotive manufacturing organization, work closely with senior leadership, and build a centralized, technology-driven recruitment framework that supports long-term business growth.

Interested candidates may apply with an updated CV highlighting their experience in Group TA leadership, recruitment centralization, leadership hiring, workforce planning, and TA transformation.

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