Talent Acquisition Manager | Sneakare

Location:
Kirti Nagar, New Delhi (On-site) Department: Human Resources

Experience:
4–6 Years Employment Type: Full-time About Sneakare Sneakare is a fast-growing, New Delhi-based sneaker care brand built for people who love what they wear on their feet. From premium cleaning kits and suede care to insoles and storage solutions, we create products that help sneaker enthusiasts protect their footwear and make it last longer. Having started small and made our way to Shark Tank India, we're now focused on building a stronger team to support our next phase of growth. We're a young, ambitious, and fast-moving team that values ownership, accountability, quality, and execution.

About the Role
We're looking for a results-driven Talent Acquisition Manager who can independently lead recruitment and build a consistent pipeline of high-quality talent across the organisation. This is not a role for someone who simply posts job openings and waits for applications. We need a proactive recruiter who knows how to identify, approach, engage, assess, and close the right candidates. You will own the complete hiring process, work closely with department heads and the founder's office, and ensure that every approved position is closed within 30–40 days. Your biggest responsibility will be to ensure that Sneakare always has access to a strong talent pipeline, enabling us to hire quickly without compromising on candidate quality.

Key Responsibilities
1. End-to-End Talent Acquisition
• Own the complete recruitment lifecycle, from requirement understanding and sourcing to offer negotiation and successful onboarding.
• Drive hiring across eCommerce, marketplace management, quick commerce, performance marketing, content, design, operations, finance, and supply chain.
• Ensure approved positions are closed within the target turnaround time of 30–40 days.
• Work closely with hiring managers to understand role expectations, define candidate profiles, and establish clear hiring priorities.
• Independently manage multiple open positions while maintaining hiring quality and timelines.
• Conduct initial candidate assessments to evaluate skills, experience, communication, and cultural fit.
• Manage interview coordination, feedback collection, salary negotiations, and offer closures.
• Maintain consistent communication with candidates throughout the hiring process to minimise dropouts. 2. Talent Pipeline Development
• Build and maintain a strong, continuously updated database of qualified candidates across key functions.




• Develop talent pipelines for recurring and future hiring requirements rather than starting the sourcing process from scratch.
• Proactively identify and approach passive candidates through LinkedIn, Naukri, referrals, industry networks, communities, and other sourcing channels.
• Build relationships with potential candidates even when there are no immediate vacancies.
• Develop sourcing strategies tailored to different roles and experience levels.
• Ensure a consistent flow of relevant and interview-ready candidates for every active requirement.
• Strengthen Sneakare's employer presence across professional networks and hiring platforms.
• Build and manage a pool of empanelled recruitment agencies and executive search partners across key functions, with clearly defined commercials, SLAs, and turnaround timelines to speed up closures for urgent and niche roles.
• Regularly review agency performance on candidate quality, speed, and cost, and use the right mix of in-house sourcing and agency partners for each requirement.
• Plan and run campus recruitment, including building relationships with colleges and institutes, managing placement drives, internships, and fresher/trainee hiring programmes aligned to business needs. 3. Recruitment Strategy & Performance
• Develop structured recruitment processes that improve hiring speed, quality, and consistency.
• Establish clear hiring timelines and sourcing strategies for every approved position.
• Track and report recruitment performance through weekly hiring dashboards.
• Monitor key recruitment metrics, including:
• Time-to-fill and time-to-hire.
• Qualified candidates sourced per position.
• Interview-to-selection ratio.
• Offer acceptance and joining ratios.
• Source effectiveness and cost per hire.
• Identify recruitment bottlenecks and take corrective action to prevent delays.
• Provide regular hiring updates and maintain complete visibility of recruitment progress for management. 4. Onboarding & Employee Experience
• Manage offer letters, employee documentation, joining formalities, and onboarding.
• Ensure a smooth and structured onboarding experience for new hires.
• Conduct 30,



60, and 90-day check-ins to understand employee experience and early retention.
• Coordinate with department managers to track current-hire integration and probation reviews. 5. HR Operations & Administration
• Maintain employee records, attendance, and leave management.
• Coordinate with finance for payroll inputs, reimbursements, and full-and-final settlements.
• Manage employee exits, resignation formalities, and exit interviews.
• Prepare and maintain HR documents, including appointment letters, policies, and experience letters.
• Coordinate with external consultants for basic PF, ESI, and statutory compliance.
• Support performance review cycles and address routine employee queries. What We're Looking For
• 4–6 years of hands-on experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment.
• Proven track record of independently managing and closing multiple positions within defined timelines.
• Strong sourcing expertise across LinkedIn, Naukri, job portals, referrals, and direct candidate outreach.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified candidates.
• Experience in building and managing a pool of recruitment agencies / headhunters and working with them to close positions faster.
• Strong understanding of campus recruitment, including college outreach, placement drives, internship-to-hire conversion, and fresher onboarding.
• Ability to consistently close approved positions within 30–40 days.
• Experience hiring across eCommerce, D2C, retail, consumer brands, marketplace, marketing, and operations functions.
• Strong candidate evaluation, stakeholder management, negotiation, and offer-closing skills.
• Ability to manage competing hiring priorities while maintaining recruitment quality.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English and Hindi.
• Strong working knowledge of Excel / Google Sheets and recruitment tracking.
• A self-driven, execution-focused mindset with a strong sense of accountability. Good to Have
• Experience working in a startup, D2C, or high-growth consumer brand.
• Exposure to quick commerce, fashion, lifestyle, or footwear industries.
• Familiarity with ATS / HRMS platforms such as Zoho Recruit, Keka, or greytHR.
• Experience in employer branding and building talent communities.
• Experience developing recruitment strategies, hiring dashboards, and structured sourcing processes. Interested Candidates can directly apply on [email protected]

📌 TA Manager (India)
🏢 Sneakare
📍 India