Recruitment Manager

Role: Recruitment Manager

Location: Palavakkam, Chennai | 912 Yrs Experience

Role Summary

Lead blue-collar, elevator technician, and volume hiring operations. Manage a team of 10 recruiters to deliver 200+ technician hires while continuously backfilling a 10% attrition rate — through strong sourcing strategy, data discipline, and hands-on team leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

Hiring Delivery

Own end-to-end recruitment for technical, blue-collar, and elevator technician roles — sourcing through onboarding

Hit a 200+ technician hiring target, adjusting continuously for attrition

Build multi-channel sourcing pipelines: portals, referrals, vendors, ITI/technical institutes, hiring drives, walk-ins.

Team Leadership

Lead, coach, and performance-manage a team of 10 recruiters

Set individual/team targets; track daily and weekly productivity

Drive accountability and urgency across the team; course-correct where numbers slip.

Stakeholder Management

Work closely with business/ops teams to capture manpower requirements early and accurately

Ensure on-time closures (TAT) for every open role

Be the go-to point of contact for hiring escalations.

Data & Reporting

Maintain clean, current recruitment data — requisitions, pipeline status, source-wise conversion

Track KPIs: fill rate, TAT, cost per hire, quality of hire

Use data to spot funnel bottlenecks and adjust sourcing before targets slip.

Candidate Experience

Maintain professionalism and clear communication throughout the hiring journey

Stay composed and solution-focused under high-volume, high-pressure conditions.

Key Skills & Requirements

• 9–12 years in recruitment, with strong volume/bulk and blue-collar hiring experience
• Proven experience leading a recruitment team (8–10+ members)
• Strong command of recruitment data, dashboards, and KPI reviews
• Track record of hitting hiring targets within TAT, even under pressure
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
• Target-driven, organized, and hands-on Experience.