Manager - Talent Acquisition - Skin Care

Position : Manager Talent Acquisition

About Company :

Our client is a skin care brand based in Pune, dedicated to simplifying skin care routines for effective results.

Our brand's mission is to make skin care simple and accessible to all individuals.

With a focus on natural ingredients and straightforward products, aims to enhance the skin care experience for customers.

Role Overview :

The Lead - Talent Acquisition will be responsible for driving end-to-end recruitment and talent acquisition initiatives across the organization, partnering closely with the Founders and business leaders to build high-performing teams that support the company's rapid growth journey. This role requires a hands-on recruitment professional who can balance strategic hiring with execution excellence in a fast-paced startup environment.

Key Responsibilities :

- Own and drive end-to-end recruitment across all business functions and levels.

- Partner with the Founder and functional leaders to understand current and future hiring needs.

- Develop and execute recruitment strategies to ensure timely closure of critical positions.

- Build robust talent pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, referrals, social platforms, and market mapping.

- Conduct screening, assessments, interviews, and candidate evaluations.

- Manage offer negotiations, compensation discussions, and onboarding coordination.

- Monitor recruitment KPIs including TAT, cost-per-hire, offer-to-join ratio, source effectiveness, and hiring quality.

- Ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring journey.

- Drive diversity hiring and talent acquisition best practices.

- Build succession pipelines for critical business roles.

- Drive employer branding initiatives to strengthen the company's market positioning as an employer of choice.

- Oversee a seamless onboarding process that provides new hires with the knowledge, resources, and engagement needed to integrate successfully into the company culture.

- Track and analyze recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, offer acceptance rate, source effectiveness) to continuously improve talent acquisition process.

- Act as a strategic talent partner to business leaders and department heads.

- Conduct regular hiring reviews with stakeholders and provide recruitment insights.

- Advise hiring managers on talent availability, compensation benchmarks, and hiring trends.

- Influence decision-making through talent intelligence and market insights.

- Conduct competitor talent mapping and talent landscape studies.

- Build and maintain databases of high-potential candidates for future requirements.

- Provide market intelligence related to compensation, talent availability, and hiring trends.

Qualifications & Skills :

- Educational Background : MBA in Human Resources or a related field.

Experience :

- 6 - 8 years of strong, progressive experience in Talent Acquisition.

- Must have strong experience in leadership hiring & mapping / head hunting roles.

- Mindset : A go-getter with a proactive, solution-oriented, and results-driven attitude.

- Professional Attributes : High levels of integrity, professionalism, and emotional intelligence in managing people and processes.

- Core Skills : Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to collaborate effectively across teams and leadership.