Talent Acquisition Manager - FMCG/Retail

Key Responsibilities:

- Own the end-to-end recruitment lifecycle across corporate and business functions.

- Partner with hiring managers to understand manpower requirements, role expectations and talent specifications.

- Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies for critical and niche positions.

- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines through LinkedIn, Naukri, referrals, industry mapping and other sourcing channels.

- Manage hiring across functions such as Sales, Marketing, E-commerce, Marketplace, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, HR and Corporate functions.

- Drive recruitment for both mid-management and leadership positions.

- Conduct initial candidate assessments and ensure strong quality of profiles presented to stakeholders.

- Work closely with business leaders to improve time-to-hire, quality of hire and offer-to-join ratios.

- Build talent maps and maintain a strong database of relevant industry professionals.

- Manage relationships with external recruitment partners and search firms where required.

- Track recruitment metrics and provide regular hiring updates to senior management.

- Support employer branding, employee referrals and other initiatives to strengthen the company talent pipeline.

- Identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes, candidate experience and overall TA effectiveness.

Candidate Profile:

- Experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment.

- Experience in D2C, FMCG, Personal Care, Beauty, Retail, E-commerce or Consumer businesses preferred.

- Strong experience in both sourcing and stakeholder management.

- Should have handled multiple functions and hiring mandates simultaneously.

- Strong understanding of LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri and other sourcing tools.

- Experience hiring mid-to-senior level talent is preferred.