Talent Acquisition Executive

ABOUT FOREST ESSENTIALS

Forest Essentials is Indias leading luxury Ayurvedic beauty and wellness brand, known for its heritage formulations and premium retail experience across the country. The HR team plays a critical role in building the talent that powers our Head Office, Retail, and Factory operations.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are looking for an TA Executive who will primarily support Retail recruitment — sourcing, screening, and coordinating hiring for our store teams across locations — while also gaining hands-on exposure to HR documentation, onboarding, and employee engagement. This is an excellent opportunity for someone pursuing a career in HR to build practical, end-to-end recruitment and HR operations experience within a fast-paced, premium retail environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Retail Recruitment (Primary Focus)

• Source candidates for retail store roles (Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager, Beauty Advisors, Sales Associates) via Naukri, LinkedIn, employee referrals, and walk-ins.
• Screen resumes and conduct preliminary telephonic screening to assess fitment against role requirements.
• Coordinate interview scheduling between candidates and Retail hiring managers/Area Managers. • Maintain and update recruitment trackers/MIS for open retail positions, pipeline status, and offer conversions.
• Support store-level walk-in drives and hiring events, including candidate coordination and documentation on the day.
• Assist in building and refining Boolean search strings for retail-specific sourcing.

2. HR Documentation Support

• Assist in preparing and maintaining offer letters, appointment letters, and employee personal files.
• Support accurate and timely data entry/updates in the HRMS (Keka).
• Help ensure documentation is audit-ready and compliant with internal HR policies.

3. Onboarding Support

• Assist with joining formalities, induction scheduling, and new-hire documentation collection.
• Help prepare onboarding kits, welcome communications, and coordinate first-day logistics with HODs/store teams.
• Support tracking of 30-60-90 day onboarding milestones for new joiners.

4. Employee Engagement Support

• Assist in planning and executing employee engagement activities and internal communications (mailers, posters).
• Support coordination of employee benefits programmes and gather employee feedback.
• Help create content for engagement initiatives across Head Office and Retail teams.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors/Masters degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; familiarity with job portals (Naukri) is a plus.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple hiring pipelines simultaneously.
• Proactive attitude with a genuine interest in building a career in Talent Acquisition/HR.