Recruitment Manager

Role: Recruitment Manager

Location: Palavakkam, Chennai

Role Summary

Lead blue-collar elevator technicians and volume hiring operations. Manage a team of 10 recruiters to deliver 200+ technician hires while continuously backfilling a 10% attrition rate through a 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, and walk-ins.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and perform well with 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, and 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

• Strong communication skills in English & Hindi
• 9 to 12 years in recruitment, with strong volume/bulk and blue-collar hiring experience
• Proven experience leading a recruitment team (8 to 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.