Assistant General Manager/General Manager - Talent Acquisition - Manufacturing

Job Title : AGM/ General Manager - Talent Acquisition

Location : Kolkata

About the Role :

We are looking for an experienced Lead - Talent Acquisition & Onboarding to lead the Talent Acquisition function for a rapidly growing solar manufacturing and renewable energy organisation with operations across multiple locations in India.

The role will be responsible for building and driving a scalable talent acquisition framework covering senior leadership hiring, lateral recruitment, high-volume campus hiring, engineering talent, and corporate/support functions. The incumbent will also lead the onboarding and induction framework to ensure a seamless joining experience and faster integration of new employees.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and execute the overall talent acquisition strategy in line with business growth and workforce requirements.
• Lead recruitment across corporate and manufacturing locations.
• Establish robust recruitment processes, SLAs, governance mechanisms and hiring metrics.
• Partner with business and functional leaders to understand manpower requirements and build effective hiring plans.

Talent Acquisition Strategy :

• Develop and execute the overall talent acquisition strategy in line with business growth and workforce requirements.
• Lead recruitment across corporate and manufacturing locations.
• Establish robust recruitment processes, SLAs, governance mechanisms and hiring metrics.
• Partner with business and functional leaders to understand manpower requirements and build effective hiring plans.

Leadership & Lateral Hiring :

• Drive senior and mid-to-senior level hiring across business and support functions.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment for leadership positions, including sourcing, assessment, compensation benchmarking and offer negotiations.
• Work with executive search firms and recruitment partners for critical and niche positions.
• Evaluate candidates transitioning from other industries and assess their suitability for the manufacturing/renewable energy environment.

Campus & High-Volume Hiring :

• Develop and execute large-scale campus recruitment programmes for engineering graduates and entry-level talent.
• Build relationships with engineering colleges and technical institutes.
• Drive campus engagement, employer branding, assessments, interviews and offer management.
• Establish efficient processes to manage high-volume recruitment without compromising quality.
• Plan and coordinate batch-wise joining and induction of graduate recruits at manufacturing locations.

Corporate & Support Function Hiring :

• Lead recruitment for functions such as Finance, HR, Procurement, Engineering and other corporate/support functions.
• Partner with functional heads to understand role requirements, competencies and selection criteria.
• Develop targeted sourcing strategies for specialist and niche positions.

Onboarding & Induction :

• Develop a structured and differentiated onboarding framework for senior hires, graduate engineers and corporate employees.
• Own the pre-joining engagement, joining experience, induction and early-stage integration process.
• Coordinate with Plant HR, IR and Learning & Development teams for functional and shop-floor induction.
• Monitor key onboarding metrics including offer-to-join ratio, early attrition, new-hire engagement and onboarding effectiveness.
• Ensure timely completion of documentation, background verification and joining formalities.

Team & Vendor Management :

• Lead and mentor the TA and onboarding team across corporate and plant locations.
• Manage recruitment agencies, executive search firms, RPO partners and campus placement relationships.
• Negotiate commercials, SLAs and service deliverables with external recruitment partners.
• Build a strong internal recruitment capability and continuously improve team productivity.

Technology, Analytics & Employer Branding :

• Drive effective utilisation of ATS, recruitment technology and hiring dashboards.
• Develop and monitor recruitment MIS covering hiring pipeline, TAT, cost-per-hire, source effectiveness and offer-to-joining conversion.
• Strengthen the organisation's employer brand across experienced and campus talent segments.
• Develop initiatives to enhance candidate experience and attract high-quality talent.

Key Success Metrics :

• Achievement of manpower and hiring targets across locations and functions.
• Reduction in time-to-fill and cost-per-hire.
• Quality of hire and hiring-manager satisfaction.
• Campus hiring volumes and offer-to-joining conversion.
• Reduction in early/probation-period attrition.
• Effectiveness and employee satisfaction with the onboarding process.
• Recruitment budget and vendor cost optimisation.
• Compliance and timely closure of joining formalities.

Candidate Profile :

• Postgraduate degree/MBA in Human Resources or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Strong experience in managing end-to-end recruitment across senior leadership, lateral, campus and high-volume hiring.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, infrastructure, engineering, renewable energy or similar sectors would be preferred.
• Proven experience in managing recruitment across multiple plants/sites and geographically distributed teams.
• Experience in building or scaling campus hiring and graduate recruitment programmes.
• Strong exposure to onboarding and induction programmes, particularly for large employee cohorts.
• Familiarity with ATS, recruitment analytics, MIS and hiring dashboards.
• Strong stakeholder management experience with CXO/Business Heads, Plant Heads and Functional Leaders.

Key Competencies :

• Strategic Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management
• High-Volume & Campus Recruitment
• Senior Leadership Hiring
• Onboarding & Employee Integration
• Vendor & Agency Management
• Recruitment Analytics & MIS
• Employer Branding
• Team Leadership
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth manufacturing environment

Ideal Candidate :

A strategic yet hands-on Talent Acquisition leader who has successfully managed multi-location hiring, leadership recruitment and large-scale engineering/campus hiring, and can build a robust TA and onboarding function for a rapidly scaling manufacturing organisation.