Recruitment & Training Manager
Alankaram | Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh
Alankaram, a premium furniture brand and manufacturer, is looking for a Recruitment & Training Manager to strengthen hiring, onboarding and employee development across manufacturing, sales, design and support functions. The role requires hands-on execution, close coordination with department heads and measurable improvements in workforce capability.
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment and Workforce Planning
- Work with department heads to identify manpower requirements and prioritise vacancies.
- Manage recruitment from job descriptions and candidate sourcing to interviews, offers and joining.
- Recruit across factory operations, skilled trades, supervisory, technical, sales and office roles.
- Build sourcing channels through ITIs, polytechnics, colleges, employee referrals, recruitment agencies and local networks.
- Introduce practical assessments to evaluate candidates skills and suitability.
- Track hiring timelines, recruitment costs, offer acceptance and early employee retention.
Onboarding and Employee Integration
- Coordinate structured induction covering company policies, workplace conduct, safety, quality standards and role expectations.
- Ensure new employees receive role-specific training and clear performance expectations.
- Conduct joining follow-ups and probation reviews with reporting managers.
- Identify and address factors contributing to early attrition.
Training and Skill Development
- Assess training needs through department discussions, performance reviews and operational gaps.
- Develop and execute a training calendar for workers, supervisors and office teams.
- Coordinate practical training in production skills, quality, safety, product knowledge, customer service and selling.
- Work with internal experts and external trainers to develop relevant training material.
- Establish on-the-job training, mentoring and skill assessment processes.
- Maintain employee skill matrices and training records.
Training Effectiveness
- Evaluate learning through practical assessments and feedback from reporting managers.
- Track whether training improves productivity, quality, safety, sales performance and employee readiness.
- Support supervisors in coaching teams and reinforcing learning at work.
- Report recruitment progress, training outcomes and capability gaps to management.
Candidate Profile
- Graduate or postgraduate in Human Resources, Management or a related field.
- Relevant experience managing both recruitment and training, preferably in manufacturing.
- Experience hiring skilled workers, supervisors and professional staff.
- Strong understanding of local recruitment channels and workforce requirements around Pithampur and Indore.
- Ability to organise practical training and communicate effectively with factory and office teams.
- Strong coordination, interviewing, facilitation and reporting skills.
- Comfortable using recruitment platforms, Excel and HR systems.
- Proficiency in Hindi and English.
Key Performance Measures
- Timely closure of priority vacancies
- Quality of hires and retention during the initial employment period
- Recruitment cost and offer-to-joining conversion
- Completion of onboarding and planned training
- Improvement in assessed employee skills
- Measurable workplace application of training
We are looking for a hands-on manager who can bring the right people into Alankaram and help them become effective, capable team members.
