Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

Role Overview

manufacturing, engineering, and leadership roles

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Talent Acquisition

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for

  manufacturing shop-floor roles

  , including CNC operators, VMC operators, welders, machinists, supervisors, and production staff.
• Manage hiring for

  engineering, technical, and senior management roles

  , including plant leadership, operations heads, functional managers, and support leadership positions.
• Partner closely with leadership and department heads to understand manpower planning, skill requirements, and hiring priorities.
  

Manufacturing & Technical Hiring Expertise

• Demonstrate strong understanding of manufacturing processes, machining, fabrication, welding standards, and shop-floor environments.
  
• Evaluate candidates on technical capability, hands-on experience, certifications, safety awareness, and production readiness.
  
• Support urgent, volume-based, and niche technical hiring requirements.
  

Leadership & Senior-Level Hiring

• Manage confidential and strategic hiring for senior and top management roles.
  
• Conduct competency-based interviews and assess leadership, cultural fit, and functional depth.
  
• Coordinate final discussions, compensation alignment, and offer closures with leadership.
  

Stakeholder & Process Management

• Act as a strategic hiring partner to business heads and leadership teams.
  
• Drive structured recruitment processes, interview frameworks, and decision timelines.
  
• Ensure seamless candidate experience and high-quality closure rates.
  

Vendor, Consultant & Market Management

• Build and manage a reliable network of recruitment consultants and manpower vendors for manufacturing and leadership hiring.
  
• Track vendor performance, cost efficiency, and hiring quality.
  
• Maintain awareness of market trends, compensation benchmarks, and talent availability in the manufacturing sector.
  

Reporting & Compliance

• Maintain recruitment dashboards, MIS reports, and hiring trackers.
  
• Ensure recruitment practices align with company policies and statutory guidelines.
  
• Support onboarding, induction, and early engagement for critical hires.
  

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 5-8 years of experience in

  talent acquisition

  , with

  strong exposure to manufacturing companies

• Proven experience hiring for:
  
• CNC & VMC operators and programmers
  
• Welding & other roles
  
• Production, quality, maintenance, and shop-floor leadership
  
• Senior management and leadership positions
  
• Prior experience in

  engineering, manufacturing, oil & gas, heavy engineering, or industrial environments

• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills
  
• Ability to manage high-volume as well as strategic leadership hiring
  
• Process-oriented, decisive, and execution-focused.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field
  
• HR / Talent Acquisition certifications are an added advantage