Senior Manager/ Manager – Talent Acquisition & Campus Hiring

About the Role: The incumbent will be part of the larger TA team at Sun Pharma. The individual will be an operations specialist who is responsible for managing the business-as-usual aspects of lateral recruitment, campus hiring, University relations and Management Trainee program. The individual helps better the lateral recruitment, campus program through delivery of best-in-class practices, operational excellence, memorable candidate and stakeholder experience and delivering on metrics that measure effectiveness of the recruitment & campus program.

Key Responsibilities

Identify business needs and translate them into an agreed recruitment plan, aimed at the fulfilment of the needs within time, budget and quality constraints.
Conduct in-depth vacancy intake-discussions leading to agreement with hiring manager on proposed recruitment plan. Develop an in-depth knowledge of the job specifications to include experience, skills and behavioural competencies needed for success in each role.
Partner with stakeholders to understand business requirements, educate them on market dynamics and constantly evolve recruitment process .
Build and maintain network of potential candidates through pro-active sourcing / research and on-going relationship management.
Participate in special projects/initiatives, including assessment of best practices in interviewing techniques, leveraging of internal sources of talent and identification of top performers for senior-level openings.
Responsible for identifying and mapping the external talent pool towards critical positions within the organization for Sun Global Operations, Quality function & API Business.
Drive the Campus Hiring process across sourcing, selection, offers, post-offer and till onboarding.
Drive Management Trainee Program operations. Execute and report against project plan.
Candidate and College relationships – Be the POC between placement committee/ office, the students, Sun Pharma. Manage timely communications, queries and experience.
Execute campus engagement program and branding calendar across target colleges. Work with internal stakeholders to support the program. Track and report engagement levels and other metrics.
Work on market intelligence at periodic intervals in order to gather trends and insights that will aid campus hiring strategy.
Own a quarterly project end-to-end across branding/ campus engagement/ candidate experience/ interviewer experience/ process improvement.
Responsible for all reporting and documentation of campus hiring related activities for internal audits.

Who You Are

Overall experience of 8-10 years in recruitment.
3+ years of experience in campus recruitment, with a track record of driving successful outcomes.
Managing Tier 1 MBA/ Engineering campuses is an added advantage.
Proficient in English; written and verbal.
Intermediate level proficiency; spreadsheets and data analysis to draw insights.
Education: Science/Engineering undergraduate with a post-graduation in MBA-HR.

Behavioural Attributes

Ability to organise and execute different tasks, prioritising and driving time-bound outcomes. Does not require follow-up and can maintain a cadence for updates.
Problem solving mindset. Ability to identify the problem and come up with mitigation approach(es) proactively.
Good relationship-building skills, with the ability to connect effectively with placement teams and internal stakeholders.
Learning mindset to skill oneself on knowledge required for the job.
Comfortable with an ambiguous situation/environment.

Job Details

Work Location: Mumbai (Sun Head Office).
Reporting structure: Reports to Campus Programs Lead. Skip level manager is Global TA Head

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