Lead - Recruitment

Position: Recruitment Lead.

Location: Ernakulam H.O, Kerala, India (Kochi).

Experience Required: 5-10 years.

Reports to: HR Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

- Team Leadership: Manage and lead a recruitment team of 4, ensuring alignment with organizational hiring goals and driving high closure rates.

- Stakeholder Management: Regularly interact with customers and internal stakeholders to understand hiring needs, provide updates, and ensure a seamless recruitment process.

- End-to-End Recruitment: Own the full recruitment lifecycle, from job requisition to final offer, ensuring quick and efficient position closures.

- Tools & Systems: Utilize Zoho People and Zoho Recruit modules to streamline recruitment efforts, track candidate pipelines, and maintain up-to-date records.

- Candidate Management: Improve candidate joining ratios by managing communication and expectations throughout the hiring process, reducing offer declines and drop-offs.

- Offer Negotiation: Negotiate offers with candidates to balance expectations and organizational budgets while securing high acceptance rates.

- Candidate Experience: Ensure a positive candidate experience to increase offer-to-joining conversions, maintaining engagement throughout the hiring process.

- Cross-Department Coordination: Collaborate with internal teams for timely and accurate feedback on candidates, ensuring positions are filled on schedule.

Required Skills:

- Communication & Negotiation: Strong communication and negotiation skills for building relationships with candidates, clients, and internal stakeholders.

- Leadership: Proven leadership skills, with experience managing a team of recruiters and driving high performance.

- Recruitment Tools: Hands-on experience with Zoho Recruit or similar tools to optimize recruitment and manage metrics.

- High Closure Rates: Demonstrated ability to achieve high closure rates and fill positions quickly while maintaining candidate quality.

- Organizational Skills: Strong multitasking abilities for timely management of recruitment activities.

- Candidate Retention: Ability to improve candidate joining ratios through effective strategies to keep candidates engaged throughout the process.

- Startup Experience: Experience working with startup companies for at least one year is highly preferred.

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's/Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

Experience: 5+ years in recruitment, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.

Track Record: Proven ability to close positions efficiently, maintain high candidate quality, and improve offer-to-joining ratios.