Head of Recruitment Operations
- Location
- Naigaon, Mahārāshtra, India
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Salary
- ₹8 L – ₹18 L / year
About the job
About the Role Hudson Manpower is looking for an experienced Head of Recruitment Operations to lead and strengthen our recruitment delivery function. We manage a mix of ongoing white-collar recruitment and high-volume blue-collar recruitment campaigns. We are looking for someone who can bring structure, accountability, visibility and consistency to the entire recruitment operation. This is not primarily an individual recruiter role . We are looking for an operations leader who knows how to manage recruiters, build processes, establish KPIs, create effective reporting systems and ensure client requirements are delivered consistently. Key Responsibilities
- Take overall ownership of recruitment operations and delivery across all active client requirements.
- Manage and oversee both white-collar recruitment and high-volume blue-collar recruitment operations.
- Establish clear processes, SOPs, responsibilities and escalation mechanisms across the recruitment lifecycle.
- Allocate requirements and resources based on priorities, recruiter capacity and delivery timelines.
- Monitor recruitment pipelines from requirement intake through sourcing, submission, interview, selection, offer and joining.
- Establish recruiter and team-level KPIs and conduct structured performance reviews.
- Develop daily, weekly and monthly recruitment MIS and management dashboards.
- Track metrics including requirement aging, submissions, interviews, selections, offers, joinings, turnaround time and recruiter productivity.
- Identify bottlenecks and delivery risks early and take corrective action.
- Ensure effective use of ATS, candidate databases and other recruitment tools.
- Build accountability within the recruitment team and coach team members to improve performance.
- Oversee planning and execution of high-volume blue-collar recruitment campaigns through the designated Blue-Collar Recruitment Lead.
- Directly oversee the white-collar recruitment function and ensure consistent delivery of professional and technical requirements.
- Coordinate closely with Business Development to ensure smooth handover of new client requirements and realistic delivery commitments.
- Provide leadership with clear visibility into recruitment performance, risks, priorities and expected outcomes.
- Continuously improve recruitment processes, productivity and quality of delivery.
What We're Looking For
- Strong experience in recruitment/staffing operations with responsibility for managing recruitment teams.
- Proven experience managing multiple recruiters and client requirements simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to establish recruitment processes, SOPs, KPIs and reporting systems.
- Strong understanding of recruitment funnel metrics and performance management.
- Experience with recruitment MIS, dashboards, Excel and ATS/recruitment systems.
- Strong leadership and people-management skills.
- Ability to identify operational problems and implement practical solutions.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Experience working in a fast-paced staffing or recruitment agency environment.
Preferred
- Experience managing both white-collar and blue-collar recruitment .
- Experience managing high-volume recruitment campaigns.
- Exposure to international recruitment, particularly GCC/Middle East hiring.
- Experience recruiting across technical, engineering, construction, hospitality or similar sectors.
From Hudson Manpower's careers page (Recruitee), checked 29 Oct 2026.
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Posted 5 Oct 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026 · Report this job