Egon Zehnder - Talent Acquisition Lead (5-10 yrs)

Egon Zehnder:

Egon Zehnder (www.egonzehnder.com) is trusted partner to many of the world's most respected organizations and is a leading leadership advisory firm, with more than 560+ consultants and 63 offices in 36 countries spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our clients range from the largest corporations to emerging growth companies, government and regulatory bodies, and major educational and cultural institutions. We bring together vast industry expertise and diverse insight to form the world's preeminent leadership advisory firm.

The firm is a private partnership which allows us to operate independent of any outside interests. As a result of this unique culture, Egon Zehnder has the highest professional staff retention rate for a global firm in our profession. We work with both disruptors and the disrupted client base across all industries.

Knowledge Centre India (KCI):

Knowledge Center India (KCI), is the central engine that drives the operational value for the firm. Established in 2004, KCI has evolved over the years from purely operational efficiencies into more value-added service offerings, becoming a true business partner. There are various teams based at KCI that work with Global Offices, Practice Groups and the Management across all aspects of the firm's business life cycle. With a headcount of more than 500, the center has 5 core teams working including Experts, Research Operations, Visual Solutions, Projects/CV Capture and Digital IT, working round the clock on many mission critical elements.

Your Journey at Egon Zehnder Starts Here

At EZ, you have the opportunity to deliver digital transformation initiatives across the globe for the organization. Our focus on emerging technology solutions along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value.

Requirements:

The Position : Lead, Talent Acquisition

- Your role involves partnering with internal stakeholders to plan and fulfil recruiting requirements. You will be responsible for independently leading the recruitment delivery for your service lines and ensuring the quality of talent sourced remains consistently high. You will lead high-impact recruitment initiatives for the function and contribute meaningfully in projects in collaboration with other members of the Human Resources team.

- This role is part of our internal Human Resources team at KCI and reports to the Manager Talent Acquisition.

The key aspect of the role are as follows:

- Support HR leadership and business stakeholders in the design and implementation of highly effective, results-driven talent strategies and practices.

- Deliver insightful content with market research, talent mapping, and competitive intelligence to meet the current and future talent needs of Egon Zehnder KCI.

- Engage with HR and Business leadership in addressing key recruitment challenges, develop and prioritize recruiting and sourcing strategies and key recruiting initiatives.

- Use talent market data and knowledge of talent pools to develop sourcing plans and strategies.

- Conduct comprehensive search of internal and external resources to identify companies and markets to be targeted for relevant candidates

- Ensure timely delivery and fulfilment of hiring needs and meet specific recruitment goals for each position.

- Partner with the internal stakeholders to understand future hiring needs and build an external talent pipeline aligned to hiring projections.

- Engage with candidates through the hiring process including delivering the employment offer. Ensure employment offers are aligned to the organizations policies.

- Drive cost optimization by employing appropriate channel mix strategies

- Support external branding initiatives and drive the planning and execution of outreach programs such as campus drives.

- Create a positive candidate experience and contribute to improving effectiveness of recruitment processes.

- Drive the adoption of Employee Referral Program and run internal campaigns from time to time to enhance referrals.

- Establish strong professional relationships with external consultants and service providers. Drive a high performance benchmark with external partners and support them with timely, complete information, feedback and inputs.

- Maintain a comprehensive and accurate recruitment database and ensure timely reporting through leadership dashboards, hiring updates, and review presentations.

- Demonstrate passion for the people agenda of the firm and partner in designing and implementing robust and progressive people practices

Candidate Profile:

- MBA or equivalent post graduate qualification with HR specialisation.

- 5 to 8 years of experience in Human Resources overall with at least 4 years of experience in hiring.

- Should have worked in the Research, Consulting or Professional Services sectors.

- Experience in working with ATS and ERPs such as Workday or Success factors.

- Excellent data analytical skills and good understanding of key Recruitment metrics.

- Proficient with making high quality PowerPoint presentations.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.