Head of Talent Management & HR

Position: Talent Acquisition Head – Retail Brand (Non-IT Hiring)

Location: Gurgaon

Experience: 10+ years in retail brand

Industry: Retail (Fashion, Apparel, FMCG, Luxury, or related)

Department: Human Resources (HR)

Job Summary:

We are looking for a dynamic and strategic Talent Acquisition Head to lead the recruitment function for our retail brand. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Non-IT hiring, particularly in retail, FMCG, or related industries. This role involves managing end-to-end recruitment, building talent pipelines, and ensuring the right talent acquisition strategies to support business growth.

Key Responsibilities:1. Talent Acquisition Strategy & Execution:

• Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Oversee bulk hiring and leadership hiring for retail stores, corporate functions, and supply chain roles.
• Optimize sourcing channels (job portals, employee referrals, social media, and recruitment agencies).

2. Recruitment Operations & Stakeholder Management:

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for store-level, regional, and corporate roles.
• Partner with business heads and HRBPs to identify hiring needs and workforce planning.
• Manage vendor relationships and negotiate contracts with recruitment agencies.

3. Employer Branding & Talent Pipeline Development:

• Drive employer branding initiatives to attract top talent.
• Build a strong talent pipeline for future hiring needs.
• Engage in campus hiring and lateral hiring strategies.

4. Recruitment Analytics & Compliance:

• Track recruitment metrics (TAT, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, etc.) for continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws and company policies in hiring practices.
• Implement and manage Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) for seamless recruitment.

Key Requirements:

·         10+ years of experience in Non-IT hiring, preferably in Retail, FMCG, Apparel, Luxury, or QSR sectors.

·         Proven expertise in bulk hiring, corporate hiring, and leadership hiring.

·         Strong experience in headhunting, passive talent search, and market mapping.

·         Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

·         Hands-on experience with ATS, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, and recruitment tools.

·         Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth retail environment.

mail updated resume with current ctc and notice period-

email: jobs[at}glansolutions[dot]com

website: www.glansolutions.com

Roles & Responsibilities :-

1. Create and optimize digital campaigns on Google Ads & Facebook

2. Prepare and setup Campaign proposals on Google Ads & Facebook platform (such as Search, Display & Remarketing)

3. Measures and reports performance of all digital marketing campaigns and assesses against goals (ROI and KPIs)

4. Positive & Negative Keywords Research & Analysis Quality Score PPC Bid Management, A/B testing of ads & landing pages

5. New Strategies & Recommendations (such as Ad Extensions, Custom audience, dynamic campaigns & dynamic re-marketing etc)

6. Brainstorms new and creative growth strategies through digital marketing

7. Measure and report performance of all marketing campaigns, and assess against goals

8. Identifying new business leads and contributing to the expansion of business activities

9. Preparing campaign budgets and work schedules, as well as setting project deadlines

10. Developing link building strategies.

11. Analyzing keywords and SEO techniques used by competitors.

12. Should play a major role in enhancing brand awareness within the digital space as well as driving website traffic and acquiring leads/customers

Skills Required :-

1.At least 2 years of exp in the advertising industry.

2. leading and managing SEO/SEM

3. Experience in optimizing landing pages and user funnels

4. Experience with A/B and multivariate experiments & In-depth knowledge of Google Ads and Facebook Paid Ads

5. Solid knowledge of website and marketing analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, SEMRush, etc.)

6. Experience in setting up and optimizing PPC campaigns on all major search engines

7. Knowledge about LinkedIn Marketing

8. Proficiency in campaign management software, such as HubSpot Marketing

9. Extensive experience in client relationship management

Job Description for Java:

• Experience in JAVA programming and application development using Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Security, Hibernate and Microservices

• Experience in building products with Full stack technologies, with excellent understanding of computer science fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, OOPs and OOA/D

• Experience in MySQL, Mongo dB (or other NOSQL db’s), REST, Web Sockets, JavaScript, Ajax

• Experience with GO a plus

• Experience with one of JavaScript Frameworks (React, Angular, Vue etc.)

• Experience in Rest API development using Spring MVC or Spring Boot

• Able to define, design, implement complex, and scalable systems

• Good team player and communication skills

• Experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD)

• Experience with Jenkins Setup CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous delivery)

Professional Requirements:

• 2-8 Years professional development experience.
• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in CS, or equivalent experience.
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Good understanding of high level and low-level design of distributed systems.
• Experience coding in any one of the following Java or Nodejs.
• Experience building highly available distributed systems on cloud infrastructure will be plus.
• Exposure to architectural pattern of a large, high-scale web application.

Requirement/responsibilities: To take a project from scoping requirements through launch of the project. Ownership of product/feature end-to-end for all phases from the development to the production. Ensuring the developed features are scalable and highly available with no quality concerns. Work closely with senior engineers for refining the and implementation. Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments. Participate in design and code reviews.

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to sell work and ideas, and respond positively to feedback.
• Candidates with 1+ years of agency work experience can apply. Prior experience in social media and Account Management will be preferred
• Candidate with Prior mandatory experience with copywriting, content, social media Management experience with a focus on creative direction,
• Strong communication & presentation skill along with client handling skill set is a must.
• Knowledge of Facebook,Instagram, Twitter, linkedin social media platforms

As an Associate Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to collaborate on the creation and maintenance of scalable, high-quality software as we grow. You'll work closely with the CTO and quickly gain skills and responsibilities as the team and the technical requirements grow.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop RESTful APIs leveraging Django classes, ORM and Postgres Database
• Develop solutions that meet business objectives while leveraging industry best practices
• Write high-quality source code to program complete applications within deadlines
• Troubleshoot and debug applications

Technical Competencies

• Expertise with Python language
• Experience with Django: maintaining APIs
• Familiarity using Git, code repositories, branching and merging strategies
• Ability to break down complex concepts, tasks, or problems into more simple, understandable language and action plans
• Excellent communication skills, and attention to detail
• Good Documentation skills

Perks

• Work from home
• Flexible work schedule
• Flexible standup meetings

Interview Process

• Two technical rounds with Senior Developer and CTO
• Cultural Fit interview with Project Manager

Please do not apply if you don't have professional Django work experience.

What you need to have:

Work Location - Bangalore

The Data Analytics Senior Analyst is a seasoned professional role. Applies in-depth disciplinary knowledge, contributing to the development of new techniques and the improvement of processes and work-flow for the area or function. Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the function and overall business. Evaluates moderately complex and variable issues with substantial potential impact, where development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting situations using multiple sources of information. Requires good analytical skills in order to filter, prioritize and validate potentially complex and dynamic material from multiple sources. Strong communication and diplomacy skills are required. Regularly assumes informal/formal leadership role within teams. Involved in coaching and training of new recruits. Significant impact in terms of project size, geography, etc. by influencing decisions through advice, counsel and/or facilitating services to others in area of specialization. Work and performance of all teams in the area are directly affected by the performance of the individual.

Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance the software stack for modelling and data analytics
• Incorporate relevant data related algorithms in the products to solve business problems and improve them over time
• Automate repetitive data modelling and analytics tasks
• Keep up to date with available relevant technologies, to solve business problems
• Become a subject matter expert and closely work with analytics users to understand their need & provide recommendations/solutions
• Help define/share best practices for the business users and  enforce/monitor that best practices are being incorporated for better efficiency (speed to market & system performance)
• Share daily/weekly  progress made by the team
• Work with senior stakeholders & drive the discussions independently
• Mentor and lead a team of software developers on analytics related product development practices

Qualifications:

• 10-13 years of data engineering experience.
• Experience in working on machine-learning model deployment/scoring, model lifecycle management and model performance measurement.
• In-depth understanding of statistics and probability distributions, with experience of applying it in big-data software products for solving business problems
• Hands-on programming experience with big-data and analytics related product development using Python, Spark and Kafka to provide solutions for business needs.
• Intuitive with good interpersonal-skills, time-management and task-prioritization
• Ability to lead a technical team of software developers and mentor them on good software development practices.
• Ability to quickly grasp the business problem and nuances when put forth.
• Ability to quickly put together an execution plan and see it through till closure.
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience
• Data Science or Analytics specialization preferred