I. Job Details:
- Title : Vice President ~ Talent Sourcing & Placements
- Function : COO’s Office
- Direct Reporting to : Chief Operating Officer
- Direct Report count : 18+ & evolving
- Direct Reports role : State Sourcing Leads / Corporate resources
- Location : Noida
II. About us: Vision India is a diversified business conglomerate with Staffing, Skill Development, Advisory practice & Technology Services. With a base of about 32,000 associates and about 150 clientele featuring Indian, global and Government of India/State(s) entities through the service portfolio across India, South East and the Middle East. A consistently growing top line with a revenue of INR 300 Crore in FY 2024-25 delivering a CAGR of 14% over the last 3 years, we are positioned for even stronger top-line growth across business lines in the years ahead.
Our captive job portal, www.JustJob.co.in , hosts over 7.8 million candidates database and features 25,000+ active jobs at all times winning the trust of more than 850 organizations.
III. The Role: The Vice President ~ Talent Sourcing & Placement operations shall be responsible to create the sourcing plans & ensure execution of the actions & talent fulfillment for the staffing business, at a national level. The key responsibilities will include:
- Ensure JustJob as the enabling platform for Volume / Mass Talent sourcing & placements. JustJob, the captive job portal remains the facilitation platform for all actions.
- Institutionalized approach to Volume / Mass talent sourcing for our clients, primarily Blue & Grey collar roles across the country. Build & extract outcomes from formal collaboration with the state governments, Institutions, skill partners and all other avenues to mobilize the right candidates.
- Placement of Vision India Skill certified trainees at our clients & other industries across the local regions. Create avenues with clients for organic placement opportunities thru an institutionalized approach. The fast expanding footprint, currently, includes 38 skill centers across the country under the government programs & corporate sponsorship.
- The capability to create & leverage active partnerships within the sourcing eco-system, undiluted focus on ensuring JustJob as the route to success and the only truth besides ensuring a seamless employment gateway for the skill certified candidates of Vision India.
IV. Key Responsibilities:
- Sourcing Action plan & execution: Develop and execute an institutionalized approach to talent sourcing for both skill development programs and staffing services across multiple states/regions including placement of Vision India Skill trainees in a structured manner.
- Collaboration & Workgroup administration: Execute an aggressive outreach action plan to build active partnerships with state governments – Technical education, institutions, local agencies and ensure a well lubed eco-system to deliver a disproportionately higher talent pipeline at all times.
- JustJob as the delivery platform: Ensure the technology capabilities of JustJob are leveraged to drive high-volume candidate sourcing and mobilization initiatives to meet enrollment targets for skill development courses and placement targets for staffing needs.
- Process Improvement: Establish and refine standard operating procedures for candidate outreach, screening, and engagement including community outreach and online sourcing.
- Partnerships & Outreach: Build partnerships with training institutions, colleges, communityorganizations, job portals, and others for a candidate pipeline.
- Data & Reporting: Monitor key sourcing metrics and KPIs, and prepare regular reports on sourcing performance, using data insights to iterate sourcing actions.
- Team Leadership: Mentor and guide the teams, providing training, sharing best practices, and fostering a collaborative approach to achieve targets.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Skill, Staffing, Business HR, placement teams and operations to forecast talent/placement needs.
V. Performance Metrics (KPIs)
- JustJob transactions: % sourcing, placement & trainee mobilization thru JustJob. Active Database management thru the ATS integrated with JustJob.
- Active Partnerships & Efficiency: Number of collaboration partners and their contribution for the candidates sourced or mobilized per month.
- Conversion Rate: Ratio of candidates sourced to those successfully enrolled in training or placed in jobs (measuring the quality and effectiveness of sourcing efforts).
- Placement rate: Placements done for skill trainees. Mobilization of resources for batch creation of skill programs.
- Cost per hire & Time-to-Fill/Enroll: Average Cost per hire & time taken to fill a job vacancy or to enroll a candidate or placement of passed out training from the start of sourcing.
- Fulfillment Rate: Percentage of staffing requirements filled and training program seats occupied through sourcing efforts within designated timeframes.
- Retention/Success Rate: Retention rate of placed candidates (e.g. 90-day retention in the job) and the completion rate of training by candidates who were sourced for skill programs.
- Regional Performance: Consistent achievement of sourcing targets across all states/regions (e.g. number of regions meeting or exceeding their sourcing goals).
The Ideal Experience: The ideal incumbent must have managed the sourcing role at the national level, preferably for a staffing & employment venture, must have a clear understanding of the on ground operational complexities across geographies.
The ideal incumbent must have demonstrated record of managing remote teams, aligning their actions thru a scorecard and ensure the success of the business thru the sourcing lever. Having complete control of all the revenue & expense lines, a keen understanding of the financials and with strong collaboration skills in a matrix organization would be ideal.
The incumbent must have had a strong track record of delivering success stories in the career to demonstrate the right to win.
Education: A Master’s degree in Business Management is preferable, to build up on the competence required, as above.