Senior Manager – Candidate Experience, PGS India

ROLE SUMMARY

The Senior Manager, Candidate Experience (Talent Acquisition) for Pfizer Global Supply (PGS) in India, is responsible for leading a team who is sourcing of high quality, diverse, qualified candidates for all roles within Pfizer India Manufacturing Sites.

This role will focus on full life cycle of recruitment and will have responsibility for all direct sourcing, talent acquisition, internal hiring processes and administration within all functional areas in PGS India.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with senior level clients within all PGS (Pfizer India Manufacturing Sites) functional areas and Business Units, as well as the HR Leads supporting those leadership teams in Pfizer Global Supply (Pfizer India Manufacturing Sites) India, to build a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy to deliver the resources required by the business.
• Develop a workforce plan with PGS business and HR Leads to identify future talent needs and build programs to support that plan.
• Direct responsibility for the TA team for PGS, India and vendors that provide recruiting support in India.
• Develop a deep understanding of the business they are supporting, understanding the strategic priorities of that business and the talent required to deliver the operating plan in the current and future years.
• Working with talent management, develop an external talent pool for strategic roles and specific scarce skill areas identified by PGS in India.
• Develop a strong relationship with the PGS Leaders and maintain close and regular contact with the client to ensure continued alignment and monitor progress to plan.
• Identify talent acquisition issues and develop corrective action plans quickly and communicate transparently within PGS India business and HR clients.
• Build a resourcing strategy and plan that prioritizes the resourcing needs and deploy TA resources with the skills and capabilities required to deliver that plan.
• Responsible for the continued development of the team and management of the budget.
• Seek to continually improve the effectiveness of the team and its delivery against plan – ensuring we deploy technology and process improvements continually to reduce costs, improve the quality and decreases time to hire.
• Lead senior level hiring activity
• Partner with Diversity recruiting to integrate diversity into the staffing process and ensure diverse candidate slates
• Develop metrics that support PGS objectives and maintain close monitoring and reporting for the purposes of TA improvements.
• Proactively identifying niche skills / hot jobs that the PGS strategy could benefit from
• Responsible for the allocation of work within the team including when to use direct sourcing or external search organizations and building a network of external agencies to provide cost effective and efficient support to the business.
• Develop a culture of ownership and accountability with a high emphasis on Client and candidate satisfaction
• Build a robust pipeline of candidates with suitable qualifications and experience for PGS India's most critical roles.
• Champion Diversity Recruiting efforts across all PGS Manufacturing Sites in India

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Minimum 10 years' experience in Talent Acquisition with at least 5 years of managerial experience
• Experience in managing a client facing role with high levels of customer service
• Demonstrated experience of working successfully in a highly regulated and compliance led environment
• Demonstrated ability to partner with HR and Business leaders and experience of developing a TA strategy and plan.
• Strong leadership, exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information within HR.
• In-depth understanding and experience with sourcing, talent processes, talent assessment, and metrics.
• Proven experience of recruiting senior leadership roles

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years' experience within TA industry, Experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred

LOCATION:

• Vizag, Andhra Pradesh

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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