Manishkumar Jangid

Head Talent Acquisition | Talent Strategy | Workforce Planning | Leadership Hiring

Mumbai, IN.

About

Strategic Talent Acquisition Leader with over 15 years of progressive experience, adept at transforming and scaling TA functions across diverse sectors including Manufacturing, EPC, and Renewable Energy. Proven ability to deliver high-volume and CXO-level hiring mandates, significantly reducing agency dependency by up to 83% while enhancing employer branding and leveraging advanced recruitment analytics to drive business growth.

Work

Sterlite Electric

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Chief Manager - Talent Acquisition

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Spearheaded critical talent acquisition initiatives, delivering over 180 key hires and optimizing recruitment processes for diverse business functions within 8 months.

Highlights

Delivered 180+ critical hires across EPC, Power Transmission, Manufacturing, Sales, and Corporate functions within an accelerated 8-month timeframe.

Increased direct sourcing contribution to 85% and reduced agency dependency from 42% to 7%, generating substantial recruitment cost savings.

Established structured recruitment governance, sourcing excellence frameworks, and Power BI-driven hiring dashboards to enhance business visibility and strategic decision-making.

Standardized recruitment operations, ensuring ATS compliance and optimizing offer-to-join conversion tracking for improved efficiency.

Independent Talent Acquisition Consultant.

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Independent Talent Acquisition Consultant

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Provided strategic Talent Acquisition consulting, focusing on workforce planning, talent mapping, leadership hiring, and niche technical recruitment across manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.

Highlights

Delivered specialized consulting assignments, including interim hiring projects for Listen Lights Pvt Ltd (Jul 2025 – Aug 2025), addressing critical talent needs.

Developed comprehensive workforce planning and talent mapping strategies to support leadership hiring and niche technical recruitment in complex industrial environments.

Advised manufacturing and infrastructure clients on optimizing talent acquisition processes and enhancing their employer value proposition.

Polycab India Ltd

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DGM - Talent Acquisition

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Led the pan-India Talent Acquisition function with a 14-member team, overseeing 1,200+ annual hires across diverse business units and partnering with leadership on strategic workforce planning.

Highlights

Directed a 14-member team to manage 1,200+ annual hires across Corporate, Manufacturing, Sales, Plant Operations, and Power Solutions businesses.

Partnered with business leadership and the CMD office to formulate annual operating plans and leadership hiring strategies, aligning talent acquisition with business objectives.

Successfully delivered VP, GM, and CXO hiring mandates, directly contributing to business expansion and critical succession planning initiatives.

Designed and executed national campus hiring programs, resulting in the onboarding of 122+ engineering and management graduates.

Enhanced recruitment analytics and executive visibility by optimizing DarwinBox and implementing leadership dashboards.

Hella Infra.Market

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AGM – Talent Acquisition

, , India

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Summary

Established and scaled the Talent Acquisition function from inception, building a 12-member recruitment team to support over 125 monthly hires.

Highlights

Built the Talent Acquisition function from the ground up, recruiting and leading a 12-member team to support 125+ monthly hires.

Implemented ATS architecture, recruitment governance, and process standardization across 12 business verticals, significantly improving operational efficiency.

Reduced vendor dependency through structured sourcing strategies and commercial optimization, achieving cost efficiencies.

Improved employer branding by increasing AmbitionBox ratings from 2.6 to 3.9 and growing reviews from 319 to 750 within one year.

Supported rapid business expansion by scaling recruitment capabilities and reducing time-to-hire across key business functions.

Independent HR & TA Consulting

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Senior Manager HR / TA Consultant

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Provided independent HR and Talent Acquisition consulting services, leading end-to-end recruitment processes and HR operations for startup and SaaS businesses.

Highlights

Served as Senior Manager HR for Vendiman Pvt Ltd (Jan 2022 – Jun 2022), handling full-cycle recruitment and establishing new sourcing, onboarding, and vendor management processes.

Acted as TA Consultant for Replicon via Trigent Software (Aug 2021 - Jan 2022), leading end-to-end tech & product hiring for a SaaS business in the USA.

Successfully managed recruitment from initiation to final stages, contributing to the foundational HR and TA infrastructure for young organizations.

Avery Dennison

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HR Executive → Talent Acquisition Manager

, , India

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Summary

Progressed through multiple HR and Talent Acquisition leadership roles over 12 years, driving recruitment for manufacturing plants, corporate functions, and commercial teams, delivering over 400 annual hires.

Highlights

Led recruitment for manufacturing plants, corporate functions, and commercial teams, consistently delivering over 400 annual hires.

Supported the establishment of greenfield manufacturing facilities in Chennai and Dubai through strategic workforce planning and large-scale hiring initiatives.

Managed the relocation of 800+ employees across South Asia and the Middle East, facilitating business expansion.

Led HR operations, encompassing employee lifecycle management, compliance, employee relations, and organizational effectiveness.

Successfully managed global social compliance audits involving major retailers like Walmart and Nike, achieving zero major observations.

Served as HR Business Partner to manufacturing and corporate functions, enhancing employee engagement, talent development, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Executive Leadership Development Program Executive Leadership Development

Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
PGDHR Human Resources

University of Mumbai

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
B.Com Accounting & Finance

Languages

English

Skills

Core Competencies

Talent Acquisition Strategy, Workforce Planning, Leadership Hiring, Executive Search, Employer Branding, Talent Intelligence, Succession Planning, Campus Hiring, Stakeholder Management, Direct Sourcing, Vendor Governance, Recruitment Analytics, Power BI Dashboards, ATS Implementation, Change Management.

ATS

SuccessFactors, DarwinBox, PeopleStrong, SmartRecruiters.

Analytics

Power BI, Excel.

Talent Intelligence

LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri, Talent Mapping, Market Intelligence, Referral Programs.

Recruitment Methodologies

Competency-Based Interviewing, Workforce Planning, Executive Search, Diversity Hiring, Campus Recruitment.

Industry Exposure

Manufacturing, EPC, Infrastructure, Power Transmission, Renewable Energy, Electrical & Cables, FMCG, Construction.