Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition - INSWA

Summary: Primary Location: Gurgaon, India Role Type: Individual Contributor The Coca-Cola Company is a 140-year-old total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. We are challenging ourselves to think, act and work differently and ensure that we constantly demonstrate a growth mindset.  The people agenda always plays a critical role in this transformation and includes transforming that way we attract and retain talent.  This senior individual contributor role requires expertise in attracting various talent profiles across multiple countries while acting as a trusted talent advisor to the business.   Recruitment expertise, team collaboration and proactively delivering against Coca-Cola’s overall talent strategy will be critical in this role.  Our ideal candidate will have a history of building strong relationships with senior level stakeholders, the ability to understand and adapt recruiting strategies in complex markets to generate outstanding results while providing excellent stakeholder experience. If you have a thirst for leadership and a drive to find great talent, then we would love to meet you.   The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition (Individual contributor) is responsible for overseeing Coca-Cola India & Southwest Asia Operating Unit’s (INSWA OU) end-to-end Talent Acquisition cycle.  This role also owns and manages our best-in-class Management Trainee program in India and leads the Mantra Internship program in close collaboration with the Marketing team, ensuring the attraction and development of high-potential early career talent. In this role, you will be responsible for driving a streamlined TA process as well as the actual execution of the Talent Acquisition strategy in partnership with the People & Culture partners and the business. Reporting to the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition APAC, the candidate will join the networked team and the INSWA OU HR Leadership team and partner with the P&C team and Business in taking a proactive role to recruit external talent with the mindset of right fit for current and future roles. What You’ll Do for Us: Responsible for driving the recruitment process for internal and external talent in support of business needs today and in the future. This role will drive and execute end-to-end recruiting and consultation; including market research, building robust pipelines for critical skills, sourcing, talent assessment, interview and offer management. Work with our system partners to enable system talent exchange for talent and business needs.  Beyond filling roles, the role is accountable for building durable talent pipelines, scalable programs, and shared TA capability that the entire INSWA system can draw on. Involved in a broader set of key initiatives, including managing employer branding initiatives and internal referral programs. Foster and maintain relationships with key partners and leadership to understand business objectives and key skills needed to support company growth.  Provide external insights on the talent market (i.e. demographic trends, employment projections) and develop holistic talent attraction, sourcing and hiring strategies. Deliver recruitment priorities leveraging both internal and external talent channels while collaborating with Talent, HR and Leadership teams. Identify, develop and implement innovative sourcing and talent mapping strategies for key roles and critical skills that result in quality talent pipelines to meet workforce needs aligned to business objectives, Partner with internal teams (local and global) on identifying and executing operational efficiencies. Support Coca-Cola’s initiatives and objectives by attracting talent through strategic sourcing to ensure Coca-Cola continues to be a top destination for talent. Own and manage our best-in-class Management Trainee program (e.g. campus and platform partnerships) through multi-stage evaluation, selection,