bigbasket.com
Website:
bigbasket.com
Job details:
Company Description bigbasket, a Tata enterprise, is India’s largest online supermarket, serving over 13 million customers across more than 60 cities and towns. The company operates multiple business lines, including bigbasket, bbnow, bbinstant, bbdaily, fresho, bbmandi, and bbsaathi, to meet diverse customer needs and make grocery shopping convenient and reliable. With over 47,000 team members, bigbasket emphasizes a people-first culture built on humility, transparency, integrity, and respect, and is certified as a Great Place to Work, including for women. The organization is strongly customer-centric, invests in the gig workforce, and promotes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through initiatives such as Aarambh. bigbasket also focuses on sustainability through electric delivery vehicles, solar-powered warehouses, and support for organic farming to reduce environmental impact.
Role Description The Field Recruiter will be responsible for end-to-end recruitment of field and gig workforce roles for bigbasket’s operations in Chennai. This full-time, on-site role involves sourcing candidates through local channels, conducting interviews and assessments, coordinating hiring drives, and managing walk-in and bulk recruitment activities. The Field Recruiter will collaborate closely with operations managers and HR partners to understand staffing needs, align hiring plans, and ensure timely onboarding of new hires. Daily tasks include maintaining candidate databases, tracking recruitment metrics, ensuring compliance with company policies and local regulations, and providing a positive, inclusive candidate experience. The role also includes engaging with community partners, training centers, and other external stakeholders to build strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
Qualifications
- Candidates should possess strong recruitment and sourcing skills, including experience with field hiring, bulk hiring, and managing walk-in drives.
- Candidates should possess skills in interviewing, candidate assessment, and evaluation of role fit for frontline and gig workers.
- Candidates should possess communication and interpersonal skills to build rapport with candidates, hiring managers, and external partners.
- Candidates should possess organizational and coordination skills to manage multiple hiring requirements, track progress, and meet timelines.
- Candidates should possess basic data and reporting skills to maintain candidate databases, monitor recruitment metrics, and prepare status updates.
- Knowledge of local labor market dynamics in Chennai and familiarity with blue-collar/gig workforce recruitment will be beneficial.
- Ability to work on-site, travel locally as needed for hiring activities, and communicate in English and relevant local languages is preferred.
- A diploma or bachelor’s degree in any discipline and prior experience in HR, recruitment, or field operations will be an advantage.
Click on Apply to know more.