Manufacturing Recruitment Agency for Plant, Operations and Leadership Hiring Across India

A manufacturing recruitment agency finds and screens candidates for factories and manufacturing companies, from plant supervisors to COOs. Savanna HR focuses on mid-level, senior and leadership roles: plant heads, plant HR, quality, supply chain, sales and technology leaders. We map passive candidates at competitor plants rather than relying on job portals.

The right agency depends on the role. For volume shop-floor staffing, large staffing firms fit. For plant leadership and CXO hiring, choose a specialist with manufacturing case studies, a fast shortlist and a replacement guarantee. Savanna HR has closed 3,500+ roles over 12 years, with a 92% offer-to-join rate.

Plant Head, VP Manufacturing, COO, Plant HR Head, CHRO, Quality Head, EHS Head, Supply Chain Director, Procurement Head, Maintenance Head, Zonal and Regional Sales Managers, Quick Commerce Head, Marketing Head, CFO, CTO and CIO. We work mid-level to CXO mandates across plant, corporate and commercial functions.

FMCG and food (including dairy and ice cream), automotive and EV, auto components, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and coatings, textiles, paper and packaging, oils, electronics and semiconductors, steel and metals, and plastics.

In the last year we hired for manufacturers in food and dairy, FMCG, chemicals and coatings, edible oils, textiles, paper and auto parts. Roles ranged from COO, CTO and CHRO to plant head, quick commerce head and zonal sales managers. We keep client names confidential.

Yes. Savanna HR is based in Gurugram and hires across India, including Manesar, Bhiwadi and Neemrana, Ludhiana and Baddi, Pune and Chakan, Ahmedabad, Sanand and Vapi, Chennai, Sriperumbudur and Hosur, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Sri City.

Our first shortlist usually arrives within 5 to 7 hours of a confirmed brief. Each profile comes with a written evaluation covering plant experience, compensation, notice period and motivation to move.

Typically 3 to 6 weeks from brief to offer, plus a 60 to 90 day notice period. Savanna HR closed a remote Plant HR leadership role in 7 days from brief to offer by screening for intent and relocation readiness first.

Most agencies charge 8.33% to 20% of the hired candidate's annual fixed CTC. Savanna HR charges a one-time success fee, payable only after the candidate joins, with no retainer for most mandates. Share your role to get a quote.

Yes. Every placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee if the candidate resigns within that period.

Yes. Greenfield setups need leaders who have commissioned plants, built teams from zero and handled local authorities and communities. We recently hired a Plant HR leader for a global manufacturer setting up its first India plant at a remote site.

We map named leaders at competitor and adjacent plants using our AI talent-mapping platform, then approach them directly. Most strong plant leaders are not on job portals, so mapping, referrals from senior manufacturing HR leaders and direct headhunting do most of the work.

We screen for intent in the first conversation, track the candidate's other interviews and offers, prepare them for a counter-offer, and keep a backup pipeline warm until they join. This is how we hold a 92% offer-to-join rate.

Yes. We hire CTOs, CIOs, IT heads, SAP leads, performance marketing leads and AI engineers for manufacturers. Recent mandates include a CTO for a textile manufacturer, a technology head for a coatings manufacturer and an AI engineer for an FMCG manufacturer.

Our focus is mid-level, specialist and leadership roles, where one hire changes plant performance. For large volumes of operators and contract labour, a staffing firm is usually the better fit.

Share one critical manufacturing role through the form on this page or at swati@savannahr.com. We send matching profiles, and if they clear your quality bar we agree the engagement terms.

A staffing company supplies large numbers of operators, technicians and contract workers, often on its own payroll. A manufacturing recruitment agency like Savanna HR searches for individual mid-level, specialist and leadership hires who join the client's own payroll, such as plant heads, quality heads and CHROs, and is paid a one-time fee after joining.

A plant head runs one factory: production, quality, maintenance, safety, plant HR and cost. A COO runs operations across all plants and often supply chain, procurement and projects too, and usually sits on the leadership team. Many COOs were plant heads earlier in their careers.

Yes. Global manufacturers entering India need early leaders who can build teams from zero, deal with local authorities and represent the brand. Our Plant HR case study is one such greenfield hire for a global manufacturer's first India plant.

Yes. Before or during a search we can map the talent pool for a role and share compensation ranges, notice periods and the number of relevant candidates at target companies, so you can set a realistic budget.

Yes. Consumer manufacturers now sell heavily through quick commerce platforms. We have hired quick commerce heads for a food and dairy manufacturer and a textile manufacturer, alongside zonal sales and e-commerce leaders.

Yes. Several of our manufacturing clients gave us a whole leadership team. For one food and dairy manufacturer we hired the COO, Strategy Head, Quick Commerce Head and zonal sales leadership, and for a paper manufacturer seven commercial and people leadership roles.

Yes. We run gender-diverse searches when a client asks, including plant HR leaders for plants with large women workforces. We map women leaders in operations, quality, HR and supply chain across manufacturing sectors.

The role, plant location, plant stage (greenfield or running plant), reporting line, team size, budget range, and the two or three outcomes the hire must deliver in the first year. A 30-minute briefing call covers it, and the first shortlist usually follows within 5 to 7 hours.