We’re Hiring: Freelance Business Development Consultant – Recruitment Services

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Company: Savanna HR

Work Mode: Remote

Location: Open to candidates based anywhere in India

Engagement Type: Freelance / Independent Consultant

Working Hours: Flexible

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About Savanna HR

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Savanna HR is a new-age, AI-enabled recruitment services company specialising in leadership, mid-senior, and niche hiring across sectors such as Education and EdTech, GCCs, Manufacturing, Fintech, E-commerce, Healthcare, SaaS, and other growing industries.

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We combine strong headhunting expertise, industry knowledge, and technology-enabled recruitment processes to help organisations hire high-quality talent.

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About the Role

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We are looking for an experienced and well-networked Freelance Business Development Consultant to help Savanna HR acquire new clients and build long-term relationships with employers.

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The role will involve both client hunting and client farming.

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Client hunting will include identifying, approaching, and converting new employers into recruitment partners.

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Client farming will include strengthening relationships, generating repeat mandates, and expanding business opportunities within existing and newly acquired accounts.

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Key Responsibilities

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• Identify companies with current or upcoming hiring requirements.

• Generate business opportunities for permanent recruitment, leadership hiring, specialised search, and RPO services.

• Connect with CHROs, HR Heads, Talent Acquisition Leaders, Founders, CXOs, and Business Heads.

• Introduce Savanna HR’s recruitment services to prospective clients.

• Conduct introductory meetings and understand clients’ hiring challenges.

• Build and manage a strong pipeline of qualified business prospects.

• Follow up with potential clients and drive discussions towards empanelment and commercial closure.

• Support proposal sharing, commercial discussions, agreements, and client onboarding.

• Develop relationships with acquired clients to generate recurring recruitment mandates.

• Identify opportunities to expand services across functions, locations, and business units.

• Maintain regular updates on leads, discussions, opportunities, and expected closures.

• Collaborate with Savanna HR’s recruitment team to ensure smooth delivery and client servicing.

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Ideal Candidate Profile

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• Prior experience in business development, client acquisition, key account management, or recruitment consulting.

• Strong understanding of recruitment, staffing, executive search, or RPO services.

• Existing network among HR leaders, Talent Acquisition Heads, Founders, CXOs, and hiring decision-makers.

• Proven ability to generate and convert B2B leads.

• Strong communication, relationship-building, negotiation, and presentation skills.

• Ability to work independently and manage the complete business development cycle.

• Comfortable working in a performance-driven freelance role.

• Ability to represent Savanna HR professionally in client conversations.

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Preferred Background

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Candidates with experience in recruitment agencies, staffing firms, executive search companies, HR consulting, RPO, HR technology, SaaS sales, corporate Talent Acquisition, or independent HR consulting will be preferred.

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Professionals who have worked as Recruitment Business Development Managers, Client Acquisition Managers, Key Account Managers, Staffing Sales Professionals, Recruitment Consultants, or Agency Leaders are encouraged to apply.

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Engagement Model

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• Freelance and remote engagement

• Flexible working hours

• Candidates can be based anywhere in India

• Performance-linked earnings

• Incentive or revenue-sharing structure based on business generated

• Opportunity for a long-term association based on performance

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Success Measures

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• Qualified client meetings generated

• New employer partnerships and empanelments

• Recruitment mandates acquired

• Revenue generated from new clients

• Repeat mandates and account expansion

• Quality of the client pipeline

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Why Partner with Savanna HR?

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• Work with an established recruitment brand.

• Access an experienced recruitment delivery team.

• Offer clients leadership, specialised, and mid-senior hiring solutions.

• Work remotely with flexible schedules.

• Earn attractive performance-linked incentives.

• Build a long-term professional association.

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