MG Motor Aims To Recruit More Women In Its Workforce

The brand has partnered with PeopleStrong to hire women professionals for numerous roles

• MG Motor is preparing its workforce for sales and service outlets before it launches the Hector here in June.

• HR agency PeopleStrong will help MG recruit women candidates for front end operations.

• MG aims to build a balanced and diverse workforce in India.

MG Motor India is gearing up for the launch of its first car in India, the Hector SUV, in June 2019. This midsize SUV will be taking on the likes of the Jeep Compass, Hyundai Tucson and Tata Harrier. The brand will have around 120 sales and service points across the country when the Hector is launched here.

As a part of its preparation for the launch, MG plans to employ a higher number of women professionals in order to build a gender-diverse workforce. In order to achieve that goal, the carmaker has partnered with Indian human resource and talent acquisition agency called PeopleStrong. Some of the key roles to be offered to women candidates will include front- and back-end showroom operations, service, sales and management as well as finance, IT and others.

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Read the full release from MG Motor India below for more details:

MG Motor India partners with PeopleStrong to recruit more women professionals across sales and service outlets

• PeopleStrong to conduct new hiring for MG in customer-facing areas;

• Hiring in strategic profiles such as front-end/back-end showroom operations, service, call centre, sales, and management, as well as in finance, IT and CRM to be focused on women candidates

New Delhi, April 9, 2019; Underlining its commitment towards strong diversity within its workforce, carmaker MG (Morris Garages) Motor India announced its partnership with PeopleStrong, India’s largest HR Tech and Talent Acquisition solutions company. The association is aimed at increasing the hiring of female professionals across its upcoming sales and service outlets; this comes ahead of the launch of MG Hector SUV.

As part of the tie-up, MG Motor India will hire a significant number of women professionals in customer-facing roles such as front-end/back-end showroom operations, service, call centre, sales, and management. PeopleStrong will be extending its premium digital recruitment services to MG Motor India, helping the brand recruit around 3,500 dealership staff in two phases. The first phase of hiring will span the next six months and will focus on recruiting a total of around 2,000 dealership staff across the carmaker’s widespread network of 110 sales and service outlets in India.

Commenting on the partnership, Rajeev Chaba, President & Managing Director, MG Motor India, said, “As part of our commitment towards a diverse workforce, MG Motor India plans to extend its focus on women participation to customer-facing areas such as showrooms, as well. Most of the front-line job responsibilities will be given to women in our sales and service outlets, aiming at a heightened and caring ownership and service experience for our customers. The role of women at MG is even more profound from manufacturing operations to end-product contribution, with an aim to be the domain leader when it comes to providing equal employment opportunities to all genders, across all levels.”

PeopleStrong has a strong presence in the talent acquisition domain and comes with the required market intelligence, as well as a proven and successful track record within the automotive space. Commenting on the association, Devashish Sharma, Founding Member & Chief of Recruitment Business – PeopleStrong, said, “We are really excited to power MG Motor’s journey in India as its talent acquisition partner, with a special focus on increasing women’s representation within its workforce. Through its standardized processes and AI-enabled digital matchmaking, PeopleStrong will provide tailored skillsets required to establish MG’s strong foothold within the Indian market. MG Motor has already made some

ground-breaking decisions by highlighting its preference to hire women sales leaders for its dealerships. This specific domain has, until now, been the bastion of men in the Indian automotive sector, particularly in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.”

MG Motor India is a future-ready organization that sets the industry benchmarks not only in terms of a young & smart work culture, but also in terms of diversity; female employees already account for 31 percent of the company’s total workforce and it plans to further increase the number of women hires in the future. With a focus on three key pillars – diversity, innovation and safety, MG Motor India is in the process of building a strong base for its future operations.