About Our Client

Our client is a well established global manufacturer with a significant footprint across Asia Pacific, including plant operations in multiple countries. The business is known for its strong brand, operational scale, and continued investment in the region. Further details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.

The Opportunity

This is a regional HR leadership role with responsibility for the people agenda across the client's manufacturing and supply chain operations in Asia Pacific. The successful candidate will partner regional business leaders on workforce strategy, organisational effectiveness, talent, and change, while providing HR leadership across a multi country, multi plant environment. The role suits an accomplished HR leader who combines genuine plant level understanding with the ability to operate at regional strategic altitude in a matrixed global organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the HR agenda for manufacturing and supply chain operations across Asia Pacific, aligned to business and operational priorities
Partner senior business leaders on organisational design, workforce planning, and manpower cost management across plants and markets
Drive talent strategy for the region, including leadership pipelines, succession for critical plant and functional roles, and capability building
Lead and support change initiatives, including transformation, productivity, and footprint related programmes
Provide guidance on employee and industrial relations matters across diverse country environments, including unionised operations and collective agreement matters where applicable
Provide regional oversight of rewards matters, including salary structures, incentive schemes, and benchmarking for hard to fill technical and plant roles
Champion a strong culture of safety, engagement, and performance across the regional workforce
Drive HR digitalisation and analytics across the region, including manpower cost and workforce reporting
Coach and develop country and plant HR teams, raising the standard of HR delivery across the region
Ensure HR practices comply with local employment legislation across operating countries and with global company standards

Requirements

Degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline postgraduate qualification or IHRP certification an advantage
10 to 15 years of progressive HR leadership experience within multinational organisations
Substantial experience supporting manufacturing operations, including direct plant level exposure multi country manufacturing experience across Asia Pacific strongly preferred
Minimum 5 years in HR leadership roles, ideally within a matrix organisation
Exposure to markets across Asia Pacific experience supporting operations in North and Southeast Asia is an advantage
Experience supporting plant start ups, expansions, or restructuring is a plus
Proven change management capability and experience translating strategy into executable plans
Strong coaching, consulting, and stakeholder management skills at senior levels a strategic thinker who is equally comfortable on the shop floor as in the boardroom
Willingness to travel regionally

Application Procedures

Interested candidates are requested to submit their detailed resume in MS Word format directly to the handling consultant via the email address listed below.

Attention To: Michelle Koo Mei Shan
Email Address: [HIDDEN TEXT]
Agency Name: Achieve Career Consultant Pte Ltd
EA Licence No: 05C3451
EA Personnel Reg. No: R26162522

All applications will be handled in strict confidence. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Thank you for your interest in this opportunity.

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