Reporting Relationship : Managing Director of Hong Kong

Responsibilities:

•  the HR Director will be responsible for all HR activities related to the China and Hong Kong operation.

•  S/He will lead the Hong Kong and China based HR teams.

•  As part of his/her daily duties, the HR Director will be responsible for developing, defining and managing the overall HR structures.

•  S/He will be tasked with implementing and fine-tuning an all-encompassing human resources management function that is aligned with the business strategies, and partnering to achieve set business objectives.

•  The role will revolve around day-to-day personnel management, as well as longer-term, more strategic aspects.

•  The main tasks of the Human Resources Director will be to develop and implement human resources, training, development, recruitment, organizational and personnel policies and strategies.

•  There will be a strong focus on strategic issues – the HR strategy as dictated by the business needs, broader HR and organizational planning, leadership development and how to prepare the organization and the people in order to achieve business goals.

•  To develop and communicate HR vision and strategy for its China and Hong Kong operation.

•  To participate in the strategic decision making process and provide input in the area of people management.

•  To create HR objectives to support business objectives. Create and track appropriate measures that reflect HR's contribution to the businesses, starting with the customer and including financial, operational and people issues.

•  To motivate and manage a team of HR professionals and provide them with guidance in the various areas of HR.

•  To design HR policies and programs to meet business and HR objectives.

•  To ensure consistency in implementation of policies and programs across the region, and measure effectiveness of HR programs and policies by on-going review and obtaining customer feedback.

•  To identify employee needs, to ensure that people programs are balanced in the way necessary to take the organization forward successfully.

•  To manage and maintain relationships with division heads to ensure that people needs and issues in the businesses are being addressed.

•  To identify and coach potential leaders, and help equip the team with skills and abilities necessary to tale the organizations forward successfully.

•  To keep the HR team members informed about Corporate and business initiatives, and the impact on the requirements of the HR function, and to prioritise activities to support the achievement of set goals.

•  To manage all aspects of the reward and recognition necessary to reinforce and communicate important messages about performance and organizational directions / values.

Qualifications :

•  The ideal candidate will be an experienced PRC National human resources professional with a minimum of 8-10+ years' experience with at least 3-5 years experience with a multinational operation in China .

•  The incumbent will also have 3-5 years' experience in a corporate HR management role with exposure to running the HR function in a substantial commercial operation.

•  The HR Director, China & Hong Kong must have a good awareness of the China market, and successful experience running an HR function for a multinational firm in China .

•  S/He must have a proven track record in working with and understanding the points of view of the Chinese and expatriate employees.

•  The incumbent will have a solid background in human resources management, and technical / specialized knowledge in the areas of recruitment process, learning and development, performance management systems and processes, rewards and compensations systems/processes, etc..

•  It is essential the candidate have worked in a computerized HR environment, and be computer / Internet literate.

•  S/He will have good interpersonal and communication skills; be a proactive, approachable and supportive individual; with a high degree of maturity; good supervisory skills; and a western mindset.

•  The HR Director must be able to lead, initiate and identify issues, seek resolution and then solve problems.

•  There is a need for an assertive, strategic perspective, a solid understanding of business, and good leadership and facilitation qualities.

•  The individual must be the type of person to form and present his or her own view or opinion, and be a bit of a risk taker (within reason).

•  The candidate will be a very open and down-to-earth person with the capability to adapt to the corporate culture.

•  The individual's fit with the company culture will be a deciding factor for the individual's success within the organization.

•  The incumbent must have good relationship building, dialogue, presentation, networking, influencing, persuading and communication skills.

•  The ideal profile will be a PRC National Chinese with the minimum of a university education.

•  It is essential the individual have very good written, spoken and presentation skills in English and Mandarin.

•  It is expected that candidates will be in their early to mid 30s