LUXASIA is the leading and largest beauty omnichannel brand-builder of Asia Pacific. Since 1986, it has successfully enabled market entry and brand growth for more than 100 luxury beauty brands, the likes of Albion, Aveda, Bvlgari, Calvin Klein, Creed, Diptyque, Hermes, La Prairie, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Montblanc, Rabanne, Ferragamo, and SK-II. LUXASIA has established Joint Ventures with the likes of LVMH Group, Revlon (for Elizabeth Arden), Puig, Shiseido, and Orveon (for Laura Mercier).  The Group's integrated brand-building capabilities include luxury retail, online commerce, consumer marketing & analytics, and supply chain management. LUXASIA is powered by a diverse and dynamic #OneTeam of 2700 talents across a growing footprint of 15 markets.

Why Join Us?

At LUXASIA, we believe there is beauty within every talent – that is you.

We grow you by building your competencies and unleashing your potential. We have curated a vast portfolio of over 100 luxury brands across Asia Pacific and growing. Your work will enrich the lives of millions of consumers across the region. With us, you get to be an entrepreneur, running the business like it is your very own. We give you autonomy but not without guidance and genuine care. We are a diverse and inclusive team that is courageously innovative. Together as #OneTeam, we celebrate differences, embrace change, explore new ideas, take risks, fail fast, and drive results. While challenges at work are inevitable, the journey promises to be fulfilling.

With LUXASIA, an exciting career filled with robust professional growth awaits you. Isn’t that beautiful?

Position Purpose

Reporting to the Country Talent & Excitement Lead (Country HR Lead), your role will drive the operational and strategic aspects of human resources, aligning talent management initiatives with the business objectives for LUXASIA's Joint Venture entities and other LUXASIA functions in Malaysia. You will play a crucial role in cultivating a positive, high-performance culture, ensuring adherence to labor laws, and supporting our trajectory of growth.

Responsibilities:

Business Partnership & Strategic HR

• Serve as the trusted HR partner to business leaders, aligning people strategies with business objectives and organizational priorities.
• Partner with leaders on workforce planning, organization effectiveness, talent development, succession planning and team capability building.
• Provide strategic and practical HR advice to managers on employee lifecycle, people matters and organizational challenges.
• Support leaders in driving high-performing teams and fostering a positive employee experience.

Employee Experience & Employee Relations

• Lead the end-to-end employee experience across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding through exit management.
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing and recognition initiatives in partnership with the Talent Acquisition & Employee Experience team.
• Coach managers on employee relations matters, including performance management, grievances, disciplinary cases, domestic inquiries and misconduct investigations.
• Promote a positive workplace culture that reinforces collaboration, inclusion and the 'One Team' mindset.

HR Operations & Operational Excellence

• Ensure effective delivery of day-to-day HR operations while continuously improving service quality, efficiency and employee experience.
• Drive operational excellence by reviewing, simplifying and improving HR processes and ways of working.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, company policies and Company HR guidelines.
• Partner with relevant internal stakeholders to ensure timely execution of employee lifecycle processes and statutory requirements.

Talent & Organization Development

• Support talent management, learning and development, succession planning and organizational development initiatives.
• Identify organizational capability gaps and recommend appropriate HR interventions to enhance team effectiveness and business performance.
• Support change management initiatives and organizational transformation projects where required.

HR Analytics & Workforce Planning

• Support manpower planning, organization structure reviews and workforce budgeting.
• Monitor and analyze HR metrics (e.g., headcount, turnover, absenteeism, employee relations trends) to provide insights and recommendations to business leaders.
• Support annual salary review, bonus planning and people-related budgeting activities.

Requirements:

• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Psychology or HR related discipline; or an equivalent blend of relevant education and professional experience that supports successful job performance.
• Minimum 6 to 8 years’ experience in a HR Business Partner role or full spectrum of human resource functions; preferably in a multinational or luxury retail environment.
• Proactive and not afraid to get into the details to get things done.
• Good knowledge of local labor legislation and industrial acts.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to lead and manage change in organizations.
• Self-starter, energetic, positive and strong problem-solving skills driven by data, business acumen and meticulous.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced work environment, adapt to changing priorities, and deliver results under pressure.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including advanced functions such as VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and more.

Do you have what it takes to succeed in a fast-paced and intense environment? Do you thrive on challenges? Do you want to bring innovative ideas to life? Are you keen to abandon the status quo, try new things, embrace failures as lessons, recover fast, yet always pursue excellence?

If so, you are the one we are looking for. JOIN US and let’s grow together.

Championing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

LUXASIA aspires to build a One Team of talents that reflects the diversity of the communities in our operating markets. LUXASIA is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, marital status, or any other characteristics as provided by law.

To explore other careers opportunities, visit our careers page @ https://www.luxasia.com/careers/

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We regret to inform you that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you.

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By proceeding with your application, you confirm that you have read LUXASIA's recruitment privacy notice [https://www.luxasia.com/recruitment-privacy-notice/] and consent to the LUXASIA group collecting, processing and disclosing your personal data for purposes specified in the notice.

Note to Staffing Agencies

Please DO NOT contact LUXASIA’s employees or Talent & Excitement (T&E) team in an attempt to present candidates for our roles. LUXASIA has our own panel of appointed agencies that we work with. Any agency who is interested to work with us must obtain prior written approval from LUXASIA’s T&E team before you submit candidates’ resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. LUXASIA will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Thank you for your understanding.