HR Generalist

About This Role

As the HR Generalist for Australasia, you will act as a strategic partner to business leaders, providing expert guidance on talent, organisational effectiveness, workforce planning, employee engagement, and culture initiatives. You will influence leadership decisions through data-driven insights, lead talent and succession planning initiatives, drive employee development programs, and foster a positive employee experience.

Responsibilities

• Implement HR programs and policies with an on-time and high-quality manner in Australasia client groups, including but not limited to Performance Management Process, annual compensation review, talent review, employee training, DE&I etc.
• Provide high-quality local employee services in line with regional policy and guidance including payroll implementation, onboarding & offboarding, employee's data and file management, with continuous improvement mindset.
• Liaise with the Australasia HR Leader in annual talent review and calibration session to create solid development & retention plan for top talents and build succession plan for leadership and critical roles
• Work with business and functional team leaders to foster a positive and inclusive working environment, enhance employees' engagement via solid action plan per annual engagement survey result.
• Plan and customize employee capability development solutions and programs for client groups to enhance team effectiveness, collaboration and performance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to employees and managers on HR related issues, including employee attrition, conflict resolution and employee relations.
• Ensure compliance with all local applicable labor laws and regulations as well as company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Industrial Relations, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 - 8 years of experience in a Human Resources Generalist, HR Business Partner, or HR Advisor role within a multinational organisation, preferably supporting manufacturing, industrial or engineering.
• Strong knowledge of Australian employment legislation, including the Fair Work Act, National Employment Standards (NES), Modern Awards, and workplace compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience managing the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, employee development, and offboarding.
• Proven employee relations experience, including performance improvement processes, workplace investigations, disciplinary matters, grievances, conflict resolution, and employee retention initiatives.
• Experience working with Enterprise Agreements (EBA/EA), award interpretation, workforce consultation processes, and unionised work environments will be highly regarded.
• Solid understanding of remuneration and benefits administration, annual salary review processes, market benchmarking, and incentive programs.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation.