Regional HR Manager - Premium Lifestyle & Consumer Goods

Regional HR Manager

This is a unique opportunity to join a global market leader in protective and safety equipment. With a rich history of over six decades, the company is renowned for fusing cutting-edge innovation, high-end design, and technical excellence. As the brand enters the ambitious new phase of global expansion, they are seeking a human resources leader to scale their regional presence and drive organisational excellence across Asia.

This is a strategic and hands-on leadership role responsible for steering the end-to-end People and HR strategy across the region. Acting as a primary business partner to regional leadership and the global HR organisation, this position bridges aggressive business growth ambitions with talent acquisition, organisational design, employee engagement, and operational rigour. This leader will be instrumental in building high-performing teams, ensuring robust compliance, and fostering an agile, inclusive, and performance-driven company culture.

Your mission and duties:

• Act as the primary HR strategic advisor to senior leadership, shaping the regional organisational structure to ensure it remains agile and fit for purpose as the company scales.
• Lead the maturation of the regional culture by implementing comprehensive retention strategies, fostering employee engagement, and spearheading high-impact Learning & Development (L&D) initiatives.
• Manage the full life-cycle of performance and talent development, including formalising succession planning, career development, and annual performance calibration cycles.
• Direct and professionalise the regional HR and administrative functions, drafting and enforcing standardised SOPs to ensure efficiency across all Asian business units.
• Act as the critical liaison between regional market hubs and global headquarters, ensuring consistent application of corporate values and alignment on global business objectives.
• Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing HR team, focusing on developing commercial awareness, functional expertise, and a "business-first" service mentality.
• Serve as the regional subject matter expert on local labour laws, ensuring absolute compliance within Hong Kong and navigating the diverse regulatory landscapes of other key Asian markets.
• Govern regional compensation and benefits frameworks, including market bench-marking, salary architecture, and annual incentive plan management.
• Champion HR transformation initiatives, leveraging workforce data and HR analytics to provide actionable insights that optimise operational efficiency and organisational health.
• Design and execute high-level sourcing and recruitment strategies to attract top-tier talent across all functions - including Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders on strategic headcount planning, providing market intelligence on competitive compensation trends and talent availability.
• Build a resilient, proactive talent engine, creating sustainable pipelines to facilitate the company’s long-term expansion goals and specialised hiring needs.

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• 10+ years of HR experience – ideally with business partnering, talent acquisition, organisational development experience and 5+ years in managerial level or above
• Experience working in international companies and regional scope, with knowledge across Asian labour regulations
• Background in premium or luxury retail will be a big plus
• System expertise across HRIS, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), and the ability to translate workforce data into actionable insights.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or similar discipline
• Excellent command of English. Fluency in Cantonese and/or Mandarin is considered a significant advantage.
• A proactive, "hands-on" executive who balances strategic vision with tactical execution and possesses strong cross-cultural interpersonal skills.

Interested parties please submit your CV to Vincent.chow@connectedgroup.com