HR Manager

*** OVERVIEW OF POSITION:
To support Board of Directors in all HR's matters by ensuring that HR strategies, processes and practices contribute to overall business development
*** Responsibilities:
1. Recruitment, Selection and Placement
• Supervise the recruiting team and report on its performance
• Keep track of recruiting metrics (e.g. time-to-hire and cost-per-hire)
• Implement new sourcing methods
• Research and choose job advertising options
• Advise hiring managers on interviewing techniques
• Recommend ways to improve the employer brand
• Coordinate with department managers to forecast future hiring needs
• Stay up-to-date on labour legislation and inform recruiters and managers about changes in regulations
• Participate in job fairs and career events
• Measure and evaluate metrics on funnel hiring and other related jobs.
• Build the company's professional network through relationships with HR professionals, colleges and other partners
• Provide new employee orientation program for new hires and new promoted staff
• Monitor probation period to integrate new hires with store team until line manager confirm pass probation.
2. Employee development
• Provide meaningful, pertinent, innovative development programs
• Foster an environment of life-long learning
• Formulate, develop, update, administer the performance appraisal system
3. Labour/Employee relations
• Provide guidance regarding employee assessment, discipline and termination
• Investigate harassment complaints and/or coordinate investigation; provide the Board of Directors with recommendations for appropriate action
• Ensure application of Labour Code and Company Policy
• Maintain contacts with related local authorities
4. Compensation and Benefits
• Coordinate the Company job evaluation/compensation systems
• Maintain and be accountable for a comprehensive employee benefit program
• Cascade and consult stores on C&B related policies (monthly payroll, annual merit increase, 13th salary, personal income tax, C&B policies); provide feedback of stores to C&B team.
• Provide inputs for C&B team to build up competitive remuneration structure.
5. Human Resource Management and Administration
• Provide leadership, guidance, advice, direction and support to the HR team members
• Administer the annual HR operating budgets
• Monitor the effectiveness of HR policies and recommend changes as appropriate
• Develop and implement, with the HR team, the HR strategic plan
• Provide information, statistics and reports as requested
• Ensuring development and training policies reflect the long term needs of the Company
• Creation and application of employee retention programs
6. Other tasks/ HR projects as assigned by General Manager from time to time.