Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for independently working and leading the HR operations, excluding Payroll in South Korea (and Japan in the near future)
• Serve as advisor and partner with leaders and employees in improving the quality of HR operations and its best practices to ensure an effective and consistent process
• Work closely with regional and local HRBPs to identify, streamline & provide effective & optimized HR operations
• Ensure all life cycles of people’s experience are flawlessly executed and smoothly delivered
• Identifies, designs, improves and delivers country-specific in the areas of HR operations - management of compensation and benefits, employee related documents and data, on/offboarding, statutory training, support of administrative process for training by governmental subsidy, all reports to government offices, Win-Win committee (labor-management council), hiring support, etc. (*but not limited to)
• In partnership with Centers of Excellence (COE; Talent Acquisition, Compensation & Benefits, Talent, Engagement & Development)s, deploys tools, resources and processes to enhance the people experience
• Drive and support a variety of local/global level of projects where needed
• Conduct local level of regular HR audits to ensure integrity and quality of personnel and organizational data in cooperation with stakeholders
• Generate a variety of reports if requested
• Assist with EHRBP on HR issues including policies, procedures, practices
• Ensures all practices adhere to the utmost integrity and compliance in all regulatory matters

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, law or related field
• 5-7 years of Human Resources experience, across different aspects of the HR function for large and/or multinational company
• Must have at least 3 years of experience in Compensation and Benefit (plus 2 years in HR Generalist) - should be confident on data analytics (excel gig)
• Experience of HR generalist in Japan or regional HR role covering Japan and South Korea is highly preferred
• Comprehensive knowledge of HR best practices across compensation and benefits, talent acquisition, and administrative reports and process to government offices, etc.
• In-depth understanding of labor related laws (e.g. Labor Standard Act, Act on the Protection of Fixed-Term and Part-time Employees, Equal Employment Opportunity and Work-Family Balance Assistance Act, Act on the Guarantee of Employees’ Retirement Benefits, Income Tax Act, Fair Hiring Procedure Act, etc.) regulations, procedures, and HR issues
• Proactive problem solver, ability to make day-to-day decisions, resourceful, demonstrates initiative, have a can-do attitude
• Willing to learn by doing in a fast-growing environment by leading and/or participating in various local/regional/global projects
• Has a strong mindset with resilience
• Enjoy the challenges
• Solid IT skills, including use of SAP or other similar HR databases, MS Office and Google Suite
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with different levels in the organization
• Fluent in Korean, English and Japanese (multilingual)