As a division of the Sappi Group, Sappi Trading is an international company with sales operations around the globe specializing in dissolving wood pulp and paper businesses. As a global producer, Sappi Trading operates a worldwide network for the sale and distribution of its products outside the core operating regions of North America, Europe and Southern Africa.

People are the key to our success. We recruit quality people and offer professional training and life-enriching career opportunities to committed and talented individuals. If you share our passion, we invite you to apply for the job opening.

Responsibilities:

• Execute full spectrum of human resources operation services
• Coordinate with internal and external parties to ensure excellent execution of human resources initiatives and projects
• Provide HR support services to regional offices including Hong Kong, Australia, Shanghai, Singapore, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Kenya, South Africa, USA and Vienna
• Advise and interact with all levels of managements concerning projects, policies and operational decisions
• Partner with business unit heads and managers on manpower management to align with business development plans, analyse current manpower inventory and recommend future headcount forecast
• Lead the recruitment cycle from staff requisition until staff on-boarding
• Manage the employee life cycle from on-boarding to off-boarding including employment, re-designation, promotion, transfer and cessation
• Attend to the full transaction cycle of payroll administration, pension contribution, tax reporting and benefits renewal
• Lead annual salary review, submit pay proposal and coordinate management approval
• Review position descriptions and conduct job evaluations
• Conduct market surveys and job pricing
• Coordinate with Finance to manage budget plans
• Manage expatriates salaries, benefits and retirement fund administration and international assignments
• Facilitate leadership development and talent management
• Facilitate the performance management process and execute performance improvement plan
• Partner with Global HR team to roll out employee engagement surveys and conduct focus group discussions to collect feedback on feasible action plans
• Participate in the implementation and development of in-house system projects
• Manage projects of varying scope and complexity and participate in task forces, teams and other groups to achieve business goals when required
• Manage any ad hoc projects as required

Competencies:

• Strong leadership, management, planning and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact with people at different level from different cultures
• Strong critical thinking and decision making skills
• Independent, proactive, forward thinking and attentive to details
• Figure-oriented, analytical, assertive and detail conscious

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree or above in Human Resources or related disciplines
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience gained in sizable multi-national organization of which at least 5 years at a managerial level
• Hands-on HR experience with sound knowledge of HR best practices
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in English, Cantonese and Putonghua
• Excel, PowerPoint and Word proficiency
• Experience in SAP HR system an advantage

Our Hong Kong office is located in the business centre of Kwun Tong, 3-minute walk from the Kwun Tong MTR Station.

We offer 5-day work week, attractive salary and fringe benefits to the right candidate. Interested parties please send detailed resume with expected salary and contact number by clicking “APPLY NOW”.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Personal data collected will be treated in strict confidence and used for recruitment purpose only. Applicants not invited for interview within 1 month may consider their applications unsuccessful. Personal data will be destroyed at any time after 12 months.