HR Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on HR Manager to lead HR across Hinomi and serve as a trusted link between management and employees. Your focus will be to strengthen HR processes and policies, improve hiring speed and quality, and build practical performance management, compensation and incentive frameworks.

Working closely with managers in a lean team, you will take ownership from design through implementation, ensuring HR practices are clear, consistently applied and aligned with business needs. You will help create a workplace where people understand expectations, feel valued, and choose to stay and grow.

Key Responsibilities

HR Processes and Policies

• Review existing HR practices and establish clear, practical workflows, responsibilities and approvals across the employee lifecycle.

• Develop and implement employee handbooks and policies, including employee communication, manager guidance and regular reviews of how policies are applied.

• Coordinate location-specific requirements with relevant stakeholders and professional advisers while maintaining consistent company principles.

• Oversee core HR operations, employee records and data confidentiality, and coordinate payroll inputs and reviews with Finance and service providers.

Recruitment and Onboarding

• Partner with management and department heads to define staffing needs, hiring priorities and consistent selection standards.

• Manage end-to-end recruitment, personally drive key hires, and improve hiring efficiency and quality through effective sourcing and assessment.

• Work with hiring managers to deliver effective onboarding, clear probation objectives and timely reviews of new-hire performance.

Performance Management

• Build and implement a practical performance management framework aligned with business objectives.

• Coach managers on goal setting, regular feedback, consistent evaluations and performance improvement.

• Connect performance outcomes with development, promotion and reward decisions, and refine the process after each cycle.

Compensation and Incentives

• Review and improve salary, bonus and incentive arrangements with management and Finance, balancing internal fairness, market competitiveness and affordability.

• Develop clear incentive measures, calculation methods and approval processes, and coordinate salary reviews.

• Implement approved arrangements, communicate them clearly, and assess their cost and effectiveness.

Employee Relations and Team Support

• Advise managers and employees on HR matters, handle concerns with discretion and sound judgment, and support employee retention.

• Coordinate HR support for international teams and work with local stakeholders and service providers as needed.

• Coach HR team members, clarify responsibilities and monitor delivery quality; provide management with concise updates on key people matters and HR progress.

Requirements

• At least five years of relevant HR experience, including independent responsibility for a broad range of HR activities.

• Strong practical experience in Singapore HR operations and working knowledge of applicable employment requirements.

• Demonstrated experience building or improving HR processes and employee handbooks, with responsibility for implementation.

• Practical experience implementing performance management and designing or improving compensation or incentive arrangements through to implementation.

• Proven ability to manage recruitment independently and work effectively with hiring managers.

• A hands-on approach, sound judgment and strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive improvements in a lean team and coach HR colleagues.

• Strong written and spoken English and proficiency with HR systems and spreadsheets. Experience supporting international teams is an advantage.

• A degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.