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As a HR Business Partner for Asia Pacific, you operate at both a strategic and operational level to design and implement HR initiatives that foster the growth of the brand, its management, and the development of both our business and people. In your role as HR Business Partner for Asia Pacific, you are responsible for all office and store employees within your sales market(s).

What you will do:

• Strategic and operational partnering with business leaders to align HR approaches with business goals.
• Work alongside Global HR, & Other Stories and support in implementing various initiatives, both in the sales offices & stores.
• Drive organizational development, collaboration and change processes.
• Support with talent management processes such as competence development and succession planning according to current and future business needs.
• Ensure the quality in the recruitment and introduction process and act as support through the process and follow up when needed.
• Together with managers, ensure the quality of our processes for health, work environment and employee relations, including labour law.
• Plan & communicate on different yearly HR activities (goal setting, employee surveys, award procedures etc.) and follow up.
• Being a strong role model and ambassador for our values and culture.

Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for and how we act.

What you need to succeed

• Extensive experience in HR, talent management, or related roles, preferably within the fashion industry.
• A broad understanding of HR operations experience in the Korea, Singapore, and China markets, would be highly desirable.
• Strong in business acumen – can analyse HR data, identify opportunities and make informed decisions to strengthen talent management.
• You know how to plan long-term and make sure to keep a strategic perspective as well as being able to be hands on with daily operational tasks.
• You are a practical problem solver and to always balance the business perspective and the people perspective.
• You are organized, like taking own initiatives and drive things forward in an independent way.
• You are experienced in building trust and act with integrity in more challenging people related situations.
• You have a confident communication approach, tailored to many parts of the organisation from store level, to office leaders and our global office; being fluent in English.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time

This is a permanent position and we are flexible to consider employment based in either Seoul, Singapore or Shanghai under local employment terms.

Benefits

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP. You can read more about our H&M Incentive Program here.

In addition to this colleagues also receive:

• H&M Group staff discount
• Flexible work arrangements
• Celebration of Long Service Award
• HIP - H&M Incentive Program for Long service employee
• Childcare / Family Care Leave
• Health checkup
• Wellness benefit 
• Paid leave / Sick leave
• Volunteer benefit

*Entitlements will differ for different markets in which you are based.

Inclusion & Diversity  

At H&M Group, we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people who share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive as possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world, therefore all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.   

Company Description 

& Other Stories offers fashion-loving women a wide range of shoes, bags, accessories, beauty and ready-to-wear – all equally important for the whole look. We inspire women to create their own personal style and expression. Our ateliers design diverse collections with great attention to detail and quality, always with modern femininity in mind. Learn more about & Other Stories here.

In this role you will be able to take advantage of a hybrid working arrangement. You will have the flexibility to work both remotely and, from the office, as and when required. While remote working is an integral part of our part of our offer, occasional office presence will be required to foster strong collaborations and team work.

Ready to apply? Click on the I’M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we have received your application, we will keep you updated regularly about the status of your application so please look out for our email.

Please note this position is offered on a local contract, therefore you should have the legal right to work in either South Korea, Singapore or China before applying. Other candidates are welcome to register their interest and we will keep you in mind for future opportunities.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!