Assistant Manager - Human Resources (Shah Alam)

The HR Assistant Manager supports the overall HR function by managing day-to-day operations, ensuring compliance with HR policies, and driving key HR initiatives. This role assists in recruitment, employee relations, performance management, HR administration, and HR reporting to ensure smooth and efficient HR delivery across the organisationn.

Responsibilities

• Support full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding.
• Coordinate with hiring managers on manpower needs to ensure timely hiring.
• Manage job postings, candidate pipelines, and recruitment trackers.
• Act as a point of contact for employee queries and concerns.
• Support investigations for complaints, misconduct, and disciplinary matters.
• Assist in planning engagement activities, townhalls, surveys, and welfare programmes.
• Oversee HR records, personnel files, contracts, confirmation, and movement letters.
• Support performance management cycles including KPI tracking, reviews, and documentation.
• Follow up on performance improvement plans and development actions.
• Support salary benchmarking, annual increments, and bonus exercises.
• Ensure compliance with labour laws and internal HR policies.
• Assist in drafting, updating, and communicating HR policies and SOPs.
• Support HR reporting, analytics, dashboards, and management updates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 4–6 years of HR generalist experience, preferably at senior executive or assistant manager level.
• Strong understanding of Malaysian labour laws and HR best practices.
• Good communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive, organised, and capable of handling both operational and advisory HR tasks.
• Experience with HRIS and recruitment tools is an advantage.