HR & Admin Manager

Filtrona; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An international company is seeking a qualified HR & Admin Manager in Dubai. The role involves overseeing HR initiatives, providing leadership, and ensuring compliance with UAE labor regulations. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 8 years of HR experience, including site leadership, and possess a BA/BS degree along with HR certifications. Responsibilities include managing talent acquisition, workforce planning, and government relations. This position offers competitive salary and benefits in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of HR experience with 2 years in site HR leadership roles.
• Extensive knowledge of UAE labor law and JAFZA regulations.
• Experience in managing employee visa application process.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR leadership and expertise across all core areas.
• Lead workforce planning and talent acquisition processes.
• Ensure compliance with UAE labor laws and manage government interactions.

Skills

HR leadership

Compliance knowledge

Change management

Critical thinking

Education

BA/BS degree

SHRM or PHR Certificate

Job description

About Filtrona

Filtrona is the only global, independent market leader in the design, testing and manufacturing of specialist filter solutions and related scientific services. With a head office in Singapore, Filtrona has 9 manufacturing facilities across Europe, America, and Asia, together with 2 innovation centres, an accredited laboratory and a Centre of Excellence focused on sustainability. The company has 2,000 employees serving customers across 120 countries.

Our purpose is to support partners to transform and benefit from business growth; we succeed when they succeed. Our mission is to be a responsible, customer-focused innovation leader creating excellence in sustainable solutions for today and tomorrow.

For more information, please visit www.filtrona.com

Role and Responsibilities

We are looking for a result driven and confident qualified Human Resources (HR) & Admin Manager, with business partnering skills, to oversee full spectrum of Human Resources and Administrative services. Reporting directly to the HR Business Partner, Global Operations and functionally to the Site Leader, the HR & Admin Manager is responsible for creating and administering HR and admin initiatives that align with business objectives plant-wide, and foster a safe, positive, productive, and engaging work environment.

The incumbent will:

• Provide HR leadership and expertise across all core areas including talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation and benefits, training, and organizational change management.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the General Manager and department heads to drive site KPIs and activities.
• Lead workforce planning in collaboration with site leadership to ensure optimal staffing levels and talent allocation aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate with the global HR team to support functional processes such as performance management, talent development, and compensation planning.
• Serve as the primary HR point of contact for employees, people managers, and global leaders, providing guidance on HR policies, processes and employee engagement.
• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition, onboarding, and the onboarding & integration of new hires; ensure robust plans to attract diverse talents; build a talent pipeline and drive engagement initiatives.
• Ensuring accurate and timely processing of payroll, including the funding of all payroll deductions to third parties and tax authorities.
• Utilize data to drive decision making, applying lean principles to analyze people trends and analytics to enhance solutions, processes and policies that address current issues and mitigate future risk.
• Drive local implementation of global HR projects in a timely and efficient manner.
• Provide guidance and input on organizational structure, workforce planning and succession planning.
• Stay abreast of UAE labor laws and JAFZA regulations, ensuring compliance and effective management of labor relations and audits.
• Manage all HR and admin related government interactions, including visa processing, PRO services and licensing within JAFZA.

Key Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of HR experience with 2 years in site HR leadership roles supporting about 70 employees’ size, and manufacturing experience is a must.
• BA/BS degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• SHRM or PHR Certificate
• Ability to deliver change management programs.
• Extensive knowledge of UAE labor law, Jafza employment related regulation and policies.
• Experienced in managing employee visa application process.
• Experienced in PRO service, license registration and renewal in Jafza.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking abilities that demonstrate a high competence in organizational decision making.
• Experience of working in well-established global multinationals with matrix reporting structures.
• Aptitude of coaching teams and providing feedback, partnering with leaders on all aspects of employee relations and responsibility of all employee actions