HR Specialist – Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Development

APERION TECHNOLOGIES (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.; Batu Kawan; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

APERION TECHNOLOGIES (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. seeks an HR Specialist focused on Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Development to drive full lifecycle recruitment, campus hiring, and employer branding.

You will partner with department heads to build sustainable talent pipelines and coordinate high-volume recruitment efforts for production and non-production roles. You will develop strategies, manage relationships with universities and agencies, and lead campus events while maintaining accurate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HRM/Business Administration or related field.
• 3–5 years of recruitment or talent acquisition experience.
• Manufacturing or high-volume recruitment experience is advantageous.
• Experience organizing recruitment campaigns, open interviews, and campus activities.
• Strong knowledge of recruitment channels, employer branding, and talent acquisition.
• Strong communication, negotiation, coordination, stakeholder management, and reporting skills.
• Proactive, independent, results-driven, and capable of end-to-end recruitment planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve recruitment strategies, processes, procedures, and guidelines.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle including manpower planning, posting, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and hiring.
• Collaborate with department heads to understand workforce needs and priorities.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for production and non-production roles, graduates, interns, operators, and technicians.
• Establish relationships with universities, colleges, agencies, and other talent sources.
• Plan campus recruitment activities, career fairs, campus hiring, and graduate campaigns.
• Develop internship-to-employment pipelines and graduate hiring programs.
• Organize open interviews, walk-in campaigns, and high-volume hiring events.
• Coordinate events including venue, registrations, interview schedules, assessments, and on-site selections.
• Develop campaigns and explore sourcing approaches to improve turnout and conversion.
• Identify and manage recruitment channels such as JobStreet, LinkedIn, social media, agencies, referrals, partnerships.
• Strengthen employer branding through campaigns and online engagement.
• Maintain recruitment records, databases, reports, and documentation.
• Prepare reports on workforce requirements, vacancies, pipelines, attendance, conversion, costs, and time-to-fill.
• Track KPIs, analyze campaigns, and recommend improvements.
• Ensure compliance with employment regulations and company policies.
• Collaborate with HR to coordinate recruitment, onboarding, and deployment.
• Own and strengthen the recruitment function aligned with business needs.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Coordination

Stakeholder management

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

HR Specialist – Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Development

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Lead and strengthen the organisation's recruitment and talent acquisition function by developing effective hiring strategies, building sustainable talent pipelines, and delivering recruitment activities that support both production and non-production workforce requirements. This role will manage the full recruitment lifecycle, strengthen employer branding, develop external talent partnerships, and drive continuous improvements across recruitment operations and reporting.

Key responsibilities

Develop, implement, and continuously improve recruitment strategies, processes, procedures, and guidelines.

Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including manpower planning, job posting, candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offer negotiation, and hiring.

Work closely with department heads and hiring managers to understand workforce requirements and recruitment priorities.

Build and maintain sustainable talent pipelines for production, non-production, graduate, intern, operator, and technician positions.

Establish relationships with universities, colleges, vocational institutions, training centres, recruitment agencies, and other talent sources.

Plan and execute campus recruitment activities, career fairs, campus hiring, internship programmes, graduate recruitment campaigns, company presentations, and career talks.

Develop internship-to-employment and graduate hiring pipelines to support long-term workforce needs.

Plan, organise, and lead open interviews, walk-in recruitment campaigns, and other high-volume hiring activities.

Coordinate recruitment events, including venue arrangements, candidate registration, interview schedules, assessments, and on-the-spot selection.

Develop recruitment campaigns and explore innovative sourcing approaches to improve candidate turnout, interview conversion, and hiring results.

Identify, develop, and manage recruitment channels such as JobStreet, LinkedIn, social media, recruitment agencies, employee referrals, and institutional partnerships.

Strengthen employer branding through recruitment campaigns, career events, and online engagement.

Maintain accurate recruitment records, candidate databases, hiring reports, and recruitment documentation.

Prepare regular reports covering workforce requirements, vacancies, candidate pipelines, interview attendance, hiring conversion, recruitment costs, time-to-fill, and recruitment effectiveness.

Track recruitment KPIs, analyse campaign performance, and recommend practical improvements.

Ensure recruitment activities comply with applicable employment regulations and company policies.

Work collaboratively with the HR team to coordinate recruitment, onboarding, and workforce deployment.

Take ownership of strengthening the recruitment function and implementing initiatives aligned with business and workforce requirements.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or a related field.

Three to five years of relevant experience in recruitment or talent acquisition.

Experience in manufacturing or high-volume recruitment is advantageous.

Proven experience organising recruitment campaigns, open interviews, campus recruitment activities, or similar hiring events.

Strong knowledge of recruitment channels, candidate sourcing strategies, employer branding, and talent acquisition practices.

Strong communication, negotiation, coordination, stakeholder management, and reporting skills.

Proactive, independent, results-driven, and capable of managing recruitment activities from planning through execution.