Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Monroe Consulting Group; Malaysia; Vor Ort; MYR 180.000 - 280.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Monroe Consulting Group, an Executive Recruitment firm, partners with an organisation in the Industrial industry to hire a Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition - Malaysia. This opportunity is based in Penang, Malaysia.

Lead the Malaysia Talent Acquisition function to ensure talent and recruitment capability supports business growth. Drive excellence through leadership, data-driven decisions, stakeholder partnership, process improvement and TA transformation initiatives.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field.
• 12+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including at least 3 years in a people management or recruitment leadership role.
• Experience leading and developing a TA team and managing high-volume and professional/technical recruitment.
• Strong understanding of the Malaysia talent market with manufacturing/engineering exposure preferred.

Aufgaben

• Lead the Malaysia TA team and own recruitment delivery across Malaysia.
• Translate workforce plans into effective hiring, sourcing and resource strategies.
• Develop talent pipelines for critical and difficult-to-fill roles.
• Use data to provide clear, fact-based recommendations and mitigate delivery risks.
• Drive recruitment process improvements, automation and governance.

Kenntnisse

TA leadership

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

High-volume recruitment

Engineering recruitment

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Tools

ATS experience

Jobbeschreibung

Monroe Consulting Group, an Executive Recruitment firm, is partnering with an organisation in the Industrial industry to hire a Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition - Malaysia.

This opportunity is based in Penang, Malaysia.

Position Overview

Lead the Malaysia Talent Acquisition function, ensuring the organisation has the talent and recruitment capability required to support business growth and workforce priorities. This role will drive recruitment excellence through leadership, data-driven decision making, stakeholder partnership, process improvement and talent acquisition transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

1. TA Leadership & Recruitment Delivery

• Lead, coach and develop the Malaysia TA team, building a high-performing, accountable and business-oriented recruitment function.
• Own recruitment delivery across Malaysia, covering high-volume, engineering, technical, professional and leadership hiring.
• Translate workforce plans and business priorities into effective hiring, sourcing and resource strategies.
• Manage recruiter capacity, workload and priorities to ensure resources are focused on the most critical business needs.
• Develop recruiters to operate as trusted TA advisor rather than order takers, strengthening capability in sourcing, analytic and stakeholder management.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for critical and difficult-to-fill roles.

2. Business Partnership & Data-Driven Influence

• Serve as a trusted TA partner to business and HR leadership.
• Use recruitment data, talent market intelligence, pipeline health, recruiter capacity and sourcing performance to provide clear, fact-based recommendations.
• Constructively challenge hiring priorities, requirements or timelines when the data indicates delivery risk, while proposing practical alternatives.
• Proactively identify recruitment risks and clearly communicate the business impact and recommended actions.
• Partner with stakeholders to establish realistic priorities where hiring demand exceeds TA capacity or talent availability.
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships while having the confidence to professionally challenge assumptions when required.

3. Recruitment Performance & Continuous Improvement

• Monitor key TA metrics including time-to-fill, requisition ageing, pipeline health, offer acceptance, source effectiveness, recruiter productivity and cost-per-hire.
• Use recruitment analytic to identify bottlenecks and drive improvements in hiring performance.
• Drive sourcing effectiveness, recruitment marketing and appropriate use of recruitment agencies and external partners.
• Lead recruitment process improvement, automation and technology initiatives that reduce manual work and improve efficiency.
• Ensure recruitment practices meet company policies, governance, data privacy and applicable employment requirements.

Key Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, including at least 3 years in a people management or recruitment leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience leading, coaching and developing a TA team.
• Strong experience managing both high-volume and professional/technical recruitment.
• Strong understanding of the Malaysia talent market; experience in manufacturing, engineering or another operationally intensive environment is preferred.
• Regional or multi-country TA exposure is an advantage.

Technical / Functional Expertise

• Strong business acumen with demonstrated ability to influence and constructively challenge stakeholders using data and market insights.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate recruitment metrics into meaningful business insights and actions.
• Experience in recruitment process improvement, automation, ATS or recruitment technology implementation.
• Expertise in workforce planning, talent sourcing, recruitment delivery and talent pipeline development.
• Proficiency in recruitment analytic, talent market intelligence, pipeline health assessment, recruiter capacity planning and sourcing performance analysis.
• Experience driving recruitment marketing initiatives and managing recruitment agencies and external partners.
• Strong knowledge of governance, data privacy and employment-related recruitment requirements.

Soft Skills & Leadership Competencies

• Proven people leadership with the ability to coach, develop and build high-performing teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering capabilities.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across all organisational levels.
• Ability to constructively challenge stakeholders while maintaining strong professional relationships.
• Strong change management and continuous improvement mindset.
• Solution-oriented approach with the confidence to make data-driven recommendations and decisions.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and align recruitment strategies with business objectives.