Senior Recruiter, APAC

SGS; Shah Alam; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS is seeking an experienced Senior Recruiter to own full-cycle recruitment across APAC for senior and leadership roles, coordinating intake, sourcing, interviews, offers and onboarding handover. You will partner with hiring managers and HRBPs to clarify requirements, map talent, and share market insights to enable timely decisions, while ensuring compliant processes.

The role involves proactive sourcing, building pipelines, managing an APAC talent pool, and driving TA projects including

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in HR, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of recruiting experience with a track record for senior/leadership hires.
• Experience recruiting across APAC markets is strongly preferred.
• Fluent in English; Chinese/Japanese/Korean language capability is a plus.
• Headhunting or strong direct sourcing capability preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruitment for senior and leadership roles across APAC.
• Partner with hiring managers and HRBPs to clarify requirements and build assessment plans.
• Proactively source and map talent for hard-to-fill roles; build pipelines.
• Manage talent pools and engage in ongoing pipeline reviews.
• Support TA projects, process optimization, and digitalization efforts; ensure compliant processes.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategy

Talent mapping

Full-cycle recruitment

Interviewing

Onboarding handover

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

ATS

Job description

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 93,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,400 offices and laboratories around the world.

Job Description

• End-to-end senior hiring across APAC: Own full-cycle recruitment for senior and leadership roles across multiple APAC countries, including intake, sourcing strategy, longlisting, interviews, offer management, and onboarding handover.
• Stakeholder partnership: Partner with hiring managers and HRBPs to clarify requirements, build assessment plans, and provide market insights (talent availability, compensation ranges, competitor mapping) to drive timely decisions.
• Proactive sourcing & talent mapping: Develop and execute sourcing strategies for hard-to-fill senior roles using direct search, referrals, networking, and targeted outreach; build pipelines for priority functions and geographies.
• Talent pool management: Build and maintain a high-quality APAC talent pool for priority senior roles through ongoing engagement, pipeline nurturing, and periodic talent reviews; ensure readiness for future hiring needs.
• TA projects & continuous improvement: Support regional TA initiatives such as process optimization, AI and digitalization, ATS/reporting enhancement, interview capability building, and employer branding activities; contribute to standardization and best-practice sharing across APAC.
• Process, compliance & reporting: Ensure recruiting processes comply with local labor practices and internal policies across markets; maintain accurate ATS data and provide regular updates on pipeline, time-to-fill, and hiring risks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above; HR, Business, or related major preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of recruiting experience, with a proven track record hiring senior / leadership roles.
• Experience recruiting across multiple countries/markets in APAC is strongly preferred.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written). Chinese / Japanese / Korean language capability is a strong plus.
• Headhunting / search firm background or strong direct sourcing capability preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management, structured search skills, and ability to operate in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement

SGS is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.