Talent Acquisition Leader: Manufacturing & Engineering

XP Power; Seri Iskandar; On-site; MYR 112,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

XP Power in Seri Iskandar, Perak, is seeking a senior Talent Acquisition Leader to drive end-to-end recruitment for DL, IDL, technicians, engineers and professionals. You will lead workforce planning, direct sourcing, and negotiation of offers, while building local talent pipelines with Perak universities and TVET institutions.

The role requires extensive manufacturing recruitment experience, strong stakeholder management, and on-site presence to support plant expansion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
• At least 10 years of talent acquisition experience, including 5 years leading a recruitment team or function.
• Manufacturing recruitment experience across high-volume production, technical, engineering and professional hiring.
• Strong direct sourcing, structured interviewing, offer negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting plant expansion or workforce ramp-up; familiarity with Perak’s talent market preferred.
• Effective English and Bahasa Malaysia communication; able to work on-site in Seri Iskandar, Perak, and travel for recruitment activities.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end recruitment for DL, IDL, technicians, engineers, professionals and management roles.
• Workforce planning: Align hiring priorities and joining timelines with approved headcount, production demand and plant growth.
• Hands-on sourcing: Fill critical roles through direct search, referrals, recruitment platforms and specialist partners.
• Selection and offers: Agree role requirements, lead structured selection and negotiate offers within approved salary ranges.
• Production hiring: Lead high-volume recruitment campaigns aligned with operational needs and training capacity.
• Local talent pipelines: Build partnerships in Perak with universities, polytechnics and TVET institutions.
• Employer branding: Strengthen campus recruitment, graduate pipelines, referrals and candidate engagement and experience
• Recruitment leadership: Coach recruiters, guide hiring managers and manage agency delivery to resolve hiring bottlenecks.
• Hiring effectiveness: Improve time-to-fill, offer acceptance, joining rates, sourcing quality and recruitment cost while maintaining fair, ethical selection.

Skills

Direct sourcing

Structured interviewing

Offer negotiation

Stakeholder management

Recruitment leadership

Talent acquisition strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources

Job description

XP Power in Seri Iskandar, Perak, is seeking a senior Talent Acquisition Leader to drive end-to-end recruitment for DL, IDL, technicians, engineers and professionals. You will lead workforce planning, direct sourcing, and negotiation of offers, while building local talent pipelines with Perak universities and TVET institutions.

The role requires extensive manufacturing recruitment experience, strong stakeholder management, and on-site presence to support plant expansion.