Head of Human Resources (FMCG / Pharma Industry)

HRTx Inc.; Calamba; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HRTx Inc. in Calamba, Laguna seeks an HR Head to provide strategic leadership across the full spectrum of Human Resources.

The role requires a strategic and commercially minded HR leader with extensive experience partnering with executives, complemented by a strong background in labor relations and employee relations in large-scale organizations. The role emphasizes advising senior leadership, coordinating union matters, and driving workforce planning, organizational development, and compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Psychology/HR/Business Admin or related field.
• 15+ years of progressive HR experience in senior leadership roles.
• Extensive expertise in talent acquisition, compensation, employee relations, and compliance.
• Strategic leadership able to advise C-suite and top management.
• Strong labor relations, union engagement, and collective bargaining experience.
• Experience in large FMCG/pharma/manufacturing environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall HR function and people strategy aligned with business goals.
• Counsel top management on workforce strategy and labor matters.
• Oversee HR functions, policies, and processes across the organization.
• Drive labor relations strategy, union negotiations, and CBA administration.
• Guide management on labor law, disciplinary actions, and workforce changes.
• Represent the company in DOLE, NLRC, NCMB proceedings as needed.
• Develop proactive labor relations and change management initiatives.
• Lead organizational development, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Establish HR metrics and workforce analytics for data-driven decisions.

Skills

Strategic HR leadership

Labor relations

Union management

Executive partnering

People analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree (Psychology/HR/Business Admin)

Master's degree (advantage)

Job description

Location:Calamba, Laguna

Work setup:Full onsite

Schedule:Monday to Friday, Dayshift

Role Overview

The HR Head will provide strategic leadership across thefull spectrum of Human Resources, driving people strategies that support business objectives, organizational growth, and long-term workforce effectiveness. The role requires astrategic and commercially minded HR leaderwith extensive experience partnering with executives and Top Management, complemented by a strong background inlabor relations, union management, and employee relationswithin large-scale organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; a Master's Degree is an advantage.
• With15+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience insenior HR leadership or HR Head-level roles.
• Proven expertise in managing thefull spectrum of HR, including talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee relations, performance management, learning and development, organizational development, workforce planning, HR operations, and compliance.
• Demonstrated track record as astrategic HR leader, with the ability to translate business objectives into effective people strategies, policies, and programs.
• Strong experience partnering with and advisingC-suite executives, senior leaders, and Top Managementon organizational, workforce, and people-related matters.
• Strong background inlabor relations and unionized environments, including union engagement, collective bargaining negotiations, CBA administration, grievance handling, labor dispute resolution, and employee relations.
• Extensive experience managing HR withinlarge-scale organizations, preferably with complex workforce structures and sizeable employee populations.
• Must haveexperience inlarge FMCG, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or similarly labor-intensive industries, particularly established organizations with significant operational and workforce scale.
• Strong knowledge ofPhilippine labor laws and regulations, with experience handling labor-related matters involving DOLE, NLRC, NCMB, and other relevant government agencies.
• Proven ability to lead organizational transformation, change management, workforce planning, succession planning, and other strategic HR initiatives.
• Strong people leadership experience, with the ability to lead, develop, and influence HR teams and business stakeholders across different levels of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead theoverall HR function and people strategy, ensuring alignment with the organization's business goals, operational requirements, and long-term direction.
• Provide strategic counsel toTop Management and Executive Leadershipon workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, talent, employee relations, labor matters, and other critical people decisions.
• Oversee the effective delivery of thefull spectrum of HR functions, ensuring that HR policies, programs, and processes are aligned with business priorities and best practices.
• Lead the organization'slabor relations and union management strategy, maintaining constructive relationships with unions and employee representatives.
• Overseecollective bargaining negotiations, CBA administration, grievance handling, labor disputes, disciplinary cases, and other employee relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant resolutions.
• Provide guidance to management onlabor law, employee relations, disciplinary actions, workforce changes, and other matters with potential legal or labor implications.
• Represent or oversee the company's representation inDOLE, NLRC, NCMB, and other labor-related proceedings, conferences, and negotiations.
• Develop proactive labor relations strategies to promoteworkplace stability, constructive management-union relationships, employee engagement, and effective conflict resolution.
• Drive strategic initiatives coveringorganizational development, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, leadership development, employee engagement, and change management.
• Establish and monitor HR metrics, workforce analytics, and labor indicators to providedata-driven insights and recommendations to Top Management.
• Ensure compliance with applicablelabor laws, HR policies, company regulations, and employment practicesacross the organization.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the HR leadership team, building a strong and high-performing HR organization capable of supporting a large and complex workforce.
• Act as a keybusiness partner to senior leadership, balancing business requirements, employee needs, and labor considerations in making strategic people decisions.