HR Manager / HR Business Partner

HYSSES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR consultancy in Singapore is seeking an experienced HR Manager to drive HR processes and support business leaders. The role involves partnering with management on performance management, leading HR operations, and standardising HR processes. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to balance people care and business objectives, ensuring compliance and managing effective employee engagement initiatives. This position offers a hands-on and structured approach to HR management.

Qualifications

• Strong business partnering skills to support leadership in HR matters.
• Experience in leading HR operations and teams for high accuracy.
• Ability to standardise and improve HR processes and governance.

Responsibilities

• Support leaders on manpower planning and performance management.
• Guide and coach the HR Executive/Admin team on operations.
• Standardise HR SOPs and controls across recruitment and onboarding.
• Build HR KPI dashboard and drive action plans for improvements.
• Strengthen recruitment processes to reduce early attrition.
• Drive employee engagement initiatives and action plans.
• Resolve HR compliance challenges with a solutions mindset.

Job description

We are looking for an HR Manager who can operate as a strong business partner, guide and audit the HR Executive/Admin team, improve HR processes, and drive HR KPIs with real accountability. This role is hands‑on, structured, and performance‑driven, suitable for someone who can balance people care and business needs with firm standards.

Responsibilities

• HR business partnering: Support leaders on manpower planning, performance management, employee relations, transfers, confirmations, and HR decision‑making.
• Lead HR operations execution: Guide, check, and coach the HR Executive/Admin team to ensure accuracy, professionalism, and deadlines are consistently met.
• Process improvement and governance: Standardise HR SOPs, templates, and controls across recruitment, onboarding, payroll support, leave tracking, documentation, and offboarding.
• KPI setting and tracking: Build HR KPI dashboard, run weekly/monthly reviews, and drive action plans to close gaps until targets are met.
• Recruitment quality control: Strengthen screening and job assessment discipline, improve time‑to‑fill, reduce early attrition, and maintain backup candidate pipelines.
• Employee engagement: Drive practical engagement initiatives, new hire check‑ins, stay interviews, recognition routines, and pulse checks, translate feedback into action plans and measurable improvements.
• Compliance and practical problem‑solving: Partner the business to resolve HR compliance challenges with a solutions mindset, balancing business needs with local employment requirements.