Strategic HR Partner – APAC

Gates Corporation; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Gates Corporation in Singapore is seeking an experienced Senior HR Partner to serve as a trusted HR advisor for Finance, Supply Chain and related teams across APAC. You will translate business needs into people strategies, coach managers, and connect regional priorities with global HR programs.

You will support talent management, compensation cycles, workforce planning, onboarding and offboarding, and cross-border moves.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of HR experience in a multinational environment.
• Experience supporting Finance, Supply Chain, or similar corporate functions — you understand their rhythms and how to build credibility with their leaders.
• Working knowledge of employment practices in at least two markets across East Asia and India.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate competing global and regional priorities in a matrix structure.
• Clear communicator — able to translate HR implications into business language and hold a governance position without creating unnecessary friction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the trusted HR partner for functional leaders in Finance, Supply Chain, and related teams across APAC, bringing HR perspective into business conversations.
• Coach and advise managers on people decisions, team dynamics, performance, and development.
• Support the annual cycle of talent management and compensation activities, including performance reviews, talent assessments, succession planning, and compensation calibration.
• Connect functional priorities to the broader regional HR agenda, working in close coordination with Regional HRBPs and HR COEs.
• Support functional leaders in thinking through how their teams are structured, resourced, and positioned for what the business needs next.
• Bring data and business context into workforce planning conversations.
• Ensure key moments in the employee journey such as onboarding, probation, promotion, internal movement, and offboarding, are handled well and consistently across the region.
• Facilitate the right conversations between functional leaders, country HR teams, and regional stakeholders so that lifecycle decisions, particularly promotions and cross-border moves, are aligned before they are confirmed.
• Partner with global and regional teams on hiring activity across APAC, helping ensure decisions are well-grounded in local market, cost, and compliance realities.
• Act as the regional HR interface for global teams hiring into the region, connecting them to the right local knowledge, processes, and stakeholders.
• Guide managers through ER matters — performance cases, grievances, disciplinary processes — with sound judgment, knowing when to resolve and when to elevate.

Job description

Gates Corporation in Singapore is seeking an experienced Senior HR Partner to serve as a trusted HR advisor for Finance, Supply Chain and related teams across APAC. You will translate business needs into people strategies, coach managers, and connect regional priorities with global HR programs.

You will support talent management, compensation cycles, workforce planning, onboarding and offboarding, and cross-border moves.