Asia-Hong Kong-Kowloon Bay

At The Michaels Companies Inc., our purpose is to fuel the joy of creativity and celebration. As the leading destination for creating and celebrating in North America, we operate over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada and online at Michaels.com and Michaels.ca. The Michaels Companies, Inc. also owns Artistree, a manufacturer of custom and specialty framing merchandise. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, Michaels is the best place for all things creative. For more information, please visit www.michaels.com.

At Michaels, we prioritize the wellbeing of our teams by providing robust benefits for both full-time and part-time Team Members. Our benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, and vision), paid time off, tuition assistance, generous employee discounts, and much more. For more information, visit mikbenefits.com.

Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together.

This position is responsible for supporting the Head of Human Resources to review talent development and engagement needs and implement effective strategies in the organization, including but not limited to talent acquisition, organization development, compensation and benefits programs, performance management, onboarding programs, training and development opportunities, revamp on HR policies and procedures across Asia offices.

Major Activities

• Provide full spectrum of support to employee life cycle from recruitment to exit.  Support to review and execute talent development and engagement initiatives in the organization, including talent acquisition, performance management, onboarding programs, training, and development opportunities across Asia offices to ensure competitiveness in market.
• Initiate and manage the execution of talent development programs to align with global talent strategies such as Succession Planning and Development Programs for identified key talents.
• Keep abreast with market best practices and internal feedback on HR policies/products to provide advice to management for driving continuous improvement on various HR deliverables as well as creation of promising employee experience in the Company.
• As a key driver to partner with different stakeholders, including business leaders, US HR teams, and external service providers to design and deliver different HR solutions and monitor their effectiveness to support the organization's growth and foster employee engagement.
• Partner with US teams to effectively refine and manage the compensation & benefits programs such as annual performance exercise, pay benchmarks, market surveys, and insurance/ retirement plans.
• Implement all established human resource policies, systems, and guidelines.
• Review requested actions on HR matters for legal, procedural, and documentary compliance and fair employee treatment, and progress the necessary actions and/or make recommendations accordingly.
• Provide ad-hoc support for all HR functions.

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Minimum Education

• University graduate or above in Human Resources Management or Business Administrative or related discipline
   

Minimum Special Certifications or Technical Skills

• Good computer literacy, including Excel, Word & Power-Point 

Minimum Type of Experience the Job Requires

• Minimum 8 years of relevant working experience gained from sizeable or multinational companies, preferably in trading/buying industry
• Well-versed in Hong Kong and China Labour Law  

Other

• Good command of written and spoken English and Mandarin
• Self-motivated, flexible, and well-organized with a strong sense of confidentiality, strategic thinking, highly accurate
• Good team player, problem-solving, communication, and influencing skills
• Multi-tasking and ability to prioritize
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Occasional travel is required; Up to 5%

Preferred Special Certifications or Technical Skills

• Professional member of the Human Resources Association

Applicants in the U.S. and Canada must satisfy federal, state, provincial and local legal requirements of the job.