HR Project Management

• Plan, direct, and co-ordinate projects to ensure that the project is delivered in line with corporate strategy
• Drive development of business case proposals and plans to determine time frame, funding requirements, procedures for accomplishing projects, negotiate manpower requirements to various project phases
• Identify, manage and report on project risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, to ensure quality delivery, within prescribed timeframes and cost parameters
• Prepare project status reports and updates to stakeholders
• Actively track and follow up the progress of projects to ensure milestones are being achieved and major issues are being flagged to the relevant stakeholders in a timely manner
• Collaborate with cross-departmental stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals
• Be an advocate of change and act as a role model for change in driving business readiness in projects, including but not limited to challenging current processes and practices and encouraging new ways of working
• Lead projects in an agile way, with a willingness to take a pragmatic approach in balancing operations stability against project delivery, to drive win-win outcomes
• Proactively identify options to solve risks or issues, with associated pros and cons for stakeholder buy-in and decisions

Supplier Management

• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Ensure sub-contracting as per contract and engage the relevant parties when information or changes occur
• Actively manage supplier performance levels as per contract and service level agreements
• Set clear direction and expectations to suppliers as per corporate requirements
• Establish action plans and ensure the plan is being delivered in an efficient manner and keep track of all documentation

Cost Efficiency

• Manage project budget, resources and project-related costs with all key stakeholders
• Seek every opportunity to drive down costs by making them controllable
• Introduce lean projects and methodology as appropriate

Safety First, Quality Always

• Rigorously execute corporate safety, security and quality policies to ensure employees and suppliers who take part in the project are fully compliant with all regulatory requirements and quality standards
• Identify and mitigate personal, safety and security risks that might occur during the project in the workplace for employees and suppliers 

E&A

• Emergency and Accident and Crisis Response responsibilities as required

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or in an equivalent discipline
• A degree in law is an advantage

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

• 7 years’ of programme / project experience, including HR Operations & related technology experience in a complex matrix organisation
• Experience in managing projects with ability to multitask and manage multiple medium to large projects in a cross-functional environment
• Broad knowledge of HR business processes and working knowledge of enterprise establishment, mergers and acquisitions are advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of the following disciplines: Project Delivery Life Cycle, Change Management, Vendor Management, Service Transition and Cutover planning
• Experience on agile project delivery
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Effective use of negotiation skills 
• Excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
• Adapts to and embraces constant change
• Good analytical / numerical skills and experience of planning, reviewing and managing budgets and cost effectively
• Practical experience in successful business partnerships
• Experience in interacting with legal counsel and effectively managing supplier relationships
• Travelling within the region is required