Recruitment Partner

Role purpose

This position is responsible for running end-to-end hiring across Singapore and the SEA Hub, supporting both Corporate and Retail teams, along with early-career recruitment. The role works closely with business leaders and HR partners to create strong talent pipelines, improve the employer brand, and give the region a clear view of talent acquisition activity to help with workforce planning and growth.

Core responsibilities

• Own the complete recruitment cycle for Singapore and the SEA Hub, covering both Corporate and Retail roles from intake and sourcing through assessment, offer coordination, and handover for onboarding.
• Work with hiring managers and HR business partners to clarify role needs, shape hiring plans, and balance speed, candidate quality, and the overall applicant experience.
• Develop and maintain pipelines for key and repeat-hire positions across Corporate, Retail, and Early Careers through direct sourcing, talent mapping, referrals, campus outreach, and external networks across Singapore and SEA.
• Lead employer branding efforts for Singapore and SEA with internal stakeholders to raise market visibility, attract a broad talent pool, and position the organization as a preferred employer.
• Contribute to early careers hiring across Singapore and SEA, including internships, graduate recruitment, campus engagement, and collaboration with internal teams to build long-term entry-level pipelines.
• Provide regional talent acquisition reporting and oversight, including recruitment volume, hiring patterns, pipeline strength, time-to-fill, and market insights to support workforce planning and business decisions.
• Protect a consistent, high-quality candidate journey through every stage of recruitment while maintaining clear communication with candidates, hiring teams, and other stakeholders.
• Use recruitment data and market intelligence to uncover improvements, strengthen hiring outcomes, and advise stakeholders on talent supply, competition, sourcing methods, and location strategy.
• Make sure recruitment steps, assessments, and offers follow internal guidelines, local market norms, and compliance standards across the relevant SEA markets.
• Partner with Emerging Markets and Global Talent Acquisition teams to exchange best practices, align priorities, and support wider talent acquisition projects across SEA.

Relationships

• Hiring managers across Singapore and the SEA Hub
• Local and regional HR business partners
• Emerging Markets, SEA, and Global Talent Acquisition teams
• Employer branding and marketing teams
• External search firms, agencies, and candidate communities

Skills and expertise

• Strong full-cycle recruitment experience across Corporate and Retail hiring, including sourcing, interviewing, assessments, offer handling, and advisory support to stakeholders.
• Ability to create talent pipelines and run proactive sourcing plans for a range of role types and seniority levels.
• Experience with employer branding, candidate attraction, and early-career hiring, including translating business needs into market-facing messages, campus activities, and recruitment campaigns.
• Good analytical capability to interpret hiring data, spot trends, and present actionable TA insights to stakeholders across SEA.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence hiring choices and build trusted partnerships across teams and regions.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and candidate management abilities with a strong focus on service quality and experience.
• Highly organized and resilient, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced matrix environment.
• Knowledge of local market hiring practices and recruitment compliance requirements across relevant SEA markets.

Minimum qualifications

A university degree or an equivalent qualification is required. The ideal candidate should bring 6 to 8 years of relevant Talent Acquisition experience, preferably across both Corporate and Retail hiring in an international organization. Experience in employer branding, pipeline building, recruitment reporting and analytics, and early careers or campus hiring is strongly preferred. English fluency in both written and spoken form is required.

Equal opportunity statement

The employer values diversity and inclusion and does not accept harassment or discrimination of any kind. This is an equal opportunity workplace that encourages individual expression.