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Job Summary
The Head of Human Resources, Greater ASEAN is responsible for shaping and executing the people strategy across the Greater ASEAN region, ensuring HR priorities directly enable business growth, profitability, and organizational health. Based in Vietnam and reporting to the CHRO, this role provides strategic HR leadership to senior management while overseeing the delivery of consistent, high-quality HR support across multiple ASEAN markets.
About Us
Li & Fung is a global leader in consumer goods sourcing and end-to-end supply chain solutions. We empower brands and retailers by delivering commercial and operational excellence across every stage of the product lifecycle.
For over a century, innovation and creativity have continued to drive our business. Connecting bright minds and crowdsourcing ideas, using design thinking, collaborative workspaces and rapid prototyping are just some of the ways we innovate at Li & Fung every day.
Today, we responsibly managing supply chains for high volume, time sensitive goods worldwide. Our endtoend services include product design, rawmaterial sourcing, production, quality assurance and logistics across apparel, footwear, accessories and household products.
Our aspiration is to deliver value in global supply chains by living our values around people, partners and planet. Guided by Humility, Entrepreneurship and Family, we focus on commercial performance that respects people and the environment.
We are looking for an experienced and passionate
Head of Human Resources, Greater ASEAN to join us!
Here is what you need to know about this role:
- Translate the Greater ASEAN business strategy into an integrated regional people strategy, with clear priorities, success metrics, and implementation roadmaps for all countries in scope.
- Serve as a strategic business partner to senior leaders in the region, advising on organization design, workforce planning, leadership capability, and change management.
- Lead and develop the Greater ASEAN HR team (and country HR leaders where applicable), fostering collaboration, clear accountability, and a high-performance, customer-centric HR culture.
- Oversee talent acquisition, employer branding, onboarding, and retention initiatives tailored to local markets, ensuring the organization attracts and retains critical talent across ASEAN.
- Drive effective performance management, learning and development, and succession planning processes to build a strong leadership pipeline and future-ready capabilities in the region.
- Promote and lead organizational development and change initiatives that support business transformation, cultural evolution, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure full compliance with labor and employment regulations in each ASEAN country, proactively managing HR risks and maintaining up-to-date, locally compliant HR policies and procedures.
- Lead employee relations across the region, overseeing case management, investigations, and resolution of complex issues, and ensuring fair, transparent, and consistent practices.
- Use people analytics and HR metrics (e.g., engagement, attrition, time-to-hire, internal mobility, talent risk indicators) to provide insights, inform decisions, and track HR impact.
- Manage the regional HR budget and headcount, ensuring effective allocation of resources, cost discipline, and productivity improvements across HR processes.
- Define and continuously improve the HR operating model in Greater ASEAN, including ways of working with global/functional HR, COE, and shared services.
- Partner with the CHRO and global HR leadership team to align regional initiatives with global HR strategies, programs, and policies while allowing appropriate local adaptation.
You Might Be a Good Fit If You Have
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field; postgraduate degree or professional HR certification (e.g., SHRM, CIPD) is an advantage.
- 15+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 5 years in a senior regional HR leadership role covering multiple ASEAN countries.
- Deep understanding of ASEAN labor laws, cultural norms, and business practices, with demonstrated experience operating in complex, multi-country environments.
- Proven track record in both strategic HR leadership and hands-on execution across core HR domains (talent acquisition, performance and rewards, learning and leadership development, employee relations, HR operations).
- Strong leadership experience managing cross-functional and multicultural HR teams, ideally including matrix reporting structures and remote teams.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and partner effectively with senior executives and key stakeholders, providing credible challenge and thought leadership on people and culture topics.
- Solid experience leading organization design, HR transformation, and change initiatives that have improved business performance and employee experience.
- High level of data literacy, with experience using HR analytics and digital HR tools to support decision-making and measure HR outcomes.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to operate effectively in English; additional ASEAN languages are an advantage.
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If this sounds like you, Apply Now!
As an equal opportunity employer, we shall consider all applicants regardless of gender, age, religion, marital status, race, sexual orientation, disability, disease, pregnancy, or trade union and/or political affiliation, and disregard all factors deemed inappropriate by local law and the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. 
