HR Director

• Act as the trusted HR partner to the China senior leadership team, providing thought leadership and influencing strategic business decisions.
• Align local HR strategy with global and Business Group (BG) priorities, ensuring consistency while addressing China specific needs.
• Serve as an active member of the Electronics China leadership team, contributing to business planning and long term workforce strategy.

• Lead strategic workforce planning to ensure the organization has the right capabilities to meet current and emerging business needs.
• Drive the talent management and succession planning agenda across all functional areas.
• Oversee leadership development initiatives, including high potential pipelines and capability building programs tailored to Electronics China.
• Ensure robust onboarding, development, and retention strategies for key talent segments.

• Lead organizational design initiatives to support business growth, efficiency, and scalability.
• Drive major transformation programs, including restructuring, capability shifts, and change management.
• Strengthen cross functional collaboration and optimize organizational interfaces to support operational excellence.

• Oversee HR governance across all Electronics China sites, including compliance with local labor regulations and internal policies.
• Manage industrial relations and employee relations topics, ensuring consistency, fairness, and risk mitigation.
• Ensure structured HR processes, audit readiness, and robust controls across the HR function.

• Lead, coach, and develop senior HR leaders and site HR managers.
• Build HR capability across the country organization, elevating strategic HR partnership skills.
• Provide data driven insights and analytics to support business decisions, workforce optimization, and organizational health.

• Champion a strong, performance oriented culture aligned with FORVIA/HELLA values.

• Extensive experience in senior HR leadership roles within large, matrixed multinational organizations.
• Strong understanding of the China labor market, regulatory requirements, and HR best practices.
• Demonstrated success in leading HR for multi site operations and complex organizational environments.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leadership, influence strategic decisions, and drive transformation.
• Expertise in talent development, succession planning, organizational design, and change management.
• Strong analytics capability and comfort working with KPIs, workforce metrics, and business dashboards.
• Excellent communication skills in both English and Mandarin; multicultural sensitivity and global mindset.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with hands on leadership in a fast moving, high growth environment.

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