About the role

AI summarised

The Regional Employee Relations Manager at AMD is responsible for managing complex employee relations investigations, providing strategic guidance on labor law compliance, and enhancing HR systems and practices across Southeast Asia, Australia, and Japan. This role involves partnering with legal, HR, and business leaders to resolve employee issues, mitigate risk, and improve employee experience through proactive policy development and training initiatives.

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Key Responsibilities

Manage complex employee relations related investigations with limited supervision, honoring complete confidentiality, neutrality, complete fairness, unbiasedness and exercising best workplace investigation practices
Must be able to articulate the country local laws and other provide guidance to the leadership team for any Labor compliance and law regulation changes
Being a SPOC to APJ Leadership for strategic ER advice, consult difficult employee conversations, support in any ER conflict resolution
Partner and assist the Corporate Investigations team for conducting local employee investigations
Work collaboratively on employee relations matters such as corrective actions including warnings or performance improvement plans
Proactively lead the delivery and deployment of new ER Practices and review/redefine existing ones
Support all Labor compliance activities/audits and state laws
Ensure continuous improvement by actively identifying gaps, proposing, and implementing changes and innovative solutions
Develop metrics and leverage on analytics to track progress of ER programs and create comprehensive review decks for Leadership team

Requirements

Strong ER experience who has lead investigation and consulted on Southeast Asia Employee Relations Matters with strong investigation experience having vast knowledge across HR functions with a particular focus on employee relations
Strong knowledge on Labor laws and compliance across South East Asian Countries , Australia and Japan
Exceptional communication skills, case documentation and report writing skills, executive leadership presentation and relationship development skills
Ability to work through ambiguity, think creatively, be flexible and roll-up your sleeves
Strong problem-solving skills , Analytical skills with ability to determine the root cause of issues with a growth mindset to constant learning and re-learning
Demonstrated ability to assume sole and independent responsibility for projects
Highly collaborative and able to work both within and across teams globally
Experience in a high growth, fast paced matrix environment
Professional, confident manner, poised and articulate demeanor
Ability to work effectively with a wide array of personality types and all job levels
Demonstrated history of exemplary ethics and integrity, including ability to handle and maintain confidential information
Active commitment to the identification and appropriate resolution of all business issues, whether they are rooted in business problems or are pure compliance concerns
Ability to exercise discretion related to sensitive employee matters
A culture champion, promoting company values to drive decision making
Bachelor’s degree specialized in Human Resources
Employment Law degree is added advantage
Degree/ Certification in Employment Acts, Industrial Relations, Counselling and Coaching