Manpower Planning & Recruitment Department Manager

Position: Manpower Planning & Recruitment Department Manager

Location: Bangkok, Thailand. (One Bangkok, Tower 3, 11th Floor)

Job Purpose

Lead and manage the organization’s manpower planning and recruitment strategy to align with business direction, workforce requirements, and organizational growth across the Power, Maintenance, and Logistics businesses. This role is responsible for workforce planning, talent acquisition, recruitment operations, and stakeholder management to ensure timely hiring of qualified candidates for operational, technical, specialist, and managerial positions.

Key Responsibility

• Develop and drive annual and mid-term manpower planning strategies in line with business plans, organizational structure, and workforce requirements across Power, Maintenance, and Logistics

• Analyze current and future manpower needs, workforce gaps, critical positions, and labor market trends, and provide recommendations to management

• Partner with business leaders and line managers to identify hiring needs, define job requirements, and support workforce planning decisions

• Oversee end-to-end recruitment and selection processes for positions at all levels, from operational roles to managerial roles

• Ensure recruitment processes are efficient, timely, transparent, and aligned with company standards and approved manpower plans

• Manage sourcing channels including direct sourcing, job boards, social media, employee referrals, campus recruitment, recruitment agencies, and headhunters

• Work closely with hiring managers to define candidate qualifications, interview criteria, and selection decisions based on competencies, experience, potential, and cultural fit

• Build and maintain candidate pipelines and talent pools, especially for hard-to-fill technical, engineering, maintenance, and logistics roles

• Monitor recruitment progress, interview scheduling, offer management, acceptance rates, and onboarding readiness to ensure positions are filled within target timelines

• Coordinate and manage external headhunters, executive search firms, and recruitment agencies for specialized, critical, and managerial positions

• Prepare and align search briefs with headhunters, monitor candidate pipelines, review market mapping, negotiate service scope and commercial terms, and evaluate vendor performance

• Drive employer branding initiatives to strengthen the company’s image in the labor market and attract qualified talent

• Build partnerships with universities, professional networks, and external talent sources to support long-term recruitment needs

• Oversee onboarding coordination to ensure new hires complete pre-employment requirements and join the organization smoothly

• Lead and develop the recruitment team to achieve hiring targets, service standards, and business expectations

• Prepare recruitment dashboards and management reports such as manpower movement, hiring status, time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source effectiveness, and recruitment challenges

• Continuously improve recruitment tools, systems, processes, and workforce planning practices to enhance efficiency and hiring outcome

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Human Resources Management, Political Science, Public Administration, Business Administration, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, or a related field

• At least 8–10 years of experience in manpower planning and recruitment

• At least 3–5 years of leadership experience in managing recruitment teams or strategic talent acquisition functions

• Proven experience in recruitment for Power, Maintenance, Engineering, Technical Operations, or Logistics will be a strong advantance

• Experience in managing and coordinating with recruitment agencies is beneficial for both domestic and international positions, particularly for specialized or managerial positions

• Strong knowledge of workforce planning, recruitment strategy, and talent acquisition management

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to prepare management reports and interpret labor market data

• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills

• Strong negotiation and vendor management skills

• Good leadership skills with the ability to manage teams and drive results

• Good command of English or/and Chinese

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and HR/recruitment systems