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Head of Human Resources — Domestic FMCG Powerhouse

— DOMESTIC FMCG POWERHOUSE

Head of Human Resources

Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, VietnamPermanentOn-SiteExecutiveUSD 9,000–12,000 / month

The Role This is a board-level executive mandate within a Top-tier Domestic Consumer Ecosystem. In our hyper-growth, highly entrepreneurial environment, human capital is the ultimate differentiator. As the Head of HR, you will not be running a traditional administrative function; you will act as the Chief Talent Architect. Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with the C-suite, your mission is to blueprint and execute an enterprise-wide people strategy that directly powers our aggressive commercial targets, massive M&A integrations, and our strategic "Go Global" expansion. You will transform organizational capabilities, ensuring our workforce is as agile, resilient, and high-performing as our business model.

Why This Role Stands Out

  • Unprecedented Organizational Scale: Command the human capital strategy for a multi-billion-dollar enterprise spanning highly diverse talent pools—from world-class R&D scientists and corporate strategists to massive national sales forces and mega-factory workforces.
  • Architect a High-Performance Culture: You are tasked with blending the absolute best of two worlds: the rigorous, world-class operational standards of global MNCs with the fierce, fast-paced entrepreneurial hustle of a homegrown giant.
  • Drive Ecosystem Integration: As the business evolves from traditional FMCG manufacturing into a seamlessly integrated "All-in-One" consumer and retail ecosystem, you will lead the complex organizational design required to break down silos and drive cross-functional synergies.
  • C-Suite Influence & M&A Leadership: Play a leading role in the war room. You will dictate the organizational restructuring and cultural integration for high-profile mergers and acquisitions, ensuring newly acquired entities are rapidly assimilated and commercial value is unlocked immediately.

What You’ll Do

  • Strategic Organizational Design: Blueprint and continuously evolve the corporate structure to support double-digit growth, new category entry, and international expansion. Ensure the organization remains flat, agile, and fiercely competitive.
  • Elevate Talent Density & Succession: Overhaul talent acquisition and retention strategies to aggressively attract top-tier commercial, digital, and technical leaders. Build a robust, future-proofed succession pipeline for critical management board and director-level roles.
  • Performance & Reward Orchestration: Design and deploy aggressive, highly motivating performance management and Total Rewards frameworks. Align compensation structures directly with P&L outcomes, market share growth, and long-term shareholder value.
  • Transformational Change Management: Act as the enterprise change agent. Lead the workforce through constant evolution—whether shifting toward digital transformation, integrating new retail networks, or pivoting business models—with minimal operational disruption.
  • Employer Branding & Culture Building: Solidify our reputation as the ultimate destination for top talent in Vietnam. Foster a relentless, results-driven, yet deeply unified corporate culture that thrives on speed, innovation, and absolute consumer-centricity.

What We’re Looking For

  • Executive HR Pedigree: 15+ years of progressive HR leadership, with significant tenure operating at the VP or C-level within large-scale FMCG, Retail, or complex conglomerate environments.
  • The "MNC / Local" Hybrid: You possess the structural discipline, governance, and best practices of a tier-1 multinational corporation, coupled with the grit, agility, and street-smart execution required to survive and thrive in a massive domestic private enterprise.
  • M&A and Transformation Expert: A definitive, battle-tested track record of leading complex organizational restructuring, post-merger cultural integrations, and large-scale change management initiatives.
  • Commercial Acumen: You are a business leader first, an HR professional second. You deeply understand the P&L, supply chain dynamics, and commercial go-to-market strategies, and you know exactly how human capital levers drive those metrics.
  • Unshakeable Resilience: The ability to operate in an incredibly fast-paced, demanding, and ambiguous environment. You excel at managing high-pressure stakeholder dynamics and executing rapid pivots mandated by visionary founders.

Client Overview:

Our client is a behemoth of the Vietnamese private sector. Unlike multinational corporations operating in the country, this is a homegrown giant that has scaled aggressively through rapid organic growth and massive, high-profile mergers and acquisitions. They touch the lives of nearly every Vietnamese consumer daily, possessing deep, granular knowledge of local tastes and shopping habits. They are currently transitioning from a traditional FMCG manufacturer into an integrated, tech-enabled consumer ecosystem.

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