Xin (Amy) ZHAO

HR Manager

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia7 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15+ years of HR management experience
  • Expert in Australian labor legislation
  • Proven track record in talent sourcing and employee engagement
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources professional with expertise in global talent acquisition and organizational effectiveness.

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Skills

Core Skills

Global Human Resources ManagementPerformance ManagementLeadershipBusiness StrategyIt RecruitmentConflict ResolutionTalent ManagementHr StrategyHr Project ManagementLabor RelationsOrganizational EffectivenessCoachingClient Relations

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsArtificial Intelligence for BusinessAttention to DetailBudget ManagementBuilding TrustBusiness PlanningBusiness StorytellingCareer TransitioningChange ManagementCollaborative LeadershipCommunicationConfidentialityConflict ManagementCritical ThinkingDocument Drafting

About

I am a passionate, forward-thinking HR Resources Professional with 15+ years of human resources management experience in leading global companies bolstered by an in-depth understanding of Australian labour legislation. I am skillful in talent sourcing, people development, strategic planning, employee relations, policy integration and performance improvements. I always pursuing ways to maximize efficiency, employee satisfaction and cost savings. I am highly proficient in providing strategic advice on all HR / People strategies, with a focus on company culture and employee engagement. I am able to build strong relationships with employees at all levels of the organization and foster an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Experience

7 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Transaction network services (tns)

4 roles

HR Manager

Promoted

Sep 2025Present · 9 mos

  • Provide leadership and operational oversight for the key HR functions such as Recruitment, Benefits, Employee Engagement, HR Operations and Compliance across assigned regions. Ensure alignment with organizational goals and regional HR priorities.
  • Provide day-to-day guidance and support to team member, including performance management, coaching, and development planning.
  • Define and communicate “what good looks like” for core HR capabilities. Identify capability gaps and lead development plans to improve consistency and quality of HR delivery.
Business PlanningOperations ManagementGlobal Human Resources ManagementRecruitment TrainingCollaborative LeadershipRisk Management+1

HR & Recruitment Lead - APAC

Nov 2023Aug 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

LeadershipBusiness StrategyInterpersonal SkillsThinking SkillsClient RelationsRecruiting+16

Recruitment Lead - APAC

Apr 2023Nov 2023 · 7 mos

Thinking SkillsClient RelationsCommunicationIT RecruitmentPassive Candidate GenerationLegal Requirements+10

Recruiter

Sep 2021Apr 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Responsible for the Full Cycle recruiting of mainly technical roles from end to end throughout the APAC region (mainly in Australia, Malaysia, Japan, India, Thailand and Philippines) and have trackable efficient recruitment record. Filled 60+ positions across APAC region (mainly in Australia & Malaysia) within 1 year as an independent Recruiter.
  • Led the background check project during the acquisition of a company in India and completed 150+ employees’ background checks within 2 months and won the Recognition Award for leading the project with excellent communication skills.
  • Designed and updated the monthly recruitment report and visualisation dashboard.
  • Developed and maintained a pipeline of qualified candidates to deliver against immediate priorities.
  • Cultivated relationships with candidate and specific talent pools, defined according to business initiatives.
  • Own and maintain hiring/recruiting systems – Workday and online job boards, including LinkedIn and Seek.
  • Developed and managed an unsurpassed candidate experience - from the first contact to successful hire, conducted background checks.
  • Collaborated effectively with internal team (HR, IT, Facilities) to ensure a high-quality experience for hiring managers and candidates.
  • Created and presented offer recommendations to hiring managers, extended offers, and managed offer negotiations.
  • Organised and hosted employee wellness programs across APAC region, e.g. Let’s make a deal, Mooncake festival, Diwali, and Halloween celebrations.
  • Coordinated and tracked employees’ permanent visa applications in Australia and Malaysia.
Labor RelationsOrganizational EffectivenessSenior Stakeholder ManagementConfidentialityTalent ManagementThinking Skills+20

Community living options inc.

People&Culture Coordinator (Temp)

May 2021Jul 2021 · 2 mos · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  • Main Tasks:
  • Tracked and ensured employees’ compulsory documents are up to date, notifying the roster team to stand down and reinstate staff according to the status of their compulsory documents.
  • Issued contracts to employees coordinating with payroll team, preparing employees’ higher duties agreements, and updating succession plan.
  • Initiated employees’ resignation and termination process and launched exit interviews or online exit surveys. Launched abandonment of employment process for employees who do not return to work.
  • Analysed staff performance management data, exit interview data, and generated fortnightly and monthly reports.
  • Explained policies to employees, such as Leave Entitlements Policy, Exit Policy, Performance Policy, etc.
  • Commended for initiative that ultimately brought about the HR handbook perfection.
Labor RelationsConfidentialityThinking SkillsClient RelationsCommunicationRelationship Building+7

Schneider electric

Human Resources Business Partner

Apr 2017Apr 2019 · 2 yrs · Tianjin, China

  • Main Achievements:
  • Helped evaluate performance and provided recommendations to drive productivity.
  • Led a joint recruitment drive with the HR team and Sales Assistants for Spring campus in 2018, onboarding +20 graduates for various departments, who highly appreciated the efficiency and quality of the recruitment project.
  • Worked closely with the sales department and helped with the retention of high-potentials and reinforced labour relationship by organising various team-building activities. Reduced the active turnover rate to less than 3%.
  • Delivered new employees' training for 100+ new employees as the in charge of full cycle management of new employee recruiting, hiring and onboarding as well as coordination of new hire orientations. Steered end-to-end recruitment for the sales department, the research and development department, and the technology department.
  • Identified sales and marketing teams' training needs and conducted training for employees and managers, filed training records for auditing and analysed training data. Effectively managed suppliers and discussed with management team and trainers about the course design for better align the needs of business departments.
  • Created and implemented forward-thinking initiatives to improve employee engagement including leading various employee activities such as celebrating festivals, family days, children’s summer campus, health club – resulting in enhanced physical and mental health and well-being of employees.
  • Developed succession plans and promotion paths for all staff, designed appraisal methods to identify and retain current talent and attract outside talent.
  • Resolved understaffing issues, disputes, employee terminations and disciplinary procedures.
  • Conducted biannual employee satisfaction survey for sales team and provided analysis reports to the management team. Planned and conducted successive activities to improve employee satisfaction rate.
Labor RelationsOrganizational EffectivenessConfidentialityBusiness StrategyTalent ManagementThinking Skills+18

New channel international education group

IELTS Teacher

Jun 2016Apr 2017 · 10 mos · Tianjin, China

  • Prepared and designed training materials for various courses, such as the IELTS test, SAT test, etc.
  • Delivered high-quality courses to students with diverse backgrounds.
  • Communicated effectively with customers and employees at different levels.
Thinking SkillsClient RelationsRelationship BuildingCoachingWorkflow ManagementCritical Thinking

Ipsen china

2 roles

Human Resources Supervisor

Promoted

Jun 2015Apr 2016 · 10 mos

  • Promoted to HR Supervisor to lead OTC team recruiting project and filled 30 headcounts countrywide in 3 months; capturing up-to-date monthly headcount data and turnover rate.
  • Managed 60+ outsourcing commercial employees, conducted recruiting, hiring and releasing, performance management, payroll etc.
  • Smoothly completed 30+ employees' labour relationship transference after creating HR-related documents for Ipsen Business Company's (Subcompany) set up.
  • Developed competency models, renewed promotion paths, designed online job aptitude assessment with an advisory company, and developed new assessment methods for the sales team.
  • Launched IDP (Individual Development Plan) process, communicated with employees and managers to identify each employee's development direction & training needs, analysed the data, and gave the report to the group and training specialist.
  • Designed online attendance management system, and realized online leave and overtime application in cooperation with IT department and NNIT programmer developers.
Labor RelationsOrganizational EffectivenessConfidentialityBusiness StrategyTalent ManagementThinking Skills+18

Human Resources Specialist

Apr 2010May 2015 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • Absorbed as a full-time HR Specialist for a further 5 years (Jul 2010 – Jun 2015) after a successful two-month stint as an intern (Apr 2010 – Jun 2010)
  • Recommended to managers improvement plans for low performers after a thorough performance management process.
  • Steered the building of competency model for the sales team in 2014, then adopted the model to jointly design an online job-matching assessment with the HR team and advisory company.
  • Upgraded sales career paths and promotion evaluation process resulting in higher motivation of sales team with more sales employees gaining opportunity to present themselves to management. This was adopted as best practice for people development company-wide.
  • Partnered with key stakeholders to develop and execute a sales training strategy, reducing ramp period of new sales reps by an average of 2 months.
  • Performed annual gap analysis and developed resource planning aligned to business goals and within operating budgets.
  • Implemented hiring and selection strategy, incorporating a collaborative selection process with standardized rating criteria; trained management on interview process.
Labor RelationsConfidentialityBusiness StrategyTalent ManagementThinking SkillsClient Relations+10

Education

Australian Institute of Management

Cert VI — Human Resources Management

Aug 2021Aug 2022

Anhui University

Bachelor’s Degree — French Language and Literature

Jan 2006Jan 2010

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