Human Resources Manager

About us

The Monster Group is made up of two fantastic businesses; Toy Monster and Monster House. Toy Monster is a global toy company with a mission to inspire, encourage and excite kids of all ages around the world. Monster House is a distributor of houseware products within Australian retailers. With a growing portfolio of owned brands and Global licensing programs, the Monster team prides itself on being able to innovate and deliver products with a smile all over the world. Distributing to 54+ countries and supported with offices in Australia (Melbourne, head office), Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Sales teams throughout the US & Europe, Monster Group is fast becoming known as a creative hub that can deliver bucketloads of fun for kids and partners. Every Monster Member is inspired to learn, grow and try their best at all times. Visit www.toymonster.net for more about our brilliant brands and people.

What's in it for you 

• Peformance Bonus
• Hybrid work environment
• Pro-rata Salary
• Part time hours, flexibility
• Be part of a FUN and fast paced Global Team
• Offices in Melbourne and Shanghai
• Net casual work attire, relaxed environment
• Many social activities to have fun with work colleagues
• Family culture e
• Toy industry experts in house

About You 

• Seeking an experienced individual who has a number of years (5+) in a similar role and qualifications in a related discipline as well as the following attributes;
• Has a strong understanding of the fundamentals of a generalist HR function, preferably gained within the FMCG industry or similar fast paced environment in a small to medium sized organisation
• Has an understanding of theoretical and practical application of generalist HR and cultural change initiatives
• Can partner strongly and effectively with existing leaders and staff alike in the provision of highly pragmatic people solutions 
• Possesses sound stakeholder and relationship management skills, including the ability to influence senior executives and leaders alike
• Champions the organisational values and supports the cultural change agenda and can effectively broker both organisational and individual needs to meet overall company goals 
• Possess sufficient commercial and analytical ability to create robust business cases for various HR programs, identifying trends and issues in people data that support the effective planning and management of Monster Group people
• Is committed to providing highly responsive advices and support via streamlining of services, best practice and modernisation of the HR function
• Possess high personal credibility and capacity to act as trusted internal advisor to all 
• Resilient and possessing organizational / political savvy

High level support, influencing, persuading skills to build capability of Department Managers in all aspects of people leadership and management

What you will be doing

The key duties and responsibilities for the position of this position are as follows:

• Positioning the HR function as a key enabler of the business, with a focus on building trust and empowering staff and leaders
• A key focus will be driving improvements across the employment lifecycle and creating consistency as the business grows
• Focus on the provision of highly pragmatic support for Department Managers in all people management issues including attraction and recruitment, employment law, performance management, diversity and inclusion and overall engagement and retention strategies 
• Human resource planning to ensure Human Resources are aligned to long term business needs and also occasional short-term project deliverables
• Working regularly and consistently with Departmental Managers to address relevant HR issues
• Develop a compelling talent attraction, selection and retention (EVP) program via talent acquisition, management and development, coupled with support and co-ordination of talent strategies and programs
• Develop a best practice on-boarding and induction process to ensure superior employee experience and retention while streamlining speed to productive up time for new recruit
• Re-design existing Performance Management system in line with best practice, implementing relevant changes and educating Managers and moving the performance management process away from 12 monthly reviews towards regular performance coaching conversation
• Champion and embed the Monster Group company values across the business 
• Development and execution of employee engagement activities in line with best practice
• Create, influence and nurture emerging company culture 
• Compliance, policies and procedures
• Retrenchment, redundancies and resignations as required 

If this sounds like you would be a great fit, we would love to hear from you.

Please send a covering letter and resume.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and encourage individual of diverse backgrounds and abilities to apply. 

We will not accept applications via external recruitment agencies.

More information

You can find out more about the position by contacting Julianne Miller, HR Consultant on 0407 888 624 to request a full copy of the position description.

email your cover letter and CV to: hr@themonstergrp.com