Manufacturing Manpower Engineer

• Plan and manage manpower needs across 10 manufacturing departments based on business and production plans.
• Create and adjust HC Planning or manpower allocation plans as operational needs change.
• Monitor attendance, working hours, overtime, and labor/production efficiency.
• Prepare weekly/monthly labor efficiency reports with improvement recommendations.
• Track monthly headcount and resource fulfillment status.
• Monitor labor cost indicators and drive corrective actions when needed.
• Handle expatriate recruitment and organizational transfers.
• Support the HR team on local hiring, from requirement to onboarding.
• Use HR systems (MHR / DingTalk Yida / HRIS) accurately and consistently.
• Maintain manpower and employee movement records (onboarding, offboarding, transfers).
• Align information and HR policies with operation teams and HQ HR, ensuring issues and tasks are driven to closure.

Requirements

• Have 3+ years of experience, ideally at Engineer/Supervisor level.
• Strong experience in manpower allocation and workforce planning.
• Manufacturing background with multi-line production; automotive experience preferred.
• Able to work fast-paced, detail-oriented, and under pressure.
• HR or Industrial Engineering background (or equivalent experience).
• Mandarin speaking ability is a plus.
• Strong logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Good Excel skills — role is data/analysis heavy.
• Proactive, able to close issues independently.