HR Leadership
- Lead and coach a high-performing NZ-based P&C team to deliver consistent, high-quality support across the team member lifecycle, with a strong focus on attracting and retaining top talent.
- Support the internationalisation of HR operations by embedding scalable structures and workflows across Europe (Italy), India, and China.
Project Ownership: Global Payroll Optimisation (travel to China required)
- Conduct a comprehensive review of global payroll processes (China-based), identifying pain points, inefficiencies, and compliance gaps.
- Recommend and implement automation and process improvements to ensure accuracy, compliance, and scalability across jurisdictions.
- Partner with the China payroll team to embed standardised global processes and explore RPA/automation opportunities.
Project Ownership: Regional Offshoring & Capability Building
- Partner closely with the China HR Director to review, identify and implement opportunities to streamline, automate, and offshore HR and administrative tasks to China and India, enhancing global clarity, cost-effectiveness, and operational efficiency.
- Support the development of the Italy HR team hub to localise HR and TA support.
- Provide frameworks, tools, and training (based on NZ best practices) to upskill regional HR teams and drive consistent, autonomous support across hubs.
People & Culture Operations (BAU)
- Champion ZURU’s culture and DNA, ensuring all people programs reinforce high performance and talent density.
- Oversee core HR operations including onboarding, performance development, leadership coaching, and ER support.
- Lead key cyclical people programs (e.g. performance, compensation, incentives, and talent reviews), ensuring they are simple, consistent, and impactful.
- Enhance the use of SAP SuccessFactors to support data-driven people decisions and process optimisation.
- Coach and partner with leaders internationally to strengthen capability, accountability, and ownership of people practices.
Skills and Experience
- Proven experience (8+ years) in senior HR leadership roles, ideally in high-growth organisations with global exposure, preferably across APAC, US and other European markets.
- Strong expertise in global payroll operations, audits, and process improvement.
- Proven ability to lead HR operations and drive projects forward.
- Skilled in driving cross-border initiatives, automation, and operational efficiency at scale.
- Hands-on leader with both strategic and operational HR expertise.
- Experience in upskilling, structuring, and supporting distributed HR teams across multiple locations.
- Strong working knowledge of HR systems (SAP/SuccessFactors highly desirable).
- Excellent communicator and influencer across different cultures, time zones and functions.
- Bias for action. Execution-focused, adaptable, and thrives in evolving environments.
- Passionate about continuous improvement and driving positive change.
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What We Do
ZURU is on a quest to reimagine tomorrow from A to Z. Founded in 2003, ZURU Group has rapidly grown and now spans three core divisions—ZURU Toys, ZURU Edge (consumer goods) and ZURU Tech (construction). Known for its cutting-edge software and world-leading automation and manufacturing systems, ZURU has over 5,000 team members in over 30 global locations, making it perfectly placed to continue building its reputation as one of the fastest-growing and most disruptive companies in the world. ZURU TOYS ZURU Toys is one of the largest toy companies in the world, known for its innovation, creativity and disruption through automation. Inspired by kids and imaginative play, ZURU Toys distributes to all major retailers in over 120 countries and has delighted millions of families all over the world with brands such as Bunch O Balloons™, X-Shot™, Rainbocorns™, Robo Alive™, Smashers™, 5 Surprise™, and Pets Alive™ and partnerships with entertainment properties, including Nickelodeon, Disney, Universal Studios and DreamWorks. ZURU EDGE ZURU Edge is disrupting stale consumer goods categories and building new generation brands to better serve modern consumers. Arguably the fastest-growing consumer goods company in the world today, ZURU Edge has a key focus on building tomorrow’s brands across five key verticals—Pet Care, Baby Care, Personal Care & Beauty, Home Care and Health & Wellness. ZURU TECH ZURU Tech is revolutionizing the way the world builds to bring greater flexibility, speed, affordability, quality and sustainability to the construction industry. Ten years in the making, ZURU Tech has reinvented every aspect of the construction process, developing the world’s first BIM software that directly connects to fully automated production. Get to know us a little better by checking out our company Instagram @lifeatzuru
