Talent Acquisition Specialist - SEA (3 months contract)

Date Posted:

2026-06-10

Country:

Malaysia

Location:

Otis Elevator Company (M) Sdn Bhd, 15-01 Menara Symphony, No 5, Jalan Semangat, Seksyen 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan , Malaysia

Position Summary

The Talent Acquisition Specialist supports end‑to‑end hiring for early‑career to mid‑level positions across Southeast Asia (SEA). The role focuses on sourcing, screening, coordination, and fast execution using multiple channels such as LinkedIn, job boards, referrals, and community outreach.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring smooth hiring cycles, strong candidate experience, and Workday compliance while working closely with Hiring Managers and SEA TA Lead.

Key Responsibilities:

• Requisition Intake & Planning
• Conduct structured intake discussions with Hiring Managers (guided by Senior TA).
• Confirm job requirements, competencies, hiring process, and target timelines.
• Broad‑Based Sourcing & Outreach
• Post job ads on LinkedIn and market‑specific job boards and refresh them regularly.
• Use basic Boolean and targeted searches to identify candidates on LinkedIn.
• Manage initial outreach, follow‑ups, and applicant screening.
• Activate employee referrals and promote referral programs.
• Utilize word‑of‑mouth channels, local communities, and alumni groups.
• Screening & Interview Coordination
• Conduct first‑round screens evaluating experience, motivation, notice period, and salary expectations.
• Provide strong shortlists to Hiring Managers within agreed SLAs.
• Schedule interviews, assessments, and facilitate feedback collection.
• Support hiring managers with interview documentation and process timelines.
• Offer & Onboarding Support
• Coordinate and roll out offer preparation with HR.
• Conduct pre‑closing discussions with candidates to confirm commitment.
• Support smooth handover to onboarding teams.
• Reporting & TA Operations
• Ensure 100% Workday hygiene (stages, dispositioning, documentation).
• Provide weekly hiring updates and data reports as needed.
• Maintain talent pools for repeat roles.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or related field.
• 2–5 years of recruitment experience, preferably across SEA markets.
• Strong sourcing capabilities using LinkedIn, job boards, and referrals.
• Excellent organizational and coordination skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to handle multiple roles simultaneously and deliver within deadlines.
• English proficiency required; local languages are a plus not a must.
  
  

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Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2.4 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.4 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 72,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belong to a diverse, trusted, and caring community where your contributions, and the skills and capabilities you’ll gain working alongside the best and brightest, keep us connected and on the cutting edge. 

We provide opportunities, training, and resources, that build leadership and capabilities in Sales, Field, Engineering and Major Projects and our Employee Scholar Program is a notable point of pride, through which Otis sponsors colleagues to pursue degrees or certification programs.

Today, our focus more than ever is on people. As a global, people-powered company, we put people – passengers, customers, and colleagues – at the center of everything we do. We are guided by our values that we call our Three Absolutes – prioritizing Safety, Ethics, Quality in all that we do. If you would like to learn more about environmental, social and governance (ESG) at Otis click here.

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