HR Business Partner - GCC

Haleon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner for its Global Capability Center in Bengaluru. The role partners with senior leaders to translate priorities into people plans that drive performance, engagement, and capability building in a global matrix.

You will work with global HRBPs, Centers of Excellence and local teams to deliver scalable HR solutions across India and Malaysia, fostering an inclusive culture and high performance.

Qualifications

• 8–11 years of experience in a HR Business Partner role or similar strategic HR role.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders in a matrixed, global or multi-country environment.
• Strong business partnering capability, with the ability to translate business priorities into practical people plans and measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience using HR data and insights to diagnose trends and risks.

Responsibilities

• Support organisational change and transformation initiatives across the D&T function.
• Maintain and improve workforce data quality to support reporting, headcount management and workforce planning.
• Partner with global HRBPs and HR Centers of Excellence on organization effectiveness, grading, talent, reward, employee relations, team culture and people risks.
• Provide HR guidance and support to managers and employees across the employee lifecycle and ensure consistent HR processes.

Skills

HR business partnering

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Data-driven insights

Global/multi-country experience

Communication and influencing

Job description

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About The Role

The HR Business Partner for Haleon Global Capability Center (GCC) will partner with senior leaders in the center to deliver the people agenda in support of business priorities.

The role will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, translating center and functional priorities into integrated people plans that enable performance, engagement, retention, organizational effectiveness and long-term capability building. Operating in a global matrix environment, the role will collaborate closely with global HRBPs, HR Centers of Excellence and local HR teams to deliver consistent, scalable and business-focused HR solutions for the functional groups supported.

Role Responsibilities

Organisation Effectiveness & Workforce Planning

• Support the delivery of organisational change and transformation initiatives across the D&T function.
• Maintain and improve workforce data quality to support reporting, headcount management and workforce planning.
• Review and analyze people data and business insights to identify trends, risks and opportunities related to performance, retention, engagement, workforce planning and employee experience
• Partner with global HRBPs and HR Centers of Excellence on organization effectiveness, grading, talent, reward, employee relations, team culture and people risks

Talent, Recruitment & Inclusion

• Partner with leaders and Talent Acquisition to attract and hire diverse, high-quality talent.
• Develop and coordinate early talent initiatives to strengthen future talent pipelines.
• Support talent and succession planning activities across the function
• Support the delivery of inclusion and diversity initiatives that enhance engagement and representation across D&T.

Culture & Capability

• Support initiatives that strengthen a high-performance and inclusive culture.
• Coach leaders and managers to lead inclusively, build team effectiveness, improve manager capability and embed an agile high performance culture.
• Help deliver programmes that support employee development, career growth and engagement.

HR Partnership & Delivery

• Provide HR guidance and support to managers and employees across the employee lifecycle.
• Drive delivery of key annual people processes for supported groups in India and Malaysia, including performance, talent, engagement, reward and succession activities Partner with HR Operations and Centres of Excellence to deliver key people processes and programmes.
• Ensure consistent application of HR policies, processes and employment practices.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• 8 to 11 years of experience in a HR Business Partner role or similar strategic HR role, demonstrating an understanding of the full employee life cycle and ability to work with autonomy on the HR agenda.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders in a matrixed, global or multi-country environment.
• Strong business partnering capability, with the ability to translate business priorities into practical people plans and measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience using HR data and insights to diagnose trends, identify risks and recommend actions.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with confidence to advise and challenge leaders at different levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage confidential and sensitive matters with sound judgement and professionalism.
• Some experience working across multiple countries, geographies and cultures, especially broader APAC is preferable given the dual India and Malaysia scope of the role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• You possess strong organisational and analytical skills and derive insights from data to support business decisions.
• You are comfortable navigating complex, fast-paced environments and are able to pivot quickly to changing business needs and work with ambiguity
• You are able to develop strong relationships quickly and can collaborate across different stakeholder groups.
• A passion to drive cultural change and foster an inclusive environment
• Experience and energy to deliver high engagement initiatives

Location – Bangalore

Reports to: HRBL – Haleon Business Services

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Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence.

Note to candidates

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