Head of Human Resources

Crop Protection (M) Sdn Bhd; Klang City; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Crop Protection (M) Sdn Bhd is seeking a high-energy HR professional to lead talent development and workforce planning. You will partner with business leaders to strengthen leadership capability, build talent pipelines, and drive strategic workforce development.

You will focus on upskilling, IDPs, succession planning, leadership assessment, and analytics, while supporting HR operations and employee administration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in HRM, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field. Masters will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 10 years' working experience in the similar field.
• Strong command of English and Bahasa Malaysia; excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Talent development and training plan and implementation.
• Design, monitor, and follow up on Individual Development Plans for identified talents and successors.
• Develop and maintain succession planning frameworks and talent pools.
• Coordinate leadership assessment activities (360s, profiling, competency assessment).
• Prepare talent analytics reports, dashboards, and insights for management decisions.
• Engage with HODs, SMT, and HR teams to identify talent gaps and development needs.
• Support HR Operations and ensure smooth employee administration processes.

Skills

Talent development

Leadership development

HR analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Presentation skills

Planning & coordination

Independent working

360-degree assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in HRM/BA/Psychology

Masters preferred

Job description

We are seeking a high-energy and dynamic individual to support the organisation's Human Resources and talent development agenda. This role will have primary focus on employee upskilling, Individual development plans, succession planning, leadership assessment, talent-related analytics while supporting the HR Operations

The successful candidate will work closely with business leaders and employees to strengthen leadership capability, build talent pipelines and support strategic workforce development. This role reports directly to the CEO

Key Responsibilities

Talent Development – Training Focus

Plan, coordinate and implement talent development and training initiatives to support business and people capability needs.

Individual Development Plan

Support the design, implementation, monitoring, and follow-up of Individual Development Plans for identified talents, successors and key employees.

Succession Planning

Assist in developing and maintaining succession planning frameworks, talent pools, and readiness tracking for critical roles across the organisation

Leadership Assessment

Coordinate leadership assessment activities, including 360-degree feedback, leadership profilingand competency assessment, to support leadership development and succession readiness.

Talent Analytics

Prepare talent-related reports, dashboards, and analysis to support management decision-making on talent development, leadership pipeline, and workforce capability.

Stakeholder Engagement

Work closely with HODs, SMT, and HR teams to identify talent gaps, development needs and leadership capability requirements.

HR Operations Support

To support the HR Operations function and work closely with HODs, SMT, and HR teams to ensure smooth and comprehensive execution of employee administration related matters.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field. Masters will be an added advantage
• Minimum 10 years' working experience in the similar field.
• Good command of the English and Bahasa Malaysia language
• Strong experience in end-to-end talent development, leadership development and HR Operations
• Good understanding of training needs analysis, IDP, succession planning, leadership assessment, and talent review processes.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Good knowledge of HR analytics, preferably talent-related reporting and dashboard preparation.
• High energy, proactive, and able to engage effectively with employees and management.
• Strong planning, coordination, and follow-up skills.
• Able to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Experience in 360-degree assessment, leadership profiling, or competency framework implementation will be an added advantage.