HR Business Partner - Tampoi

Kerry; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry, a world-leading taste and nutrition company, is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner for our Tampoi site in Malaysia. You will drive organizational effectiveness, talent development and employee engagement while ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

You will collaborate with business leaders to align people strategies with business goals, coach leaders, and partner with COEs and Talent Acquisition to shape leadership pipelines and change initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive HR experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within a multinational setting.
• Strong knowledge of Malaysian labor laws and industrial relations practices.
• Proven ability to lead change, influence stakeholders, and manage complex employee relations.
• Experience with audit processes related to food industry standards (SMETA, ISO, HACCP) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of organizational effectiveness priorities and initiatives in line with business strategy and plans.
• Responsible for the people and organization-design related aspects of change programs.
• Monitor and interpret key indicators of organizational effectiveness and ensure plans are in place to course-correct as needed.
• Coach & partner with business leaders on their role in leading organizational effectiveness.
• Support the site in delivering high performance and meeting key performance indicators.
• Aligned with business strategy, deliver talent priorities which includes coaching people leaders in talent planning, talent identification, talent pipelines, organizational planning and performance.
• Partner with COEs in driving effectiveness of people leader skill and leadership competencies.
• Partner with talent acquisition team in strategic resourcing requirements, work with leaders to validate open roles, coaching and challenging where necessary on requirements for new or replacement roles.
• Participate in the assessment and selection process for critical / key leadership roles.
• Leverage Reward Programs to drive business performance and employee engagement which includes compensation, benefits and recognition.
• Partner with Reward COE on appropriate solutions to address business needs.
• Consult, partner, coach Business Leaders re Total Reward decisions.
• Provide business insights to influence Reward COE strategy.
• A people champion who understands people’s needs from all levels.
• Partner with and coach people leaders and Unions in building and maintaining an inclusive work environment.
• Coach & Support People Leaders on the execution of our Voice (Employee Survey) Engagement Plans.
• Ensure compliance in employee relations and international labor standard (SMETA or RBA), develop action plans to remediate issues in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with Employee Relations issues.
• Partner with COE and GBS in driving excellent employee experience.
• May require to take on regional and continuous improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Employee relations

Change management

Audit readiness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in HR/Business

Job description

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

• Reporting To Senior HR Business Partner - SEA

The role will be an integral member of MalaysiaHRBPand Integrated Operations (IO) Site Leadership team, responsible for driving profitable and sustainable growth by ensuring Kerry has the right leadership, talent, capabilities and clarity required for the successful execution of business strategy.

As a HR Business Partner, you will collaborate with business leaders to drive organizational effectiveness, talent development, and employee engagement at our Tampoi site. This role focuses on delivering best-in-class HR practices, fostering an inclusive culture, and ensuring compliance while leveraging shared services for operational excellence.

Key responsibilities

Organizational Effectiveness

• Lead execution of organizational effectiveness priorities and initiatives in line with business strategy and plans
• Responsible for the people and organization-design related aspects of change programs
• Monitor and interpret key indicators of organizational effectiveness and ensure plans are in place to course-correct as needed
• Coach & partner with business leaders on their role in leading organizational effectiveness
• Support the site in delivering high performance and meeting key performance indicator

Leadership & Talent

• Aligned withbusinessstrategy, deliver talent priorities which includes coaching people leaders in talent planning, talent identification, talent pipelines, organizational planning and performance
• Partner with COEs in driving effectiveness of people leader skill and leadership competencies
• Partner with talent acquisition team in strategic resourcing requirements, work with leaders to validate open roles, coaching and challenging where necessary on requirements for new or replacement roles.
• Participate in the assessment and selection process for critical / key leadership role

Reward

• Leverage Reward Programs to drive business performance and employee engagement which includes compensation, benefit and recognition
• Partner with Reward COE on appropriate solutions to address business need
• Consult, partner, coach Business Leaders re Total Reward decisions
• Provide business insights to influence Reward COE strategy

Compliance, Employee Relation & Employee Experience

• A people champion who understands people’s needs from all levels
• Partner with and coach people leaders and Unions in building and maintaining an inclusive work environment
• Coach & Support People Leaders on the execution of ourVoice (Employee Survey) Engagement Plans
• Ensure compliance in employee relations and international labor standard (SMETA or RBA), develop action plans to remediate issues in a timely manner
• Collaborate with Employee Relations issues
• Partner with COE and GBS in driving excellent employee experience

Others

• May require to take on regional and continuous improvement projects

Qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive HR experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within a multinational setting.
• Strong knowledge of Malaysian labor laws and industrial relations practices.
• Proven ability to lead change, influence stakeholders, and manage complex employee relations.
• Experience with audit processes related to food industry standards (e.g., SMETA, ISO, HACCP) is a plus.

Unlock job insights

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Kerry is a world leader in taste and nutrition systems serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets. We have annualised sales in excess of €5 billion and employ over 23,000 people globally. Founded in 1972 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions and has succeeded in achieving sustained profitability.

We supply over 15,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. We have established manufacturing facilities in 24 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe.

Kerry has been present in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997 and has grown its business to become a brand of choice for our regional and local customers. From our Regional Headquarters and Global Technology Innovation Centre based in Singapore, Kerry employs nearly 3500 talented people at manufacturing sites and sales offices in 16 countries across the region.

Kerry prides itself on continuous innovation, technological creativity and business excellence in every area of the business, striving to enhance leadership positions in our consumer foods business and across global food and ingredients markets.

Being a truly global company, our employees in Asia-Pacific have opportunities to develop their careers in a global environment, with training, career development and international opportunities across the Kerry world.

Kerry is a world leader in taste and nutrition systems serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets. We have annualised sales in excess of €5 billion and employ over 23,000 people globally. Founded in 1972 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions and has succeeded in achieving sustained profitability.

We supply over 15,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. We have established manufacturing facilities in 24 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe.

Kerry has been present in the Asia-Pacific region since 1997 and has grown its business to become a brand of choice for our regional and local customers. From our Regional Headquarters and Global Technology Innovation Centre based in Singapore, Kerry employs nearly 3500 talented people at manufacturing sites and sales offices in 16 countries across the region.

Kerry prides itself on continuous innovation, technological creativity and business excellence in every area of the business, striving to enhance leadership positions in our consumer foods business and across global food and ingredients markets.

Being a truly global company, our employees in Asia-Pacific have opportunities to develop their careers in a global environment, with training, career development and international opportunities across the Kerry world.

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