MANAGER - HR BUSINESS PARTNER

Hartalega; Sepang; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Malaysia is seeking an experienced HR Manager to lead its people strategies and enhance HR functions. The role involves driving people initiatives, managing employee relations, and ensuring compliance with policies. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in HR or Business Administration and at least 8 years of relevant experience. This position offers a chance to develop a performance culture and improve workforce engagement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience with similar roles and responsibilities preferred.
• Experience in organisations with multi-layered interfaces.
• Technical knowledge in coaching and industrial relations.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen the Hartalega culture with people processes.
• Drive and communicate Hartalega’s people agenda.
• Provide timely HR consulting/advisory to the business.

Skills

Coaching

Industrial relations

Stakeholder leadership

Education

Bachelor Degree/Post Graduate qualification in Human Resource Management / Talent / Business Administration

Job description

Our People Principle is built on the platform that values Honesty, Innovation, Excellence, Learning, Dedication & Synergy. This role will lead Hartalega into the future by translating business strategies, vision and values into people strategies. We aim towards a future where Hartalega’s people processes are externally admired. This role among others covers HR business advisory, succession planning, career mobility, employment engagement, performance management and leadership engagement.

Duty & Responsibilities

Live the Hartalega culture, strengthen the culture systematically or organically with people processes.

Drive and communicate Hartalega’s people agenda and initiatives.

Provide sound and timely HR consulting/advisory to the business and be a proactive partner to the business and active sparring partner to HR functions.

Support HR centre of excellence in deploying strategic HR programmes not limiting to performance management, succession planning, leadership engagement, manpower planning, leadership coaching, and other.

Support policy development and deployment to the right stakeholders.

Provides guidance and input on business unit restructures, workforce planning and succession planning.

Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.

Manage and resolve people issues by engaging relevant stakeholders and secure alignment and buy in.

Support workplace diagnostic and solutions collaboratively.

Support the facilitation of the employee engagement process and act as change agent to drive the application in enabling a performance culture & engaged workforce.

Provide employees and managers with an available first point of contact for questions and guidance on fundamental HR topics and issues; escalates concerns beyond their scope to relevant HR functions; navigates employees and manager to HR Services when it is the more appropriate resource.

Provide advice and counsel to managers and employees to ensure consistent application and integration of policies, procedures and practices at 100% compliance to promote an ethical and compliant work environment.

Any other tasks assigned by the superior.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor Degree/Post Graduate qualification in Human Resource Management / Talent / Business Administration or equivalent.
• Work Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience with similar roles and responsibilities preferred.
• Worked in organisations with multi-layered interfaces.
• Technical and Professional Knowledge:
  • Coach.
  • Industrial and employee relations.
  • Stakeholder leadership that includes non-technical risks / ESG, communities and external parties.