Senior HR Business Partner

Philip Morris International; Selangor; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company in Malaysia is seeking a professional to lead strategic organizational plans. The role focuses on driving business success through effective people strategies, leadership coaching, and cultural engagement. Ideal candidates should have a degree in a related field and 8+ years of experience, with a strong focus on organizational effectiveness and talent management. Proficiency in English is required, while knowledge of Malay or Mandarin is preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in relevant roles.
• Good understanding of core P&C areas of intervention.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership on strategic organizational plans.
• Lead business change initiatives with function leadership.
• Advise on workforce planning and talent management.
• Build a performance culture within the function.

Skills

Data driven

Business focused

Experience led

Strategic Workforce Planning

Organizational Effectiveness

Education

Degree in Business Admin, Psychology, similar fields

Job description

Be a part of a revolutionary change!

At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke‑free future. With huge change, comes huge opportunity. Wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

Your ‘day to day’

In this role with Philip Morris Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., you will partner with function leadership teams on strategic organizational plans, fostering an engaged, inclusive, and diverse organization equipped with distinctive capabilities, holding consumer empathy at the heart, innovating with speed, and cultivating a winning culture that also rewards noble failures.

Key Responsibilities

• Function and people Strategy
  • Collaborate with business leaders on the development of function strategy, leading people elements. Contextualize and adapt global P&C strategy to unique needs of the function to drive business success through people levers.
  • Determine short‑term and long‑term strategic plans to deliver function ambitions.
  • Anticipate future business demands with a P&C aspect, frame people issues as business challenges and deploy prioritized solutions that impact business success.
• Organization Effectiveness & Change Management
  • Deploy Operating Model for the function to achieve the business strategy effectively & efficiently.
  • Lead business change initiatives together with the function leadership.
  • Advise line managers on change management tools and approaches.
• Leadership Coaching
  • Coach and advise leaders on key strategic people related matters, offering expertise and thought leadership.
• Workforce planning and Talent management
  • Deploy function talent strategy sustaining a well‑developed, diverse pipeline of talent delivering a strong succession for critical positions.
  • Advise line managers to identify, develop, and retain their talents.
  • Support deployment of the function leadership capability building.
• Culture And Employee Engagement
  • Build a performance culture with business leaders of function, fueled by consumer empathy, that rewards achievement of challenging targets as well as noble failures and addresses poor performance.
  • Create an environment of learning and development within function, which enables employees to build critical business capabilities and supports their lifetime employability.
  • Advise line managers on how to improve functional engagement score, by helping them choose and deploy the correct global assets.
• Labor Relations, Compliance And Excellence
  • Establish effective employee relations and constructive two‑way communications to mitigate risk and sustain a positive working environment.
  • Ensure compliance with country regulatory framework and PMI policies identifying risks early on.
  • Role model in P&C Excellence (costs monitoring, adherence to the budget, policies and guidelines) contributing to the overall P&C Operating Model effectiveness.

Who We’re Looking For

• Degree in Business Admin, Psychology, similar fields
• Min experience: 8+ years
• P&C key capabilities: data driven, business focused & experience led
• Strategic Workforce Planning
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Good understanding of core P&C areas of intervention (Total Rewards, talent management, Learning and Leadership development, Talent acquisition, performance management, employee experience)
• Language preferences: English (must), Malay, Mandarin