Senior Human Resources Manager

SICK Sensor Intelligence; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Johor Bahru is seeking a Senior HR Manager to drive people strategies aligned with business operations. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of HR experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role, ensuring effective talent acquisition and employee engagement. Responsibilities include leading HR initiatives and managing stakeholder relationships to support operational goals.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years of HR business partnering experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• 5+ years in a country HR leadership role.
• Proven talent strategies deployment for business growth.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership for HR strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Lead organizational change management processes.
• Ensure timely pipelining of quality talent for expansion needs.
• Drive employee engagement and retention.
• Support governance for labor relations compliance.

Skills

Hands-on HR experience

Strategic thinking

Talent acquisition

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Analytical skills

Integrity

Job description

Senior HR Manager

The Senior HR Manager acts as the HR business partner, who has the responsibility in developing and driving people strategies for all our operations in manufacturing plant in Johor Bahru with an ambitious expansion plan. You will be part of the valuable member of Asia Pacific HR team.

You will partner closely with business to drive an inclusive and diverse culture and create relevant human resource policies and programs for employees in line with business needs. You will develop a strong relationship with partners in talent acquisition, talent development, people reward, employee and labor relations and drive effective HR service delivery.

You will engage with all areas of business to ensure strategic initiatives integrate human capital considerations. You will be bringing your strong HR operational skills and knowledge of best practices. You will need to have considerable personal confidence, be decisive and agile, and intellectually sharp with sound judgment.

The position is based in our manufacturing plant in Johor Bahru. He/she reports disciplinary to the Vice President of Operation, and functionally to Senior Director, People & Places Asia Pacific.

Role & Responsibilities:

As a HR leader and business partner, you will provide counsel on all HR matters and ensure that HR goals are aligned with SICK strategic plans and programs with focus on the following:

• Partnering with leadership teams to develop key strategies and objectives for the organization, ensuring that the HR initiatives and programs are clearly aligned with business/operations priorities.
• Lead the organization change management process in response to business/operations strategies.
• Proactively participate in and be a key contributor by providing HR input for strategic business/operations projects assigned and long-term planning and budgeting processes.
• Ensure timely pipelining of quality talent in consideration to our strategic business/operations target picture to meet the expansion and operation needs.
• Lead the implementation of key HR activities including employer branding, onboarding, talent review, performance management, people development, etc.
• Provide advice and coaching to managers and employees on performance and development.
• Establish and maintain a positive work environment which encourages the full use of the organization’s diverse talents and abilities.
• Drive employee survey action plans and engagement outcomes including employee retention.
• Drive workforce planning strategy including productivity and workforce effectiveness actions.
• Support any potential HR diligence and integration initiatives from Global and Regional APAC as part of overall transformation.
• Support governance framework for employee and labor relations with focus on compliance to local laws and consistent deployment of best practices that maintains harmonious industrial relations.

Job Requirements:

• At least 10+ years of diverse HR business partnering experience preferably in a manufacturing environment with at least 5 years in a country HR leadership role.
• Ability to balance between being ‘hands on’ and ‘strategic’.
• Talent obsessed – proven record of deploying talent strategies in support of business growth through talent acquisition and drive people development initiatives.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, assertive by conviction and collaborative by nature with strong people skills.
• Strong commercial acumen, analytical ability and use of data to provide key business insights.
• Strong reputation as a HR professional, integrity and judgment that is beyond reproach.
• Strong ownership on execution with focus on result orientation.