Senior Business Partner, Emerging Markets

Treasury Wine Estates Asia (Sea) Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days annual leave

Medical insurance

Quarterly wine allowance

TWEforME Day

Job summary

Treasury Wine Estates Asia (Sea) Pte. Ltd.

is seeking a Senior Business Partner, Emerging Markets to align people and culture strategies with regional business objectives across Southeast Asia, South Asia, North Asia, the Middle East and Africa. You will partner with regional leaders to build a high‑performing, inclusive workforce supporting TWE’s ambition to be the world’s most desirable luxury wine company.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of HR experience in a regional/lines role.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders across multiple countries.
• Strong knowledge of employment laws and compliance in Asia and Middle East.
• Proven ability to drive organizational change and workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR leadership and trusted advisory to regional leaders.
• Deliver programmes aligned to regional People & Culture priorities and Global strategy.
• Lead talent management, organizational effectiveness and performance initiatives.
• Design and implement wellbeing, rewards and employee relations programs.
• Drive compliance with local employment practices and regulations across regions.

Skills

HR leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Talent planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/HR

Job description

About us

Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) is one of the world’s leading wine companies. At TWE we are led everyday by our purpose, Boldly Cultivating. We are boldly cultivating value through our brands, wine, people & environment for enriched & joyful communities.

At TWE we cultivate our teams to be their very best. And in turn, our people push us to make bigger and bolder decisions. Our focus on Boldly Cultivating unites us as a global team and fuels our vision to become the world’s desirable luxury wine company – known for the experiences we create for our consumers, customers, partners, suppliers and our people.

To learn more about our purpose and our renowned portfolio of global brands,click here.

About the role

The Senior Business Partner, Emerging Markets exists to align people and culture strategies with business objectives across Southeast Asia, South Asia, North Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

This role partners closely with regional leaders to build a high-performing, inclusive, and engaged workforce that supports TWE’s ambition to become the world’s most desirable luxury wine company.

The position provides strategic and operational leadership across key people areas, including talent management, organizational effectiveness, performance, reward, employee relations, and culture. It is responsible for designing and implementing people solutions that strengthen leadership capability, enhance the employee experience, and enable sustainable business growth. The role also leads the delivery of core people programs across the region while contributing to global people initiatives and ensuring compliance with local employment practices and regulations. Through strong commercial and people leadership, this position drives organizational capability, workforce effectiveness, and cultural alignment across the Emerging Markets region.

Business Partnership and Leadership

Leveraging commercial knowledge of business issues and market trends, as well as expertise in capability and culture, provide HR leadership, advice and recommendations and act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders

Deliver programmes aligned to the regional People & Culture Strategic Priorities and the enterprise Global P&C Strategy

Engage with the Global People & Culture team and/or business leads to ensure regional requirements are considered within the design and deployment of global programmes.

Employee Experienced Focused Culture - a great place to work

Deliver people initiatives with TWE DNA at their core that enable a great place to work

Design and deliver TWEforMe wellbeing and community initiatives in the Emerging Markets

Embed initiatives to encourage a culture of feedback and recognition (e.g. Cellarbrate)

Support the design and implementation of the Sales Incentive framework to ensure it is simple, understood and drives sustainable high performance

World class talent & capability to deliver our business goals

Build a high performing organisation - execute strategies to constantly drive the raising of the performance bar

Retain, promote and reward the best - design and implement strategies to retain and reward high performing high and potential team members who live the essence of the TWE DNA

Engage with the business to identify future workforce requirements and apply strategic workforce planning tools to inform overall talent strategy (buy, build, borrow) that ensures TWE is future fit

Leadership and timely execution of cyclical people programmes including Talent Review, Performance Review and Merit Review for respective business unit client groups and support for the region

Boldly cultivate and lead change to be the world’s most desirable luxury wine company

Deliver and report against global & regionally relevant corporate and social responsibility initiatives aligned with the Corporate Sustainability Roadmap and commitments such as diversity, human rights and modern slavery

Courageously lead and champion a broad I&D agenda for various client groups and support the region to foster a culture of inclusion, ownership, care and resilience

Support the people and organizational change elements of business transformation in line with all legislative requirements. This includes organisation structural design and review; workforce transition/change management process and employee communications support.

Drive efficiency and continuous improvement in people practices

Monitor and maintain TWE’s compliance obligations as they relate to all relevant employee regulations in the region

In partnership with the People Services team in Treasury Business Solutions (TBS) continuously improve and automate people processes to improve the employee and people manager experience whilst ensuring legislative requirements

Employee Relations, Compliance & Governance

Lead ER matters, investigations and employee disputes.

Provide advice on local employment legislation and company policies.

Partner with Legal on high-risk employment matters.

Maintain compliance across jurisdictions and monitor regulatory changes.

Leadership Behaviours and Enablers

Proactively role model TWE DNA

Consistently create a positive belief in others by inspiring and challenging them

Invest in coaching and development of others

Use communication to engage, motivate and inspire. Talk plainly, be open and candid in discussions.

Add to the credibility of the P&C function by developing, managing and maintaining pro-active and constructive relationships with all stakeholders

Compliance and governance to TWE's health and safety initiatives

Be an inclusive leader and encourage others to follow your example

Drive continuous improvement across the P&C function

Collaborate with the global P&C team to ensure consistency of approach and knowledge sharing

About you

Bachelor’s degree in in Business Administration, HR or related field or equivalent

At least 8 years’ fully rounded HR experience, including accountabilities for a client group in a business partnering capacity

Demonstrated experience working closely with a commercial and corporate businesses and translating business strategies into people plans as well as dealing with complex business and HR issues.

Demonstrated ability to operate independently across multiple countries and influence senior leaders in a highly matrixed regional environment.

Proven ability to drive improved business performance through strategic HR interventions.

Proven experience in leading compliance and employee relations initiatives

Ability to utilise OD tools and techniques to facilitate teams, change management and organisational design challenges

Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including compensation practices, organisational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, performance management, and Asia based employment laws.

Proven ability to effectively manage multiple projects/work streams and deliver timely/quality results.

Strong analytics, attention to detail and financial acumen

Strong communication skills and proficiency in English

Why you'll love it here:

• Our culture is built on bringing our whole selves, being courageous and delivering together - it's our DNA and the heart of who we are at TWE.
• We prioritise your growth with access to global career opportunities and structured programs designed to support your health, wellbeing and careerdevelopment.
• Enjoy the world's most desirable wines through our generous employee product allowance
• 20 days annual leave, medical insurance, quarterly wine allowance
• Plus, you'll get an extra day off each year with your "TWEforME Day" - a day to spend however you choose!

We offer a range of great benefits such asflexibility,rewards and discounts and health and wellbeing initiatives. To find out more, click here.

It takes all varietals!

At TWE, we proudly celebrate diversity and are committed to being an equal opportunity employer.Our goal is to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the consumers who enjoy our products.

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, colour, religion, gender identity, national origin, or disability. If you require any assistance to be included in our process, please contact @tweglobal.com, quoting the job title and reference number.