Job Description

HR Business Partner

Summary Description

This is a great opportunity for a HR Business Partner to join our company Fortune Magazine named as “One of World’s Most Admired Companies”Pharmaceutical environment, working across formulation operations, quality and engineering servicesSupportive and collaborative team environmentOpportunity based at Tuas manufacturing plant

About the Role

As a Business Partner, you will work to enhance organisational performance, productivity and effectiveness through our people.   Partnering with operations leaders, your objective will be to support the achievement of organisational goals and objectives in a team setting.  Your role will have responsibility to support and deliver HR projects for our manufacturing operations and take responsibility for supporting change initiatives across your client groups.  You will play a key role in building people manager and leader capability, drive employee engagement and deliver operational outcomes to meet client needs.  Key focus areas:

People Operations Excellence

Work closely with HR Shared Services and COEs to ensure policies and programs to support initiatives in line with HR and business priorities. Programs cover several or all of the following: recruiting, employee movements, employee relations, learning and development, human resources information systems, compensation and benefits, talent management and performance management)Provides day-to-day operations support and performance management guidance to line management (coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions)Support regulatory reporting and audit compliance.Champion continual process improvement.

Change Management

Proactively guide our operations leaders and employees through exercises and activities that better position the organization to implement and realise change;Help to align our leaders and employees, support engagement activities, minimize risks and maintain an open dialogue/solid partnership to influence and drive the change agenda.

HR Analytics and Projects

Proactively use data to anticipate future manufacturing HR practices, trends and issues in an effort to make meaningful improvements.Conceptualize, design and participate in HR and people projects at divisional or market level working collaboratively with other HR and business colleagues

To Be Successful In This Role You Will Possess

8-10 years of relevant work experience as a HR practitioner, desirably with a minimum of 5 years in business partnering, business transformation and analyticsExperience in a multi-national, regulated manufacturing environment, desirably in the life sciences or pharma sectorUnderstanding of HR systems and knowledge of local labor laws and regulation

This is an exciting and challenging role that offers you the opportunity to have a significant impact.  We offer a highly supportive and collaborative team environment, as part of a multi-national pharmaceutical organisation, offering a competitive range of health, wealth and lifestyle benefits.

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

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Job Posting End Date:

01/11/2025

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Requisition ID:R290828