Job Overview
This position is responsible for driving the plant's performance management, compensation, rewards, and talent management initiatives. This role partners closely with business leaders to ensure performance excellence, market-competitive reward programs, employee engagement, and workforce effectiveness. The incumbent acts as a trusted HR advisor, leveraging data and insights to support strategic workforce decisions while ensuring compliance with company policies and labor regulations
Job Requirements
1. Performance Management
- Lead the annual performance review, goal-setting, and performance calibration processes for plant employees.
- Partner with managers to ensure objective, fair, and timely performance evaluations.
- Monitor performance management compliance and completion rates across the organization.
- Provide coaching and guidance to leaders on performance discussions, employee feedback, development planning, and performance improvement processes.
- Analyze performance data and identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
- Support Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) and employee development initiatives.
- Facilitate talent review and succession planning discussions to strengthen organizational capability and leadership pipelines.
2. Total Rewards
- Administer annual salary reviews, bonus programs, incentives, and merit increase processes.
- Conduct compensation benchmarking and market competitiveness analysis.
- Ensure consistent application of compensation policies, salary structures, and reward practices.
- Monitor and manage reward-related budgets and headcount costs.
- Provide recommendations on salary adjustments, promotions, retention measures, and reward strategies.
- Support job evaluation, grading reviews, and organizational structure assessments.
- Drive employee communication and understanding of compensation and benefits programs.
3. HR Business Partnership
- Serve as a trusted advisor to plant leadership on performance management, rewards, and talent-related matters.
- Partner with leaders to align workforce performance and talent strategies with business objectives.
- Support employee engagement, retention, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, labor laws, and governance requirements.
- Participate in HR transformation, continuous improvement, and strategic HR projects.
- Collaborate with Centers of Excellence (COEs) and HR Operations to deliver HR programs effectively.
4. HR Analytics & Reporting
- Prepare, analyze, and present reports on performance ratings, compensation trends, turnover, workforce productivity, and other HR metrics.
- Develop insights and recommendations to support data-driven HR and business decisions.
- Monitor key workforce indicators and identify emerging people-related risks and opportunities.
- Support workforce planning and organizational effectiveness reviews through HR analytics.
What your background should look like
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related discipline.
- Professional HR certification will be an added advantage.
Work Experience
- Minimum 5 years of Human Resources experience, preferably within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Experience supporting a workforce of 1,000+ employees.
- Hands-on experience in performance management, compensation & benefits, talent management, and HR business partnering.
- Experience in HR analytics, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness is preferred.
Personal Skills & Competencies
- Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to interpret HR data and trends.
- Ability to manage confidential information with integrity and professionalism.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Sound knowledge of employment laws, labor regulations, and HR best practices.
- Proficient in HR systems and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong facilitation and coaching skills with the ability to engage leaders at all levels.
Competencies
No. 1412, Lorong Perusahaan 1
Kawasan Perusahaan Perai
Penang, Pulau Pinang 13600
Malaysia