Country HR Lead - Overseas chemical - Thailand

Descripción del puesto:

Job Purpose:
* To Lead the overseas HR function by strategy formulation and implementation of people agenda across all overseas locations
* To drive and implement practices and processes that involves employee productivity improvement, career planning and improvement in the relationships between people managers and team members to create a motivated work environment conducive to higher productivity.

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Key Result Areas/Accountabilities

Supporting Actions

Create and implement HR strategy based on business strategy

* Understand business strategy and prepare people strategy, business wise and country wise, with the guidance from CHRO and Business leaders
* Plan and execute people strategy for short team and long term
* Review and validate people strategy each year and make necessary modifications

Cultural Integration

* Ensure there is a harmonious working relationship amongst local and expatriates
* All employees are put through the cultural sensitization process in order to appreciate other cultures and ways to deal with them
* Undertake various team building measures to create trust and bonding amongst employees of various nationalities

Talent Acquisition

* Ensure manpower planning based on people strategy and the business plans
* Prepare and execute business wise and country specific talent staffing strategy
* Reducing number of days taken in making offers as per the level of hiring (Junior Management, Middle Management and Senior Management)
* Ensuring smooth on-boarding and handholding of new joinee
* Tracking performance of new joinee and regular feedbacks on acclimatization to ensure new joinee has adapted to org. culture.

Performance Management System

* Adequate dissemination of information related to PMS process, guidelines and policies
* Ensure Business performance is shared with all employees across all businesses and countries for effective implementation of PMS process
* Ensure all the processes related to PMS are followed within the given time lines
* Track and monitor weaker performances and Provide counselling and support to employees in case of weaker performance
* Support business leaders in expectation management of employees
* Established a strong mechanism to handle grievances of employees

Job Evaluation

* Ensure all management cadres positions are evaluated/revaluated from time to time
* Educate and engage with business leaders on the process of job evaluation and manage expectations and anxieties
* Periodically conduct work shop on job evaluation explain the entire process of Job analysis and evaluation
* Prepare JDs for new positions and update the JDs of positions which have seen significant changes
* Seek support from Business HR for various processes related to job evaluation

Reward Strategies

* Evolve and execute a reward strategy for the entire business under guidance from CHRO and Business leaders
* Continuously monitor and track the competition on various employee related benchmarks and fine tune reward strategy
* Engage with Business HR to drive entire Annual compensation review to its logical conclusion
* Conduct information session on ACR related steps to the employee set

People Development

* Devise a long term strategy for the development of employees in collaboration with CHRO, Business leaders and BCOE
* Execute the strategy in time bound and in most cost effective manner
* Measure the effectiveness of the various development initiatives tool on employees
* Design innovative development programs for specific needs and for specific employee set
* Identify local vendors in various countries to deliver development intervention
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Talent Management/ Succession Planning

* Ensure Talent Management process of the Group is followed and executed
* Various forums like talent councils and talent review are carried out as per the process
* Ensure all talent pool members attend DACs and proper feedback is provided to them
* Ensure Post DACs, MDPs are developed and a periodic review is carried out
* Identify all critical positions in consultation with Business leaders and BCOE
* Ensure, for all critical positions, there is one immediate and one near term successor in place
* Identify, at each level (e.g FLO to SH and SH to DH) , set of employees to move to next level and carry out a plan to develop them

Job Evaluation & aligning standard structures

* Ensure all management cadres positions are evaluated/revaluated from time to time
* Educate and engage with business leaders on the process of job evaluation and manage expectations and anxieties
* Periodically conduct work shop on job evaluation explain the entire process of Job analysis and evaluation
* Prepare JDs for new positions and update the JDs of positions which have seen significant changes
* Seek support from Business HR for various processes related to job evaluation

Employee Engagement

* Take various initiative to create a vivacious, healthy and happy workforce
* Plan and execute various engagement initiatives
* Carry out various engagement surveys like Vibes and Team vibes
* Ensure action plan, based on survey findings, is prepared and implemented

Campus Initiatives and Branding

* Build a strong relationship with various leading universities in Thailand
* Create awareness, make presentations and build a rapport with various student bodies in these universities
* Engage with universities to hire summer interns and young engineers

Strategic Relationships and Negotiations

* Develop relationships with various external agencies, government bodies to appraise them about business and practices
* Work closely with Unions and Employee welfare committees on various issues employee discipline, productivity, policies and other allied matters
* Ensure all discussions on long term agreements are done on a fair basis and there is no disruption to business
* Engage unions on various business related issues and performances to make them aware and realize the long term impact of agreements
* Ensure all legal steps are followed in long term agreements

Labor Union and Welfare Committee Management

* Negotiation of collective agreements
* Addressing labor union and labor office related compliances and issues
* Providing support and guidance to Unit HR, Legal and other stakeholders to address complex employee relation issues and mitigate legal risks

Compliance

* Ensure laws of the land are followed related to employees and various statutory regulations across countries.
* Ensure a proper tracking and monitoring of all applicable compliance matters
* Ensure there is no disruption to business on account of compliance matters

Developing HR Capability

* All HR team members are updated on latest thinking and practices
* Ensure all the relevant development programs are attended by the HR team
* Stretch Goals are given and supported by proper hand holding and guidance
* Ensure that respect to role is provided and adequate empowerment and support is provided to perform the role.

Qualifications:

MBA

Minimum Experience Level:

18-22 Years

Report to:

Chief Human Resources Officer