Head of HR, MYSG

Job Title: Head of HR, MYSG

Location: Malaysia

JOB PURPOSE

As the Head of HR, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the People Agenda for our organization, ensuring alignment with global and local stakeholders to drive business strategy.  

Leading a dynamic team, you’ll be contributing to organizational success by championing talent development, fostering a positive culture, and optimizing HR processes - all with a keen focus on driving business growth.

YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership for Business Growth

• Active member of the MYSG Leadership team

• Provide strategic advice and partner closely on critical People and Organization priorities.

• Shape organization design, talent development, and culture-building initiatives to directly impact business outcomes.

Landing key HR agenda

• Winning Culture: Land the new Unilever behaviours and establish a winning culture

• Talent & Performance Agenda: Dial up the performance culture with focused talent agenda

• ER/IR Agenda: Lead the local Employee relations and industrial relations agenda

Team Leadership

• Lead and inspire a diverse HR team

• Empower your team to deliver end-to-end HR solutions, from day-to-day operational tasks to strategic interventions.

Spearheading the National agenda especially org transformation as part of the Unilever productivity program

• Oversee and land all changes in the local business in line with the Business case commitments

• Help embed these changes and the new ways of working

Lead for the HR and PEX transformation

• Help embed the new HR operating model in the local business

• Lead the HR team through changes (HR Productivity Program) while also establishing a new way of working

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Skills & Experiences

• Relevant experience in HR Business partnering

• Good knowledge of key HR processes, roles and responsibilities across the entire HR lifecycle

• Experience of transforming a business to accelerate growth and leading a change program

• Good strategic thinker, with strong business acumen and ability to partner with senior level executives.

Leadership

• You are now a Leader of Change. People look to you to provide safety in a storm, and you also appropriately challenge to get even better results. You role model resilience and care. You navigate these uncertain times by flexing plans and your leadership style, always with authenticity.

• You are still responsible for delivering to the highest standards. You must be resilient so you can lead others to deliver with passion through uncertainty and create opportunities through the core and beyond. You must be able to flex your style and your plans to guide others through difficult times.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment journey. Should you require additional information or reasonable adjustments to allow you to present your best self during this process, please contact the talent partner for this role, Bernice Wong (bernice.wong@unilever.com)

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.