What You Will Do
1. Workforce Planning & Organisation Design
- Develop Group workforce and talent strategies aligned with business objectives and financial plans.
- Design organisational structures, job architecture, grading and reporting frameworks.
- Lead headcount planning, position control and staff-cost budgeting in collaboration with Group Finance.
- Conduct salary benchmarking and market analysis for critical and specialised roles.
2. Talent Management & Succession Planning
- Develop Group competency frameworks covering leadership, functional and technical capabilities.
- Establish career-progression pathways, promotion criteria and technical career tracks.
- Drive succession planning and talent reviews for critical and leadership positions.
3. Talent Acquisition Strategy
- Define Group recruitment strategies, employer branding and employee value proposition.
- Establish hiring standards, selection frameworks and interview assessment tools.
- Partner with senior management on recruitment strategies for critical and leadership positions.
- Monitor recruitment effectiveness, including time-to-hire and quality-of-hire.
4. Performance Management & Total Rewards
- Implement Group performance-management frameworks, including KPI/OKR alignment, appraisals and calibration.
- Develop compensation structures, salary bands, incentive schemes and bonus frameworks.
- Prepare annual increment and bonus proposals, including cost modelling, in consultation with relevant stakeholders.
5. Learning & Development
- Develop the Group learning and development strategy and annual training plan.
- Identify capability gaps and align training initiatives with business and competency requirements.
- Explore HRD Corp levy utilisation and other training-funding opportunities.
6. Employee & Industrial Relations
- Manage employee relations matters, including disciplinary processes and involuntary terminations, in accordance with applicable Malaysian employment legislation.
- Oversee confidentiality and NDA execution processes.
- Manage the end-to-end employment and renewal process for expatriates, including employment pass applications.
7. HR Governance, Shared Services & People Analytics
- Drive the implementation of Group HR policies, employee handbooks and governance standards.
- Collaborate with WIG Group HR on shared-services delivery, operational compliance and continuous improvement.
- Monitor HR service delivery, data accuracy and compliance.
- Prepare monthly people analytics reports covering headcount, attrition, staff costs, recruitment progress and employee engagement.
What You Should Have
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Psychology or a related field.
- Minimum 6–8 years of HR experience, including at least 3 years in strategic HR, HR business partnering, organisational design, talent management or total rewards.
- Experience in technology, IT services, consulting or telecommunications is preferred.
- Exposure to multi-entity organisations or HR shared-services models is an advantage.
- Proven experience designing or implementing HR frameworks, such as competency, performance management, compensation or career progression.
- Professional HR certifications such as MIHRM, CIPD or SHRM are an advantage.
Skills & Competencies
- Good working knowledge of Malaysian employment legislation and statutory requirements.
- Strong analytical, financial modelling and workforce-planning skills, with proficiency in Excel and HR analytics.
- Ability to translate business strategy into practical workforce and people initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior management.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
- High integrity, sound judgement and discretion in handling confidential information.