HR Manager, Johor

Location: Johor Bahru, Malaysia; onsite role

Company

hirify.global provides food and beverage ingredients including cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices to food brands and manufacturers worldwide.

What you will do

• Support the Malaysia people strategy, workforce plans, organisational initiatives and regional HR projects as deputy to the HR Country Head.
• Partner with business and functional leaders to deliver people solutions across the employee lifecycle, from workforce planning and recruitment through onboarding, performance management, development, engagement, retention and offboarding.
• Lead learning and development activities, including capability assessments, learning roadmaps, leadership development, manager effectiveness, coaching, technical upskilling and career development.
• Measure learning effectiveness through participation, completion, knowledge application, behavioural change, capability improvement and return on learning investment.
• Manage employee relations matters, including performance concerns, grievances, disciplinary cases and workplace investigations.
• Advise managers on organisation design, succession planning and change management while using HR metrics to improve productivity, retention and organisational health.

Requirements

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline, with approximately 8–12 years of progressive HR experience, including partnership with senior business leaders.
• Broad HR capability and prior experience in people development.
• Strong working knowledge of Malaysian employment legislation and experience managing employee relations, performance and organisational change matters.
• Strong stakeholder management, coaching and influencing skills, with the ability to constructively challenge and support leaders at different levels.
• Analytical and solutions-oriented approach, including the ability to interpret people data, manage competing priorities and translate insights into practical actions.
• High integrity, resilience and adaptability, with a hands-on approach suited to a fast-paced, matrixed and evolving environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Experience in manufacturing, food, FMCG or a multinational environment.
• Prhirify.globalciency in Bahasa Malaysia.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a diverse, inclusive and high-performance culture focused on positive impact for people and the planet.
• Support country and regional initiatives in a global ingredients business with operations and sourcing across approximately 50 countries.
• Employment practices must comply with Malaysian labour legislation, regulatory requirements and internal governance standards.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without discrimination.

Hiring process

• Complete all required application steps and provide a resume/CV to be considered.