Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.
The Opportunity
We are seeking a strategic and dynamic HR Business Partner to join our Malaysia based People and Culture team.
As a key member of the Global P&C team, reporting to the Vice President, Business Partnering, the People & Culture Business Partner plays a pivotal role in shaping the culture and capability of global business units. This role ensures alignment with the functional and enterprise People Plans by leading strategic projects, deploying cyclical people initiatives, and providing expert guidance to leaders—empowering them to build the talent and capabilities essential for long-term business success.
This position sits within the Global Function Business Partnering Team, requiring collaboration across multiple global business groups and diverse initiatives. The role demands close engagement with various functions within the P&C organisation, both locally and globally, as well as cross-functional partnerships to drive impactful business outcomes.
Key Accountabilities
Manage Business Capability Initiatives and Transformation Projects that span multiple Business Units and Geographies.
Deployment of cyclical people processes and major programs. Collaborate with Centres of Expertise and Service & Experience team on the design of deployment for cyclical people processes to ensure alignment across BUs and building leader capability through a commercially value adding approach.
Deliver risk-based advice, options and coaching to leaders spanning multiple business units and geographies with the outcome of building manager capability and organisation scalability
Planning, co-ordination and communication across P&C activities and projects. Collaborate with the Director P&C Governance, Impacts and Insights to ensure that there is strong co-ordination and proactive planning and communication for the implementation of major cyclical programs & COE programs, business initiatives, transformation activities
Identify, deliver and champion continuous improvement initiatives. Continually look for opportunities for the People & Culture team to work more effectively and have greater impact in the business, share these ideas and move them forward to implement
About You. As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you'll be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
Experience:
Demonstrated strong experience in Business Partnering, working alongside leadership teams and across the employee lifecycle
Bachelor’s degree with specialisations in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, Workplace Relations or equivalent
Experience working in Regional or Multi- Country roles within large MNC’s.
Ideal – manager advisory experience on matters across the employee lifecycle such as performance management and conduct
Ideal – experience in organisation design and organisation development projects and activities.
Skills and Capabilities:
Strategic mindset and business acumen - able to see the bigger picture and the organisation as a system of cause and effect.
Communication, influencing and collaboration - Ability to communicate clearly and with impact for senior leaders across Global Business Units.
Prioritisation, Planning and Execution - Ability to define a project plan and use this to guide a team towards execution of initiative.
Continuous Learning & Adaptability - Invests in continuous learning practices and being able to adapt to changing work; ability to work under pressure, manage multiple deliverables to meet timelines. Ability and interest to work with multiple business groups and leaders
Change management and coaching - Ability to develop a deployment plan to guide leaders through organizational change (cultural shifts, major program implementation, restructuring, cyclical processes), in order that employee engagement is maintained during transition.
Consulting skills - Ability to identify the most important and impactful issues upon business performance and capability through questioning and diagnosis of presenting, complex information and data, in order that the most appropriate solution can be developed and deployed effectively.
Sound judgement - Ability to use good judgement and escalate matters to other stakeholders as appropriate, in the process of resolving complex problems.
Employee Relations & Risk Management - Understanding of implications and risk from organizational change for the local employment legal context and ability to explain that to leaders.
Cochlear Malaysia provides shared services to support Cochlear’s global operations. The growing team of professionals in Malaysia provides critical support in areas such as IT infrastructure and applications, development and testing, business intelligence development and support, procurement, customer service, service and repairs and returned device analysis engineering.
If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.
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