SEA CHRO

This is a genuinely influential seat. As HR lead you will shape the people agenda across the SEA cluster — bringing strategy and creativity together to build culture, drawing on diverse perspectives to strengthen team dynamics, and setting the standard for how people are developed.

Key Deliverables

Strategy and business partnering

• Translate the global HR strategy into something that works for the realities of each SEA market
• Act as trusted advisor to the regional leadership team, bringing a commercial perspective to people decisions
• Own the regional people plan, headcount and HR budget, and hold the business to account against it

Talent, organisation and capability

• Drive talent planning and development initiatives across the region to build a robust pipeline for key roles
• Lead succession planning for critical positions and build local talent into regional and global roles
• Shape organisation design and workforce planning as the business evolves, including restructures and integrations
• Use people data and analytics to surface insight and inform decisions at leadership level

Culture, employee experience and team

• Work with HR Centres of Excellence and Shared Service Centres to deliver a strong employee experience
• Lead, develop and inspire your HR team, and contribute to a collaborative regional culture
• Own the annual reward, performance and engagement cycles across the cluster, and act on what the results tell you
• Champion inclusion and wellbeing, and drive change across the organisation
• Strengthen the employer brand and attraction proposition across SEA markets

What we're looking for:

• Experience operating across multiple South East Asia markets in a global/ matrix / complex MNC.
• Significant regional HR experience in a dynamic, fast-moving CPG setting, skilled in HR strategy and developing talent
• Experience across the breadth of the HR functions, and tailoring them to diverse business areas
• A strategic thinker, familiar with organisation design and planning for future talent needs
• An established track record of forging strong relationships and influencing decision-making at senior levels
• Exceptional leadership and communication abilities, with a knack for transparent, motivating dialogue

The role can be based in Bangkok or Singapore, with travel across the SEA cluster.

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.