Zone HR Business Partner, South East Asia & Pacific (M&O)

An award-winning employer, our people are trusted and responsible, believing in what they do with a clear commitment to contribute to transforming the world we live in and shaping a world of trust. Bureau Veritas operates in a wide range of sectors, delivering Testing, Inspection and Certification services to some of the world’s biggest household names. With more than 400,000 global clients and a reputation for quality, we are at the forefront of service and innovation.

At the Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (M&O) division, we share a drive to leave the maritime world in a better place than we found it. It’s what unites us, our passion for the oceans and our desire to not just protect our seas, but to shape a better maritime world for future generations. Pioneering the safety and performance of new technologies since 1828, we are one of the world’s leading ship & offshore classification and verification societies, with a global network to support clients worldwide.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, which is why we have worked hard to create a supportive and engaging working environment, which is open and inclusive and individuals are given the opportunity to fulfil their potential and really leave their mark.

Job Title: Regional HR Business Partner, South East Asia & Pacific Zone

Location: Singapore, regular travel required between main business hubs.

Type: Hybrid - office/home working and travel.

Competitive salary and benefits

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore division are actively seeking a commercially focussed and pragmatic Regional HR Business Partner to define, develop and implement our People Agenda for our Marine & Offshore business across the South East Asia & Pacific Zone. This is a Regional role, partnering with the business at a senior level to drive people and leadership development, positive employee relations and strong change management. As a trusted partner and motivational leader, you will provide both strategic and operational support to your stakeholders on all HR related matters including employee relations, recruitment, learning and change whilst leading on the talent and engagement agenda for the region.  

Reporting to the Vice President, South East Asia & Pacific Zone and functionally to the Vice President, HR, Marine and Offshore, this is a genuine opportunity to define and deliver a robust people strategy in a successful business with a growth agenda.

About the Role:

To act as an HR partner for business managers to develop a tactical & strategic HR service within customer groups.  Translating business strategy into HR action within functions.  Focus on how to attract, engage and grow the best people. Roll out the Group & Divisional HR programmes and practices.

To ensure or oversee daily delivery of HR transactional and operational activities for M&O in South East Asia & Pacific countries directly by the HR team (or through the local HR SSC Admin and payroll, training administration), ensuring full compliance with local laws & regulation as well as BV practices.

Responsibilities involve:  

Attract:

• Play a key role in vacancy management focusing on proactive recruitment, annual resource forecasting, recruitment measures, and processes to attract the best people.
• Lead and demonstrate the BV Employee Value Proposition ‘Leave Your Mark’ in all internal and external recruitment marketing and communications
• Improve the DEI approach to resourcing and attraction to the maritime industry using a broad range of tools, techniques, platforms.

Develop:

• Drive a high-performance culture by supporting and challenging management teams to appropriately apply a breadth of performance and development principles when making people planning decisions and strategies.
• Enable cross functional consistency and ownership of performance, by leading performance forums and talent calibrations sessions.
• Act as an enabler in building organisational capability and depth through Talent Review & pipeline identification
• Support the diagnosis of individual and team development needs, engaging the capability requirements into tactical delivery.
• Recognise the highly technical nature of the workforce and build solutions that support career growth and mobility.

Retain:

• Facilitate successful completion of employee engagement survey process (BVOCAL) with follow-on action planning
• Ensure all HR policies and processes are adhered to consistently with the ability to coach and train managers in key people processes throughout the HR lifecycle.
• Ensure compensation and benefits are competitive and managed fairly in line with merit and company DEI principles.
• Develop change strategies to support new development activities, resource and culture plans
• Tactically manage employee relations minimising cost and facilitating the mitigation of cost to ensure has zero business performance impact
• To take responsibility for your own actions and those of your employees to support the company in achieving its health & safety and environmental goals and objectives.

Business Partnering & Matrix Working:

• Operate as a lead HR contact in the zone, connecting within M&O division; local HRSSC and other BV Operating Groups within the region
• Engage in functional business planning to drive alignment of Group & Operating Group HR strategies/plans with the business agenda.
• Display role model leadership behaviour through embedding feedback and coaching relationships.
• Enhance and build the capability of the organization to incorporate the HR component into strategic planning, development and assessment and improve competitive position.
• Work with the local HR Advisor to provide a high quality, employee centric HR service.

Deliverables:

• An annual HR/development/diversity activity plan for the zone
• People planning pack containing budget headcount, recruitment activity, employee relations & employment legal activity, Performance Review data, talent pipeline data, annual resource planning forecast, attrition, absence, SWOT analysis – in place for zone.
• Partner with finance to control headcount cost
• Legal/employee relations costs mitigated within zone
• Support delivery against HR/recruitment KPIs
• Develop strong working relationships between HR and business.
• Adherence to performance management process and bonus principles
• Role modelling of leadership behaviours, core values and code of ethics

What are we looking for?

 Job knowledge, skills & Experience:

• Extensive HR and business partnering experience
• Experienced in all HR disciplines, ability to work independently
• HR specialism across any HR disciplines is an advantage
• Good understanding (& practice) of employment legislation and policy / working practices across South East Asia & Pacific
• Awareness / experience of maritime industry preferable but not essential
• Influencing and coaching skills
• Able to build good working relationships whilst maintaining professional perspective
• Employee Relations (collective and individual)
• Able to operate at strategic, tactical and operational level with high degree of day to day autonomy whilst contributing to the M&O division HRBP team
• Able to work in a matrix environment building excellent relationships with local HR networks in each country and the local HRSSCs in order to be efficient and effective in operating across a large Zone.
• HRIS is SuccessFactors – experience is essential
• Must have potential to grow and continue to develop in HR and leadership as business is growing and ambitious
• Must be able to adhere to the BV Absolutes, role model the BV Values and live up to the BV Leadership Expectations

Qualifications Required:

• Degree qualification or equivalent level
• Recognised HR qualification