Job Description

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

We are looking for a Site HR Head, Singapore.

Role Purpose

The Site HR Head serves as a member of the Singapore SLT and is responsible for the development and execution of all HR related activities at the Site, establishes HR strategies and drives solutions and services to the Site in support and alignment with business goals and objectives, manages all human resource activities such as employee engagement, recruiting, compensation and benefits, employee relations, performance and talent management, organization development, compliance and employee communication in order to attract and retain strong talent and appropriately reward employees for performance that are very tailored to the Site specific needs.

The Site HR Head leads a team of 3 HR professionals directly and is responsible to build a high performing team through coaching and development.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide HR leadership, consultation and support to the site SLT team, line managers and employees

• Translate and implement globally defined HR strategies into locally applicable action plans

• Develop the change management strategy within the site to support the implementation of HR programs and initiatives and other global initiatives

• Establish HR operational plan aligned to the site business priorities and implement accordingly

• Participate in cross-functional initiatives to improve employee engagement and site efficiency

• Establish and drive organization and talent development actions to ensure strong and robust pipe-line of talent exists to fill both evolving local and global site staffing needs

• Monitor HR effectiveness by tracking & reporting key measures. Take corrective action as needed

• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills:

• Several years of experience as an HR generalist with responsibility for managing an HR team as a member of senior leadership, preferably in a BioTech/Pharma manufacturing environment

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s degree preferred

• Fosters a culture that embraces errors as a source of innovation

• Deliberately uses a structured approach to evaluate work experiences and applies learnings to new situations

• Translates corporate strategy into critical success factors and creates breakthrough implementation plans

• Acts as a key communication link between operational layers and upper management

• Develops inclusive relationships and alliances engaging internal and external stakeholders

• Communicates regularly with peers/team members about customer topics to drive awareness and build capability

• Maintains effective and sustainable customer relation

• Provides coaching to enable/accelerate success outcome

• Anticipates and resolves challenges

• Demonstrates high integrity and accountability for his/her area ensuring team(s) actions and decisions are aligned to business objectives

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.