HR Manager

Azelis is a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemical and food ingredients industry present in over 60 countries across the globe. Our knowledgeable teams of industry, market and technical experts are each dedicated to a specific market within Life Sciences and Industrial Chemicals. We offer a lateral value chain of complementary products to more than 63,000 customers, supported by ~2,200 principal relationships, generating a revenue of €4.15 billion (2023).

Across our extensive network of more than 70 application laboratories, our award-winning staff help develop formulations and provide technical guidance throughout the customers’ product development process. We combine a global market reach with a local footprint to offer a reliable, integrated and unique digital service to local customers and attractive business opportunities to principals. EcoVadis Platinum rated, Azelis is a leader in sustainability. We believe in building and nurturing solid, honest and transparent relationships with our people and partners. Azelis Group NV is listed on Euronext Brussels under AZE.

Impact through ideas. Innovation through formulation.

We currently employ around 4,200 talented individuals in more than 60 countries and 70 labs across Europe, Asia Pacific and Americas.

That’s 4,200 professionals. 4,200 problem solvers. 4,200 go-getters.

People are our key assets — that’s what we believe in. We embrace change as an invaluable opportunity to grow, learn and become ever better at what we do. And with a team that’s united in passion, vision, and values, we believe that we are able to work together to achieve everything we set our minds to. The Life Sciences and Chemicals industry is ripe for disruption, and we are looking for like-minded enthusiastic, and innovative people who are thirsty for a challenge to join us in making a difference.

Senior HR Manager

Mission

Our ideal candidate loves working with people and partnering with the business with a focus on people success to drive business success. You serve as a critical cornerstone of the HR community for Azelis APAC region, helping us to build organization and people capability, shape and implement HR policies and initiatives to influence positive changes in the business environment.

As the Senior HR Manager, you will provide operational and strategic HR support and guidance to the local organization with the goal of establishing a performance-oriented organization; and moving towards one Azelis company identity, while preserving local strengths and sense of belonging. Your key activities will be a combination of end-to-end HR activities including talent acquisition, employee relations, payroll, performance & talent management, learning & development etc. You will also be working closely with regional stakeholders to bridge the gap between strategic goals of the business and the talents, both current and future, responsible for bringing the company to success.

As part of the HR team, you will act as the primary contact for all line managers and employees for all HR matters in Australia, while participating in Azelis APAC HR projects to drive people success within the wider APAC region.

Reporting

The Senior HR manager will report to the Managing Director, Australia, and functionally to the Regional HR. This role will be based in Sydney, Australia.

The Senior HR Coordinator reports to this position, supporting the Australian business as directed.

Accountabilities:

Strategic Priorities

• Set out the country HR agenda and priorities to support business needs, in close cooperation with the Managing Director and the Regional HR.

• Proactively partner the Managing Director, local leadership / management and staff in all relevant HR issues and facilitate the achievement of business goals by delivering professional, operational HR support in all areas of the employee life cycle (recruitment, employee relations, performance & talent management, compensation & benefits, performance management, training and development, etc.).

• Ensure the implementation of group policies and procedures at local level and provide the best possible support and information to Line Managers, whilst ensuring compliance with the applicable local legislation.

• Work closely with the Regional HR in developing and disseminating HR policies, procedures and projects in all areas of HR, according to the HR expertise possessed.

Talent Acquisition & Onboarding

• Manage selection & recruitment.

• Ensure quality & availability of staff to meet evolving requirements of company and market.

• Use effectively social and professional media platforms (LinkedIn, ...) and internal referrals to reduce time to hire and cost to the business.

• Implement the Group quality standards in recruitment (recruitment channels, tests, assessment centers for management, etc.) in the country.

• Set up online assessments and interviews , analyze, provide and explain the screening/assessment findings to the hiring manager;

• Organize and develop the induction process of new employees.

• Support and facilitate the end-to-end process of work pass applications (if needed)

Payroll & HR Administration

• Draft job descriptions, LOIs, contracts and all other documents relating to the employees’ life cycle (from recruitment to offboarding), make sure these are executed and filed timely and correctly; assist the Line Managers and employees in all contractual matters;

• Supervise and manage the payroll process and ensure its timeliness, cost-effectiveness and quality by means of periodic reviews.

• Implement payroll optimization projects as required.

• Manage and optimize the existing Company schemes, including – but not limited to – pension scheme, benefits scheme, etc.

• Fleet management: proactively manage company cars, ensuring the most cost- and time-effective solutions (i.e. reducing the internal administrative burden by making a smart use of external providers).

Compensation & Benefits

• Ensure that the compensation policies in place succeed in attracting, motivating and retaining employees.

• Roll out annual salary reviews and bonus exercise, including targets setting, calculations of remuneration/bonuses, consolidation of data, preparation of letters etc.

Performance & Talent Management

• Ensure the execution of performance and talent management processes so that all associates have a meaningful performance evaluation experience and development plan.

• Ensure that top performers and talents in the country are identified, retained, remunerated and developed appropriately.

• Work with line managers and APAC HR to identify and implement the most appropriate learning and development programs for identified talents and all employees.

Workday

• Responsible for the ongoing maintenance of the HCM (Workday) system;

• Super-user responsible for ensuring the data integrity and accuracy in Workday;

• Provide training to end users (e.g. new hires);

• Assist in the review, testing, validation and implementation of new modules and functionality;

Employee Relations

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with employees at all levels of the organization;

• Develop and implement initiatives to sustain and improve employee morale, commitment and satisfaction, in line with organizational and cultural changes (e.g. employee satisfaction survey).

• First point of contact for employees and line managers: support and advise them on all matters related to the employee life cycle;

• Ensure full compliance with local employment laws in all HR matters; manage litigation and represent the company in legal proceedings.

• Liaise and communicate effectively (in close cooperation with Management) with the relevant parties such as Unions (if applicable), works council (if applicable), employee representatives, local authorities, public institutions, etc., in order to reach business goals and guarantee the satisfaction of employees.

Others

• Prepare and consolidate statistics and reports as required;

• Manage the HR Budget and Forecasting process as required;

• Support regional HR activities as required.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration;

• Min. 8 years’ HR Generalist experience, ideally in a corporate environment of an international organisation possessing a strong customer focus and a performance-based culture;

• International experience/international exposure.

• Fluent in English is a must-have (both verbal and written communication), other languages a plus;

• Prior experience with state-of-the-art HCM (i.e. Workday or Success Factors);

• Knowledge on Australia Employment Laws;

•  IT literate (MS Office).

• Ability to adapt quickly to a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and direction.

• Hands-on, highly organized, able to work well under stress, handle multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

• Team-player with excellent people, communication and influencing skills: articulate, able to “tune in” to and successfully deal with different people at all levels and lead by example.

• Proven project management skills.

The requirements of the job will develop and change due to the needs of the business and the employee will be expected to adapt to these changes. This list is not absolute and the employee will be expected to carry out any tasks and duties for which he/she is trained.

Kindly note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to personally offer an individual reply should your application be unsuccessful.