Job Description

1 company! That is the journey Novartis is on in its quest to extend and improve people\'s lives through reimagining medicine. We have a clear strategy: to be a focused medicines company powered by sophisticated therapy platforms and data science. We recognize that our People drive our company and that significant effort is being invested in unleashing their power through the transformation of our culture and our organization.

As Senior / P&O People Partner you will be delivering a consistent end-to-end P&O (HR) experience, focusing on the moments that matter for our leaders, managers, and associates. You will help to establish harmonized people partner processes and ways of working in our business function across manufacturing, engineering and manufacturing science technologies (MST). This role is based in Tuas.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for credible P&O people partnering to leaders, managers and associates, offering advice and guidance on the moments that matter. Escalation for all leaders and managers on their day-to-day P&O topics where expert advice, guidance and support is needed.
• Manage complex projects and change initiatives with broad scope - cross divisional or even global scope
• Involved in designing or leading P&O initiatives that support the overall P&O Strategy. i.e., traineeship program
• Activate business ownership and accountability of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Acts as the escalation point for exceptions to P&O standards (regulations and P&O processes), deviations or appeals.
• Champions a safe and inclusive culture and supports implementation of corporate initiatives (e.g., Hybrid Working, Evolve, Go Big on Learning)
• Drives quality, effectiveness, efficiency, and continuous improvement for P&O People Partnering and related processes based on feedback from customers. Implements enhancements and modification as necessary to meet both the business and customer needs.
• Drive buy-in and utilization of data and analytics to identify risk and trends, and to apply these business insights to inform decisions and actions.
• Employee relations within client group, coaching and mentoring associates and managers

Minimum requirements

What you\'ll bring to the role

• Minimum 3 years of P&O/ HR experience within a similar role, specifically within Manufacturing
• Extensive knowledge of local employment law and other labour requirements, where appropriate
• Managing large projects and processes independently
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Innovative, purpose-driven, and displays a strong and consistent sense of urgency.
• Education: (minimum/desirable) Bachelor\'s Degree

Why consider Novartis?
766 million lives were touched by Novartis medicines in 2021, and while we\'re proud of this, we know there is so much more we could do to help improve and extend people\'s lives.
We believe new insights, perspectives and ground-breaking solutions can be found at the intersection of medical science and digital innovation. That a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment inspires new ways of working.
We believe our potential can thrive and grow in an unbossed culture underpinned by integrity, curiosity and flexibility. And we can reinvent what\'s possible, when we collaborate with courage to aggressively and ambitiously tackle the world\'s toughest medical challenges. Because the greatest risk in life, is the risk of never trying!

Imagine what you could do at Novartis!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team\'s representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Functional Area

Human Resources

Division

People & Organization

Business Unit

P&O Temporary

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

Yes

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