People Business Partner

About Us
Intrepid Asia is a leading Ecommerce and Digital Solutions Provider in South East Asia. We offer end-to-end omni-channel ecommerce management, a wide range of Digital Marketing Services and advanced Market Intelligence, all powered by state of the art inhouse Technology to our client base of leading international brands across all key marketplaces and social platforms in all 6 SEA countries. Brands love our regional presence, our excellent data-driven and growth-focused services which are enabled by the strongest team in the industry, and our advanced marketing and tech capabilities.

We are growing rapidly and as the exclusive partner of Flywheel in SEA, we offer many exciting opportunities to work with leading brands across multiple categories and key industry players. By joining us, you will work on the cutting edge of digital commerce in SEA, and experience what it takes to drive a successful ecommerce business end to end.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Senior Regional HR Manager, the HR Business Partner will be a key player who supports business growth and builds a unique and strong people-oriented culture in our Malaysia office. As an advocate of our group's HR initiatives, you will enjoy the benefits and satisfaction of supporting a wide range of functional teams through their growth and drive their evolution as the business scales up. You will champion Intrepid's corporate culture in your business partnering practices and delivery of HR initiatives through our people managers in a timely, accurate, and compliant manner.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Build trustful and credible working relationships with the business stakeholders through regular catch-ups, timely interactions, and proactive participation in on-going people and business discussions to deliver impact against priorities that will benefit both the business and employees
• Provides direction and coaching on HR programs, policies and processes, including and not limited to performance management, compensation, talent retention, learning and development, and career development roadmap
• Respond to employee relations issues, such as employee complaints, harassment allegations, and civil rights complaints
• Create and drive change management and thoughtful learning programs to further enhance organisational health
• Manage succession planning by administering accurate talent evaluation information through talent management.
• Foster a company culture of open, transparent communications, and high standards of behaviour and ethical conduct throughout the organization.
• Facilitate setup of Employee Engagement activities, including but not limited to Company and Country Townhalls, games nights, AMAs etc
• Manage staffing plans and manpower deployment in assigned business unit Handle onboarding, offboarding and transfer administration for all people movements (e.g. new hires, promotions, transfers, re-designation, resignations/terminations etc
• Support new joiners' onboarding and offboarding process, including collating staff movement announcements, planning and executing teams orientation and other engagement programs such as office welcome tour, interns community program
• Generate and analyse HR reports to improve efficiency and effectiveness of people decisions

Who we look for - the ideal profile:

• University graduate with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Human Resources, with exposure to and demonstrated competence in all functional areas, and ideally some experience in high-growth companies and/or transformation projects
• Demonstrated ability both to engage with stakeholders on strategic conversations, and to coach new managers on HR topics, especially in hybrid set-up
• Strong service mentality and able to effectively and quickly build relationships and establish trust, respect, competence, and confidence
• Solutions-focused, able to sort through information and develop concise and clear solutions quickly
• Familiar with the local employment regulations and HR practices in Malaysia
• Detail oriented with a logical and methodological approach to problem solving
• Comfortable to work in fast-paced environment with high degree of autonomy
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills in English

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package
• Professional and open international working environment – culturally integrating the best of all cultures to take the best of each and ensure we build an energetic, commercial, and fun working atmosphere.
• Ample opportunities for personal and professional development, both on the job and through regular training (Ecommerce topics, technical skills, soft skills and leadership training) made available on our proprietary learning platform.
• You will work with many brilliant co-workers who are movers and shakers of the industry, as well as with leading brand and ecosystem partners across all categories to shape their presence across all ecommerce platforms in the years to come, and will have a broad view on the latest developments in the South East Asian e-commerce ecosystem

Note: we will not be accepting any unsolicited resumes or CVs from headhunting or recruitment agencies at this point. Any CVs or profiles shared with us will not be entertained, and in the event of dispute, Intrepid will not be liable for any material compensation to third parties