Total Rewards

Currently, there is an opportunity for a Human Resources Business Partner based in Singapore. Reporting to the Human Resources Manager, this role involves strategic liaison between HR and the business who implements HR strategies aligned with business objectives; provides guidance on HR policies and practices, and fosters a culture of employee engagement and development. This is a regional role with responsibilities spanning across multiple countries.

What You Will Do: ​

• Collaborating with Senior Management as a strategic advisor, helping identify and prioritize HR initiatives that align with the organization's strategic goals and objectives.
• Aligning HR policies, programs, and Total Rewards strategies—including compensation, benefits, and regional payroll oversight—to promote employee engagement, retention, and performance.
• Providing overall payroll leadership for Singapore, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and alignment with organizational standards.
• Acting as a trusted coach, guiding leaders and managers on HR-related matters such as performance management, compensation, benefits, and payroll.
• Analyzing HR metrics and data to identify opportunities and deliver data-driven recommendations to senior management.

What You Have:

Business Acumen: Knowledge of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.

• Communicates key considerations for business decision making process.
• Cites examples of types of information needed to make sound business decisions.
• Caters to key stakeholders and their priorities.

Knowledge of Organization: Knowledge of the organization's vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, values, and code of ethics; ability to understand the value of aligning capabilities with business goals to support optimal performance.

• Applies organization's operating principles and practices within own business unit.
• Supports the mission, vision, and objectives of own department or unit.
• Assesses local and industry examples of acceptable and unacceptable business practices.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
• Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.
• Able to recognize, clarify, prioritize, and take decisive action on HR concerns.

Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.

• Discusses organizational culture around providing input on decisions.
• Uses active listening skills and probing techniques to surface opportunities to influence.
• Regularly presents ideas or suggestions to associates in persuasive terms.

Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company.

• Assesses common problems and obstacles surrounding data-gathering.
• Participates in projects to gather data for needs analysis.

Employee Relations: Knowledge of the rights and obligations in the employee relations; ability to adhere to legal requirements when handling employee negotiations.

• Explains organizational policies, procedures and processes for dealing with employee relations issues.
• Addresses routine problems or disciplinary issues related to employee relations, such as grievances.

HR: Policies, Standards and Procedures: Knowledge of human resource function; ability to uphold the organization's and industry's standards, procedures and policies regarding human resources management.

• Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance.
• Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures.
• Provides feedback for the improvement of HR procedures.

Talent Management: Knowledge of how an organization attracts, recruits, retains, identifies and develops talent; ability to develop the talent required for an organization to achieve its short-term and long-term goals.

• Implements campaigns designed to attract talented individuals to the organization.
• Coordinates reward and recognition programs designed to retain desirable employees.
• Analyzes talent development needs and maintains a list of high-potential employees.

Other skillsets:

• Employee Relations: Strong communicator with the ability to build trust and effectively engage with both leaders and employees across the region, supporting a positive and compliant work environment.
• Confident in managing Total Rewards and overseeing payroll responsibilities, with full accountability for payroll in Singapore.

Additional Info: ​

• This position requires working onsite five days a week.
• Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of Singapore which can be found through our employment website at

What You Will Get:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of a variable bonus. Additional benefits include paid annual leave, flexi leave, medical and insurance (prorated based upon hire date).