HR Business Partner

Position Description:
**At a Glance**

**Legrand**has an exciting opportunity for a **Human Resources Business Partner** to join the **Data, Power & Control - Starline Team** in **Tuas, Singapore**. The HR Business Partner will join the rapidly expanding Data, Power and Control (DPC) Starline team as the sole HR representative at our Singapore facility. This role will provide support to our Operations team, which consists of approximately 100 employees. In this role, you will collaborate closely with operational leaders at the Singapore site to align HR initiatives with business objectives, foster employee engagement, and cultivate a high-performance culture. You will be instrumental in managing various HR functions to ensure our people practices enhance operational efficiency and support our growth initiatives.

**What Will You Do?**
- Interfaces with Corporate HR staff on HR projects and implements new or revised policies, processes and programs and HR Operations on day-to-day HR activities.
- Compliance - As part of the Starline and DPC HR team, assists with the development of policies, practices and procedures as it relates to Human Resources.
- Communicates and ensures compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Oversees all areas of Human Resources responsibilities to assure that all regulations are complied with.
- Compensation & Benefits - Provides support to both employees and managers in compensation and benefits administration.
- Assists employees with benefits issues, new employee benefits and related.
- Performance Management - Manages the performance review process for the assigned location.
- Monitors review activity to ensure that each step in the annual performance cycle is being completed on a timely basis.
- Is a key driver in upskilling our manager’s capability around individual development.
- Coaches managers and supervisors on conducting meaningful goal setting, development and performance feedback discussions, assists with crafting a clear and defensible message to employees with performance related issues.
- HRIS Support - Supports HRIS system administration. Handles generation and processing of job and personnel changes.
- Creates queries and ad hoc reports to provide data for a variety of audits, compensation planning, benefits billing, health and safety programs and related HR projects and activities.
- Supports payroll department with requests and attendance submissions.
- Employee Recognition - Manages a variety of projects and activities to support HR initiatives and employee relations/morale programs.
- This includes organizing and implementing employee events and meetings, employee wellness programs and other company sponsored activities.
- Employee Onboarding - Coordinates the orientation of new and reassigned employees, including review of employee handbook/policies, overview of processes and procedures, introduction to physical location/layout, health and safety and related.
- Ensures the documentation and maintenance of all employee personnel records.
- Employee Relations - Maintains positive employee relations with the workforce; counsels, mentors, and problem solves with supervisors and associates on matters of discipline, motivation, compensation, development, or other factors affecting success on the job; responds to employee requests for information on benefits, policies, or employment matters. Keeps HR and entity leadership informed of situations that arise.
- Performs other similar and related duties as required.

Qualifications:
**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration or related field
- 3-5 years of progressive HR experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a global business with more than $100M in revenue

**Skills/Knowledge/Abilities**:

- Experience with HRIS systems a must, Oracle preferred.
- Experience with compensation analysis and benchmarking required.
- Knowledge of complex disciplinary, grievance, redundancy and absence management required.
- In-depth knowledge of Singapore HR practices and labor law.
- Must have exceptional people skills and be able to interact with employees at all levels, as well as vendors.and suppliers, in a professional and straightforward manner.
- Strong influencing skills, able to influence without direct authority.
- Requires strong organizational and time management skills, close attention to detail and be able to effectively handle multiple priorities.
- Able to evaluate situations, identify options and implement effective solutions quickly and efficiently.
- Must possess a thorough knowledge of administrative and office procedures.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills and be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Must be an effective listener, able to maintain focus extract necessary information and validate understanding of the information.
- Must be highly collaborative and able to work in