People Development

About the Company

About GAR - When you join GAR, you join something bigger. Big in scale, big in opportunities to grow, and big in impact. With over 100,000 employees across 14 countries, spanning Asia, Europe, North, and South America, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is one of the largest agribusinesses in the world. We manage over half a million hectares of palm oil plantations, including smallholder farms, across Indonesia. Since 1997, sustainability has been at the centre of how we grow – working hand-in-hand with farmers, communities, and partners to deliver food, fuel, and a better future.

About the Role - Support and drive GAR’s People Development initiatives while promoting and reinforcing an engaged workforce, performing specialist HR functions in Employee Engagement (EE); Learning & Development (L&D); Performance Management (PM) and supporting the Talent Management (TM) function. This role reports into the AVP - Talent Management & Strategy and is an individual contributor role.

Employee Engagement

• Lead in the company’s employee engagement initiatives and create plans for the yearly activities.
• Develop budget and calendar for the yearly engagement activities and execution on the plans.
• Custodian for company’s internal communication platform and produce monthly communications materials for dissemination.
• Lead in the entire process and follow-up for the bi-yearly employee engagement survey.

People Development

• Drive a learning culture within the organisation and promote/execute the learning interventions and training programs developed for the workforce (SG and Overseas). Evaluate, seek feedback and tweak programs. Make recommendations on relevant learning interventions with a view to promote a learning culture.
• Introduce the new Learning Competency Framework (LCF) and ensure execution of employees’ Individual Development Plan (IDP).
• Provide advice to employees on matters relating to training and development.
• Onboard new hires by triggering mandatory e-learning modules, and conduct face-to-face HR orientation.
• Undertake full spectrum of in-house training including course outline / materials development, registration and training delivery etc.
• Drive the annual training needs analysis (TNA) to determine soft skills training, plan training schedule and invite course registrations.
• Manage the entire spectrum of training administration for both in-house/external training.
• Work on the project to introduce the Company’s Learning Management System (LMS) in Singapore and at destination offices.

Performance Management

• Drive and manage the Company’s Performance Management System (PMS), covering activities for the administration of goal setting and year-end performance review.
• Promote and deliver appropriate interventions so as to ensure employees understand the importance of performance management, write SMART goals, enable regular performance-based discussions / feedback and effectively participate in the year end performance appraisal.
• Work on projects to review and enhance the performance management process.

Talent Management

• Provide support in the execution and maintenance of the Company’s Talent Management Framework.
• Manage talent programs aimed at filling leadership pipeline and/or growing employees’ careers (e.g., GAR Management Associate Program).

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in business (human resources) or related field
• At least 5 - 7 years of relevant working experience gained as HR generalist, or in specialised HR functions (L&D, engagement, performance management, etc.)
• Keen to expand career in a HR specialist role
• Qualified trainer holding relevant trainer certifications (e.g., ACTA) and strong background in L&D
• Experience and proven track record in implementing and driving employee engagement activities
• Well versed in Government funding and skills framework
• Experience using Workday and IT tools such as Canva, menti-metre, etc. would be a plus
• Good interpersonal and communication skills; can engage people at all levels
• Able to work independently and in a team, is self-motivated and driven
• Creative, resourceful and has a ‘marketing’ mindset
• Meticulous and attentive to details
• Good planning and organisation skills
• Competent in MS Office applications: Excel, Word and Powerpoint. Strong Excel skills (formulas, pivot table, vlookup) highly preferred
• Proactive and hands-on approach
• Good time management

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Human Resources
• Industries: Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Note: This description reflects the responsibilities and requirements for the role and does not include unrelated boilerplate.