Manager - Organisational Development

The Manager, Organizational Development is responsible for leading the Organizational Development function across Mak Mandin, Alor Gajah and Seremban. The role translates business and workforce needs into practical people, talent, learning and organizational development initiatives while ensuring consistent implementation and governance across the three plants.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Organizational Development strategies and initiatives aligned with business and future workforce requirements
• Lead workforce planning with Department Heads and Management, including manpower requirements, capability gaps and future workforce needs.
• Manage talent mapping, succession planning, critical role identification, competency development, career paths and internal mobility initiatives.
• Lead recruitment strategy and governance across the three plants, including manpower requests, sourcing, assessment, selection, onboarding and employer branding.
• Monitor recruitment performance, including recruitment ageing, time to fill, offer acceptance and quality of hire.
• Lead the annual Training Needs Analysis, training plan and training budget.
• Oversee internal and external training, competency qualification, DOJO readiness and post training evaluation.
• Manage HRD Corp grants, claims, training expenditure and supporting records.
• Lead employee engagement and pulse survey activities, including analysis, action planning and follow up.
• Support restructuring, transformation, digitalisation, new systems and other organizational change initiatives.
• Maintain OD dashboards and management reporting covering manpower, recruitment, training, competency, succession and engagement.
• Plan and monitor the OD budget, external service providers and relevant development programmes.
• Lead, coach and develop the OD team, ensuring clear priorities, KPIs, accountability and consistent support across all three plants.
• Work closely with Department Heads, Plant Heads, Senior Management and other functions to address workforce, recruitment, training and organizational requirements.
• Ensure OD processes and records comply with company policies, legal requirements, customer requirements, ISO, HRD Corp, ESG and other applicable standards.
• Perform other duties, assignments or projects as required by the Senior Manager or Management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Psychology or a related field.
• Master's Degree or relevant professional certification is an added advantage.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Talent Management, Learning and Development or related fields.
• At least 3 to 5 years of experience in a managerial or people leadership role.
• Practical experience in workforce planning, recruitment, learning and capability development, succession planning, employee engagement and change management.
• Experience supporting manufacturing or multi site operations is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of organizational development, organization design, workforce planning, succession and talent management.
• Good understanding of recruitment, learning and development, competency management, DOJO or manufacturing training governance and HRD Corp processes.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, presentation, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Good project, budget and vendor management capabilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable using HRIS, dashboards and digital learning or OD systems.

Key Attributes

Strategic yet practical, proactive, accountable and results oriented. The successful candidate should have strong influencing and relationship building skills, sound judgement, high integrity and the ability to work effectively across different plants and stakeholder groups.