Talent Business Partner, EM Malaysia & Singapore (Commercial), GBS

Your Job

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

Reporting to the Manager, Talent Business Partner, EM, Malaysia & Singapore, you will assist business leadership team to implement our people agenda.

Role Overview & Primary Accountabilities

Learning & Talent Management

Identify training and learning needs with the business and Talent Business Partners to build compelling employee upskilling programs and learning calendar.

Manage in full autonomy the HR Development Fund applications and claims to ensure compliance with HRDF regulations and processes.

Support the roll‑out of enterprise talent and project work (support in talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, performance management process).

Partner with our business leaders to drive action planning following our Employee Engagement surveys, monitor progress and feedback post actions completion.

Drive our leaders in building a culture of learning and recognition at KimberlyClark through roll‑out of specific activities (e.g. Recognition quarterly program).

Employee life-cycle management / HR Operations

Support and enable on‑site and regional Talent Business Partners about Malaysia HR processes and policies implementations (employee relations, operational execution, legal regulation requirements etc). Provide compensation and benefits (C&B) advice to Team Leaders (build proposal of salary adjustments, promotional increases, and other salary‑related interventions including but not limited to salary survey activities).

Provide support for manpower planning, including people cost management and budgeting for the commercial organization, while ensuring accurate forecasting for Finance reviews.

Support leaders in adopting our People solutions model (ticketing system in our K‑C & Me portal).

HR Projects and Employee Well-Being

Promote Kimberly‑Clark Malaysia employer brand and presence to attract the best talents by participating in annual survey submissions for key awards. Advisor for internal engagement committees in creating & executing well‑being plans in line with global framework, governance & local specificitiesregulations.

Support in delivering other ad hoc projects for Malaysia People Organization.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth, and impact. We’re founded on 151 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference.

At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works : flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications :

Essential requirements

Bachelor’s in related major / discipline

3-5 years of relevant HR experience in medium sized MNC organization with good working knowledge of Malaysia employment laws and regulations

Good knowledge and experience in HR Development Fund regulations and processes is an advantage Leadership Traits to be successful on the role :

Passion for collaboration, team play with a can‑do attitude

Great communication and stakeholder management skills (ability to autonomously influence through building effective partnerships)

Natural bias for action, actively pursuing continuous improvement in HR processes

Creativity – knowledge of Canva is an advantage

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

No Relocation :

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

Primary Location Kuala Lumpur Office

Additional Locations

Worker Type Employee

Worker Sub-Type Regular

Time Type Full time

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