HRBP Manager

About Unilever

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Main Responsibilities
Business Partnering
• Act as trusted HR advisor to the Plant Manager, Engineer Director and Site Planning Lead, translating site priorities into clear, actionable people plans.
• Use people data and HR insights to diagnose issues, challenge constructively and recommend practical solutions.

Organisation and Workforce Planning
• Lead organisation design and workforce planning for factory operations, ensuring the right capability and resourcing to deliver value.
• Support leaders with organisational analytics and people cost management, including budget tracking and absence cost control and reduction.

Talent and Capability
• Run talent forums, succession planning and career development for site teams, building a diverse pipeline for short-, medium- and long-term business needs.
• Coach managers to apply talent, performance and reward processes consistently, so decisions are objective and fair and help attract, engage and retain talent.
• Manage talent mobility that meets business needs while giving employees real opportunities to grow.
• Guide leaders through learning needs and skill gap analysis and recommend the right learning interventions.

Culture, Engagement and Change
• Champion the Winning Culture and future ways of working, driving a high-performance, highly engaged site.
• Drive the people side of key change programmes and factory transformation initiatives, including team and organisation design solutions.
• Turn engagement insights into focused action plans with site leaders and track progress.

Employee and Industrial Relations
• Bring ER/IR insight into people decisions, helping maintain a fair, stable and constructive working environment.
• Advise managers on employee relations cases and ensure issues are handled consistently and in line with labour law and company policy.

HR Compliance
• Ensure HR compliance and audit readiness across the factory, and support key audit activities.
• Carry out other duties as requested by the Line Manager or Business Leaders.

Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a strategic HR or HR business partnering role.
• Proven track record of partnering with business leaders to develop and deliver HR strategies and people plans.
• Hands-on experience with ER/IR systems and processes in a complex environment.
• Solid working knowledge of Thai labour legislation and its practical application.
• Strong communication skills in Thai and English.

Preferred Requirements
• Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• HR experience in a manufacturing, factory or supply chain environment, ideally with a unionised workforce.
• Experience supporting organisation design, workforce planning or large-scale change and transformation.
• Experience running talent reviews, succession planning and capability-building programmes.
• Comfortable using people data, HR systems and analytics to inform decisions.

Key Skills and Behaviours
• Business acumen: understands how the factory runs and links people solutions to operational results.
• Influence: builds credibility with site leaders and challenges constructively when needed.
• Sound judgement: handles sensitive employee matters calmly, fairly and with discretion.
• Delivery focus: turns plans into action and follows through in a fast-moving environment.
• Coaching and communication: builds line managers' people capability and communicates clearly at all levels.

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