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Role
At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It's what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media's shared core values:
- Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
- Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
- Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.
The Three Best Things About The Role
- The opportunity to work in a fast-paced role where no two days are the same
- The chance to develop and implement an innovative people and culture strategy to support one of the worlds leading media agencies
- A group of people that are wildly talented, who will inspire you with their brilliant work every day
In Three Months, You Will Be
- Building open, transparent and positive relationships with colleagues throughout WPP Media.
- Working to get the best from every member of the team.
- Demonstrating good HR Business Partnering skills even when under considerable pressure.
- Building a solid understanding of the GroupM transformational talent requirements as well as its initiatives and policies.
- Giving clear, considered, and concise advice on HR issues and demonstrating strong stakeholder management skills across all levels of seniority.
In Six Months You Will Be
- Building trusted relationships with the agencies, having built credibility as a reliable, responsive, trusted advisor.
- Thoroughly understanding the structure, roles and responsibilities within WPP Media and where they are best situated.
- Translating business strategies and objectives into organization capability and talent requirements.
Responsibilities Of The Role
- Internal mobility - Enable the process in terms of discussion with employee/ manager, expediting approvals, manage PTV process, working on offer approvals, closing JVs on tool
- Exit discussions Anchor resignation discussion and identify opportunities for regrettable exits
- Sending inputs to HR Ops regarding employee status changes, including promotions, transfers, and terminations.
- Advising managers on performance management, disciplinary actions, and addressing feedback
- Conducting investigations into employee complaints, such as harassment or policy violations.
- Drafting and reviewing Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) and managing the PIP process.
- Managing people processes including increment and bonus cycles
- Review performance data and partner with managers/leaders on calibration process
- Review any market adjustment requests from business
- Support cross functional projects like JA , Title project, Salary benchmarking
- Drive awareness and participation for org wide roll outs like All In Survey
- Partner on process excellence projects like Employee Handbook, Internal redeployment, etc
- Collaborate with leadership on reviewing team structure, span of control and driving required recommendations
- Lead staff redeployment by aligning business needs with employee skills and career goals to ensure optimal workforce utilization, business continuity, and talent retention.
- Partner with the resource management and Talent Acquisition team on headcount submissions and approvals.
- Review critical talent with business to prioritize for retention through various channels like adjustment, progression, recognition
- Manage severance conversations and processes with compliance, fairness, and care.
What You Will Need
- 8+ years of relevant HR experience with strong focus on HR business partnering.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to influence at all levels of an organization.
- Project management skills in driving organizational change, along with a growth mindset
- Demonstrated coaching, mentoring, counselling skills.
- Ability to understand the business, the business challenges and be solutions focused.
- Resilience to thrive in matrix, high paced environment where priorities are constantly shifting.
- Ability to build pride across the group being the biggest and most agile network agency group.
- Strong working knowledge of employment laws and compliance requirements in Malaysia.
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