Human Resources Manager

Senior HR | Strategic Business Partner | Regional HR Operations | Organizational Development | HRIS Transformation | Learning & Development

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Purpose of role

This role is in charge of the full spectrum HR business partnership and HR Operations support to INEOS Aromatics business in Indonesia, and is a team member of the Indonesia Leadership Team. The scope includes understanding business needs and translating them into HR solutions aligning with global/regional directions and following major procedures. Supports include but are not limited to recruiting, industrial relations, boarding/assimilation of key management roles, succession planning, HRIS maintenance and labor union management.

This role reports directly to the Head of HR, Asia and the country head with a dotted line.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities Workforce Planning and Recruitment

• Lead the team to recruit and select quality candidates within the timeline and budget, and participate in identified key positions interviews.
• Suggest local vendors of recruitment and manage the services.
• Support key leaders’ assimilation and integration, including plan the boarding, providing HR advice, facilitating team assimilation activities, and obtaining feedback.

Industrial Relations and Collective Labor Agreement Bargaining

• Manage industrial relations, addressing employee concerns, working with the Union closely, and staying well informed of related legislations and market trends.
• Lead the CLA bi‑yearly bargaining, defining the negotiation strategy, aligning with stakeholders, and conducting the negotiation to achieve expected results with support from Operations leadership; the next CLA negotiation is due mid‑2026.
• Plan, organize, and assess activities to engage employees.
• Define and implement the employee grievance procedure to ensure that employee voices are heard.
• Maintain HR SOPs, ensuring they reflect the CLA and company policies with Board endorsement.

Compensation and Benefit

• Communicate global compensation and benefit policies (e.g., leveling, bonus) clearly and timely. Contribute to global and regional C&B policies based on data submission and market practices.
• Continuously review local benefits for cost efficiency and employee satisfaction improvement.
• Lead the team on payroll and benefit administration to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient operations.

Talent Management & Succession Planning

• Work with the country Head and department heads to plan succession for key roles to sustain business operations continuity.
• Identify critical roles and develop pipelines.
• Develop key talents actions and technical career paths.

Other Responsibilities

• Support key organizational changes, providing local perspectives and HR views; lead people changes to ensure proper communication and compliance.
• Act as peer coach or support local business leaders on organization and people issues.
• Provide proactive and objective support to the Country Head and Plant Manager per request.
• Contribute to regional or global projects per request.
• Support annual or mid‑term budgeting plans with people‑related cost.
• Manage and develop the local HR team.

Dimensions

• Support Aromatic business to achieve the annual target. NS: 267 million; EBIT: 8 million (subjective to adjustment based on global annual KPI).
• Total number of employees in Indonesia: 140 FTEs.

Supervision of Staff

• Asia HR Team:
  Agree on key performance targets, periodical performance reviews, best practice sharing, and process alignment.
• Global HR Team:
  Contribute to global projects by sharing local practices and perspectives.
• Indonesia Country Head and Site Director:
  Support key people/organizational objectives; align HR priorities.
• Local Labor Authorities:
  Update on legislation changes; ensure compliance.
• Union:
  Align key people policy changes; maintain healthy relationship; CLA negotiation.
• Global and local HR vendors (payroll, HRIS, manpower):
  Manage HR services collaboratively.
• Local managers:
  Advise on people/organisation topics.
• All employees:
  Communicate key policies and address issues.

Required Profile

• Hold a bachelor’s degree…