Director, People & Culture Business Partner

About the Role

As a P&C Business Partner for Sales, you will serve as a strategic advisor and cultural catalyst for our commercial teams. You’ll partner closely with Sales leadership to drive business performance through talent strategy, capability building, and employee engagement—ensuring our people thrive while delivering Suntory PepsiCo’s bold growth ambitions across Thailand.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Sales leaders to align people strategies with commercial goals and market dynamics; lead workforce planning, talent forecasting, and organizational design to support growth and agility; translate business priorities into actionable P&C plans with measurable impact.
• Drive capability-building initiatives tailored to frontline and sales leadership needs; partner with Talent Acquisition and L&D to attract, develop, and retain top commercial talent; champion performance enablement, succession planning, and career development pathways.
• Activate Suntory’s culture and values across sales teams, fostering inclusion, wellbeing, and recognition; lead change management efforts for sales transformation, digitalization, and new ways of working; use data-driven insights to shape engagement strategies and improve employee experience.
• Ensure P&C processes (e.g., onboarding, performance reviews, ER cases) are executed with excellence; monitor and advise on labor law compliance, risk mitigation, and ethical conduct; partner with Total Rewards and Payroll to ensure fair, competitive, and timely compensation practices.

Qualifications

• At least Bachelor’s degree; MBA is preferable.
• Minimum 6–7 years’ experience in related field with proven experience in sales technology leadership roles; experience selling FMCG or consumer-related products.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills; strong problem solving, strategic business thinking, analytical skills, project management and time management skills; process oriented and attention to detail.

Additional Information

Our DEI Commitment: At Suntory, we recognize that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds contribute to our collective success. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all individuals can bring their whole selves to work every day, regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or any other protected characteristic. Our recruitment and selection processes are designed to highlight what Suntory offers as an employer while allowing candidates to share their unique skills and experiences. We endeavour to make our interview process as inclusive as possible and offer reasonable accommodations as needed.