Jaya Mittal

C Suite Executive Search for APAC & MEA

Member of the Asia Pacific leadership team. Leading the HR function across the GN Hearing business in Asia Pacific.

This is a dual-role along with the Sealand HR Leadership role. Regional HR Partner for the Corporate Functions which are spread across APAC. These are corporate Functions with teams in various countries and geographies across APAC. The teams include Finance, Regional Ocean Management, Regional Marketing Teams, Regional Logistics Product Teams & Regional Transformation and Customer Operations. The role requires leading a small team of HR professionals across HK, China, Singapore and Provide active partnership and support to all the regional functions within Maersk. In addition I also lead the Talent Acquisition Agenda for Maersk across APAC. I partner with the Area Leadership teams to map and build the Supply chain talent across APAC.

Area HR Leader for Maersk in Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. Part of the Area Leadership Team driving the people agenda for the business. The area has end to end supply chain responsibility for the Ocean and Logistics business in the 3 countries. This was an exciting stint that helped establish the new leadership team for the area, drive the change management and build the team which would deliver the new vision for Maersk.

As part of the integrator journey for Maersk, as it transforms from a shipping company to a Logistics and Supply Chain Integrator, have partnered the Leaders in within APAC to attract the best supply chain and logistics leadership talent across APAC. This was a Short Term High Impact assignment that has been carved out after the successful integration of Damco with Maersk. This role required me to connect, integrate and influence beyond the organisation lines to ensure Maersk creates a network with the external talents in the market. The role required establishing a Network of strategic vendors, setting up the internal talent acquisition teams and partnering with Managing Directors and HR Heads of Areas within Maersk APAC to map the market and build a regional strategy for attracting Talent in Maersk APAC. The role is continuously evolving as Maersk continues on its journey to become and end-to-end supplier of Transportation and Supply Chain Solutions for our customers.

Regional Head of HR for Damco Asia Pacific Organization on Interim Basis. This role required to enable Damco to successfully integrate with Maersk Line and Formed the new Maersk Ocean and Logistics Business Unit. The role focused on Change Management, Integration of Teams and providing leadership to the 80+ Damco HR Team across APAC.

I joined Maersk and helped establish the Rewards Function Across Asia Pacific. While the role started as a Rewards Leader in Maersk Line, it expanded to establish the function across all the AP Moeller Group Business in Asia Pacific. As part of the Maersk Transformation journey, this role was the lead rewards function across all brands in Asia Pacific - Maersk Line, Damco, Svitzer and APMT. It required working with the Leadership teams across businesses to help them manage their Reward programs - making them cost effective and enabling them to attract the best talents in the industry. Some of the key highlights were - Bringing the conversation on Rewards for Top Talents. This role was also leading Talent Management for a year in APAC and therefore enabled me to bring the end-to end COE solutions to the business. - Attraction of top Supply chain talents for Maersk as it moved towards an integrator vision, - Getting the top business leaders to have a joint view on certain benefits as part of the Reward experience journeys via the Reward Experience Journeys across APAC Countries - Bringing the D&I agenda in rewards by highlighting the Gender Pay Gap with senior business leaders

Additional role in Maersk as HR Business Partner for Liner Operations Team Across APA. Lead the Team transformation with the leadership change and streamlining the operations functions across South East Asian Geographies. This role also partnered with the Global Stowage Planning teams and the Fleet Management Teams for Maersk.

Sealand Asia Pacific is a 100% subsidiary of AP Moeller Maersk. It is an intra-asia carrier and a logistics integrator with a Top -line of USD 3 billion and operations across APAC. I lead the people agenda for the Sealand Business Across APAC. This role is in addition to being the Regional HR partner for the corporate functions in APAC & Talent Acquisition Leader for APAC

Part of the HR Leadership Team at Nestle South Asia Region. Responsible for Rewards function , Operational HR delivery and people efficiency across Nestle’s South Asia region. A Strategic Rewards Leadership role responsible for managing the Nestle Rewards program across 7000+ employees in SAR. Responsible for Rewards and Compliance as Nestle was the Public Listed Company in SAR. Partnered the Leadership Team in building and attracting strategic rewards porgram that was cost effective and enabled growth for the business.