Novartis Malaysia wins Top Employer 2022 for 3rd Year in a Row
February 10,2022
- 1 of 16 organizations in Malaysia recognized this year for excellence in working environment and culture
- Double feat achieved with Top Employer Malaysia 2022 and Top Employer Asia Pacific 2022 certification
Kuala Lumpur, February 10,2022 – Leading Medicines company Novartis Malaysia is recognized as Top Employer 2022 for the third consecutive year. The organization clinched a double feat with this certification at both Malaysia and Asia Pacific levels, which was awarded by the Top Employers Institute.
This award underscores Novartis's Inspired, Curious and Unbossed working culture, enabling its associates to unleash their best selves to work every day. To stay ahead of the curve, the organization ensures conducive policies are in place to shape a working environment that is secure, provides flexibility, emphasizes collaboration, fosters belonging, nurtures well-being, as well as wight skills and retains talents.
Novartis Malaysia Country President and Managing Director Patrik Grande said he is humbled and proud of the company's incredible hattrick as a Top Employers 3 years in a row.
"These days more than ever, talents look for organizations where they can serve their purpose, feel empowered and grow.
"As our world continues to transform at a radical pace, we are increasing impact by how we work together and grow in a lean, bold, and agile organization. We thrive to bring alive our Inspired, Curious and Unbossed culture everyday in Novartis Malaysia," said Grande.
Novartis Malaysia People & Organization (P&O) Head Anne Heng said this certification is not only an achievement but a testament to the organization's values of driving, living and embedding people-first policies.
"In reimagining a future way of work, we place flexibility at the core but empower human connections and collaboration. Associates and managers have the opportunity to organically redesign their ways of working in line with our culture aspirations.
"One of our priorities is unleashing the power of our people to develop compassion for one another, be externally focused and are constantly curious about new ideas to produce better outcomes and deliver win-wins for themselves, our customers and business," said Heng.
This win is not just significant for Novartis Malaysia. What's an added bonus is that Novartis Malaysia also hosts one of Novartis 5 global Capability Centers globally, which have all been certified as Top Employees three years in a row. The other capability centers are located in Mexico, Dublin, Prague and Hyderabad.
About Top Employer
Recognition as a Top Employer is awarded through the highly coveted annual certification from Top Employers Institute, a global independent organization that recognizes excellence in human resources practices and offerings.
"This certification places Novartis Malaysia among a prestigious group of companies from 123 countries/regions around the world who have achieved excellence in employee conditions, hence enriching the world of work," said Top Employer Institute's CEO David Plink.
"To achieve this over 3 consecutive years is no mean feat. It demonstrates the company's consistent culture of growing and implementing human resources policies that prioritize the development of its employees, putting them first."
Besides Malaysia, Novartis has also been certified in 21 countries as a Top Employer in 2022.
About Novartis
Novartis is reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. As a leading global medicines company, we use innovative science and digital technologies to create transformative treatments in areas of great medical need. In our quest to find new medicines, we consistently rank among the world’s top companies investing in research and development. Novartis products reach nearly 800 million people globally and we are finding innovative ways to expand access to our latest treatments. About 108,000 people of more than 140 nationalities work at Novartis around the world. Find out more at https://www.novartis.com.
About Novartis Malaysia
Novartis Malaysia has been present in Malaysia since 1971. Following the merger of Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy, Novartis was formed in 1996. In 2015, Kuala Lumpur was chosen as one of the five Novartis Global Service Centres which delivers a broad variety of services to the Novartis group of companies worldwide. Services offered by the Kuala Lumpur team include IT, People & Organization Services, FRA Operations, Procurement Services, Real Estate & Facilities Services and CONEXTS contributor by Clinical Research Malaysia in sponsored research with 16 research projects, leading the market of other healthcare players in this sponsored research space.
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