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Committed to creating value for employees, KLN strives to attract diverse talent, nurture future leaders, and create a healthy, happy, and collaborative work environment.
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Based in Asia, Kerry Logistics Network Limited (KLN) is a global 3PL with a highly diversified business portfolio, an extensive coverage in Asia and a global presence across 60 countries and territories.
The company offers a broad range of supply chain solutions from integrated logistics, international freight forwarding (air, ocean, road, rail and multimodal) and e-commerce, to industrial project logistics and infrastructure investment.
Operating in a labour-intensive industry, the key strength of KLN is always its people.
KLN is committed to creating value for employees through rewarding careers, workplace quality, and work-life balance. This commitment has set the tone for its HR strategies in employee engagement, workplace culture, rewards & recognition, and training and development.
To support its business growth and stay competitive, KLN prioritises global talent attraction and welcomes individuals of different genders, as well as cultural, educational and professional backgrounds. As such, the company engages in industry showcases and leverages social media to boost visibility, utilises advanced online hiring platforms to streamline recruitment, as well as expands its recruitment channels to ensure inclusivity and attract both industry professionals and young talents.
Constantly investing in the development of its people, KLN offers a diverse range of programmes, such as internships, apprenticeships, and cooperative programmes, tailored to different educational backgrounds. These ensure that career growth and development opportunities are accessible to a broad spectrum of individuals. For example, a 12-month management trainee programme of the KLN Young Executives Academy (YEA) is a fast-track initiative for recent graduates, with the aim to nurture future business leaders.
To further engage employees, KLN cultivates a transparent, open culture where all voices are valued with regular feedback and clear communication. Meanwhile, the company has adopted tailor-made financial and non-financial rewards & recognitions across all hierarchies, including pay-for-performance rewards, as well as tailor-made incentive schemes designed according to the roles and responsibilities.
After all, taking care of people in every aspect of their lives is the topmost priority at KLN. This principle also forms the basis of its approach to wellbeing, ‘WE KARE’.
Aimed at creating a healthy, happy and collaborative work environment that prioritises employee wellbeing and aligns with the company's overall business objectives, the initiative is delivered across five pillars – fitness, wellness, work-life, family, and community – to support employees’ different needs.
Among a variety of activities and support, some innovative and new ideas have also been proposed. The ‘Soul Amazing Series’ is an extension of KLN's employee wellness programmes, going beyond physical fitness to mental health and overall wellbeing; and the community engagement initiatives, such as ‘Volunteering Services Scheme’, ‘Acts of Volunteer Services’, and partnerships with social enterprises, inspire employees with the social missions behind them.
One highlight event at the KLN Hong Kong headquarters in 2024 was the ‘MEGA Challenge’. The event saw over 150 colleagues, including gamers and crews from various business units and departments across Hong Kong, who teamed together to solve intelligence quotient and physical quotient tasks for a kart building and racing challenge in the office, displaying qualities such as teamwork, skill and determination.
As part of its efforts to take care of employees, KLN also strives to create a safe and secure workplace by continuing to enhance work safety training and improve the working environment and facilities.
To facilitate employee experience and unlock the potential of human assets to achieve the company’s goals, KLN believes that HR plays a crucial role.
“HR professionals are not simply about caring for people of the organisation, but also helping the organisation to meet its objectives,” says Ivy Wong, Group Director of Human Resources & Administration, KLN (pictured above).
“It is essential to align our people-oriented goals with the business goals to facilitate success for both the organisation and its employees as ‘Business Partners’.”
She believes that HR can be a force for good that balances the needs of employees, organisations, and society to deliver mutually benefits, and create sustainable value.
“The support of our stakeholders – employees, customers, and partners alike – is essential to achieving our sustainability aspirations. We will continue to focus our efforts on creating an environment of HR distinction and a better-connected world,” affirms Ms Wong.
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