Careers

Our 5 Pillars: Abide-Treat-Recruit-Provide-Reward

Maintaining the mindset that People are our assets and capital. Matex recognizes the importance to provide an organizational culture based on respect and trust. As a result, the Company benefits in terms of productivity and sustainable growth to continue to give back.

Matex aims to continue to incorporate and communicate in its packages a wider range of our people’s benefits and foster a greater sense of ownership within the organization and a common spirit of esprit de corps.

Management & Human Resource work hand in hand to ensure that all our people are given access to common resources and treated possibly as best, equally in the work place.

We encourage freedom of speech and diversity in the work place, having our people from different nationality, religious and educational backgrounds maintain a culture of openness, honesty and transparency. Our people are encouraged to discuss issues encountered in the work place so as to find adequate solutions and prevent similar situations from happening in the future.
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The Human Resources department is responsible for receiving our people’s issues and suggestions to improve the overall quality of the work environment, while respecting privacy. We are then committed to resolve the issues in conformity with the country’s laws and Universal Human Rights principles.

Further incentive systems are looked at to encourage more proactive and reward good ideas.

On Work Life Strategy, we have continue to progressively develop programmes and infrastructures to support based around the Themed “Workplace Success: Embracing Family as a Business Strategy” and drawing references from http://www.employeralliance.sg/toolkit/index.html

We pledged our commitment to Fair Employment Practises under the framework of TAFEP (Tripartite Alliance for Fair & Progressive Employment Practises) organized and endorsed by Ministry of Manpower of Singapore, NTUC (National Trade Union Congress) and SNEF (Singapore National Employers Federation). http://www.tafep.sg/fairemployment.asp

Adopting fair employment practices allows Matex as much as possible to recruit and treat our people on the basis of merit, such as skills, experience or ability to perform the job and also look at the reemployment possibilities of our aging work force, by retraining them and repositioning them suitably. It constantly reminds ourselves to be sensitive and not using factors, such as age, race, gender, religion, marital status and family responsibilities, or disability for employment-related decisions.

The 5 key principles of Fair Employment Practices that Matex has reinforced and readopted are:

ABIDE by labour laws and adopt the Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices.
TREAT all fairly and with respect and implement progressive human resource management systems.
RECRUIT and select on the basis of merit (such as skills, experience or ability to perform the job), and regardless of age, race, gender, religion, marital status and family responsibilities, or disability.
PROVIDE equal opportunity to be considered for training and development based on their strengths and needs to help them achieve their full potential.
REWARD fairly based on their ability, performance, contribution and experience.

The practice of fair employment will help to foster an inclusive workplace, one that is built on merit and based on progressive HR practices.

Matex also encourages its external partners to follow its steps and act ethically in the work place which contributes to a healthier business environment.

	Abide: Basic Principle To be a respected organization of and with choice, we firmly believe in the practice of fair employment and advocate fair employment practices. This philosophy and the guidelines on non-discriminatory employment practices... More is also a corner-stone of the company’s human resource strategy and this is also being extended to our global operations. Our leaders with different expertise provide both strategic leadership and hands-on experiential guidance with their diverse, professional background and wealth of experience. Working at Matex, one can gain frequent exposure to senior management, enabling you to work with and learn directly from one of the best management teams around.
	Treat: Diversity & Inclusiveness We aim to create an inclusive workplace to attract, grow and retain our people from different backgrounds and culture. Our total workforce has consistently grown with more than 80% of our group located outside Singapore... More We thus have not by choice also to embrace diversity in many aspects including culture, nationality and language. Our people come from very different backgrounds, giving them diverse and valuable characteristics. Not only do we have people from all over the world like Southeast Asia, China, India, Colombia and France, we also have former bankers, analysts, civil servants, army officers, budding entrepreneurs and police, amongst others. The diversity resulted by business needs, requires us to hire local talent knowledgeable in the various markets in which we conduct business. This helps to build cross-border knowledge across geographies. Diverging viewpoints are present, welcomed and encouraged. But we have still to be sensitive and practical to maintain harmony. Diversity and inclusiveness is thus not only a reflection of the diverse markets in which we operate, it is also a key strength of the company and common sense.
	Recruit: Building Our People for Our Future People are essential to our success. We look for people who are loyal, passionate, dynamic and constantly willing to push beyond their own comfort boundaries. We value our people not only from their technical competence... More and qualifications but lay even more emphasis on their character, personality and their contributed unique ideas and perspectives as a whole. You will be given the opportunities to develop your capabilities and career to your full potential. Matex has established global operations and as an international company conducts our businesses which embraces diversity in many aspects including gender, cultures, nationalities and languages. One of our focus areas is to develop competency in diversity management in our global talent base. Through our international recruitment and development programmes, we are developing more local talents to lead our businesses in our overseas locations. Our success is built on the strengths of our strong infrastructure and our workforce which consists of more than 500 employees selling to over 50 countries. We are committed to create valuable workplaces for all our people as it realises our vision to be an exemplary leading global enterprise that enriches people and communities through high-quality products and services. Building The Most Desired Company Through the years the company and our people have won several accolades in recognition of our commitment to business excellence and sustainability. These achievements would not have been possible without our diverse manpower and talent pool. The list of awards accorded to the Group are available here. Building & Managing a pipeline of Talents Matex being a multinational company headquartered in Singapore, adopts its credo Lifestyle, Products, Performance Value Add – “Living the culture of Colour !” Which builds on its vision, mission, values and promise to manage a global footprint. We are always on the look out for high calibre people with strong potential to help us build a lasting and prosperous sustainable company. While bringing in the best people is an important first step in our talent management strategy, bringing out the best in them is just as important. As evident in our people-focused manifesto, Matex conducts its own training to ensure more focused, systematic and consistent human resource development. Appropriatedly staff are encouraged and given opportunities to explore leading academia institutes, events and activities to further augment their professional and personal development.
	Provide: A Platform To Do Your Best Working @ Matex, we strive to create and orientate a dynamic and challenging work environment driven by results. One that allows the individual to be fairly given as much responsibility... More and freedom as we can to develop the skills and opportunity to grow with the company. We focus on building your capabilities, aim to support and empower them to be the best. We attract and retain people by giving training, support and learning opportunities and rewarded according to your contribution meritocratically.
	Reward: A Journey with Colorful Returns Matex believes first and foremost in the offer of a challenging and rewarding career where our staff are provided with opportunities to improve themselves and enhance their work performance through internal and external programmes.... More In addition we target to provide our people enjoy competitive remuneration and comprehensive meaningful benefits. The opportunity to travel, bond and network with colleagues, stakeholders across geographies and strategic business units along with the above does make Matex an exceptional place to work. Work-Life Balance With balance one can contribute best. Matex thus advocates and provides flexible work arrangements, policies to support employees’ needs in juggling between work and family commitments. Career Development Promising candidates are also being groomed to take on greater and broader responsibilities when the opportunity arises through job exposure and leadership courses. Many of the company’s key people are nurtured in-house over the years and have stayed with the company since inception. Matex is committed to providing the necessary resources and a conducive environment where our people are able to realize their potential, expand their capabilities and chart their skills progression in relation to near, mid and long term career development. Our staff are encouraged to attend at least one training event per year. Total Rewards To ensure that Matex remains competitive and continues to attract and retain talent, it constantly benchmarks itself against different markets and innovates its compensation strategies. Matex adopts a total rewards approach in motivating and rewarding our people by offering comprehensive and market-competitive compensation and benefits, as well as a work environment that enhances their well-being. The flexible, creative incentive plans ranges and can include short-term cash bonus programmes, casual paid leaves and long-term equity-based reward plans such as restricted shares and performance shares programmes. Total Well Being Matex prides itself on being proactive in providing a total well-being programme to help employees better manage their physical health as well as handle any stress and personal issues that may arise. Besides a flexible benefits programme, regular talks and workshops are held to educate and encourage our people to lead a balanced lifestyle. Topics range from art appreciation as a form of therapy to retirement and financial planning; from eating right to positive parenting. A comprehensive health screening benefit programme is also widely available. We recognise the diverse needs of our workforce and continue to enhance the Group’s flexible benefits plan to enable our people to complement their personal medical and insurance needs with those provided by the company.