Plant HRBP Lead

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Job details

Company overview

We are a global pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and globally markets a wide variety of pharmaceutical products. We are particularly strong in the areas of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, central nervous system, immunology, and other disease areas, providing innovative medical solutions. We promote sustainable medical innovation to improve the health of patients and the quality of healthcare. The company is also committed to social responsibility by focusing on community involvement and sustainable corporate activities. Through aggressive investment in research and development, as well as product development from a global perspective, the company contributes to the advancement of healthcare around the world.

Responsibilities

As part of the team, you’ll have the opportunity to pursue unique experiences and build new skills, and you'll know that the work you do every day makes an impact — on our patients, our people, our planet, and on yourself. As a professional and strategic HRBP, you’ll be for sure excited and thrilled by contributing to be a pioneer of a Factory of the FUTURE.
Main responsibilities:

• Act as an HR strategist, change agent and implementation advisor; be familiar with the company's strategic plans and assist directors/managers to translate strategy into practice
• Provide HR perspectives on business strategies of respective businesses; consult with line management on HR implications and issues
• Help directors/managers to align employee’s capabilities to the mid-to-long-term business needs
• Coach and advise directors/managers on general HR issues
• Facilitate and support performance/salary reviews, promotion/demotion, talent discussions including talent reviews and succession planning in respective businesses
• Ensure support and guidance for people managers in terms of employee experience survey analysis, promotion/demotion/intensive performance improvement
• Plan and implement agile talent acquisition along with workforce planning
• Ensure support and guidance for employees to better understand company HR initiatives such as DE&I, Well-being, Career Ownership, Life-long Learning etc.
• Handle conflict intervention, investigation around compliance issues, counseling requests from employees, and employee relations facilitation, etc.
• Coordinate the requirements-input for company HR instruments; initiate policy design and maintenance via HR leadership bodies, proactively partner with the ‘Center of Excellence’ teams to create innovative HR solutions reflecting specific needs of respective businesses
• Act as first HR point of contact for the overall employee representatives / unions
• Drive the creation and circulation of HR management information throughout the businesses in order to accelerate understanding
• Define figures for respective businesses on total labor costs, human capital appreciation, and supplier cost management and people development in align with Finance
• Ensure ethics and compliance actions across the organization by collaborating with the Ethics and Compliance site advisor
• Monitor quality and costs of services rendered by service providers and address necessary actions
• Closely collaborate with Japan and company HR Business Leaders/HR Site Leaders/HRBPs and Global HRBP

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (eg. HRM, Commerce, Economics, Law, Psychology)
• 3-5 years of solid HR Business Partner experience in a large Multi-National Company (manufacturing, matrix organization, preferably at the scale of up to 2,000 to 3,000 employees)
• Minimum of 10 years of overall working experience in diverse functions (Experience and proven track record in working in at least one area of HR functions)
• Knowledge about the local labor law, legal employment conditions and those of the legal entity or specific site organization
• Team-oriented leadership skills and experience working with Senior Leadership/Management teams
• Strong communication and messaging skills with the ability to build long term partnerships with internal management & employees, relevant representatives of workers groups and external stakeholders
• Capability to work in a multicultural environment is an advantage.
• Daily use of business level English/Japanese (emails, online/in person meetings, presentations etc.) eg. TOEIC 800 and above
• Work on site, in principle (hybrid: work from home – negotiable)
• Business trip (occasionally)
• Strategic/analytical
• Logical/critical thinking skills
• Well-balanced mindset of logic and empathy
• Deliver on commitments; following through to resolution
• Constructively challenge and provide alternatives
• Effective communication (eg. inspire others)
• Lead first yourself and then others
• Strong learning agility (proactively take steps to learn and grow)
• Build and maintain strong trusting relationships with stakeholders
• Actively develop relationships inside and outside the function
• Respectful, inclusive, collaborative, open-minded, works cross-functionally
• Has strong interest in business

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA/DBA (preferred)

Salary

10 - 15 million yen

Location

Chiba