HR Business Partner

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Job details

Company overview

Our client provides logistics, warehouse management and domestic delivery services for clients in a wide range of industries.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Acts as a single point of the contact for the employees and managers in the business unit
• Provide HR advice and support to managers and staff on a wide range of strategic and operational human resources issues
• Advise managers and staff on issues of employment legislation
• Actively identifies gaps, proposes and implement changes necessary to cover risks
• Recruits talents for Business Sector, Site Management.
• Facilitates the management team to bring best solutions for employees
• Acts as the performance improvement driver and provokes positive changes in the people management
• Designs succession plans for key talents and key job positions
• Challenges the organizational structure of the internal client (business Sectors, Site management) and proposes changes
• Acts as the member of the HR management team
• Partner with Business Sector Senior Leadership/Site Leadership to Develop Leadership and Organizational Strategies, Methods, and Processes
• Assist to develop strategies that enable leadership potential and attain organizational objectives
• Support and optimize organizational design, structure
• Create line of sight between the people strategy and business and customer needs
• Develop change communication plans, messaging, and presentation to enable alignment, engagement, and contribution
• Provide coaching, influence, and multiple perspectives to prepare leaders for crucial or difficult conversations
• Partner with Business Sector Leadership/Site Leadership to Plan for Workforce Needs
• Support and develop workforce planning processes
• Assist to develop and define labor productivity initiatives and workforce optimization activities
• Assist to analyze needs to achieve current and future business objectives
• Identify talent and capability gaps and solutions
• Define and align retention strategies, methods, and processes to identify and retain key talent
• Partner with Business Sector Senior Leadership/Site Leadership to Develop and Align Talent to Meet Business Needs
• Promote talent and performance management methods and processes to meet company and organization strategic and operational objectives
• Enable organizational rewards and recognition strategy and programs
• Support organization to develop and retain the high performing team members
• Work with senior leadership/site managers on succession planning and the talent pipeline
• Prepare leaders to align to performance management programs and activities
• Support leaders to identify development opportunities for key contributors and high potential talent including job rotations and assignments, as well as define plans for low performers
• Influence and enable cross-functional talent alignment
• Act as an internal consultant for managing employee relations issues
• Connect HR and Business Needs to Enable Globally Aligned Programs, Systems, and Processes
• Act as an advocate of HR strategies and solutions into the business
• Recommend and globally align people programs, systems, and processes that meet business needs while enabling collaboration and informed decision-making across organizations
• Act as a feedback channel to improve HR systems and processes
• Partner with Business Sector Senior Leadership/Site Leadership to Build an Environment that Fosters Workforce Engagement
• Support the company's Supply Chain culture and behaviors and facilitate leadership alignment on how these are exemplified within the organization
• Drive Site Leadership alignment and accountability to a global survey action plan with measurable metrics
• Drive and support the development of a People Plan
• Help establish a culture of appreciation and promote awareness of the impact of recognition
• Develop and enable site engagement activities
• Enable organizational communication plans
• Partner with Business Sector Senior Leadership/Site Leadership to Drive Organizational Strategies and Change though Disciplined Processes and Methods
• Enable significant change management and comprehensive communication through structured design, planning, and execution
• Define and support HR metrics to ensure change management progress is measured
• Support change management for programs deployed by HR counterparts and enable leaders to manage changes with their teams
• Support Business Sector leadership team/Site leadership team set team objectives
• Support to recognize strengths and develop individuals' potential
• Building Effective Partnerships for Development in teams of Business Sector/Site management.

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in Human Resources/Employee Relations or related fields
• Solid communication skills, relationship management, analytical skills and critical thinking
• Native Japanese and Business level of English (written and spoken)
• Proven leadership, demonstrated maturity, confidence and credibility
• Proven ability in data analysis, people management and coaching, organizational development
• Ability to support prioritization based on business needs and HR plans
• Knowledge of HR policies and practice with demonstrated experience in the areas of employee relations, performance management, talent management, labor law, HR indicators and management of an HR organization.
• Knowledge of process improvement methodologies and implementing continuous improvement through analyzing defined HR metrics
• Demonstrated ability to partner with the leadership team to identify, assess, select, reward and develop talent to meet current and future demands
• Demonstrated ability to work with leaders and employees at all levels

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience of working in matrix reporting organizations
• Experience of cross divisional roles
• Ability to coach, advise and influence senior leaders on people strategies to achieve positive business outcome
• Ability to develop and implement engagement activities.
• Experience of HR related change management
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Human Relations, Human Resource Management or Related field of study

The appeal

Expected next opportunites:

• HR Senior manager roles
• HR roles at Regional Office

Report to:

• Head of HRBP team

Salary

9 - 11 million yen

Location

Tokyo