Mobility/HR Specialist (Japanese Speaking)

Mobility SpecialistHuman ResourcesLocation: Weybridge

Sony Europe have an incredible opportunity for a Japanese speaking individual to join our HR team as a Mobility Specialist. As most of our international assignees are from Japan, it’s critical that the incumbent of this position is fluent in Japanese.

If you’ve worked within Mobility, HR or a role where it’s essential to have a ‘customer focused’ lens on, we’d love to hear from you so we can talk to you about how you’ll become part of an incredible team to deliver excellent global mobility experience for Long Term Assignees (LTA), Short Term Assignees (STA), Permanent Transfers (PT) and Commuters in Europe across multiple Sony entities.

Looking to forge a career in a sought-after specialism or perhaps looking for a fresh challenge within an incredibly warm & fun environment? Yes? The time is now… we’d love to speak to you.

What will you do?

• Manage the assignment life cycle for our International Assignees (mainly long-term assignees from Japan)
• Ensure that new assignees received all the information and support required to transition quickly into their new position
• Be responsible for smooth repatriation/transfer to new location at the end of the assignment
• Support in creating mobility related reports for HQ and responding to HQ data requests regarding International Assignees
• Respond to day-to-day mobility queries and providing necessary support to resolve issues
• Be responsible for the operational aspects of mobility such as; drafting official assignment & bonus letters, maintenance of key reports & databases & supporting on educational assistance applications
• Support the annual salary review of International Assignees, liaising with host/home line managers, Group HR & top-level management to determine appropriate increases
• Manage the annual review of the housing allowance for all International Assignees hosted in Europe, analysing specialist data and company affordability to determine proposals for approval
• Work closely with with Payroll, Local HR, HR Service Delivery team and our external tax provider to ensure that all mobility service is properly delivered
• Collaborate with the Tokyo HR team to confirm assignment period & the new assignees onboarding plan

You will bring:

• Fluent Japanese language skills are essential to be successful in this role
• Previous working experience within a Mobility team would be preferred
• Working experience within a HR environment or customer facing position is essential
• An enthusiastic & customer-focused approach
• The ability to manage & prioritise a busy workload
• An appetite to learn & develop at pace

Your new office

Weybridge

Based at the Weybridge office, you will enjoy a vibrant and friendly working environment. We have an onsite canteen with a wide range of options available, and a barista style coffee shop. There is a well-provisioned onsite gym run by our own Sony Wellbeing Coordinator, with classes on set days in the mornings, at lunch and after work hours. We have a staff car park which includes electric charging points, an undercover and secure bike rack (useful if you’ve made the most of the Cycle-to-Work scheme), or if you will use public transport we have a shuttle bus service that regularly runs between train station and the office at peak times.

Take a look at our video tour of the Weybridge site here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lwbMOzjoVA

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individuals with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe B.V, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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