Senior HRBP, Japan

AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.

Job Title: Senior Manager, HR Business Partner, Japan

Location: Tokyo, Japan (Tamachi Office)

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Reporting to: VP, HR Business Partnering, APAC (based in Singapore)
Work Style: Hybrid (3 days at the office)

Benefits: Flex working hour system with core hours, starting from total 22 days annual leaves, Maternity, Paternal, Additional Leaves, Life Insurance, Retirement allowance, Group Term Life Insurance, Annual Health Checkup, Relo Club Employee Benefits, Well-being Support, Company’s Gift, Work anniversary leaves, etc.
Language requirements: Bilingual to native level of Japanese language and full business level of English language are required
*candidates needs to have permit to work in Japan

About the job

The Japan HR Business Partner is an internal consultant providing an enabling business partnership role to leaders and managers in Japan, by embedding AVEVA’s corporate HR strategy and employee experience into the culture and leadership behaviours.

The role is a trusted partner in the aligned local leadership team. They own the local client relationship and provide the ‘voice of the customer’ back to the Function HRBPs, Region HRBP and respective COEs.

HRBP supports client’s team organization effectiveness by addressing the people challenges and developing and implementing solutions aligned to strategy. Supported by data and analytics, provides professional HR guidance and support to the clients with advice, programmes and value-added interventions.

Principle Responsibilities

• Contributes to the business strategy by helping business leaders in Japan to identify, prioritise, and build organisational capabilities, behaviours, structures and processes with overall aim being to create the best Employee Experience and help AVEVA win in the marketplace

• Understands key business performance targets and their related talent implications with business leaders in Japan

• Understands and anticipates the need for change, diagnoses the underlying issues and builds the case for change with stakeholders. Builds frameworks to plan and manage the continuous process of change including dependencies, risks, potential scenarios and options to mitigate etc.

• Facilitates and embeds HR initiatives aligned with the business agenda of local leaders

• Supports the local leaders in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with the function or business strategy

• Partners with Function HRBP and HR COEs to provide support on the design and implementation of new and cyclical programmes at the local level

• Partners with the Function HRBP and HR COEs to identify and oversee the implementation of training and development at the local level

• Partner with Reward CoE to ensure that the Reward (compensation and benefits) of Japan are competitive ensuring equity externally and internally across functions/BU

• Assists local leaders in providing employees with development opportunities that aligned with current and future business needs

• Develops and promotes ongoing feedback mechanisms for employees to influence the continuous improvement of HR services and processes

• Facilitates a strong leadership and coaching culture

• Provides expert advice and coaching to local leaders on people management issues; including employee relations matters, grievances handling, talent opportunities and challenges, talent engagement etc.

• Provides data, insight on employee engagement; guides and supports local leaders on actions required to address gaps to improve the overall engagement in Japan

• Understands and solicits employee opinions and anticipates their needs and concerns

• Identifies and drives sharing of best practices across Japan to facilitate continuous improvement

• Acts as a liaison between the local leaders and HR to ensure that HR strategy and services are aligned with internal client needs

• Builds relationships and form alliances with external counterparts, communities of practice and stakeholders to scan for innovations and improvement opportunities

• Shares knowledge of progressive HR practices and key trends

• Leads /supports specific projects as determined in the HR strategic plan

Measures of Success

• Enabling AVEVA business performance in Japan

• Improvement in employee engagement scores and feedback

• Succession management and Internal talent pipeline in place

• Addressing employee performance

• Enhance employee retention

• Diversity balance

• Local leaders’ role modelling AVEVA LIFE and culture

• Improving employee and manager self service

• Compliance with all local HR Legislation

• HR KPIs/dashboard for Japan (TA KPIs, ER cases etc)

Essential Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Full work rights in Japan is required, with fluent command of the Japanese language is essential

• Strong partnership skills

• Strong business acumen

• Strong influencing skills to influence Japan leaders

• Problem-solving skills

• Clear, comprehensive understanding of the link between talent, reward and other HR initiatives and business strategy

• Ability to recognize trends and develop recommendations based on data analysis

• Ability to engage, inspire and influence people

• Effective team player and networker

• Strong collaboration, interpersonal, communication skills

• Knowledge of HR policies, processes and talent management practices

Key Working Relationships

• Japan leadership team

• Local leaders/managers and employees

• People team: People Services, Function HRBPs, CoEs (such as Talent, DEI, Rewards etc.)

• Finance, IT, Legal

Japan Benefits include:

Flex working hour system, starting from total 22 days annual leaves, parental leave, additional leaves, Relo Club employee benefits, well-being support, life insurance, pension, company’s gift, education support.

It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.

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Hybrid working

By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.

Hiring process

Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.

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About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/

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AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check.  Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.  AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.