Senior Manager, People & Culture Business Partner

If you were the Senior Manager, People & Culture Business Partner now, here are some of the core activities you would be responsible for:

• Partnering with our leaders across the business and overseeing the creation and implementation of our people strategy in alignment with our long-term global business strategy 
• Providing ongoing strategic guidance and coaching to our executive leadership team  
• Building out our People & Culture partnership framework and support structure for both corporate and retail teams within Japan 
• Leading a team of functional P&C partners in providing exceptional support on people, culture, and organizational topics across the business 
• Building and implementing a sound P&C operations framework to enable the smooth execution of our people initiatives and partnership with the business 
• Partnering with the Director, P&C – APAC to inform our evolving total rewards strategy based on business needs, and to ensure the successful implementation and communication of total rewards initiates across the business 
• Overseeing our global performance framework, including performance management, talent assessment, and succession planning  
• Providing strategic guidance on organizational design and structure across the business, partnering with the executive leadership team to design high performing teams that will meet our evolving business needs 
• Driving engagement, trust, and performance across the business through sound change leadership and through your team’s day-to-day partnership with our people 
• Overseeing our workforce planning process, identifying gaps between our current and future competency requirements and ensuring we have a strategic people resourcing plan in place to meet long-term business objectives 
• Operating as a key member of the P&C leadership team to drive cross-functional P&C initiatives  

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Developing cross-functional P&C projects from scratch and participating in business-wide projects that aim to solve organizational pain points in support of our people strategy 
• Gathering and analyzing relevant people and business information to identify trends. Use the results to update or renovate the existing P&C strategies 
• Leading organizational design in partnership with senior business leaders 
• Supporting on the budgeting and forecasting process 
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams on continuous improvement projects, with a focused lens on P&C, Diversity, and Inclusion 
• Supporting Change Management initiatives, driving Continuous Improvement efforts, overseeing Talent Management strategies, and fostering Organizational Development initiatives to ensure sustained growth and adaptability

Are you our next Senior Manager, People & Culture Business Partner?

• You have a degree in Business and 8+ years of progressive HR experience, ideally within an apparel or technology  
• You have previous experience working for a global company and a proven ability to quickly build an understanding of a complex global business model 
• You are great at influencing through strong relationships, expertise and data and can manage a complex group of stakeholders 
• You are a natural leader, and you’re not afraid to blaze a trail in uncharted territory  
• You have a highly collaborative style, and a willingness and demonstrated ability to work in teams as both a lead and supporting team member 
• You have strong leadership skills and coaching across all levels of leadership 
• You have the ability to coach, mentor, advise and where appropriate to help employees grow and develop in alignment with business and personal objectives 
• You have strong project management skills with the ability to adapt to changing priorities 
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to analyze data, assess people, understand trends, and develop prioritized recommendations 
• You have excellent listening and communication skills with an ability to communicate large complex change  
• You are comfortable rolling up your sleeves to get things done right and the next moment being part of highly complex strategic business discussion 
• You have the ability to quickly build an in depth understanding of the business, including key processes, priorities and plans 
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions 
• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity 
• You are able to balance autonomy and collaboration 
• You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement 
• You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right 
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it