Job Description

Description

HUB HR Business Partner - Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (the role location can be flexible)

At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable\xe2\x80\x8b energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation

Hitachi Energy is seeking a HUB HR Business Partner - Asia Pacific Middle East Africa (APMEA). As a core member of the Transformers Business Unit leadership team in Hub APMEA, the HR Business Partner APMEA is accountable for the overall HR contribution and value-add to the business, translating business goals into HR priorities and ensuring effective implementation in partnership with our centers of expertise (COEs) as well as HR operations. The HRBP will partner with business leaders to set and implement people strategy, develop and drive talent outcomes, support business goals and initiatives by ensuring relevant people capabilities and organizational effectiveness, counsel and coach business leaders and advise on solutions; represent business needs in interfacing with centers of expertise and HR operations.

Your responsibilities:

• Setting and implementing people strategy in the regional (Hub) organization in line with global business unit and global HR function strategy covering culture, competence, and organization.
• Ensuring people and organizational capabilities required in the mid-long term are understood and actioned. Ensure that the business positions in the short term are adequately staffed to meet or exceed the annual business targets. Interrogate HR Analytics data to understand key organizational dynamics, trends and issues and define and execute appropriate actions.
• Implementing strategy and planning regarding restructuring and integration projects as needed
• Implementing the operating model and optimize organization structures and principles in line with group and global rules and standards, including the Hitachi Energy Job Structure.
• Building a high-performance culture in the organization; Implement group and global business performance standards, KPIs, and targets to enhance business performance; Recognize and reward high performance in individuals and teams.
• Deciding on competence actions to support business strategy. Implement learning and development activities to build and improve competence in collaboration with the HR Talent team.
• In close collaboration with Talent Partners in the CoE, set and implement strategies and actions to ensure a healthy and sustainable talent structure in the organization, including recruitment, identification and succession planning on business-critical roles, diversity and inclusion.
• Ensuring that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed and directed. Build an effective, capable, and high performing team. Develop talent.
• Deciding competitiveness position and compensation elements based on business need and in line with group and global strategy and policy; Monitor personnel cost development in the business and take corrective actions where needed.
• Deciding on change management needed to support business strategy and plan; Implement necessary measures and actions to facilitate change, including communication, reorganization, performance management, motivation, recognition.
• Implementing HSE and business compliance standards and regulations in the area of responsibility. Role model the Hitachi Energy and Group standards,
• Implementing and ensuring compliance with global and local standards, rules, tools, policies and processes related to operations/project execution and share functional best practices and lessons learned across the organization.
• Partnering with local HR team, managers, union representatives and employees to understand current issues that can be supported or addressed through HR practices, processes, or policies. Lead discussions and own through the local HR team the relationship with local collective bargaining and information / consultation groups where applicable (e.g. works councils, trade unions, employee committees).
• Living Hitachi Energy\'s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

• Bachelor\'s degree in human resources management, labor law, organizational behavior or business-related field and a minimum 10 years of Human Resource generalist experience, including experience in manufacturing environment and in leadership positions.
• Masters\' degree an added advantage
• Experience in a global, multinational matrix environment
• Experience in Industrial relations / labor relations is a plus.
• Strong track record in change management, organizational and talent development as well as capability building.
• Proven ability to effectively coach employees and manage through complex and difficult issues.
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical skills, data driven decision making.
• Fluency in English and easy adaptation with different cultures

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