HR Head, Japan
The purpose of the role is to provide end to end HR support for employees. The HR Head should be cognizant of local laws/legal procedures and works extensively with legal and compliance teams to ensure that Wipro HR activities adhere to rules and regulations in the region.
Job Description
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Job Purpose:
The role holder plays a critical role in managing processes contributing to organizationâÂÂs strategic priorities. The role holder also has an influence on shaping organizational policies and processes. The role holder program manages key projects with significant implications, requiring adept communication with leadership. The role requires a high degree of professional experience. The role holder will usually have a team reporting into them. They will also have influence on team members in other cross-functional teams.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Drive critical strategic and operational goals within the organization.
- Adopt/ develop and implement innovative solutions, models, products, processes, and operational plans.
- Formulate operational strategies, policies, and manage comprehensive resources with a high degree of autonomy.
- Implement governance practices to oversee quality and compliance in operational areas.
- Drive thought leadership by participating in innovation activities and contributing articles or papers.
- Proactively establish systems to mitigate risks, improve efficiency and customer experience.
- Collaborate with other teams and leadership to deliver results
- Oversee and coordinate the efforts of team members to meet organizational goals, ensuring a collaborative and efficient work environment.
- Develop execution strategy for projects linked to strategic goals of the function
- They are responsible for building a strong team under them by coaching and mentoring their team members.
- Employ domain, management and leadership capabilities to oversee program teams for successful execution of projects
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Roles & Responsibilities:
• Employee Engagement - Conduct regular employee connects and one on one discussions, Drive Top Talent Connects and Leadership Connects for the Account, Conduct Skip Level Meetings
• Career Management - Enable career movements for employees in the account and create awareness of career paths
• Drive execution of talent management processes in the account and anchor central HR processes as a SPOC
• Partner with account heads and business to support business strategy and provide HR support for business aligned projects
• Manage employees in client locations: Work with compensation and benefits team to ensure salary fitment
• Provide guidance in terms of employment laws for the Geo/country, handle breaches of employment law
• Respond to local government notices or queries with inputs from legal team
• Legal, Compliance and Risk Management for the Region – Protect, investigate and review legal risk related issues. Investigate Ombuds concerns or other Employee investigations
• Visa Compliance for employees - Review all deviation requests for all policies and processes case by case and decide on course of action
• Run Central HR processes for employees - Execute regular HR processes for employees such as MSI, Performance appraisal etc. onboarding of new employees
• Drive specific HR interventions for employees: Drive specific HR interventions at the Account or anchor interventions as a SPOC
• Work with the sales leadership on RFP requirements on talent specific matters
• Support requisite teams in integration / acquisitions
Qualification:
- Understanding behavior patterns/ differences and handling them
- Sound knowledge/exposure of the HR processes, policies and sub systems.
- Strong business partner, solution oriented with ability to influence business leaders
- Demonstrate competence and strong background in employee relations and talent management
- Drive and initiative
- Excellent Communication & Relationship Building skills
- Negotiation & Conflict resolution skills
- Ability to work with diverse teams
- Bilingual (Japanese and English)
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