Fukuoka Kanda_HR Business Partner (Kitakyushu)

Valeo is a global tech company designing breakthrough solutions for mobility. This role is an HR Business Partner for the Kanda Factory, which employs around 100 people and is expanding. The position involves comprehensive HR and labor management responsibilities, offering the opportunity to manage the entire HR function on-site and improve employee satisfaction by streamlining uncoordinated processes. Future career progression to a Division-level HRD role is possible.

Must Have

• HR Generalist (excluding Payroll)
• Business level English
• Native level Japanese

Good to Have

• HR experience in manufacturing or industrial sectors
• Ability to communicate smoothly with on-site production workers
• Experience working in foreign-affiliated companies or overseas
• Experience in labor union relations

Perks & Benefits

• Join one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• A multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• More than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries, offering many opportunities for career growth
• A business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact of its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
• Grow and thrive, setting the trend through advanced technologies, for greener, safer, and smarter mobility
• Opportunity to #Dare.Care.Share

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Job Description

You will serve as the HR Business Partner (HRBP) for the Kanda Factory, which employs around 100 people. (The workforce is expanding by several dozen employees at a time.)

HR & Labor Management Responsibilities

• Operate HR systems and policies at each factory
• Manage personnel transfers and placements, consolidate performance evaluations, create workforce plans, and manage personnel budgets and forecasts
• Understand and apply labor laws
• Handle employee communications related to contract or organizational changes
• Provide first-line response to employee issues
• Negotiate and consult with labor unions, propose initiatives, manage labor-management councils, and prepare minutes
• Labor management including work environment improvement (working hours, attendance), compliance, and employee consultations
• Support onboarding for new hires and internal transfers
• Manage contracts for contract employees
• Revise work regulations
• Recruitment activities (coordinate with overseas group HR for implementing initiatives)
• Plan and execute training programs by hierarchy and factory-level education
• Manage performance evaluations and performance management
• Support audits and operate self-assessment systems
• Organizational development and employee engagement
• HR operations

Appeal of This Position

• You will be the sole HR on-site, responsible for the overall HR function, and can engage in improving employee satisfaction by streamlining uncoordinated processes
• There is potential to advance to a Division-level HRD role in the future

Requirements

• HR Generalist (excluding Payroll)
• Examples1 : HR Generalist who has managed almost all HR functions alone in a company of 100-200 employees in Japan
• Examples2 : HR professional in SMEs or startups who has handled everything from recruitment, labor management, policy administration, to labor union matters
• English: Business level
• Japanese: Native level

Preferred

• HR experience in manufacturing or industrial sectors
• Ability to communicate smoothly with on-site production workers
• Experience working in foreign-affiliated companies or overseas
• Experience in labor union relations

Salary & Team Structure

• Salary: Up to ￥9.5 million
• ※Negotiable depending on skills and experience
• Team Structure: You will be the first HR member at the Kanda Factory

Join Us !

Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com

Our Story:

Valeo is a global tech company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility industry. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest innovative companies. We offer a large number of job opportunities that are as diverse as they are rewarding. Whether you are a student seeking an internship, a recent graduate, or an experienced professional, you will find an interesting opportunity at Valeo for you!

More information on www.valeo.com

Working at Valeo:

Join Valeo! As part of a global community of passionate people, you will grow and thrive, setting the trend through advanced technologies, for greener, safer, and smarter mobility. All our employees are gathered around our common culture and have everyday the opportunity to #Dare.Care.Share