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People Business Partner – People Team     

Insights Japan

Tokyo

Role Description

The People Business Partner will deliver Kantar’s global, divisional / functional people agenda while working closely with colleagues globally and locally within our Centres of Excellence (CoE) and our People Operations teams. You will be part of a business partnering team delivering people strategies, solutions and processes to your client groups in Japan. The role will collaborate closely with other PBPs across APAC, be an example of what excellent looks like in terms of the employee experience and commercial excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Partner, advise and mentor leadership and management teams in Japan to accelerate the delivery of business agenda through an innovative, strategic and fit for purpose people agenda and solutionsPartner the Chief People Officer and other Business Partners to develop the people strategy and implementation with your relevant client groupsProvide business partnership to support organisational changes and business transformations, bringing in expertise as required from your network across the broader People Team and CoEs to provide appropriate solutions and applying effective organisational change mechanismsBring a strategic lens and insight from prior experiences / leading practice and adopt a ‘business leader’ approach when driving transformations across the businessEngage with business leaders and the wider People Team to understand challenges and areas for opportunities and translate these into relevant people initiativesEstablish collaborative and supporting working partnerships with the CoEs and People Operations to serve as a strategic consultant to your business leaders on a range of people issues and demonstrating expert advice where requiredDelivery of talent management initiatives that are aligned with global Kantar strategy to build and maintain a strong talent pipeline while attracting, identifying and assessing talent and development opportunities to retain the right talentProvide advice and direction on reward philosophy to help craft business decisions, implement and embed total reward design.Champion diversity and drive portfolios of work that supports the business to build an inclusive environment throughout the employee journey, policies and practices and support our DEI strategyPartner with business leaders to develop performance, succession and career management plans by assessing the efficiency of career paths, aligning employee capabilities to the division / function’s overall strategic directionImprove employee experience to increase engagement within the workplace through using data from employee listening programmes, leaver surveys, other formal and informal sourcesLead and advise on sophisticated employee relations activities, demonstrating sound judgement, a knowledge of market legislation and commercial awarenessDevelop and mentor others within the People Team to help build their capability in line with the business needs and the employees' aspirations

Role Requirements

Knowledge and Experience

Commercially minded gained through working with commercial organisations in a People Business Partnering capacityExperience of working in a global, matrixed environmentBuild strong partnership and trust with business leaders, managers, CoEs, People Operations to demonstrate strategic insightsStrong employees experience ethos with people at the heart of the business agendaUnderstanding of how to address employee relations issues and knowledge of local market legislationExcellent interpersonal communication with the ability to positively influence and mentor business leaders at all levelsWork with senior business leads to set the direction for the people plan, including anticipating business trends and aligning business strategies with people strategiesBe curious, challenge and question, represent the employee's voice and demonstrate your expertise during discussionsLead difficult conversations with integrity and humilityDriving transformation and change positively within a matrixed organisationCritical problem solver who uses data driven insights and decision making to confidently resolve large, complicated issues and communicate decisions efficiently

Kantar Success Factors

Leads with impactOwns commercial successSolves problems decisivelyConnects to winBuilds great teamsDrives lasting changeAmplifies professional expertise

Business Partner Success Factors

Employee engagement managementPeople analytics and insightOrganisational diagnosis and designTalent and performance managementOrganisational environment developmentTotal rewards and recognition developmentWorkforce planning

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well-being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Privacy and Legal Statement

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients.  Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity, therefore we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring

Location

Tokyo, Shinjuku Maynds TowerJapan

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. 

 

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us. 

 

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration. 

 

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes. 

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.