People Excellence Head, Japan

Main responsibilities:

As a member of the Japan PCLT (People & Culture Leadership Team), you will be expected to work in close partnership with the business leaders and the rest of the P&C community across the geography.

• Ensure the deployment of One P&C agenda and P&C culture change in Japan

• Drive P&C function mattersat local level and provide input to market view.

• Own P&C support for employees and line managers across Japan.

• Provide input on workforce planning for Japan.

• Provide input to People Services management improving service experience and efficiency.

• Own the local deployment of Social Unions /Labor Relations strategy aligned with Global and market Labor Relations. Be the liaison to the co-determination bodies and negotiate collective labor agreements at local level.

• Manage personnel cost/ budget for the People Excellence team

• Provide coaching at leadership level and for the team members

• Champion “learn, share & re-apply” across the Sanofi organization by collaborating with PBPs, CoEs and People Services

• Act in advisory capacity concerning escalations for key and leadership roles on country level.

• Ensure talent strategy deployment at country level: Partner with the country leadership to support their individual development. Review the country talent pipeline depth to ensure appropriate talent density in partnership with the Japan PBPs and TM Lead, drive the importance of the talent principles through coaching of the leaders in country, including encouraging bold moves on talent and supporting talent acquisition activities in the country.

• Partners with leaders and Talent Acquisition CoE on new/ experience hires for the country and on hires into roles which help to build deep skill/knowledge in a critical capability area aligned to strategic plans.

• Partnering with Learning COE to help build deep skill/knowledge.

About you

- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field; master’s degree preferred.

- Minimum of 10 years of HR experience.  International exposure is desirable.

- Great leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization & ability to represent P&C externally.

- Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.

- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

- Fluent in English