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HR Partner (Manager or Associate Director)

Hikari, Yamaguchi
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On the Global Manufacturing and Supply (GMS) team at Takeda, you’ll be part of a rapidly transforming industry that’s applying technology and data in new ways. Within our agile, innovative, people-centric organization, your work will matter every day as you use your skills to help us manufacture therapies for patients on our four platforms:

  • Small Molecules
  • Biologics
  • Plasma
  • Cell and Gene

As part of the GMS team, you'll have the opportunity to pursue unique experiences and build new skills, and you'll know that the work you do every day makes an impact — on our patients, our people, our planet, and on yourself.

Job ID R0154927 Date posted 06/26/2025 Location Hikari, Yamaguchi

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Job Description

OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE

The HR Partner’s principal area of impact is in shaping the culture of the organisation and implementing people strategies to achieve the business priorities.

  • Be a strong partner to all of the business leaders to influence and support HR related matters.
  • Support the division heads and people managers to manage their people strategy and culture.
  • Support organisation effectiveness by developing and implementing solutions aligned to strategy.
  • Lead the HR vision, including role modelling great personal and team leadership and taking an active role in ensuring the HR operating model is embedded successfully.
  • Drive the people side of change

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS

Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise(Breadth and depth of knowledge, application and complexity of technical knowledge)

  • In-depth knowledge in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, and Labor Laws etc.
  • Extensive practical experience in the areas of Talent Acquisition, Training, Organization Development, Coaching, Performance Management, Compensation and Benefit, and Labor Relations
  • Fundamental knowledge in Finance and Accounting, Legal, Operations, Business Statistics, and Innovation
  • Objective and fair judgement ability with analytical and logical thinking skills and multiple viewpoints

Leadership(Vision, strategy and business alignment, people management, communication, influencing others, managing change)

  • Lead HR operations by involving other HR functions such as COEI, PAG, and TBS etc.
  • Take initiatives for all HR operational changes with HR perspective and expertise

Decision-making and Autonomy(The capacity and authority to make organizational decisions, autonomy in decision-making, complexity of decisions, impact of decisions, problem-soliving)

  • Make operational decisions as per the policies, guidance, and direction of HRSL
  • Provide deliberate suggestions from various angles with HR expertise and business acumen

Interaction(The span and nature of one’s engagement with others when performing one’s job, internal and external relationships)

  • Maintain good relationship with employees, managers, and other functions to contribute to gaining trust as the site HR team
  • Interact proactively with GMS/GQ HR community, regional COEI, PAG, and TBS to stay updated
  • Keep and explore external network to get familiarized with HR trends, solutions, and innovation

Innovation(The required level of scientific knowledge, knowledge sharing, innovation and risk taking)

  • Lead data utilization on people insight to provide better employee experience and problem solving measures with statistic implications
  • Take and share HR best practices in the internal and external community

Complexity(Products managed, mix of businesses, internal and/or external business environment, cultural considerations)

  • Support such various clients as Osaka-site, Narita-site, GMS & GQ Japan, and other global functions in GMS and GQ
  • Work closely with different HR functions such as COEI, PAG, and TBS etc.

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

  • Bachelor degree, Business, Management, and Human Resources are preferred.
  • Extensive relevant HR experience (generalist or specialist) gained in large complex organization(s) with multiple stakeholders (including matrix relationships). Ideally previous industry related experience, international company experience, multi-cultural environment.
  • Minimum of 5 years HR generalist/specialist and/or HR Business Partner experience
  • Result oriented and able to develop plans/solutions and to deliver expected results even in ambiguous circumstances
  • Skilled in developing HR plans/initiatives and aligning people management practices
  • Ability to manage and interpret employment laws into pragmatic solutions and navigate line management through its complexities
  • Analytical and problem solving skills along with the ability to make timely and balanced decisions
  • Business communication, negotiating and influencing skills demonstrated by the ability to use a range of different approaches, to persuade others and to gain acceptance of proposals and decisions
  • Openness and flexibility to deal with and communicate change effectively
  • Self-motivated, self-starter with the ability to work independently and in a team
  • Strong interpersonal skills combined with cultural sensitivity
  • English communication
  • Strong ability to influence indirect authority

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • This position offers an experienced individual a significant opportunity to establish best practices of HR in complex organisation in globalized company.
  • Some international travel will be required.
  • This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position.

Takeda Compensation and Benefits Summary:

  • Allowances: Commutation, Housing, Overtime Work etc.

  • Salary Increase: Annually, Bonus Payment: Twice a year

  • Working Hours: Headquarters (Osaka/ Tokyo) 9:00-17:30, Production Sites (Osaka/ Yamaguchi) 8:00-16:45, (Narita) 8:30-17:15, Research Site (Kanagawa) 9:00-17:45

  • Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, National Holidays, May Day, Year-End Holidays etc. (approx. 123 days in a year)

  • Paid Leaves: Annual Paid Leave, Special Paid Leave, Sick Leave, Family Support Leave, Maternity Leave, Childcare Leave, Family Nursing Leave.

  • Flexible Work Styles: Flextime, Telework

  • Benefits: Social Insurance, Retirement and Corporate Pension, Employee Stock Ownership Program, etc.

Important Notice concerning working conditions:

  • It is possible the job scope may change at the company’s discretion.

  • It is possible the department and workplace may change at the company’s discretion.

Locations

Hikari, Japan

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time
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