Associate HR Partner - Dow Toray Japan

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Position: Associate HR Partner - Dow Toray Japan

Primary Location: Tokyo (JPN), Tokyo, Japan

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.

Job Description

The Dow Chemical Company has an exciting opportunity for an Associate Human Resources (HR) Partner. Our HR organization is in the process of transforming to a leading-edge operating model to deliver the best Employee Experience through exceptional delivery of a portfolio of solutions. The Associate HR Partner role will be dedicated to the execution of the people agenda and consulting on talent.

We are looking for people who:

• Have a passion for learning
• Are never satisfied with the status quo
• Build successful relationships and thrive in diverse networks and working teams
• Are willing to try “new ways” of doing things
• Desire to understand the business and external customers
• Enjoy using data to tell a story or make a case for change

Job Overview

The Associate HR Partner is accountable to deliver the people agenda, enabling a best-in-class employee experience through serving as a consultant to leaders and employees.

Accountabilities

• Connects, redirects and counsels leaders to a portfolio of HR solutions, partnering across the HR Solutions organization to support business needs
• Resolve any HR related operations issues through working with different teams and functions
• Ensures talent initiatives integrate with the broader HR Strategy, and enables the delivery of strategic and operational business plans to create a consistently best in class employee experience and generate business value
• Knows key talent and supports the management of the business talent pipeline
• Ensure compliance in all HR operations/processes within Japan M&E legal framework
• Manage Unionized Plant in Japan including Collective Agreement negotiation
• Go-to person for any ER/LR related discussions and actions for Japan

Qualifications:

• 3+ years’ experience working at Specialist level within HR ideally in an HR business partner role
• Strong customer focus and employee experience mindset
• Business and financial acumen
• Strong relationship, partnership and consultancy skills
• Comfortable pushing difficult perspectives, challenging and influencing
• Deep understanding of the organization climate and interventions that create great employee experience
• Have knowledge in Japan Labor Regulations
• Excellent written and verbal skills

Benefits – What Dow offers you

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career. Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being.
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career.