About this role
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong></p> <p>Lead and enable a people ecosystem in Adidas Japan’s retail business centered around moments that matter, delivering value at every touchpoint. Drive the effective implementation of the People Strategy from a business partnering perspective to realize this vision. Act as a Strategic HR Partner to the organization and its people, and lead the local Retail HR Business Partner team.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities: </strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Serve as the key HR Business Partner contact for the Head of Retail, a member of the Senior Leadership Team at adidas Japan.</li> <li>Act as a trusted HR advisor to all employees within the Retail function (office and stores), coaching and mentoring team leaders to enable empowered decision-making on people, engagement, and performance topics.</li> <li>Drive and execute the People and HR Strategy for the Retail business, with a strong focus on strategic priorities aligned with both Global Sales and Japan HR.</li> <li>Lead organizational design, change, and transformation initiatives, redesigning structures to achieve strategic objectives while enhancing productivity and efficiency.</li> <li>Leverage data, analytics, and dashboards to optimize organizational performance and functional effectiveness.</li> <li>Build a strong talent pipeline, including robust succession plans for senior leadership roles (MD-1 and MD-2 levels).</li> <li>Ensure consistent execution of core HR processes in full compliance with adidas Group policies, local labor laws, and internal regulations.</li> <li>Respond swiftly to inquiries, issues, and needs from team leaders and other stakeholders across the Retail function (office and stores).</li> <li>Clearly communicate business priorities to local Rewards, Talent, and Talent Acquisition teams to ensure alignment in new initiatives, programs, and systems.</li> <li>Collaborate with local Rewards and FP&A teams to ensure effective headcount (HC) and personnel expense (PEX) planning and management.</li> <li>Maintain a high level of communication with senior management and contribute to decision-making related to organizational structure and team development.</li> <li>Support business initiatives through impactful HR measures and foster positive employee relations within the workplace.</li> <li>Promote and embed adidas’s culture based on its six values.</li> <li>Lead, manage, and develop team members according to their needs, driving high levels of engagement and motivation, while embracing diversity and acting as a role model within and beyond HR.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key Relationships:</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Head of Retail, their first-line leadership team, and store manager population</li> <li>Local HR teams (Rewards, TA, Talent)</li> <li>Global Sales HRBP Team, Regional COE Talent, Rewards, GBS.</li> <li>Finance (FP&A)</li> <li>External Partners such as Coaches, Consultants, Recruitment Agencies etc.)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Knowledge Skills and Abilities:</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>HR Capabilities: Employee relations, HR Subject Matter Expert, use of HR Metrics, change delivery, organizational design delivery, maintain external perspective, anticipating people trends, workforce planning.</li> <li>Business Capabilities: Commercial Awareness, business acumen, Retail business & Retail talent market knowledge and expertise, customer focus, aligning business & People / HR Strategy, knowledge of the value chain and key processes to use and impact on the people outcome and strategy.</li> <li>Consulting Capabilities: Brokering solutions to meet business needs, ability to customise/sell HR solutions in creative ways. Trusted Advisor, impact & influence, facilitation and coaching, project delivery and leadership development</li> <li>Innovative thinking.</li> <li>A team leader with excellent people management skills.</li> <li>Coaching and mediation skills.</li> <li>Excellent Communicator (verbally, in writing, presenting)</li> <li>Being a role model regarding our adidas Values led culture such as Teamplay and Respect.</li> <li>High level of facilitation skills to all employees including senior management.</li> <li>Drives innovation and fosters the development of new ideas.</li> <li>Drives change processes by applying change management methods.</li> <li>Shows deep understanding of the overall strategy and derived goals. Translates goals in actionable projects or tasks.</li> <li>Strong convincing and influencing skills. Communicates clearly, has a clear opinion and conveys ideas to the point.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Requisite Education and Experience:</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <ul> <li>University degree preferably with a focus on Business Administration, Human Resources Management, or related fields</li> <li>Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in a multinational company ideally with experience in HR Business Partner, Rewards, Talent within HR Function.</li> <li>Proven strategic HR partner, who supported business partners and contributed to the further development of standard global HR tools and programs.</li> <li>Experience in handling complex matters and complicated employee relations issues (including discrimination claims, harassment investigations).</li> <li>Experience in leading a HR team on acquisition/divestiture and integration of a new organization.</li> <li>International experience and mindset.</li> <li>Effectively work in global matrix organization.</li> <li>Fluent in Japanese and English.</li> </ul>