HR Generalist (m/f/d)

Location:

Remote - Berkshire, United Kingdom

Job ID:

R0061576

Date Posted:

2024-09-12

Company Name:

HITACHI EUROPE LTD.

Profession (Job Category):

Human Resources

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

This role is opened in UK, Poland, Italy, Germany, UAE, Switzerland & India

Hitachi is one of the world's leading companies in Social Innovation Business striving to offer sustainable solutions to our modern society. Energy & Mobility, Connected Industries and Digital solutions are the key segments of our offering. Hitachi’s product range has significantly changed over the past years to become a climate change innovator for future technologies. More than 325,000 employees work together every day to deliver products improving human life.  

Currently Hitachi Ltd is undergoing a huge transformation aiming to leverage scope and scale of its business groups. We are looking for an inspired talent to support and drive this transformation. 

To ensure sustainable growth and profitability in digital and green through the Social Innovation Business, Hitachi is undergoing a major transformation to establish a customer centric business model (incl. alignment of global processes and common digital tools).

HR Generalist (m/f/d)

Your responsibilities:

The overall ambition of the Talent Management function where this role is positioned is to attract and retain the best M&S talent working cross-borders and cultures across the global M&S organization.

The HR Generalist will be responsible for overseeing comprehensive HR administrative processes, managing recruitment activities, and ensuring a seamless onboarding experience for new team members. The ideal candidate will bring a strong business acumen and possess deep expertise in one or more HR specializations, with a keen interest in expanding their knowledge to cover the full scope of the role. This is an opportunity to broaden your HR skills and be a part of a strategic and global transformation.

In this capacity, they will collaborate closely with HR colleagues across global locations, ensuring that all practices are in alignment with the company's standards and best practices.

• Attract and recruit top talent, delivering an exceptional onboarding experience that sets new team members up for success.

• Administer key HR functions such as bonus management, pay reviews, and training initiatives, ensuring efficient and accurate processes.

• Drive internal team communications by preparing announcements and organising town hall meetings to promote clear and consistent messaging.

• Manage HR information systems, upholding data accuracy, confidentiality, and operational efficiency.

• Govern job descriptions, regularly updating them to accurately reflect evolving role expectations.

• Handle intercompany recharging agreements, ensuring they are managed with precision and in compliance with standards.

• Facilitate the annual performance management cycle, including goal-setting, feedback, and reviews, to align with organisational goals.

• Contribute to the development and optimisation of new HR processes, promoting standardisation while adapting to changing business needs and best practices.

• Assist with Purchase to Pay activities, ensuring adherence to organisational policies and optimising efficiency.

• Live core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

Your profile

We’re looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:

• Over 8 years of proven experience as a HR generalist, with strong track record of success in at least one of these areas: HR Operations, Talent Acquisition or Employee Engagement, with willingness to broaden capabilities across all three disciplines

• Results-driven and strong business sense, with a focus on responding to leaders and employees with sense of urgency and appropriate follow through thereby contributing to organizational success

• Ability to challenge the status quo; pursue different approaches by demonstrating flexibility, nimbleness, transparency, agility and global thinking

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage ambiguity – dealing with issues that do not always have a process or a system in place, and potentially with conflicting priorities and/or perspectives, balancing the need for collaboration with minimal supervision

• Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with the capacity to manage various HR tasks with attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to craft clear messages and facilitate effective team communications.

• Ability to perform with a “roll-up your sleeves” attitude, equally adept at thinking strategically and operationally

• Cultural sensitivity and openness to work in an international business environment across all time zones

• Excellent English level. Japanese proficiency a great plus

Benefits

For specific regions, depending upon the candidate's location, this can be discussed later.

Our Values

We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and we are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer. 

With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge