PurposeLead 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.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the key HR Business Partner contact for the Head of Retail, a member of the Senior Leadership Team at adidas Japan.
- 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.
- 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.Lead organizational design, change, and transformation initiatives, redesigning structures to achieve strategic objectives while enhancing productivity and efficiency.
- Leverage data, analytics, and dashboards to optimize organizational performance and functional effectiveness.
- Build a strong talent pipeline, including robust succession plans for senior leadership roles (MD-1 and MD-2 levels).
- Ensure consistent execution of core HR processes in full compliance with adidas Group policies, local labor laws, and internal regulations.
- Respond swiftly to inquiries, issues, and needs from team leaders and other stakeholders across the Retail function (office and stores).
- Clearly communicate business priorities to local Rewards, Talent, and Talent Acquisition teams to ensure alignment in new initiatives, programs, and systems.
- Collaborate with local Rewards and FP&A teams to ensure effective headcount (HC) and personnel expense (PEX) planning and management.
- Maintain a high level of communication with senior management and contribute to decision-making related to organizational structure and team development.
- Support business initiatives through impactful HR measures and foster positive employee relations within the workplace.
- Promote and embed adidas’s culture based on its six values.
- 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.Key Relationships
- Head of Retail, their first-line leadership team, and store manager population
- Local HR teams (Rewards, TA, Talent)
- Global Sales HRBP Team, Regional COE Talent, Rewards, GBS.Finance (FP&A)
- External Partners such as Coaches, Consultants, Recruitment Agencies etc.)
Knowledge Skills And Abilities
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Innovative thinking.A team leader with excellent people management skills.
- Coaching and mediation skills.
- Excellent Communicator (verbally, in writing, presenting)
- Being a role model regarding our adidas Values led culture such as Teamplay and Respect.
- High level of facilitation skills to all employees including senior management.
- Drives innovation and fosters the development of new ideas.
- Drives change processes by applying change management methods.
- Shows deep understanding of the overall strategy and derived goals.
- Translates goals in actionable projects or tasks.
- Strong convincing and influencing skills.
- Communicates clearly, has a clear opinion and conveys ideas to the point.
- Requisite
Education And Experience
University degree preferably with a focus on Business Administration, Human Resources Management, or related fieldsMinimum of 8 years of progressive experience in a multinational company ideally with experience in HR Business Partner, Rewards, Talent within HR Function.
Proven strategic HR partner, who supported business partners and contributed to the further development of standard global HR tools and programs.
Experience in handling complex matters and complicated employee relations issues (including discrimination claims, harassment investigations).
Experience in leading a HR team on acquisition/divestiture and integration of a new organization.
International experience and mindset.
Effectively work in global matrix organization.
Fluent in Japanese and English.adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an equal opportunity employer.
