HR Business Partner

The opportunity

To build as a pivotal role in driving workforce planning, performance management, and succession planning initiatives. You will work closely with business leaders to align HR strategies with organizational goals, ensuring that the workforce is equipped to meet current and future demands. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with the talent acquisition team to ensure seamless integration of recruitment strategies that attract and retain top talent.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• You will strategic Workforce Planning as assessing and evaluating current headcounts in alignment with business needs and strategic objectives, collaborating with department leaders to identify gaps and forecast future staffing requirements, leading and managing organization restructuring initiatives when required to align with strategic business goals, ensuring accuracy of data within the planning tools, regularly auditing and updating information as needed and developing and tracking headcount reports.
• You will recruitment and Talent Acquisition as developing and implementing Saudization Strategy in partnership with the business leaders to achieve the required Saudization target in compliance with Saudi regulations, developing and implementing targeted recruitment and retention strategies to increase female representation across all levels of the organization.
• You will be creating partnerships with diverse talent pools, promoting inclusive hiring practices, and supporting career development programs for women and providing recruitment expertise or input to hiring managers or teams and advises them on recruitment and compensations proposals.
• You will performance Management and succession planning as overseeing the implementation of the complete global performance management cycle, ensuring alignment with company standards and timelines. This includes goal setting, midyear reviews, and annual appraisals.
• You will providing expert coaching and guidance to managers on effective performance management practices, ensuring they have the tools and skills necessary to evaluate and enhance team performance, conducting thorough talent review sessions to assess employee performance and potential.
• You will be collaborating with leadership to identify high potential employees and create development plans to support their growth, ensuring robust succession planning is in place by identifying key roles and potential successors.
• You will work with leadership to develop and implement strategies to prepare employees for future leadership positions and partnering with the Learning and Development team to execute training programs that enhance employee skills and competencies.
• You will be engaged and Culture as developing and executing strategies to encourage high participation rates in employee engagement surveys, collaborating with department heads and managers to develop and implement action plans based on survey results. Ensure that these plans address key areas of concern and promote a positive work environment and working to adapt and implement global initiatives, such as diversity and inclusion programs, to fit local contexts and cultural nuances, ensuring they are effectively integrated into the local work environment.
• You will be compensation and Benefits as overseeing the annual salary review process, ensuring competitive and equitable compensation practices, managing off-cycle salary adjustments when necessary to address market changes or individual performance and working on enhancing allowances and special incentives to ensure the organization remains competitive in attracting and retaining top talent.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
  
  

Your background

• A bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or similar role in the manufacturing industry.
• Strong understanding of workforce planning, talent management, and performance management.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of local labor laws and regulations, with a focus on localization and Saudization requirements.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.
  
  

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future.

We employ around 45,000 people in 90 countries who each day work with purpose and use their different backgrounds to challenge the status quo. We welcome you to apply today and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.