Employee Relations Manager_人事部 人事企画担当課長

Pfizer Pfizer · Pharma · Tokyo, Japan

This role is for an Employee Relations Manager in the HR Planning department at Pfizer Japan. The primary focus is on strengthening organizational capabilities and improving performance through HR initiatives, fostering corporate culture, and enhancing employee engagement. Key responsibilities include planning and implementing HR strategies, managing labor relations and union negotiations, ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations, overseeing outsourced HR operations, and participating in cross-functional projects. The role requires deep knowledge of labor laws, HR policies, and strong project management and communication skills, with a preference for experience in labor relations or employee relations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Plan and implement HR strategies to foster a performance culture that supports business growth and the realization of the corporate mission.
  2. Oversee the comprehensive management and appropriate operation of labor agreements, employee work rules, and related regulations, taking responsibility for their outcomes.
  3. Lead the revision of regulations based on legal amendments, case law, and social trends, driving the entire process from policy formulation to coordination with relevant departments and internal rollout.
  4. Build and maintain good, trusting relationships with labor unions, contributing to the stability and development of labor relations.
  5. Participate in cross-departmental projects and global initiatives in the HR domain, contributing to strengthening collaboration with related departments, driving projects, and ensuring governance as a project member or in a PMO capacity.

Skills

Required

  • Deep knowledge of labor-related laws, labor unions/labor relations, HR labor regulations, employee conduct guidelines, global policies, and internal business procedures (SOPs)
  • Skills in HR data analysis and proposing improvements
  • Project management/PMO: Skills to manage the planning, progress, and risks of cross-departmental projects and lead coordination with diverse stakeholders, including global ones
  • Change management: Ability to smoothly implement policy/regulation revisions and operational reforms, driving analysis, stakeholder coordination, and internal communication
  • Communication/Negotiation: Advanced interpersonal skills to coordinate with labor unions, senior management, and global PX
  • Documentation: Ability to accurately create work rules, labor agreements, SOPs, and to explain policies and create documentation
  • Business-level English proficiency (TOEIC: 800 or higher)

Nice to have

  • Experience in labor relations or employee relations, or a strong desire to take on these as primary responsibilities.
  • Experience in HR system planning, labor relations, compensation & benefits, or HRBP with over 3 years of practical experience.
  • Experience collaborating with labor unions, external vendors, and in standardizing operations and improving operations.
  • Experience participating in cross-departmental projects or global initiatives.

What the JD emphasized

  • labor relations
  • labor unions
  • employee relations
  • labor law
  • labor agreements
  • work rules