HR Business Partner for Functions

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; Hinoba-an; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy seeks an experienced HR Business Partner to drive people, culture, and organizational priorities. You will partner with business leaders to translate objectives into HR strategies and deliver talent, performance, and employee relations solutions across functions.

You will collaborate with the Hub HR Business Partner to implement people strategies, support workforce planning, succession, and leadership development in a global, multinational environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field.
• 8–12 years of progressive HR experience, incl. 6+ years as HR Business Partner.
• Experience in global or multinational organizations with broad HR scope.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, talent management, performance, and org development.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to align HR priorities with business objectives.
• Implement people strategies covering culture, talent, leadership and development.
• Support recruitment, workforce planning, succession planning, and development initiatives.
• Execute core HR processes: performance, talent, compensation reviews and lifecycle activities.
• Serve as primary HR contact for employee relations, wellbeing, and disciplinary matters.

Skills

HR Strategy

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Leadership

Organizational Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Hitachi Energy is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to support the business in driving people, culture, and organizational priorities. In this role, you will act as a trusted partner to business leaders, translating business objectives into effective HR strategies and initiatives. You will collaborate closely with the HR network to deliver talent, performance, organizational development, and employee relations solutions that enable business growth and transformation.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Partner with business leaders and managers to align HR priorities with business objectives and drive organizational effectiveness.

Collaborate with the Hub HR Business Partner for Functions to implement people strategies covering culture, talent, leadership, and organizational development.

Provide strategic and operational HR guidance to management, supporting decision-making and implementation of people-related initiatives.

Support recruitment, workforce planning, succession planning, and employee development initiatives to ensure current and future business needs are met.

Facilitate organizational change and transformation programs by ensuring the right capabilities, structures, and talent strategies are in place.

Execute core HR processes, including performance management, talent management, compensation reviews, workforce planning, and other employee lifecycle activities.

Serve as the primary HR contact for employees, providing support on employee relations, grievance handling, counseling, disciplinary processes, and employee well-being matters.

Lead and support local HR projects while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable labor regulations.

Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering effective collaboration and best practice sharing across the HR community.

Demonstrate a proactive, hands-on, and solution-oriented approach while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.

Live Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity by taking responsibility for actions, supporting colleagues, and contributing to business success.

Your Background

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.

8-12 years of progressive HR experience, including a minimum of 6 years in an HR Business Partner role.

Proven experience working within a global or multinational organization with increasing HR responsibilities.

Strong knowledge of HR practices across employee relations, talent management, performance management, organizational development, and workforce planning.

Experience partnering with diverse stakeholder groups across multiple functions and geographic regions.

Excellent stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.

Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior leaders and provide constructive challenge when appropriate.

Experience in employee development, coaching, performance management, employee relations, and shared services environments.

Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to translate strategy into actionable HR plans and deliver measurable outcomes.

Results-oriented mindset with excellent collaboration, adaptability, and problem-solving capabilities.

Self-motivated, credible, and trustworthy professional with strong intercultural awareness and the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD.