Director HR Business Partner Retail

Purpose

Lead 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. 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 and advise employees within the Retail function, including office and store teams.
• Drive and execute the People and HR Strategy for the Retail business in alignment with Global Sales and Japan HR priorities.
• Lead organizational design, change, and transformation initiatives to improve productivity and efficiency.
• Use data, analytics, and dashboards to optimize organizational performance and functional effectiveness.
• Build talent pipelines and succession plans for senior leadership roles.
• Ensure consistent execution of core HR processes in compliance with adidas policies, local labor laws, and internal regulations.
• Coordinate with Rewards, Talent, Talent Acquisition, and FP&A teams on initiatives, headcount, and personnel expense planning.
• Maintain communication with senior management and support organizational and team development decisions.
• Lead, manage, and develop team members while promoting engagement, diversity, and adidas values.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Expertise in employee relations, HR metrics, change delivery, organizational design, workforce planning, and people trends.
• Commercial awareness, business acumen, retail business and talent-market knowledge, and ability to align HR and business strategy.
• Strong consulting, coaching, mediation, facilitation, project delivery, leadership development, communication, influencing, and change-management skills.
• Ability to lead teams, drive innovation, translate strategy into actionable projects, and act as a trusted advisor.

Requisite Education and Experience

• University degree, preferably in Business Administration, Human Resources Management, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of progressive experience in a multinational company, ideally including HR Business Partner, Rewards, or Talent experience.
• Strategic HR partnering experience and experience with global HR tools and programs.
• Experience handling complex employee relations matters, including discrimination claims and harassment investigations.
• Experience leading HR teams through acquisition, divestiture, or organizational integration.
• International experience and ability to work effectively in a global matrix organization.
• Fluency in Japanese and English.

Company Culture

adidas promotes a winning culture based on courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect, with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.