Head of HR Planning

Location:

London, London, United Kingdom

Job ID:

R0076272

Date Posted:

2025-02-20

Company Name:

HITACHI RAIL LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Human Resources

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description:

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Head of HR Planning

Your new role

This  role  is  part  of  the  global  Compensation  &  Benefits  function.  To  ensure  that  the  global  cost, headcount  and  budget  process  is  delivered  as  per  the  budget  guidelines  and  calendar  to  define  a common  standardised  approach  to  provide  consistent  and  timely  data  to  key  stakeholders. 

The incumbent is accountable for data consolidation and final data validation following the Global FP&A team and Operational HR review.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

To  work  with  Regional/Operational  HR,  C&B,  Finance,  Corporate  and  cross-functional  leadership teams  in  managing  workforce  planning/employee  productivity  budgets  across  lines  of  business,  by ensuring  the  design,  definition  and  communication  of  common  processes  and  timelines  to  collect
labour cost data, to consolidate and consistently analyse direct and indirect labour cost data from the business, countries and regions.

To  partner  with  Hitachi  Rail’s  Finance  teams  and  Corporate  to  drive  business  insights  and  process efficiencies and ensure alignment across teams.

To partner with the CHRO office to manage, analyse, report, and drive functional spend efficiencies to include developing comprehensive annual budgets for functional areas driving Labour Costs analysis.

To ensure the design and development of Hitachi Rail’s HR data reporting structure defining relevant timelines, data to be reported and the related reporting methods and systems.

To  coordinate  and  execute  monthly  financial  and  operational  performance  reporting  for  functional leadership  teams  including  analysis  of  variances,  current  and  past  trends  in  all  areas  of  SG&A expenses.

To ensure the collation and report of the data (headcount, labour cost) evolution to support business proposals, project requirements, ESG reporting etc as and when required.

To conduct external market research on workforce planning and make recommendations for improvement areas and associated costs based on current best practices around workforce analytics topics, tools, and methods

About you – you will need.....

To be aware of, actively promote, and implement Hitachi’s ethos, culture and values.

To adhere to the Hitachi Rail’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

To comply with and implement Hitachi Rail’s Health and Safety policy.

To undertake any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as may be required.

Strong business acumen and understanding of HR processes with ability to align HR analytics initiatives to organizational goals.

Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

Ability to work and communicate with senior stakeholders and employees at all levels.

Effective communicator, both verbally and in writing; ability to influence using charts and visualisation.

Strong team working skills, able to work collaboratively across the HR and other functions.

Microsoft office suite, particularly excel for workforce planning reporting and data analytics

What we offer

We value the importance of all of our employees, if you would like to join our fantastic organisation you could be entitled to:

·        Competitive salary

·        Annual Performance bonus paid on discretionary basis.

·        25 days holiday

·        Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%

·        Private medical insurance

·        Personal Accident insurance

·        Group Income protection

·        Group Life Insurance

·        Employee Assistance Programme

We also offer additional perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at  https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We would be delighted if you would be one of our followers at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachirail

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at  https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We would be delighted if you would be one of our followers at https://www.linkedin.com/company/hitachirail