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Position Purpose

Partner with the BMS APAC Employee Relations Team to build strong relationships between HR Business Partners at all levels, HR Legal partners, the Office of Compliance and Ethics, and Security teams as well as business leaders and the key employee representatives’ leaders across Asia Pacific. Identify employee and labor relations trends, recommend solutions and partner with all levels of HR management on execution. Partner with HR leaders to drive employee relations while maintaining a neutral position and consistent approach to BMS’s policies and procedures. Minimize risk, align work to meet business needs and improve employee morale and culture. Raise awareness on ER and LR management, build manager skill sets, provide advice, and coach employees and managers. Investigate and manage complex ER cases.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle cases of people-related issues such as performance management, behaviors concerns, and disciplinary actions for policy violation.
• Conduct investigations, research policies/practices, create and gather documentation, make recommendations, and implement resolutions when applicable.
• Provide counsel and facilitate the prompt and effective resolution of workplace conflict to address issues for employees, managers, and leaders in a manner consistent with BMS policies, practices, and legal considerations.
• Prepare information and/or consultation materials presented to Unions, as well as negotiation meetings with Unions and relevant documentation. Coordination of all required reporting and/or audit and liaison with relevant stakeholders.
• Coordinate local LR process end to end in certain cases. Act as the first level interaction with employee representatives.
• Participate in the identification of employee relations trends and partner with ER Leads on identifying solutions.
• Ensure that the Company operates within current and local employment law to maintain its reputation as a good employer.
• Ensure compliance and consistency in the execution of Employee Relations issues with strong business acumen while maintaining objectivity.
• Develop effective relationships with the business to promote good employee relations across the organization. Interact with HR Business Partners, and other HR functions, to ensure a high level of employee satisfaction & engagement.
• Maintain strict confidentiality throughout conversations and investigations. Manage highly confidential human resources information and exercise sound judgment in handling or working with confidential data and situations.
• May be required to work some off-shift hours to support cases or investigations at operations with multi-shift environments.
• Some travel may be required. Will work with remote locations frequently via Video Calls.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional certification
• 5+ years of HR or Employee Relations experience
• 3+ years of HR or Employee Relations experience with an advanced degree in law, human resources, or employee/labor relations
• Japanese/English fluency.

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have

• Experience in employment law and labor relations.
• Experience in employee relations matters, procedures and processes.
• Experience working in a global HR shared services operating model.
• Experience in project management.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Experience in case management systems.
• Experience of designing and delivering training.
• Ability to seek, collect and synthesize information from a variety of sources, to influence and apply sound judgment to enable strategic and leadership decision making.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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