Senior Manager, Employee Relations

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

Job Responsibilities:

• Consult and coach People Leaders on employee relations, performance management, reorganization, and organizational effectiveness issues spanning all levels within the organization. Provide advice and counsel on HR practices, policy, and employment laws, striving to avoid/ minimize labor risks and/or future lawsuits.
• Provide counsel and facilitate 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. Utilize various conflict management techniques, including training, mediation, conflict coaching.
• Conduct negotiations of separations for individual involuntary separations/mutual agreements and for individual or small impact involuntary terminations due to redundancy.
• Represent BMS in dismissal meetings with employee and employee’s representative and provide BMS manager with support during dismissal meetings. 
• Identify best practices and design innovative solutions to influence continuous improvement in the organization.
• Attend and represent BMS at mandatory arbitration committee hearings for disagreements with ratings. 
• Partner with HR Law, Compliance, and/or Ethics department in conducting investigations, research policies/practices, create and gather documentation, make recommendations and implement resolutions when applicable.
• Present investigation findings and/or summary to disciplinary committee. 
• Conduct employee relations risk assessments and provide actionable feedback.
• Conduct investigations and cases of employee relations issues such as: disciplinary actions, legal issues (harassment, discrimination, leave, accommodations, etc.), performance management and conduct management.
• 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 and appropriately plan, facilitate and monitor employee programs.
• Maintain strong business acumen while maintaining objectivity in work.
• Required to work with several different People Leaders, HR Business Partners and several different parts of BMS business units.  Must be able to manage multiple projects and cases at any given time.  
• 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.
• Ensure that the Company operates within current and local employment law to maintain reputation as a good employer.

 Job Requirements:

• 5+ years of HRBP and/or Employee Relations experience in enterprise
• Native Japanese and Fluent in English
• Knowledge of Japanese labor and employment laws
• Experience with Japanese labor laws, Company Work Rules, and disciplinary committee proceedings
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience in case management systems
• Experience with locally relevant employee representative bodies and/or unions preferred

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 a supportive culture, promoting global participation 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 an 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 adastaffingsupport@bms.com. 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.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

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