Director, Talent & Development
Coca-Cola · Japan - Tokyo, Japan
About this role
Job Description Summary: The Director, Talent & Development ensures alignment between the OU’s talent priorities and global strategies and initiatives. This role partners closely with business leaders, HR teams, and corporate functions to build a strong talent pipeline, drive succession planning, and advance capability-building goals across the region. The core mandate is to execute the talent strategy to strengthen the local succession bench and develop leaders
The role requires deep expertise in talent management and provides strategic counsel to HR and business leaders on succession planning, pipeline development, performance management, assessments, talent segmentation, and investment choices that accelerate talent growth across the company. What You’ll Do for Us: Serve as the Talent & Development consultant, partnering closely with HR and local business leaders to advance talent priorities in support of the business growth strategy. This includes: Develop and implement the OU’s long-term talent strategy, aligned to the global talent agenda and guiding principles Analyze talent data to identify trends, spotlight priorities, and make recommendations
Partner with OU/function and HR leadership teams to assess business needs and define the right talent solutions. Define and implement processes, metrics, routines, and programs that activate the long-term talent plan. Lead talent and succession management, performance management, executive development, onboarding, talent marketplace strategies, and strategic workforce planning
Influence and develop leaders to strengthen a high-performance culture through effective use of tools such as Talent Segmentation, People Development Forum (PDF), Succession Planning, and Performance Enablement (PE). Act as a performance and development coach, curating and delivering programs and development experiences for high-potential talent in partnership with business leadership teams. Serve as a data and insights expert by reporting on
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