Recruitment Partner

We're looking for a Recruitment Partner to join our RPO team supporting a leading global innovator in industrial water treatment and speciality chemical solutions. This is a high-impact, client-facing role covering a broad and evolving hiring mandate across Japan.

What you'll be doing

• Managing end-to-end recruitment across a the sales and commercial business functions
• Partnering directly with hiring managers as a trusted advisor on market insights, sourcing strategy, and candidate experience
• Building and managing talent pipelines in a competitive, fast-growing market
• Delivering high-volume, high-quality hiring against tight timelines
• Ensuring full compliance with Japan labor law and client governance standards throughout the hiring process

What we're looking for

• Fluent Japanese and English (essential — client and stakeholder communication in both)
• Proven corporate/in-house or RPO recruitment experience, ideally with exposure to volume hiring
• Experience recruiting across the sales and commerical space, any industrial/manufacturing sector experience will be highly regarded
• Strong stakeholder management skills — comfortable operating as an embedded partner within a client environment
• Familiarity with local employment practices and market dynamics

Why Join

• Be a founding member of a new RPO solution with real influence over how it's built.
• Work directly alongside a Solution Leader in a highly visible, strategic partnership.
• Opportunity for growth as the RPO partnership scales

Additional Details

• Standard working hours: 8 hours per day / 40 hours per week, typically 9:00–18:00. There may be flextime arrangements or some variation depending on the client’s working structure.
• Social insurance: employment insurance, health insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, and welfare pension.
• Company-led discretionary bonus based on company performance.
• Commutation allowance provided.
• Hybrid / remote working available, subject to client requirements.
• Full two-day weekend system: Saturday and Sunday.
• Japan public holidays.
• Paid annual leave and sick leave.
• Special leave, including marriage, childbirth/childcare, nursing care, and bereavement leave.
• Annual salary range: JPY 6,000,000–8,000,000, commensurate with skills and experience.

To apply, please submit your resume/CV in English, please note applicants will need to be bi-lingual (Japanese and English) to be considered for this role.

A little bit about us

At Hudson Talent Solutions, we’re shaping the future of talent. From recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) to employer branding and across the complete talent life cycle, we thrive on delivering world-class customer and candidate experiences.

People are at the centre of everything we do. We deliver innovative, customised recruitment services and talent solutions to organisations worldwide. We’re an innovative and diverse team that works hard and thinks smart. Led by accomplished and inclusive leaders, our people are always open to trying new things to continuously deliver excellence to our clients.

At Hudson Talent Solutions we don't just accept difference—we celebrate it, support it, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our clients, and our community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and commit to fairness and equality for all during the hiring process and throughout your time with us.

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