Talent Acquisition Manager (Japanese Speaker)

Accelerate your career within a rapidly evolving sector as a dynamic Japanese Speaker Talent Acquisition Manager to drive the growth of our high-performing agronomy operations. In this business-critical role, you will step away from traditional, reactive recruiting to design proactive talent pipelines, secure specialized agricultural experts, and act as a vital talent advisory link to our international leadership team.

Key Highlights:

• Orchestrate Strategic Recruitment: Manage the end-to-end talent acquisition lifecycle for specialized agronomy, forestry, and commercial leadership vacancies.
• Bridge Regional Communication: Serve as the core interface with expatriate management, utilizing your language skills to align regional business goals with local hiring executions.
• Map Niche Talent Landscapes: Build and nurture deep pipelines of passive industry talent through targeted headhunting and advanced sourcing mechanics.
• Drive Data-Led Hiring: Collaborate closely with department heads to optimize selection criteria, minimize time-to-hire, and continuously elevate the caliber of incoming talent.
• Strategic Business Partnering: Deeply analyzing macro corporate goals to forecast and build active talent pipelines long before a vacancy formally opens.
• Advanced Market Mapping: Operating as a domain expert who understands exactly where competitor talent sits, current industry salary benchmarks, and the cultural nuances of Japanese corporate environments.
• Rigorous Candidate Quality Control: Systematically evaluating candidates not only for their immediate technical competencies but for their long-term cultural alignment, leadership capacity, and retention potential.

Preferred Requirements:

• Language Proficiency: Minimum JLPT N2 certification with solid business-level spoken and written Japanese to confidently manage communications with regional directors and expatriate management.
• Proven Sourcing Track Record: 3+ years of progressive corporate recruitment or headhunting experience, demonstrating rapid performance velocity in technical or specialized sectors. Strong experience executing full-lifecycle recruitment, either within a fast-paced executive search agency or a progressive in-house corporate team.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication skills and high emotional intelligence to successfully manage complex offer negotiations and guide hiring managers through data-driven decisions.
• Industry Familiarity: Prior experience recruiting within agronomy, agriculture, heavy manufacturing, chemicals, or related supply chain sectors is highly advantageous.
• Analytical Mindset: A strong ability to track talent acquisition metrics, analyze funnel drop-off rates, and implement data-backed improvements to the recruitment process.