What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Business Partner - MTS US - Human Resources position at Komatsu?
Human Resources Business Partner - MTS US - Human Resources 10/8/26 Tucson, Arizona, USA, 85706 37222 Onsite Position
Shape the Future of Mining with Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions: At Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions, we're not just talking about progress and innovation - we're making it happen. Our cutting-edge Modular brand solutions are powering mines worldwide, driving efficiency and sustainability in ways that seemed impossible just years ago.
The Company
Modular Mining Systems is the global leader in mine management technology and a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. Our innovative technology powers mine operations in every corner of the globe. The products we cultivate, the solutions we engineer, and the service we deliver set us apart in the Mining Technology industry. We’re more than a company, we’re a community of passionate, creative professionals striving toward a shared vision: to revolutionize the way the mining industry operates. With a presence stretching from Johannesburg to Vancouver, Sydney to Lima, you are part of a global brand that supports creativity, fosters innovation, and encourages you to think big, share ideas, and be yourself.
Job Purpose
The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) at Komatsu Mining Technology (MTS) serves as a strategic and trusted advisor to assigned business leaders and translates business priorities into integrated people strategies. The role uses workforce insights, organizational expertise, and sound judgment to strengthen organization effectiveness, leadership capability, talent outcomes, employee engagement, and business performance. The HRBP leads workforce planning and talent processes, advises on complex employee relations matters, enables organizational change, and partners with HR centers of expertise and operations teams to deliver practical, consistent, and scalable solutions.
In this role, you'll partner closely with leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to drive meaningful business outcomes through thoughtful collaboration, relationship building, clear communication, and strong execution. You'll work with an HR team that is willing to support each other and is highly collaborative with weekly team meetings, semi-annual (or more) onsite team meetings, and frequent communication via Teams chats. You’ll also have the opportunity to interaction with members of our business in other countries, such as Canada, Australia, Chile, Peru, Brazil, and South Africa.
Travel Requirements
Strategic Business Partnership and Client Leadership
At Komatsu we come from diverse backgrounds, with unique perspectives, experiences, and contributions. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of the communities we work and live in. We believe that our people are part of our shared purpose. We are authentic, ambitious, and innovative in our pursuit of Diversity & Inclusion. United, we are on a journey towards a sustainable future that creates value together.
If you want to learn more about Komatsu, please visit our website at https://www.komatsu.com/ .
Company Information
Komatsu is a world leader in manufacturing construction, mining, forestry, and industrial heavy equipment. Founded in 1921, Komatsu has a long history of quality, reliability, innovation, and excellence. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Komatsu facilities, distributors and dealers are in more than 140 countries and employ more than 60,000 people. Komatsu offers a diverse and challenging work environment, where you can grow your skills and career, and contribute to a sustainable, clean-energy future. If you are looking for a company that values your talent and potential, be a part of something big and join a team that is shaping the world!
EEO Statement
Komatsu is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Shape the Future of Mining with Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions: At Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions, we're not just talking about progress and innovation - we're making it happen. Our cutting-edge Modular brand solutions are powering mines worldwide, driving efficiency and sustainability in ways that seemed impossible just years ago.
The Company
Modular Mining Systems is the global leader in mine management technology and a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. Our innovative technology powers mine operations in every corner of the globe. The products we cultivate, the solutions we engineer, and the service we deliver set us apart in the Mining Technology industry. We’re more than a company, we’re a community of passionate, creative professionals striving toward a shared vision: to revolutionize the way the mining industry operates. With a presence stretching from Johannesburg to Vancouver, Sydney to Lima, you are part of a global brand that supports creativity, fosters innovation, and encourages you to think big, share ideas, and be yourself.
Job Purpose
The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) at Komatsu Mining Technology (MTS) serves as a strategic and trusted advisor to assigned business leaders and translates business priorities into integrated people strategies. The role uses workforce insights, organizational expertise, and sound judgment to strengthen organization effectiveness, leadership capability, talent outcomes, employee engagement, and business performance. The HRBP leads workforce planning and talent processes, advises on complex employee relations matters, enables organizational change, and partners with HR centers of expertise and operations teams to deliver practical, consistent, and scalable solutions.
In this role, you'll partner closely with leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to drive meaningful business outcomes through thoughtful collaboration, relationship building, clear communication, and strong execution. You'll work with an HR team that is willing to support each other and is highly collaborative with weekly team meetings, semi-annual (or more) onsite team meetings, and frequent communication via Teams chats. You’ll also have the opportunity to interaction with members of our business in other countries, such as Canada, Australia, Chile, Peru, Brazil, and South Africa.
Travel Requirements
- Up to 10%
Strategic Business Partnership and Client Leadership
- Build trusted relationships with assigned leaders and develop a deep understanding of their business strategy, operating environment, priorities, workforce, and organizational risks.
- Translate business objectives into prioritized people strategies, action plans, and measurable outcomes that support the Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions strategic growth plan.
- Provide proactive counsel to leaders on organization, talent, workforce, culture, leadership, and employee matters; constructively challenge assumptions and recommend practical solutions.
- Coordinate with HR centers of expertise and HR operations to deliver an integrated employee and leader experience and ensure consistent execution of HR programs and practices.
- Assess organization structures, spans and layers, roles, decision rights, capabilities, and ways of working to identify opportunities to improve effectiveness, accountability, collaboration, and speed.
- Partner with leaders to design and implement organization changes that align structure, work, talent, and resources with current and future business needs.
- Identify capability gaps and partner with leaders and HR specialists to develop solutions through talent, development, process, or necessary interventions.
- Lead workforce planning for assigned client groups, connecting business plans with current and future capability, capacity, location, cost, and talent requirements.
- Analyze workforce supply, demand, skills, demographics, and organizational risk to develop short- and long-term workforce strategies.
- Partner with Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders on headcount planning, critical-role identification, and recruitment strategies. Consult with client groups to refine job descriptions and optimize their recruiting, interviewing and selection processes. Partner closely with HR Solutions team members to oversee the recruitment progress for requisitions in your assigned groups.
- Lead and continuously improve performance-management activities for assigned client groups, including goal setting, continual feedback methods, mid-year reviews, and end of year evaluations.
- Facilitate talent reviews and succession-planning discussions; assess talent, identify critical roles and successors, evaluate readiness and risk, and ensure meaningful development actions are completed.
- Partner with leaders to strengthen internal mobility, leadership pipelines, career development, and retention of critical and high-performing talent.
- Use engagement, turnover, talent, and employee-listening data to diagnose retention risks and develop targeted retention strategies.
- Lead quarterly people and workforce reviews with client leaders, connecting workforce trends and talent outcomes to business performance, priorities, and risk.
- Synthesize people data into clear insights and recommendations, including trends in headcount, turnover, retention, vacancies, workforce cost, performance, succession, engagement, and organizational health.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Five or more years of progressive human resources experience, including substantial experience as an HR Business Partner or in a comparable role supporting leaders and complex client groups.
- Strong analytical capability and experience translating people and workforce data into business insights, recommendations, and measurable actions.
- Strong consulting, facilitation, written and verbal communication, influence, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities in a matrixed environment.
- Experience in a multi-site, global, technology, engineering, manufacturing, or mining-related organization.
- Experience participating in HR transformation, operating-model, HR technology, or enterprise cross-functional initiatives.
- HR certification such as PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, or equivalent.
At Komatsu we come from diverse backgrounds, with unique perspectives, experiences, and contributions. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of the communities we work and live in. We believe that our people are part of our shared purpose. We are authentic, ambitious, and innovative in our pursuit of Diversity & Inclusion. United, we are on a journey towards a sustainable future that creates value together.
If you want to learn more about Komatsu, please visit our website at https://www.komatsu.com/ .
Company Information
Komatsu is a world leader in manufacturing construction, mining, forestry, and industrial heavy equipment. Founded in 1921, Komatsu has a long history of quality, reliability, innovation, and excellence. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Komatsu facilities, distributors and dealers are in more than 140 countries and employ more than 60,000 people. Komatsu offers a diverse and challenging work environment, where you can grow your skills and career, and contribute to a sustainable, clean-energy future. If you are looking for a company that values your talent and potential, be a part of something big and join a team that is shaping the world!
EEO Statement
Komatsu is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.