HR Consulting and Advisory

HR Strengths & Capabilities

The Shinka Management team benefits from decades of senior HR industry knowledge and experience, working deeply within Japanese, Australian and European manufacturing organizations in the automotive and industrial machinery sectors.

• Wide ranging strategic HR business partnering experience, focused on change & transformation and continuous improvement resulting in quantifiable benefits to organizations
• Best-practice HR expertise with proven capability to support cross-industry organizations of all sizes embarking on a lean manufacturing journey and/or requiring tailored strategic or practical HR advice
• Trusted and respected on-the-ground senior consultant presence in Japan with bilingual and cross-cultural capability to provide HR advisory for projects large or small

HR Support Themes

With expertise spanning manufacturing industry, lean management and the Japanese business environment, Shinka Management provides specialist HR advisory services covering the following support themes.

Strategic HR for Organizational Change

Strategic HR principles are central to transforming an organization, strengthening the HR function, and equipping staff with the capability to address change and take advantage of new opportunities.

HR as Enabler for Lean Implementation

Successful implementation of lean involves people across your entire business. Incorporating HR expertise centrally from the outset can help ensure your lean journey gains traction.

Practical HR for Japan Market Entry

When establishing your presence in the Japan market, understanding the unique local labor market and HR practices can be critical to successfully harnessing local talent and developing your business.

Craig Roberts – HR Advisory Lead

With 22 years of experience in technology-based manufacturing organizations in Japan and Europe, Craig is a senior global Human Resources executive with broad change & transformational general management experience.

Craig is skilled in strategic HR best practice, including M&A, organizational development, cross-cultural management, diversity & inclusion, kaizen process improvement and ISO-9001. His most recent role external to Shinka Management was based in Japan as Director Human Resources Asia Pacific for multinational automotive parts supplier Mahle.

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