Global Mobility Specialist

Panasonic • Full-time • Newark, New Jersey, United States • 1m ago

Overview

Every moment of every day, people all over the world turn to Panasonic to make their lives simpler, more enjoyable, more productive and more secure. Since our founding almost a century ago, we’ve been committed to improving peoples’ lives and making the world a better place–one customer, one business, one innovative leap at a time. Come join our journey!

Responsibilities

Global Mobility Specialist

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Meet the Recruiter: Amber Smallwood

What You'll Get To Do:

The Global Mobility Specialist provides comprehensive administrative and coordination support to International Human Resources programs, with a strong focus on immigration. This role serves as a key operational partner to Internal HR stakeholders and external service providers, ensuring compliance with U.S. immigration requirements and company policies. Responsible for coordinating locally hired foreign national (LHFN) programs, ensuring compliance with immigration, tax, and employment regulations while delivering a seamless employee experience.

Immigration Support

Provide administrative support for employment‑based immigration cases, including initial visa petitions, extensions, amendments, renewals, and changes of status or employer.
Coordinate collection, preparation, and tracking of immigration documentation for employees and managers in partnership with external immigration counsel.
Monitor immigration case timelines, expiration dates, and compliance requirements; maintain accurate immigration records and tracking tools.
Respond to routine immigration‑related inquiries from employees, HR partners, and managers, escalating complex or sensitive issues appropriately.
Prepare status reports, summaries, and internal communications related to immigration.

Workday Data Management

Enter, update, and maintain employee records in Workday, including hires, terminations, transfers, promotions, compensation changes, and organizational updates
Ensure all entries are accurate, complete, and aligned with internal HR policies and audit standards
Monitor data integrity and resolve discrepancies in collaboration with HR, payroll, and managers.
Process employee lifecycle transactions (onboarding, job changes, salary adjustments, offboarding) in Workday.
Run standard and ad hoc Workday reports to support HR, payroll, and management needs.

Administrative Support & Special Projects

Manage Ariba transactions (vendor setup, payment processing, etc.)
Assist IHR management in researching, compiling and analyzing data for special projects.

Scope: Budget, employees direct and indirect and other resources managed.

Supervised by IHR Immigration Manager to support internal processes and complete assignments.

Qualifications

What You'll Bring:

Education & Experience:

Associates degree or equivalent work experience required.
2+ years of experience in Human Resources or related field
Knowledge of Workday
Strong computer software skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Competencies:

Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints in a timely manner.
Detail-oriented, good follow-through skills and good project management skills
Critical thinking, customer focus, collaboration and accelerating change to generate continuous process improvement and drive strong performance results

Communications:

Regular contact with vendor partners, HR staff and various departments across organization

Other Requirements:

No travel required

Benefits & Perks - What's In It For You:

Panasonic prioritizes total well-being and offers comprehensive benefits options to support physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental health:

Health Benefits – Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
Voluntary Benefits – Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
Panasonic Retirement Savings & Investment Plan (PRSIP) – 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
Paid Time-Off Benefits – Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
Educational Assistance – Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
Health Management and Wellbeing Programs –Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.
Employee Recognition Program - High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition
Annual Bonus Program - Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.

We Take Opportunity Seriously:

At Panasonic, we are committed to a workplace that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. Fairness and Honesty have been part of our core values for more than 100 years and we are proud of our diverse culture as an equal opportunity employer.

The wage range of $80,000 - $90,000 is just one component of Panasonic’s total package. Actual compensation varies depending on the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives.

We understand that your career search may look different than others and embrace the professional, personal, educational, and volunteer opportunities through which people gain experience. If you are actively looking or starting to explore new opportunities, send us your application!

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S.

Thank you for your interest in Panasonic.

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