Global Total Rewards Specialist

About the role:

This is a broad Reward role focusing on excellence in delivery on a global level that will be responsible for assisting with the development, management and implementation of job evaluations, market intelligence & benchmarks analysis, annual compensation cycle and other compensation & benefits programs. The role closely works with various stakeholders, such as HRIS, HR Business Partners, HR Operations, Finance, Survey providers etc.

Key responsibilities:

• Act as the global referent in regards to job architecture administration, job descriptions, job analysis and evaluation:
  • Maintain the global job leveling database.
  • Maintain the global job description repository.
  • Evaluate jobs on request, ensuring consistency and coherence of the outcome with the Barry Callebaut job architecture.
• Support the annual salary review process and the administration of company’s short term incentive programs.
• Participate to the improvement of data quality of tools and systems, to enhance reward related reporting and controlling capabilities.
• Support the preparation of budgets, cost center analysis and other financial or competitiveness reviews.
• Provide project support, data analysis and presentations preparation to the Global Reward Team on request.
• Act as the global reference in sharing best practices in relation with Total Reward practices.
• Coordinate regular contract updates and purchasing agreements with compensation & benefits survey providers (Mercer, Willis Towers Watson etc.).
• Gather and consolidate Barry Callebaut’s 14’000 employees’ data to participate annually and centrally to compensation & benefits surveys.
• Analyze market data, review and update annually internal pay ranges for app. 50 locations as appropriate.
• Provide specific job pricing or wider benchmark analysis in request.
• Guide HR BPs to ensure alignment of reward related system practices (workflows, approvals, policies etc.) across all Barry Callebaut locations.
• Assist in business process design or modification; create custom reports within all active reward related system modules (Employee Central, Compensation etc.).
• Support reward related HRIS configuration changes, evaluate interdependencies and potential risks and participate to the implementation of approved changes.

About you:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience.
• Minimum 5 to 6 years of experience in international C&B role, ideally in a Shared-Services delivery model; preferably in a mid-size manufacturing/FMCG company (not a must).
• Previous experience in major C&B fields such as compensation planning, variable compensation, market intelligence etc.
• Previous experience in using the Mercer IPE methodology or any other mainstream job leveling methodology.
• Familiarity with the execution of program management in large global companies.
• Strong PC skills with the Microsoft suite including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Previous experience with Success Factors.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking.
• Autonomous problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work systematically and accurately with attention to detail.
• Ability to network and establish relationships at all levels of the organization
• Comfortable in working within a matrix organization and across multiple countries
• Proactively identify areas of improvement and contribute solutions creatively with a win-win focus.