Your responsibilities will include
1. Compensation Strategy & Governance
Design, implement, and maintain base pay structures, salary bands, and variable incentive schemes (annual performance bonuses, sales incentives, and operational pay structures) tailored to North American markets.
Lead annual merit increase cycles, market adjustment reviews, and annual bonus payout calculations across North American entities.
Conduct annual market pricing and salary survey participations (Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, Korn Ferry, Hay Group) to monitor market trends and maintain competitive positioning in North America.
Ensure compensation policies, guidelines, and governance models align with regional legal requirements and business strategy.
2. Organizational Architecture & Consulting Projects
Lead and support organizational design initiatives in partnership with top-tier management consultancies, focusing on job architecture redesign, role definitions, spans of control optimization, and headcount right-sizing.
Standardize and integrate compensation structures during regional alignment initiatives.
Perform job evaluations, position benchmarking, and pay equity analyses across white-collar and blue-collar employee groups.
3. Compensation Technology & Process Optimization SF
Partner cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners (HRBPs), Payroll, Finance, and IT to streamline hiring compensation workflows, promotion processes, and continuous improvement (CI) initiatives.
4. Labor Cost Budgeting & Analytics
Oversee labor cost budgeting, forecasting, and bonus accrual/payment modeling for white-collar and blue-collar workforces across North America.
Build metrics, compensation analytics dashboards, and executive reports to support data-driven decision-making.
Minimum requirements
Bachelor’s Degree: Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, Human Resources, or related fields.
Master’s Degree: MBA or Master’s degree with a focus on Global Management or Strategy is preferred.
Certifications: Certified Compensation Professional or specialized postgraduate studies in Compensation Management is a plus.
