Compensation and Benefits Manager

Majid Al Futtaim Retail; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

Majid Al Futtaim Retail is seeking an experienced HR professional to design and manage benefits and compensation programs in Dubai. You will review policies, benchmark against market and ensure legal compliance while guiding payroll and recruitment processes.

With 7+ years in a similar role and bilingual Arabic-English skills, you will lead performance rewards, salary planning and employee communications in a fast-paced retail environment at Majid Al Futtaim Retail.

Qualifications

• Personnel and HR practices knowledge.
• Understands labour laws.
• Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices.
• Good judgment and decision making.
• Bilingual - fluent in Arabic and English.
• Ability to communicate with all employee levels.
• 7+ years experience in a similiar role.

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate and propose benefits policies to stay current and compliant.
• Review and modify compensation policies and wage rates.
• Manage communication of benefits, compensation, and policies to employees.
• Plan, supervise and coordinate work activities related to employment, compensation, labour relations.
• Benchmark benefits to improve employee quality of life.
• Develop tools to help employees select benefits and guide managers.
• Conduct salary surveys, grading structures and benchmarking.
• Oversee job descriptions, analyses and performance appraisals coordination.
• Assist recruitment with grading levels and offers alignment.
• Advise on rewards for performance and annual salary administration.
• Prepare bonus proposals and review criteria.
• Consolidate manpower plans and budget proposals for rewards.
• Oversee monthly payroll preparation.
• Review offers, payroll, tenancy contracts and HR administration for International Head Office.

Skills

HR practices

Labour laws

Economics & accounting

Judgment & decision making

Arabic-English bilingual

Communication across levels

7+ years experience

Job description

Overall Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate and propose benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive and in compliance with legal requirements.
• Review and modify compensation policies and principal wage rates to develop competitive compensation plans.
• Manage the preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies.
• Plan, supervise and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labour relations.
• Identify and implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees, by benchmarking with market.
• Manage the design and development of tools to assist employees in benefits selection, and to guide managers through employee related decisions.
• Research and development - salary surveys, grading structures and benchmarking.
• Supervise job descriptions/analysis and evaluations and coordinate with Organisation Development on Performance Appraisals.
• Coordinating, analyzing and providing counseling to recruitment department on grading levels and offers versus candidates' competencies and qualifications, i.e. ensuring compliance to grading levels across the organisation.
• Manage and advise on reward for performance and annual salary administration.
• Prepares first draft proposal for bonus payment according to company policy and established criteria.
• Research proposed changes to the criteria for bonus and salary alignment in accordance with latest market and best practice.
• Close coordination to prepare and issue of consolidated manpower plans and issue budget proposal for employee rewards.
• Final and interim settlements applied and when researched, process modified.
• Supervises the preparation of monthly payroll.
• Review Appointment Offers, Payroll, Tenancy Contracts and daily Human Resources Administration for International Head Office e

Arabic - Fluent / Excellent
English - Fluent / Excellent

Own a Car

Any

Have Driving License

Any

Job Skills

• Personnel and Human Resources practices knowledge.
• Understands labour laws.
• Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices.
• Good judgment and Decision Making.
• Bilingual - fluent in Arabic and English
• Ability to communicate with all employee levels.
• 7+ years experience in a similiar role

About The Company

Recognized as one of the most active shopping concept developers throughout the region, the Group first introduced the hypermarket model to the Middle East in 1995. Majid Al Futtaim Retail manages Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets, a joint venture company with the world's second largest retailer Carrefour, and offers shoppers the same quality, variety and value-for-money that have made the brand a household name to millions over the world.

In the last 3 years, Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarket has opened 14 new Stores. In the expansion of Carrefour across the region currently there are 37 hypermarkets in the Middle East. In the coming year of 2010, Majid Al Futtaim Retail expects to open 10 new stores

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