Total Rewards, LATAM

IFF; Castanhal; On-site; BRL 611,000 - 916,000; Full time

Job summary

IFF is a global innovator in flavors, fragrances and health & biosciences, seeking a LATAM Total Rewards leader to shape compensation, benefits and retirement strategy during a period of transformation and growth.

You will partner with HR and global rewards teams to design market-aligned programs, ensuring governance, cost control and employment value across LATAM. This role drives talent attraction and retention through data-informed decisions and scalable, sustainable rewards solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive Total Rewards or broader HR experience with compensation responsibility.
• Experience supporting multi-country compensation programs across LATAM.
• Experience supporting pension, retirement or long-term savings programs in a multinational.
• Experience partnering with HR and stakeholders on compensation, benefits and workforce decisions.
• Knowledge of LATAM compensation, benefits and retirement practices.
• Experience with external compensation surveys and benchmarking methodologies.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Deliver compensation planning, salary reviews and rewards processes across LATAM with data-informed recommendations.
• Ensure governance, job evaluation and compensation practices across LATAM markets.
• Leverage market benchmarking and workforce insights to support talent retention and investments.
• Serve as primary LATAM contact for global benefits and retirement programs.
• Partner with vendors, consultants and stakeholders for program administration and governance.
• Provide retirement program analysis to inform decision-making, risk management and cost oversight.
• Identify opportunities to streamline rewards processes and improve transparency.

Skills

Total Rewards

Compensation

Benefits management

Retirement programs

Multi-country LATAM

Market benchmarking

External surveys

Workday Compensation

English & Spanish

Tools

Workday Compensation

Job description

Job Summary

Are you an experienced Total Rewards professional ready to shape compensation, benefits and retirement strategy across LATAM during a significant period of business transformation and growth?

IFF is a global innovator in flavors, fragrances, food ingredients, and health & biosciences, delivering sustainable solutions that enhance everyday products.

As the Food Ingredients business transitions to a standalone organization, this role helps maintain attractive, equitable and well-governed rewards programs across LATAM, supporting business continuity, talent retention and informed decision-making.

Combining rewards expertise, data-informed insights and effective stakeholder engagement, this role contributes to talent attraction, retention and workforce effectiveness, while serving as the primary LATAM contact for regional compensation, benefits and retirement programs.

The Total Rewards Manager, LATAM plays an important role in designing and delivering compensation, benefits and retirement programs across. Partnering with HR, business stakeholders and global rewards teams, you will help ensure our rewards offerings remain market-aligned, consistent and aligned with organizational needs.

Working closely with global rewards stakeholders, the role contributes to a streamlined and future-ready rewards model by strengthening governance, enhancing market alignment, optimizing benefits and retirement programs, and enabling data-informed workforce decisions.

Where You’ll Make a Difference

• Deliver compensation planning, salary review and rewards processes across the region, providing data-informed recommendations and supporting implementation where appropriate.
• Ensure alignment of rewards governance, job evaluation and compensation practices across LATAM markets.
• Leverage market benchmarking and workforce insights to support informed talent, retention and workforce investment decisions.
• Serve as the primary regional contact for the Global Benefits Director on LATAM benefits and retirement programs.
• Partner with benefits vendors, consultants, trustees and local stakeholders to facilitate effective administration and ongoing program management.
• Provide benefits and retirement program analysis to inform decision-making, risk management, cost oversight and long-term program sustainability.
• Identify and implement opportunities to streamline rewards processes, enhance operational efficiency and improve transparency in rewards decision-making.
• Help ensuring compliance with local requirements across LATAM countries.

What Makes You The Right Fit

• 7+ years of progressive Total Rewards or broader HR experience with significant compensation responsibility.
• Experience supporting multi-country compensation programs across LATAM.
• Experience supporting pension, retirement or long-term savings programs within a multinational environment.
• Experience partnering with HR and business stakeholders on compensation, benefits and workforce-related decisions.
• Knowledge of compensation, benefits and retirement practices across multiple LATAM countries.
• Experience working with external compensation surveys and market benchmarking methodologies.
• Experience working within a multinational organization and professional fluency in English & Spanish.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience supporting compensation, benefits and retirement programs within a multinational manufacturing, industrial, supply chain or commercial organization, including engagement with external vendors, consultants and plan providers.
• Experience in market benchmarking, compensation surveys, rewards analytics, workforce insights, job architecture, role leveling and rewards governance.
• Experience navigating organizational transformation, integration, separation or standalone company environments
• Exposure to incentive programs, workforce planning, Workday Compensation (or similar HR technologies).

Why Choose Us?

• Help shape the future of Total Rewards for a business transitioning to a standalone operating model.
• Partner with stakeholders across LATAM to strengthen reward programs, workforce decisions and the employee value proposition.
• Contribute to the evolution of compensation, benefits and retirement programs into streamlined, scalable solutions aligned with business priorities.
• Support business continuity, transformation and value creation within a dynamic and evolving environment.
• Play an important role in enhancing rewards governance, workforce effectiveness, operational excellence and sustainable growth.
• Work closely with the VP, Global Total Rewards and the Global Benefits Director, gaining broad exposure to the regional rewards strategy.

For your awareness, IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is presently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The Food Ingredient business unit will remain a part of IFF until close and, at such time, it will transition to CVC Capital Partners. In applying for this position, you acknowledge your awareness that the position is a part of the Food Ingredient business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more