Head of Rewards

EMEA Recruitment; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EMEA Recruitment is partnering with an international manufacturing business to hire a Reward & HRIS Lead. The role will drive the European agenda across compensation, benefits, analytics, controlling and HR systems, shaping reward strategy and workforce insights across multiple countries.

A major priority is leading the selection and rollout of a European HRIS platform, ensuring harmonized processes and successful adoption across Europe operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience across Reward, Compensation & Benefits, HR Analytics, HRIS.
• Strong expertise in European reward frameworks, salary benchmarking and incentive programmes.
• Experience supporting both white-collar and blue-collar populations.
• Knowledge of job evaluation methodologies.
• Proven experience in workforce analytics, personnel cost management and HR reporting.
• Experience leading HRIS implementations or transformation projects, ideally involving SAP SuccessFactors, Workday or similar.
• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical and project leadership skills.
• Experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead European Compensation & Benefits strategies, including salary reviews, benchmarking, job evaluation and STI/LTI incentive programmes.
• Oversee reward governance and ensure consistency and compliance across multiple European countries.
• Lead HR analytics, workforce reporting and dashboards, translating data into actionable business insights.
• Drive HR controlling, including personnel cost budgeting, forecasting and workforce planning.
• Lead the selection, implementation and adoption of a new European HRIS.
• Drive HR process harmonization, digitalization and automation.
• Partner with senior HR, Finance, IT, Payroll and business stakeholders across Europe.

Skills

Reward & Benefits

HR Analytics

HRIS implementations

Workday/SAP SF

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Workday

Job description

EMEA Recruitment is working with an international manufacturing business as they look to hire a Reward & HRIS Lead.

The Reward & HRIS Lead will lead the European agenda across Compensation & Benefits, HR Analytics, HR Controlling and HR Systems.

You will play a key role in shaping and delivering the organization's reward strategy, strengthening workforce insights, optimizing labor costs and driving HR technology transformation.

A major priority will be leading the selection and implementation of a new European HRIS platform, ensuring harmonized processes, effective change management and successful adoption across all European operations.

Responsibilities of Reward & HRIS Lead:

• Develop and lead European Compensation & Benefits strategies, including salary reviews, benchmarking, job evaluation and STI/LTI incentive programmes
• Oversee reward governance and ensure consistency and compliance across multiple European countries
• Lead HR analytics, workforce reporting and dashboards, translating data into actionable business insights
• Drive HR controlling, including personnel cost budgeting, forecasting and workforce planning
• Lead the selection, implementation and adoption of a new European HRIS
• Drive HR process harmonization, digitalization and automation
• Partner with senior HR, Finance, IT, Payroll and business stakeholders across Europe

Experience required:

• 10+ years' experience across Reward, Compensation & Benefits, HR Analytics, HRIS
• Strong expertise in European reward frameworks, salary benchmarking and incentive programmes
• Experience supporting both white-collar and blue-collar populations
• Knowledge of job evaluation methodologies
• Proven experience in workforce analytics, personnel cost management and HR reporting
• Experience leading HRIS implementations or transformation projects, ideally involving SAP SuccessFactors, Workday or similar
• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical and project leadership skills
• Experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment

EMEA Recruitment is committed to promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. We act as a neutral third party in the recruitment process, basing our candidate searches on skills and experience. We welcome all applications regardless of age, gender, sex, relationship status, disability, race, religion/beliefs, or sexual orientation.