Senior Compensation Manager – Europe Developed Markets

Kraft Heinz; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraft Heinz is seeking an experienced Compensation Manager to lead Europe Developed Markets in the EPDM region. You will translate global strategy into zone priorities, manage annual merit cycles, and partner with HR and business leaders to design market-competitive solutions.

The role drives governance, analytics, and documentation, reporting to the Head of Rewards, EPDM, in a high‑impact team. You will influence stakeholders, lead a zone team, and ensure alignment with global standards while

Qualifications

• Strong experience in compensation and/or total rewards.
• Experience using Korn Ferry Hay job evaluation methodology (or similar job architecture).
• Experience in salary benchmarking and compensation analyses.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret compensation data and provide actionable recommendations.
• Prior people manager experience is a benefit.
• 5-10+ years of prior compensation experience.
• FMCG experience preferred but not required.
• English language required.
• Strong Excel skills required.
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate with HR and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Translate the global compensation strategy into the EPDM Zone and set Zone priorities.
• Manage the annual merit cycle across the EPDM zone.
• Partner with HR and business stakeholders to advise on compensation solutions.
• Determine and manage compensation projects within the EPDM Zone.
• Ensure appropriate sizing using Korn Ferry Hay methodology and support org design.
• Provide tools and analyses to ensure fair, market-competitive pay.
• Create compensation documentation, toolkits, and manager materials.
• Keep HR leaders and business aware of key compensation knowledge.
• Coordinate with Global Compensation teams and contribute to global projects.
• Oversee compensation governance and ensure alignment with global standards.
• Lead, coach, and develop the zone compensation team.

Skills

Analytical skills

People management

Stakeholder influence

English language

Communication

HR analytics

Tools

Excel

Korn Ferry Hay

Job description

About The Position

We have an excellent opportunity available for an experienced

About The Position

We have an excellent opportunity available for an experienced Compensation Manager to make a difference at Kraft Heinz. The Senior Compensation Manager – Europe Developed Markets lies within the EPDM Region. You’ll be working in a high performing team and alongside HR and business stakeholders to deliver compensation programs that support our reward philosophy, attract and retain talent, and ensure market competitiveness across the region. You’ll be reporting into the Head of Rewards, EPDM. You will play a key role in ensuring EPDM adheres to the global compensation strategy, while owning the annual compensation routines across the Zone.

In Brief, You Are Responsible For

• Translating the global compensation strategy into the EPDM Zone and setting the Zone Compensation priorities
• Managing the annual merit cycle across the EPDM zone
• Partner with HR and business stakeholders to advise on compensation solutions for business challenges
• Determine and manage compensation projects within the EPDM Zone
• Responsible for ensuring the business is sized appropriately, using Korn Ferry Hay methodology, and supporting HR stakeholders in any org design
• Responsible for tools and analyses to enable employees to be paid fairly, competitively with the market and in alignment with our global compensation strategy
• Responsible for compensation documentation, toolkits and manager material for the EPDM Zone
• Ensure our HR leaders and business is aware of key compensation knowledge
• Manage the relationship with Global Compensation teams, and be the point person for Zone input on Global projects
• Responsible for managing the compensation governance for the Zone, ensuring alignment to global standards
• Lead, coach and develop the zone compensation team

Qualifications

Please kindly note that you need to have an EU Working Permit (Orientation Year Visa not included) in order to proceed for this position.

• Strong experience in compensation and/or total rewards
• Experience using Korn Ferry Hay job evaluation methodology (or similar job architecture framework)
• Experience in salary benchmarking and compensation analyses
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret compensation data and provide actionable recommendations
• Prior people manager experience is a benefit
• 5-10+ years of prior compensation experience
• FMCG experience preferred but not required
• English language required
• Strong Excel skills required
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate with HR and business stakeholders

Professional Attributes

• Communication Skills - People are easily be exposed to senior management, no matter their level. Therefore, it’s important to have excellent interpersonal skills, to take care of all kinds of different collaborators.
• Confident / Ability to give pushback - We like people who are go getters and are not easily thrown off their game, not even when getting resistance.
• Ability to Simplify - We like to keep it simple. And to implement fast. Your simplification skills will be highly appreciated, when providing simple solutions dealing with sophisticated challenges.
• Analytical - We’re a very data driven company, making it crucial to be able to translate complex data into a simple solution with an analytical approach.
• Project management skills - Time management has no secrets for you. You’re organized, structured and always have an overview of all the deliverables. You know how to bring multiple projects to a successful ending within the given timeframe.