Senior Rewards Manager EMEA

Medline Europe; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Medline Europe seeks an experienced Senior Rewards leader to design and execute a comprehensive EMEA Total Rewards strategy spanning compensation, benefits, incentives, and performance management. You will partner with HR, Finance and Global Rewards to ensure competitive, equitable and scalable programs in a complex, international organization.

The role requires strong analytical skills and ability to influence senior leaders, with extensive experience in multi-country EMEA rewards, governance,

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of Compensation & Benefits or Total Rewards experience in international settings.
• Strong expertise in compensation strategy, benefits, incentives, job architecture, and pay equity.
• Experience leading multi-country EMEA reward programs.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into scalable practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the EMEA Total Rewards agenda with strategic thinking, governance, data-driven insights, and operational excellence.
• Develop and execute compensation programs: job architecture, salary structures, market benchmarking, pay progression, pay equity.
• Drive EMEA job architecture implementation with consistent job levels, titles and career frameworks.
• Design and govern incentive programs: annual bonuses, sales incentives, management incentives, long-term incentives.

Skills

Compensation & Benefits

Total Rewards strategy

Job architecture & pay equity

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Workday / HRIS

Tools

Workday

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and strategic Total Rewards leader who wants to make a meaningful impact across a complex, international organization. As our Senior Rewards Manager EMEA, you will lead the development and execution of our Total Rewards strategy across compensation, benefits, incentives, recognition, and performance management. Partnering closely with HR, Finance, senior business leaders, and Global Rewards, you will ensure our reward programs are competitive, equitable, scalable, and aligned with our business ambitions.

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Total Rewards across EMEA during an exciting period of growth and transformation. You will play a key role in designing reward frameworks, driving pay equity initiatives, strengthening job architecture, modernizing annual reward processes, and building a high-performing rewards function. Your work will directly influence Medline's ability to attract, engage, retain, and reward top talent across multiple countries and business functions.

What You Will Do

Lead the EMEA Total Rewards agenda by combining strategic thinking, strong governance, data-driven insights, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Develop and execute the EMEA Total Rewards strategy, aligned with global principles and regional business priorities.
• Lead compensation programs across job architecture, job evaluation, salary structures, market benchmarking, pay progression, and pay equity.
• Drive EMEA job architecture implementation and ensure consistent application of job levels, titles, and career frameworks.
• Design and govern incentive programs, including annual bonuses, sales incentives, management incentives, and long-term incentive programs.
• Partner with business and Finance leaders on incentive design, performance outcomes, and reward decisions.
• Develop and optimize the EMEA benefits strategy, ensuring programs remain competitive, sustainable, and compliant.
• Lead annual reward cycles, including merit reviews, bonus processes, salary benchmarking, pay equity reviews, and benefits renewals.
• Drive continuous improvement, simplification, standardization, automation, and governance across reward processes.
• Build reward analytics and dashboards that provide actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Rewards team while contributing to major regional and global transformation initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leadership teams on reward strategy, organizational design, and workforce decisions.

Who You Are

You are a strategic and commercially minded Total Rewards professional who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

You Bring

• 8-12+ years of Compensation & Benefits or Total Rewards experience within an international environment.
• Strong expertise in compensation strategy, benefits, incentives, job architecture, and pay equity.
• Experience leading multi-country EMEA reward programs.
• Proven ability to develop strategy and translate it into practical, scalable solutions.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using reward data to drive decision-making.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including exposure to executive-level audiences.
• Experience working within a complex, matrixed, and fast-growing organization.
• Strong change management and transformation experience.
• Knowledge of Workday or similar HRIS platforms.
• Experience collaborating with employee representative bodies or works councils.
• A continuous improvement mindset with a passion for simplification, standardization, and operational excellence.

Location: Utrecht, Netherlands (hybrid, 2 days in office)

About Medline

Medline is a leading provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions, serving all points of care. Through a wide-ranging product portfolio, a robust supply chain network and modern clinical solutions, Medline helps healthcare providers (HCPs) improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes. Headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, United States, the company employs more than 43,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 100 countries and territories. Outside the US, Medline International B.V. serves as the international headquarters and is located in the Utrecht Netherlands. To learn more about Medline’s operations in Europe, visit www.medline.eu.