Hoya Group: The Hoya Group is a diversified multinational company and a leading supplier of
innovative high-tech and healthcare products. HOYA constantly strives to create new value through
innovation based on its advanced optics technologies. Our 36,000 employees in more than 80
countries and regions strive to provide indispensable products and services to contribute to create a healthy and prosperous society.
HOYA Vision Care: For over 80 years, the HOYA Vision Care division, which is a part of the HOYA
Group, has been a global leader in optical technology innovation. As a manufacturer of high-quality eyeglass lenses, HOYA continuously strives toward finding the best vision solutions designed to optimally equip eyecare professionals to change the way people see the world every day. Founded in Japan in 1941, HOYA Vision Care has a presence in over 80 countries across the globe today.
The position
The role of (Global) Total Rewards Manager will be reporting to the Global Director of Total Rewards for Vision Care division. As a member of the Global Total Rewards Team within the HOYA Vision Care
Division, this role works closely with the Global Total Rewards team to support, coordinate, and
implement global compensation, incentive, and international mobility programs and processes. In
addition, this role will be involved in coordination, and implementation of the transformation
projects with the rest of the team members. The role to be successful, will ensure that guidelines
are communicated and understood, processes are followed, and proper governance is complied in
the execution.
The incumbent will work with Entity HR, Regional HR, Finance, and other internal stakeholders to
ensure the effective execution of annual reward cycles, accurate and compliant data management
for the compensation programs, system administration, and support a successful implementation of Total Rewards programs across multiple countries and legal entities. The role serves as a key subject matter operational partner, providing analytical support, process coordination, stakeholder
guidance, and continuous improvement recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of Total
Rewards programs globally.
Key Responsibilities
Total Rewards Administration & Governance
- Support the Global Total Rewards team in the implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of compensation and incentive programs.
- Responsible for the end-to-end execution of Annual Salary Review and Management Incentive Plan (MIP) processes across multiple countries and legal entities.
- In-charge of the MIP participation administration, including eligibility reviews, participation letter issuance, participant communications, governance activities, and ongoing updates throughout the fiscal year.
- Responsible for the annual MIP payout processes, including data validation, reporting, approval workflows, and Ringi approval management.
- Coordinates annual salary review cycles planning activities, data validation, reporting, approval processes, and stakeholder communications.
- Support compensation proposals related to promotions, transfers, organizational changes, and employee movements, and provide analytical support and recommendations.
- Support the Global Total Rewards team in reward program reviews, market competitiveness assessments, and strategic initiatives.
- Perform salary structure reviews and salary increase matrix analyses to support annual compensation planning.
- Develop compensation reports, dashboards, and analytics to support data-driven decision-making.
- Analyze compensation trends, identify data anomalies or risks, and recommend improvement opportunities.
Rewards Systems & Data Management
- Coordinate reward-related system enhancements and annual compensation cycle configurations with HRIS and Oracle Compensation lead.
- Lead and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities for compensation, incentive, and rewards-related system enhancements.
- Ensure rewards data accuracy, integrity, governance, and confidentiality across compensation and incentive programs.
- Identify and implement opportunities for process simplification, automation, digitalization, and operational efficiency improvements.
International Mobility Administration
- Support the implementation and administration of international mobility programs and policies, international assignment compensation and mobility-related benefits.
- Coordinate annual reviews and adjustments of assignment-related allowances, including Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), hardship allowances, and location allowances for long term assignees.
- Develop and maintain mobility-related communication, training, and educational materials, including brochures, presentations, videos, and employee guides.
- Partner with relocation service providers to ensure effective support and a positive employee experience throughout the relocation and assignment lifecycle.
- Monitor vendor performance, support service reviews, and identify opportunities to improve service quality, efficiency, and employee experience.
Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Administration
- Support the administration, reporting, and governance of long-term incentive programs.
- Prepare reports and analyses to support program monitoring, governance, and stakeholder decision-making.
- Drive employee awareness and understanding of long-term incentive programs through effective communication and education initiatives.
Reports and Communication
- Prepare various rewards and HR reports, analytics and presentations as required from time to time
- Develop communication materials, education and training related to rewards
Key Stakeholders Leadership
Internal
- Global Total Rewards Team
- HVC HR Leadership team, and entity HR teams/community
- HVC Local and global functions the role will closely work with: Finance, Legal and others
- HVC Line Managers
- Corporate HR and other Division HR team within Hoya Group
External
- International Mobility Service Provider
- HRIS consultants
Required candidate attributes
- Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related discipline.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in Total Rewards, Compensation & Benefits, International Mobility, or related HR functions within a multinational corporation (MNC).
- Preferably possesses an educational background in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, and/or practical accounting experience.
- Demonstrated experience supporting and administering compensation and rewards programs across multiple countries, regions, and legal entities.
- Strong experience in annual salary review cycles, incentive plan administration, compensation analysis, salary structures, job evaluation, and market benchmarking.
- Experience supporting international mobility programs and assignment-related compensation administration.
- Hands-on experience with HRIS platforms, preferably Oracle HCM, including compensation modules, data management, reporting, system testing, and process administration
- Strong knowledge and experience on Rewards subjects, tools, techniques, programs and applications
- Strong analytical skills and above average MS Office skills(including Power BI) and analytical tools
- Experience working in a complex, matrixed, and multicultural business environment
- Very good English language skills (spoken and written). Other language skills will be an advantage
- As the role covers global scope, willingness and flexibility to work beyond of location work hours will be required.
- Independent working methods, pro-activeness and high initiative with proper discernment
- Humility and a collaborative mindset in a cross-cultural environment
- High degree of Flexibility and willingness to work with ambiguity
- Solution focused and bias for action
- Keen attention to details
- Team player
- Time management, prioritization, and organizational skills