Reward Manager

CHEP; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CHEP is seeking an experienced Reward Manager to join our Americas Reward team and deliver compensation programs across North America and LATAM.

You will lead base pay structures, annual salary planning, short-term incentives, and market benchmarking while ensuring internal equity and alignment with our global reward framework. This fully remote role offers global collaboration and a clear path to impact across the region.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in HR, Business, Finance, Economics, or related discipline.
• 5–8 years in a large, complex corporate environment, preferably global.
• Significant experience in compensation management, including salary planning, market pricing, and analytics.
• Experience using market data and internal pay data to develop pay structures.
• Strong collaboration with HR, Finance, and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to leaders on compensation, benefits, and share plans to ensure alignment with philosophy.
• Conduct job evaluations across regions for parity and leveling.
• Partner with HR Operations to ensure high-quality service and governance.
• Analyze market survey data to keep programs competitive and equitable.
• Lead annual remuneration review processes and present to senior management.
• Stay informed on legislative and market changes and adjust reward strategies.
• Collaborate with global Reward to align with global initiatives.
• Develop and mentor Reward specialists to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Benefits Administration

Change Leadership

Coaching

Collaboration

Compensation Strategies

Data Analytics

Disruptive Thinking

Employee Value Proposition

Feedback

Incentive Compensation

Inclusive Leadership

Leading Customer Centric Teams

Mentorship

Motivating Teams

Prioritization

Regulatory Reporting

Relationship Management

Rewards Strategy

Self-Awareness

Education

Degree in HR, Business, Finance, Economics, or related discipline

Tools

Excel

Job description

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Job Description

We’re looking for an experienced Reward Manager to join our Americas Reward team and help deliver compensation programs across North America and LATAM.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Provide technical advice and guidance to business leaders and HR teams on a full range of compensation, benefits, and employee share plan matters, ensuring alignment with the company’s compensation philosophy.
• Conduct job evaluations across the region, collaborating with HR to ensure cross-organizational parity and consistency in job levelling and weighting factors.
• Partner with HR Operations to ensure high-quality service delivery and continuous improvement in reward-related processes and policy standards.
• Assess and analyze market survey data to ensure remuneration programs remain competitive while maintaining internal equity. Perform gap analysis and recommend adjustments as needed.
• Lead the coordination of the annual remuneration review process, including the preparation of supporting data, materials, and statistics for senior management approval.
• Stay informed about legislative, market, and economic changes, highlighting issues and recommending adjustments to reward strategies to maintain market competitiveness and compliance.
• Collaborate with the global Reward team to ensure consistency and alignment with Brambles’ global reward initiatives and frameworks.
• Develop and mentor a high-performing team of Reward specialists, fostering a culture of excellence, learning, and continuous improvement in reward practices.

We’re Hiring: Reward Manager – U.S. Field Based

We’re looking for an experienced Reward Manager to join our Americas Reward team and help deliver compensation programs across North America and LATAM.

If you’re a compensation professional who combines strong analytical skills with commercial thinking and enjoys partnering with leaders to turn complex data into practical reward decisions, this could be a great opportunity for you.

What you’ll do

In this role, you’ll manage the delivery and administration of compensation programs across the Americas, including:

• Base pay and salary structures
• Annual salary planning
• Short-term incentive plans
• Market pricing and benchmarking
• Job evaluation
• Compensation analytics
• Compensation governance and related processes

You’ll partner closely with Global Reward, HR, Finance, and business leaders to help ensure compensation practices are competitive, internally equitable, fiscally responsible, and aligned with our reward strategy and business objectives.

What you’ll bring

• A degree or equivalent qualification in HR, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline
• 5–8 years of experience in a large, complex, fast-paced corporate environment, ideally within a global business
• Significant experience in compensation management, including salary planning, market pricing, job evaluation, incentive plan administration, and compensation analytics
• Experience using compensation surveys, market data, and internal pay data to develop recommendations for pay structures, role pricing, and individual pay decisions
• Experience partnering with HR, Finance, and business leaders to support compensation programs, governance, communications, and decision-making
• Strong knowledge of compensation principles, salary structures, incentive plans, pay governance, and related compliance considerations
• Strong analytical and numerical capabilities, including advanced Excel skills with lookups, pivot tables, modeling, data validation, and graphical presentation
• The ability to interpret compensation data, identify trends and risks, and translate complex analysis into clear, practical recommendations
• Strong project management, organization, and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Strong communication and presentation skills and the confidence to appropriately challenge, advise, and guide stakeholders
• Good commercial awareness, sound judgment, discretion, and a commitment to confidentiality and high-quality work

Professional HR or compensation qualifications such as CCP, GRP, SHRM, or an equivalent reward-related accreditation are a plus.

Why this opportunity?

This is an opportunity to have a meaningful impact on compensation across the Americas while partnering with stakeholders across HR, Finance, Global Reward, and the business. You’ll bring together data, market insights, and business needs to help shape thoughtful and effective compensation decisions.

Remote Type

Fully Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

• Benefits Administration
• Change Leadership
• Coaching
• Collaboration
• Compensation Strategies
• Data Analytics
• Disruptive Thinking
• Employee Benefits Program Design
• Employee Value Proposition
• Feedback
• Incentive Compensation
• Inclusive Leadership
• Leading Customer Centric Teams
• Mentorship
• Motivating Teams
• Prioritization
• Regulatory Reporting
• Relationship Management
• Rewards Strategy
• Self-Awareness

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.