Manager Reward Services EMEA

Tetra Pak; Pinetown; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A global leading company in South Africa is seeking an experienced Reward professional to lead and manage a team focused on international compensation and benefits operations. The role demands a minimum of 8 years’ HR experience, including leading reward initiatives across countries. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical and communication skills, along with an ability to drive continuous improvement and compliance. This position offers competitive compensation, opportunities for development, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Opportunities for development and training

Market competitive compensation

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in HR, including 5+ years’ in Compensation & Benefits.
• Strong knowledge of multi-country compensation and benefits best practices.
• Experience in leading reward teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a Reward team with multi-country responsibility.
• Drive continuous improvement in reward processes.
• Analyze compensation data and develop proposals.

Skills

HR experience

International Compensation & Benefits operations

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Project management

Consulting mindset

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or HR

Tools

Compensation analysis tools

Job description

What you will do

• Lead and manage a team of Reward professionals with multi-country responsibility in EMEA (direct reporting line).
• Be responsible for leveraging the Reward team’s competence, skill and overall development.
• Lead the Rewards service delivery for area of responsibility via local expertise and knowledge ensuring high quality and timely delivery of globally standard processes in the designated zone (e.g. market data benchmarking, VP calculation, Annual Compensation Review cycle, compensation planning, calculators’ development, etc.).
• Monitor process performance through tracking defined KPIs, identify improvement areas, and drive continuous improvement activities in relation to process, tools and competencies.
• Acts as the Local Process Driver for the assigned geographical zone by implementing global policy rollouts locally and observing local market realities and inputs to other stakeholders.
• Review and approve local exceptions according to the global decision matrix and governance.
• Be the advisor and speaking partner for various stakeholders from the business but also within HR&T community on specialized local rewards’ related requests to individual, local teams, employee/line manager, and country specific cases.
• Drive, participate or contribute to Reward projects.
• Provide interpretation of company policies and guidelines related to compensation and benefits to the local teams to ensure implementation and compliance worldwide.
• Analyze compensation and benefits data and develop proposals as needed to support decisions, run autonomously competitiveness analysis as per business need.
• Be hands on and up to date and ensure compliance with developing a regulatory environment.
• Establish strong vendor relationships to continuously identify local market practices and trends.
• Partner with local teams for corrective actions following self-assessment or audit results to ensure governance and compliance (e.g. gross ups of BIK, benefits harmonization, etc.).

We believe you have

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in HR, including 5+ years’ hands-on experience in international Compensation & Benefits operations.
• University bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent in Business administration, Economics, Finance or HR.
• Proven experience and performance as an effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong knowledge of market best practices for multi-country compensation and benefits or local specifics.
• Understanding the impact of unionized environments and dynamics on reward activities.
• Strong analytical skills and data management through reward tools that lead to complete solutions for business requests.
• Experience in project management to demonstrate the ability to drive continuous improvement and change management.
• Reward knowledge at proficient+ level, including job evaluation / leveling, in depth market analysis and ability to develop and present data analysis in a structure and comprehensive way, annual compensation review cycles, benefits benchmarking and analysis, management of total remuneration concepts.
• Consulting mindset/approach to diagnose needs and deliver solutions.
• Have a profound understanding of external market data vendors methodology.
• Experience in leading reward teams with or without authority will be considered a plus.

We Offer You

• A variety of exciting challenges with ample opportunities for development and training in a truly global landscape
• A culture that pioneers a spirit of innovation where our industry experts drive visible results
• An equal opportunity employment experience that values diversity and inclusion
• Market competitive compensation and benefits with flexible working arrangements