(Senior) Compensation & Benefits Expert (m/f/d)

Your mind is full of ideas, and your focus is always on the future. While your ideas may meet resistance elsewhere, they will find support with us. As a family-owned hidden champion, we offer broad opportunities to shape and make an impact rather than large conference rooms. In your varied role, you will support more than 10,000 colleagues across 80 locations. With us, you will experience our values every day: trust, respect, and tolerance. This is how we foster diversity and careers that keep moving forward.

(Senior) Total Rewards Expert (m/f/d)

Your Responsibilities

• You continuously develop and enhance our global Compensation & Benefits strategy, setting impulses for modern and competitive reward approaches.
• You conduct job evaluations own and further evolve the job architecture and grading structures, actively driving the development of our job evaluation methodology.
• You perform in-depth compensation data analyses and steer both internal and external benchmarking to ensure transparency and market competitiveness.
• You design and manage the annual salary budget and salary review process, working closely with HR, Finance, and top management.
• You design and implement modern variable compensation programs (STI / LTI) and other reward programs and ensure their continuous improvement.
• You ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., CSRD, EU Pay Transparency Directive) and integrate them effectively into HR processes.
• You continuously review and improve compensation and benefits processes to enhance efficiency, employee experience, and business impact.
• As a strategic sparring partner, you advise HR Business Partners and senior leaders at eye level and contribute your expertise to global HR initiatives.

Your Profile

• University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Human Resources or a comparable field
• Minimum 5 – 7 years of relevant experience in Compensation & Benefits, within large international organizations or complex structures.
• Strong expertise in job evaluation, grading structures, and modern compensation models
• Proven experience in managing complex salary review processes and designing variable compensation systems (STI / LTI)
• Solid knowledge of regulatory frameworks (e.g., EU Pay Transparency, CSRD)
• Experience in managing complex Compensation & Benefits projects.
• Strong analytical skills combined with high attention to detail, confident handling of compensation data and benchmarking tools and results-oriented mindset.
• Excellent consulting and communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken. German language skills are an advantage.
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