Senior Consultant, Global Compensation (m/f/d)

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For over 80 years, GfK has been a reliable and trusted insight partner for the world’s biggest companies and leading brands who make a difference in every consumer’s life - and we will continue to build on this. We connect data, science and innovative digital research solutions to provide answers for key business questions around consumers, markets, brands and media. With our headquarters in Germany and a presence in around 60 countries worldwide, you benefit from our global company with a diverse community of ~9,000 employees.

Harnessing the power of our workforce, the greatest asset we have is our people. As part of GfK, you can take your future into your own hands. We value talent, skills and responsibility and support your development within our international teams. We are proud of our heritage and our future: Currently we are in the latter stages of a transformational journey from a traditional market research company to a trusted provider of prescriptive data analytics powered by innovative technology. This is only possible with extraordinary people and this is why we are looking for YOU to help create our future. For our employees as well as for our clients we pursue one goal: Growth from Knowledge!

Job Description

As Senior Consultant, Compensation & Benefits in the Rewards Team of our Corporate Function Human Resources division, you will be a partner to ’core’ HR colleagues and managers on all compensation topics and related process issues. The Senior Consultant, C&Bhas international responsibilities ranging from collaborating in cross-regional projects and subsequent planning & implementation to follow-up of annual compensation & benefits processes through to design and application of incentive systems. Reporting to our Senior Rewards Manager and working closely with our VP HR Digital & Rewards, the Senior Consultant, C&B drives compensation-related topics and actively supports and champions our global Total Rewards Strategy.

The successful postholder will be part of a motivated and dedicated team of Rewards professionals. You can expect a dynamic, challenging, and international job that offers you a wide range of opportunities to contribute and develop. You will be a recognized expert in your field and a competent contact person for your internal and external interfaces. You work in a structured manner, take an analytical approach, are solution-oriented and have strong implementation skills. You are an outgoing and dynamic personality, see yourself as part of a team and actively approach others , have a sense of humor, and enjoy working with people. At the same time, you are a hands-on personality and a self- starter.

Tasks And Responsibilities

• Manage the annual compensation cycles on a global scale, incl. preparation of the corresponding process documentation, trainings, and communication.
• Implementation of our global rewards strategy across all entities thorough communication and ensuring all stakeholders are on board
• Participation in external benchmark surveys to analyze company’s competitive position
• Contact person for HRIS service providers (Workday) to ensure the best possible service quality, monitoring of development and testing of change requests
• Assist in the management of global projects incl. the operational roll-out and implementation of corresponding trainings
• Key contributor to the further development of the grading structure across the organization
  
  

Requirements

• Completed university studies or comparable training and a high affinity for numbers
• At least 3-5 years of professional experience in the area of compensation & benefits in an international environment
• Very good methodological and conceptual skills for the design of sustainable compensation models
• Entrepreneurial thinking and responsible action: Your activities have a direct impact on the company’s results - you draw motivation from recognizing and actively eliminating optimization potentials
• Networking skills for successful operation in the international matrix organization in which you are involved
• High level of self-motivation and implementation skills
• Very good written and spoken English
• Very good MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Power Point) and ideally Workday HRIS experience
  
  

We offer an exciting work environment that brings people together. We encourage an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit. We make use of the latest digital technologies. We are looking for self-starters, who accept challenges and create solutions.

Can there be a better place to take center stage in the digital revolution? We are excited to getting to know you!