Rewards Manager – DACH and PL

Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics and have been industry pioneers for over a century. Through innovation and transformation we are redefining the boundaries of possibility, continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence.

At Maersk, we believe in the power of diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning and we work hard to ensure that the people in our organisation reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve.

With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics.

Join us as we harness cutting-edge technologies and unlock opportunities on a global scale. Together, let's sail towards a brighter, more sustainable future with Maersk.

What we offer

This is an exciting career opportunity in an international, challenging business setting known for diversity and high paced environment. You will get to focus on creating valuable relations with current and new customers and work with highly professional teams in an environment where you will be valued, recognized and well rewarded.  
You will work with amazing and diverse colleagues with a deep sense of commitment to live Our Values and together, go all the way for our customers, society and for each other. 

The Role:

The position of Rewards Manager will lead the design, development, and implementation of global rewards strategies and programs within a complex multinational organization, collaborating with stakeholders across various countries and areas, to ensure alignment with overall reward objectives. They will navigate complex stakeholder matrix to gather requirements and drive implementation, demonstrating a proactive approach towards continuous improvement in rewards processes and programs the Rewards Manager operates with flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment, taking ownership and providing guidance as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

Support People Partners and HRBPs, including, but not limited to:

• Provide guidance to HR in local program/policy matters, prioritization of rewards resources

• Responsible for the end-to-end coordination and execution of the annual compensation review cycle and liaison with relevant internal stakeholders within own geographic scope (PPs, HRBPs, HRIT, Finance)

• Act as a sparring partner on individual salary proposals requiring special expertise

• Work with HR and Finance locally to prepare budget proposals (merit and rewards budget in general)

• Provide training, analyses, and background preparation for Rewards programs and processes to enable People Partners and HRBPs in successfully using these and applying the Rewards principles

Continuous improvement:

• Proactively identify areas of improvement in how the Rewards package is constructed and Rewards are applied in countries/areas of responsibility

• Identify improvement opportunities in local processes and raise to global process managers

• Conduct appropriate market analyses, identifying gap to market and areas needing special attention

Vendor management:

• Review vendor against service level agreements for benefits service delivery, contract negotiation, escalations

Risk and controls governance at country level:

• Ensure compliance of local rewards/benefits programs

Support People Solutions:

• Participate in global projects and are responsible for deployment within own region

• Give input on high level training needs

We’re looking for:

• Strong, significant experience working with Rewards, within a global and complex environment

• Experience of implementing or using a leading global HR system with advanced compensation and benefits modules

• Experience in large international organizations and ability to navigate complex stakeholder matrix

• Ability to effectively engage and mobilise diverse local HR stakeholders

• A proactive, ‘let’s get it done’ attitude geared towards continuous improvement

• Flexibility and adaptability to operate in a fast-paced, developing project environment, taking ownership and setting directions with minimal guidance

• Resilience: the change process, is anything but straight forward; accepting uncertainty and bouncing back from setbacks while keeping your enthusiasm is a tall order, but we need it

• Collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to find solutions

• Highly analytical approach with a strong eye for detail

• Structured working style and focus on delivering results as per agreed timescales and scope

Fluency in German and English The ideal candidate will be based in Hamburg, benefiting of our great and new Maersk office, where our colleagues enjoy a modern and welcoming environment. Our local benefit offers range from mobility to food & beverage to wellbeing to family and more!

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