Sr. Manager

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As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family‑owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award‑winning dairy products that bring people together.

In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta,
Président® specialty cheeses and butters,
Kraft® natural and grated cheeses,
Breakstone’s® cottage cheese,
Cracker Barrel®,
Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®,
Stonyfield Organic®,
Brown Cow™,
Oui®,
Yoplait®,
Go‑Gurt®, :ratio®,
Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®,
Gopi®, and Arz®.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values—
Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity
. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.

Lactalis USA, part of the Lactalis family of companies, is currently hiring a Senior Manager, Benefits based in Buffalo NY.

As a Senior Manager, Benefits, the role will carry out responsibilities such as but not limited to leading the strategy, administration, compliance, and continuous improvement of the organization's health, welfare, retirement, and wellbeing programs. The position oversees all aspects of benefits operations, including vendor management, regulatory compliance, annual enrollment, financial administration, and employee communications, while partnering closely with HR, Finance, Payroll, HRIS, and external providers.

The role serves as the organization's subject matter expert on benefits and retirement programs, drives process and technology enhancements, analyzes program effectiveness and cost trends, and ensures a compliant, efficient, and employee‑centric benefits experience that supports business objectives. The Senior Manager, Benefits reports to the Organization and HR VP.

Key responsibilities for this position include:

• Lead the strategy, administration, and continuous improvement of U.S. health, welfare, retirement, and wellbeing programs to deliver competitive, compliant, cost‑effective offerings.
• Manage and develop a team of three Benefits Specialists through coaching, prioritization, performance management, and accountability for service delivery.
• Oversee benefits operations, including eligibility, enrollment, life events, payroll deductions, vendor integrations, COBRA, retirement programs, and annual enrollment.
• Manage relationships with benefits vendors, brokers, consultants, carriers, and third‑party administrators, including contracts, performance, service standards, and issue resolution.
• Partner with Payroll, HRIS, Finance, HR leadership, and external providers to ensure accurate administration, data integrity, compliance, and a positive employee experience.
• Establish and maintain operational controls, standard operating procedures, audits, and service standards that support efficient, scalable, and compliant operations.
• Lead annual renewals and budget management through plan design evaluation, benchmarking, forecasting, financial analysis, vendor…