Sr. Manager

Sr. Manager, Compensation

Work Mode:
Onsite

Onsite - Kohler, WI

Leads Americas compensation consulting and Global Programs including:

• Proactive compensation consulting, strategies, program design and business partnership for Kohler Co. businesses and positions in the Americas region.
• Design and management of Americas compensation programs and processes such as bonus, merit, market pricing, wage & benefit, special bonus, critical positions, job architecture, etc.
• Manages global compensation programs and processes, participates in the administration of exempt compensation, including research, consulting and technical support for the development and implementation of plans, policies, and programs to compensate employees, and also leading key compensation programs and processes.

Strategic, Proactive Compensation Consulting & Program Design for the Americas

• Provides leadership and direction to the Americas Compensation team to proactively develop and implement compensation strategies to attract and retain talent.
• Designs and develops compensation programs to assure competitiveness, consistency, equity and validity; giving consideration to individual country practices, laws and regulations as well as Kohler Co. practices.
• Researches compensation best practices and programs. Proactively analyzes management, recruiting and market practices. Makes recommendations for compensation strategies and adaptation of programs to Kohler Co. as appropriate.
• Reviews existing compensation programs and guidelines to insure market competitiveness of Kohler Co. practices as well as compliance with country and local laws and Kohler Co. approval policies and procedures.
• Conducts and analyzes market compensation surveys to support competitive compensation classifications and individual pay. Selects market surveys to purchase and/or participate in. Coordinates the market survey participation process.
• Provides compensation policy interpretation and guidance to HR and managers. Able to work through the most complex transactions as well as mentor and coach others on these transactions.
• Supports enterprise compensation program & process transformation including ACT, authority levels, market pricing process, job architecture, etc. Applies continuous improvement techniques (ie. BPRs) to improve Americas & enterprise compensation programs and to simplify and improve efficiency of compensation processes.

Management of Compensation Programs

• Designs and manages compensation programs, processes and systems to assure competitiveness, consistency, equity and validity; giving consideration to individual country practices, laws and regulations as well as Kohler Co. practices. Examples include merit, bonus, market pricing, compensation structure/job architecture, wage & benefit process, etc.
• Responsible for market competitive compensation and market pricing process, reviewing existing compensation programs and guidelines to insure market competitiveness of Kohler Co. practices as well as compliance with country and local laws and Kohler Co. approval policies and procedures.
• Manages executive, management and professional compensation programs, including merit processes in addition to merit administration for administrative non‑exempt associates globally.
• Provides leadership for global projects relating to improvements in compensation processes. Applies continuous improvement techniques to improve efficiency of compensation processes.

Other Responsibilities

• Conducts or facilitates training sessions on topics related to compensation.
• Maintains liaisons with compensation organizations, other companies, professional groups, etc. to stay abreast of new compensation developments and exchange information.
• Assists in HR due diligence for Mergers & Acquisitions.
• Assists in Factory compensation for the Americas.
• Performs related assignments as delegated.

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Minimum 7 years experience in Human Resources, Business or related field. Ideal candidate will have a minimum 5 years experience (3 years as Manager) specific to Compensation or related role, in positions of progressive…