Senior Director – Total Rewards & HCMS

Senior Director – Total Rewards & HCMS

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in leading total rewards, compensation, benefits, and HR technology, in North America, ideally within a growing, fast-paced organization with corporate and manufacturing teams.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and strategic Total Rewards design skills
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Deep expertise in growing, coaching, and supervising teams in the Total Rewards space.
• Knowledge of governmental regulations for benefit programs, compensation programs, and payroll.

Responsibilities

• Create the strategic long-term framework for Total Rewards in close collaboration with the executive team, senior leadership, and human resources leadership.
• Direct the design, delivery, communication, training, and administration of the Total Rewards programs and Human Resources system services.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Executive Team and senior leaders, ensuring total rewards programs align with business objectives, and philosophy and support a high-performance culture.
• Lead the development and long-range planning and implementation of programs and systems to ensure we meet the goals of our People promise and create business efficiencies to support business activities.
• Prepare and deliver Total Rewards presentations for the company’s Board of Directors or subcommittees as they relate to Total Rewards initiatives and proposals.
• Direct the design, delivery, communication, and administration of the executive compensation programs, ensuring a competitive framework and alignment with organizational goals.
• Direct the design, delivery, communication, and administration of cash incentive programs. Providing insight and recommendations for change optimization as needed.
• Utilizing a combination of personal experience, external Benefits professionals, and internal feedback, enhance and ensure benefits offerings and policies are market competitive, legally compliant, and aligned with our employee experience strategy.
• Lead a team that manages and maintains benefit programs including retirement plans, leave policies, wellness programs, and insurance programs. Create performance metrics that show ROI of programs and increase team member benefits engagement.
• Oversee the annual year-end compensation process, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives. Provide leadership and guidance to the compensation team, ensuring effective execution, while advising senior leaders and HR leadership on compensation-related decisions.
• Oversee benchmarking and data analysis efforts to ensure total rewards programs remain market and industry-competitive, financially sustainable, internally equitable, and of value to our team members. Staying abreast of industry trends and best practices; adjusting strategies as necessary to meet business vision and goals.
• Provide strategic oversight of HR technology initiatives and ensuring accuracy, reliability, and security of people data as well as continuous process optimization. Develop a comprehensive HR data strategy that enables business leaders to make informed, data-driven decisions.
• Provide strategic guidance of the performance management framework, ensuring alignment with the organization’s pay-for-performance philosophy.
• Direct communication efforts to educate leadership, at all levels, of our compensation principles, practices and partner to solidify fair and equitable pay practices. Ensure clear and consistent messaging to team members around pay practices and how pay-for-performance compensation is delivered at Ardent Mills.
• Provide oversight and direction on the administration of Payroll services for the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico ensuring consistent compliance and accuracy.
• Contribute to the Total Rewards aspects of M&A from initial due diligence through integration/divestment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Specific experience utilizing Workday core and add-on modules.
• Familiarity with Canada and Puerto Rico benefits and compensation
• Union environments
• CEBS, CCP, CBP, or SPHR certification or advanced degree