Total Rewards Manager-Americas

Job Title: Total Rewards Manager-Americas
Location: WM USA - 37 Upton Drive
Location Type: Hybrid
Salary: Competitive Salary Excellent Benefits
Requisition Closing date: 06/05/2024 
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

This role will focus on:

The Total Rewards Manager for the Americas region plays a pivotal role in ensuring the well-being and satisfaction of our employees across North America and Latin America. This multifaceted position involves overseeing a broad spectrum of responsibilities related to compensation and benefits. From staying updated on evolving laws and regulations to crafting and refining policies, the Total Rewards Manager collaborates with the Group Center of Excellence to align with our pay philosophy specifically for the Americas. They work closely with HR leaders from different countries in the region to understand and address regional compensation dynamics effectively. Additionally, the Total Rewards Manager collaborates with the Americas Leadership Team to develop and implement sales incentive plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives and driving performance across the region. Meticulously reviewing payroll cycles, contributing to compensation and benefits strategies, and fostering seamless collaboration with HR Business Partners are key aspects of this role, aimed at enhancing the employee experience in the Americas region.

What you’ll be doing

• Collaborate with the Group Center of Excellence (COE) to align total rewards with the organization's pay philosophy, ensuring compliance with evolving laws and regulations while focusing specifically on the Americas region.
• Craft, revise, and implement comprehensive total rewards policies and procedures tailored to the needs of the Americas region, taking into account industry best practices and regional variations.
• Meticulously audit and review payroll cycles processed by ADP for accuracy, ensuring compliance with regional and international requirements.
• Engage in cross-collaboration with HR leaders from North and South America to gain insights into regional compensation and benefits practices, facilitating a cohesive approach across the Americas.
• Conduct thorough analyses of the division's compensation and benefits structure in the Americas, making strategic recommendations for enhancements and efficiencies.
• Oversee and manage employee benefit plans for the Americas region, collaborating closely with benefits brokers, ADP Workforce Services, and third-party administrators.
• Maintain precise and up-to-date benefit and enrollment data in all HR systems, ensuring accuracy and accessibility for employees in the Americas.
• Provide vital support for international transfer and relocated colleagues processes in the Americas, ensuring seamless compliance with applicable laws and regulations, along with Group Mobility Policy.
• Lead the planning and execution of employee communication initiatives related to compensation and benefits in the Americas, enhancing employees' understanding and appreciation of their benefits offerings.
• Collaborate closely with Human Resource Business Partners (HRBPs) in the Americas to ensure a unified and consistent employee experience in compensation and benefits matters.
• Drive the annual benefits renewal process for the Americas region, incorporating leadership input, market research, and cost analysis into strategic recommendations.
• Conduct informative training sessions on compensation and benefits-related topics for HR teams and employees in the Americas, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of total rewards programs. Spearhead cross-functional projects aimed at optimizing total rewards processes and enhancing operational efficiency, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among team members to drive continuous improvement.
• Apply a keen attention to detail, strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills to assess and enhance total rewards programs in the Americas.
• Maintain open and effective communication and collaboration with colleagues at all organizational levels within the Americas, upholding the highest standards of data confidentiality and integrity.

Who you’ll be working with

• Americas Division Leadership Team: Engage closely with senior leaders to integrate HR strategies with business goals, focusing on total rewards and compliance initiatives. Collaborate on managing organizational changes while ensuring workforce well-being and compliance.
• Regional HR Leaders: Collaborate with regional HR leaders to implement total rewards strategies tailored to regional needs and opportunities, including benefits management and compliance.
• Legal Experts: Consult frequently with legal experts to ensure all total rewards policies and initiatives comply with employment laws and regulations. Work together to navigate complex legal landscapes related to compensation, benefits, and compliance.
• Global Rewards Center of Excellence (COE): Coordinate with the Global Rewards COE to ensure that regional total rewards initiatives align with global strategies and best practices.
• ADP Workforce Services: Work closely with ADP Workforce Services for payroll processing and compliance reviews, ensuring accuracy and adherence to policies.
• International HR Leaders: Engage in cross-collaboration with HR leaders from various countries to gain insights into regional compensation nuances and benefits practices.
• External Partners and Vendors: Liaise with external organizations, including benefits brokers, 401K administrators, educational institutions, recruitment agencies, and diversity-focused groups, to support talent acquisition, compliance, and diversity goals.
• Employees: Provide guidance and support to employees regarding total rewards-related inquiries, ensuring that they understand and appreciate the value of our compensation and benefits programs.
• Internal Stakeholders: Collaborate with various internal stakeholders involved in total rewards-related initiatives, such as senior management, finance, and legal teams, to align total rewards strategies with business objectives.

This is what you’ll need to be successful in this role

• Comprehensive Understanding: Demonstrated expertise in total rewards, encompassing compensation, benefits, and compliance, with a commitment to fairness, equity, and inclusivity.
• Inclusive Leadership and Communication: Ability to lead inclusively, valuing diverse perspectives and effectively communicating complex ideas with clarity, empathy, and respect.
  Data-Driven Decision Making: Proficiency in utilizing HR analytics and data to inform total rewards strategies, promoting fairness, equity, and inclusivity.
• Change Management and Problem-Solving: Experience in leading change initiatives that foster inclusive and equitable organizational cultures, utilizing innovative problem-solving approaches to enhance inclusivity and equity in the workplace.

Educational and Professional Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in relevant fields is preferred, with diverse educational backgrounds and life experiences being valued. Relevant certifications are highly regarded but not required.
• Global and Multicultural Awareness: Understanding of global and multicultural environments, with the ability to navigate diverse cultural dynamics with sensitivity and respect.
• Continuous Learning and Ethical Judgment: Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development, especially in HR, diversity, equity, and inclusion, while maintaining strong ethical principles and cultural competence.
• Adaptability: Agility to adjust to evolving business needs and environments, with a readiness to adapt strategies inclusively and thoughtfully.
• Physical Requirements: Ability to perform the essential functions of the job, including but not limited to sitting for extended periods, using a computer keyboard, and occasionally lifting and carrying objects up to 40 pounds, with accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Core Functional Responsibilities

• Foundational Skills: Compensation Policy Development, Benefits Administration, Payroll Management, Compliance with Employment Laws, Data Management and Reporting, Employee Communication.
• Advanced Skills: Strategic Compensation Planning, Sales Incentive Plan Design, Data Analytics & Benchmarking, Cross-Regional Collaboration, Diversity & Inclusion in Total Rewards, Global Mobility and Expatriate Management, Project Leadership and Process Improvement.

•  Robust Retirement Plan: Benefit from a guaranteed 5% employer contribution to your 401K, plus an additional 3% employer match, empowering your financial security.
• Comprehensive and Supportive Parental Leave: Experience our inclusive, gender-neutral parental leave policy, offering 16 weeks at 100% pay. Upon your return, enjoy a gradual transition with a unique 80% work schedule while still receiving 100% of your pay for the first 6 months, ensuring a balanced reintegration into the workplace.
• Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample time off to recharge and attend to life's circumstances with generous vacation and well-being days, 9 observed holidays, 15 caregiver days, and 80 hours of annual sick leave.
• Community Engagement Opportunities: Make a difference with 3 paid volunteer days each year, encouraging you to give back to the community and causes you care about.
• And Many More Benefits: Discover a wide range of additional perks and benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth. We invite you to explore all the ways we strive to create a fulfilling and rewarding work environment.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include:

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more.

Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other protected characteristics as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.