Senior Manager HR Rewards

Adidas is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders (incl. gender identity), ethnic and social backgrounds, nationalities, sexual orientations, religions and beliefs, and those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities*. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees.*We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: Develop, implement, control, and manage local compensation benefits and CBE tools, -programmes and processes. The aim is to ensure that our employees are both competitive and gender-neutral compensation, and to meet the needs of employees of all needs of employees of all generations to incentivise them to come and stay at adidas. Key Responsibilities: Compensation Management Acquire and manage local studies and establish compensation benchmarking for a position or group of positions. Advise HRBPs on results. Conduct and review gradings for HRBPs and provide appropriate advice. Create and propose salary bands by country or function. Maintain the job catalogue Support and prepare (executive) salary proposals Input into and implement global compensation tools, programs and -processes for executives Preparation of STI target structure, structuring of employee groups and ensuring upload to the system Collecting and communicating local target achievement results Benefits Managing supplier relationships and monitoring the smooth running of plans Regularly review local benefits plans including contract renewals and/or tenders Cross-Border Employment Case management of executive relocations. Design: Define, design and maintain local compensation, benefits and CBE policies and guidelines within the global framework. Policies within the global framework, including the creation and/or updating of policy documents. updating policy documents and providing input to the required Works council agreements, if required Implement, improve and communicate local compensation, benefits and CBE programs. Ensure excellent administration of the programs. Training, communication and change management Design and implement change management concepts for local, strategic and global compensation, benefits and CBE programs. Provide technical and process related training to HR Create, prepare and deliver local/individual communications on global, local and strategic compensation, benefits and CBE programs. Compliance Identify, translate and implement new local regulatory requirements Ensure full compliance with legal, labour relations, tax and social security requirements Interpret and implement collective bargaining, collective bargaining and legal agreements and consequences Determine and implement locally relevant audit actions, follow up on audit action points. Key Relationships: Cross-Border Employment, Compensation & Benefits GBS Rewards Teams HR Business Partners, Talent External Consultants and Authorities Works Council Finance Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Self-motivated, proactive, and continuous improvement mindset. Ability to work under pressure and set priorities Strong customer focus and service-oriented attitude Tolerance of ambiguity Team player Excellent presentation, communication and persuasion skills (senior management) Analytical and detail-oriented approach Excellent organisational and problem solving skills Ability to think processes through to the end Very good command of English Cultural awareness and sensitivity: ability to adapt working practices to meet different cultural norms Very good collaboration skills and ability to build effective, close and successful working relationships across all levels of the organisation Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: University degree or adequate education At least six years of general HR professional experience, especially in the area of Rewards