Senior Rewards Partner

HAVI is a global, privately owned company focused on innovating, optimizing and managing the supply chains of leading brands. Offering services in marketing analytics, packaging, supply chain management and logistics, HAVI partners with companies to address challenges big and small across the supply chain, from commodity to customer. Founded in 1974, HAVI employs more than 10,000 people and serves customers in more than 100 countries. HAVI's supply chain services are complemented by the customer engagement services offered by our affiliated company The Marketing Store. For more information, please visit  

Senior Rewards Partner

The Senior Rewards Partner plays a key role in shaping and implementing compensation and workforce planning strategies across the organization. This role acts as a strategic advisor to HR, Talent, and business leaders, ensuring reward practices are fair, competitive, and aligned with both business goals and market. The position supports global and cluster initiatives with a dedicated focus on clusters DACH & Central Europe.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver compensation benchmarking, job evaluations, and salary structure reviews using global survey data.
• Coordinate annual compensation cycles including system readiness, budgeting, data validation, and outcome reporting.
• Support local and global compliance topics such as pay equity analysis, minimum wage tracking, and audit readiness.
• Act as a liaison between Total Rewards, HRIS, and People Operations to ensure smooth process execution.
• Prepare guidance materials and communication decks for HR and business stakeholders during compensation planning cycles.
• Provide ongoing support for grading requests, new role assessments, and internal mobility reviews.

Requirements

Experience:

• Proven experience in rewards or HR operations, with a focus on compensation within a global organizational context.
• Strong track record in managing job architecture frameworks, implementing pay equity practices, and overseeing external compensation audits.
• Familiarity with working alongside works councils and other external regulatory bodies influencing compensation structures and policies.
  
  

Technical Skills:

• Strong understanding of rewards and compensation principles, processes, and systems.
• Proficiency in HRIS platforms (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors) and advanced Excel skills.
• Expertise in handling data management, reporting, and analytics for rewards-related activities.
• Experience with Mercer and Towers Watson compensation structures is a must.

Soft Skills:

• Lateral Leadership is a must + experience with managing teams in a global matrix structure
• Exceptional project management skills with a focus on meeting deadlines and delivering quality outcomes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across diverse geographies.
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving orientation with a passion for driving improvements.

Benefits

• Possibility of turning your own ideas into success
• Diverse development opportunities
• Varied and interesting field of work
• Responsible task with plenty of leeway
• Collegial working atmosphere
• Hybrid work-model
• Open corporate culture
• Cooperation with a dynamic team
• Attractive remuneration models with performance-related pay
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
• Successful and rapidly growing employer
• Comprehensive, individual familiarization with the work
• Offer for health promotion
• Modern work equipment
• Diverse development opportunities in an international environment
• Training according to training schedule and training regulations in the relevant specialist field

At HAVI GBS, we believe in an inclusive and sustainable workplace where our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we are committed to promoting diversity within the organization, as well as an inclusive environment where everyone can feel valued and respected, regardless of their background.