About the role

The Reward Partner for Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong is an important role in our HR function. This role works closely with both the business and HR in enabling us to evolve the business at pace, and attract, motivate, and retain best in class talent. The successful candidate will be involved in key reward agenda and projects, as well as the operational delivery of reward processes for both Compensation and Benefits. The ability to deliver tailored reward solutions within a global framework, providing commercially-focused, pragmatic advice, and ensuring the reward programs align with the organisation’s needs both now and in the future is essential.

The role is based in Shanghai and reports to Reward Business Partner (lead of China & Hong Kong), also based in Shanghai.

Key responsibilities

Implement Compensation and Benefits programmes and offerings, balancing adherence to global frameworks with local requirements:

Participate in projects and support core processes ensuring high quality and efficient deployment, which will include leading implementation of the Annual Reward Cycle (Performance & Reward process), salary benchmarking, benefits reviews, etc.
Provide expert Compensation and Benefits guidance to the business and HR leaders
Manage the relationship with external Benefits vendors and complete annual renewals

Work with metrics, reports and compensation & benefits tools to inform reward decisions ensuring they support business performance and objectives (for example job evaluation)
Participate in various market surveys to get insights on market trends
Develop and design local compensation & benefits programs and policies to ensure compliance with up-to-date local government regulations and in line with business strategy
Deliver Rewards related training/education to both HR and business where necessary

Qualifications and skills

Essential

Bachelor’s degree and above
5+ years related working experience with solid C&B knowledge and skills
Good understanding of the markets incl. government regulations and market trends, and the differences in the countries in scope of the role
Comfortable dealing with ambiguity, managing complex issues and creative problem solving
Strong analytical skills with process-oriented mindset
Ability to work with stakeholders of varying seniority
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Language: fluent in both Chinese and English

Preferred

Experience from a large / global corporation
Previous experience of working in complex/matrixed organisations
Experience from working in a Consumer Goods industry

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