Benefits Manager

Adient • Plymouth, MI

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About The Position

The U.S. Benefits Manager leads the design, implementation, communication, and administration of the company’s U.S. health and welfare and retirement programs. The role provides consultative support to Human Resources, leaders, and employees on benefit plans, policies, regulatory requirements, and complex claims or administration issues. This position recommends benefit solutions aligned with the company’s business and talent objectives and maintains financial and operational oversight of vendor billing, employee contributions, benefit data, and administration systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of ten years of progressively responsible benefits experience, including broad knowledge of benefit strategy, compliance, administration, and operations.
• Experience managing benefit vendors, consultants, and brokers.
• Thorough knowledge of benefit administration and applicable federal and state requirements, including ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, and the Affordable Care Act.
• Experience supporting interactions, filings, audits, or inquiries involving the IRS and U.S. Department of Labor.
• Strong vendor, consultant, and broker management skills, including contract negotiation, performance oversight, and issue escalation.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex benefit matters clearly to employees and leaders at all levels.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including analyzing benefit costs, identifying trends, evaluating profit-and-loss and budget impacts, and preparing actionable reports for Human Resources and Finance.
• Demonstrated project management, organizational, and complex problem-solving skills, including managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Sound independent judgment, discretion, and ability to protect confidential and sensitive information.
• Strong service orientation and ability to build effective internal and external working relationships.
• Proficiency with human resources information systems, benefit administration platforms, and Microsoft Office applications.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting a fast-paced, complex organization.
• Professional certification or specialized coursework in employee benefits, human resources, or a related field.
• Advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, implementation, and ongoing administration of employee benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, wellness, 401(k), flexible spending accounts, and voluntary benefits.
• Manage relationships with benefit providers, consultants, brokers, and service administrators; negotiate contracts and evaluate vendor performance, service quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Analyze plan coverage, utilization, market practices, employee needs, and industry trends, and recommend benefit strategies, policies, and programs.
• Develop and execute multi-channel communications to help employees understand and use their benefits.
• Oversee compliance with federal and state benefit regulations, reporting obligations, and filing requirements, including Affordable Care Act reporting, Form 5500 filings, IRS and U.S. Department of Labor requirements, and audit responses.
• Identify compliance risks and communicate material concerns, required actions, and potential business impacts to senior management.
• Maintain leave-of-absence policies and processes to support compliance, consistent administration, benefit continuation, and effective employee and manager communications.
• Lead annual open enrollment for benefit and 401(k) programs, including planning, communications, system configuration and testing, vendor and consultant coordination, reporting, and issue resolution.
• Provide guidance on escalated employee benefit and claims matters and coordinate with vendors and internal partners to resolve issues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager