Head of Performance and Reward, Americas

KONE•Lisle, IL

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. KONE's mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make the world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. KONE's operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped achieve its position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others. The Head of Performance & Reward (P&R), Americas will lead a team of Performance and Reward professionals located in multiple countries (United States, Mexico, and Canada) ensuring a high level of performance that supports the business strategy and customer needs. This role involves implementing and driving the use of KONE reward, benefit, recognition and performance management policies, guidelines, processes, systems, and practices throughout the Area so that outcomes meet current and future business needs. The Head of P&R will also engage and motivate employees consistent with KONE’s desired internal and external market position, and design and develop Area level reward strategies, policies, and guidelines aligned with KONE level philosophy, strategy, and frameworks.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive experience
7+ years in compensation and/or benefits
5+ years leading people and developing talent
A bachelor’s degree is required.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively listen and communicate with internal and external customers at all levels of an organization.
Critical thinking and analytical skills required.
Proven success and experience implementing best practice processes in compensation, benefits, and other human resources administrative areas.
Policy creation and administration.
Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook) and enterprise human resource capital systems.
Strong project management skills used to drive business results.
Ability to deal with ambiguity.
Demonstrates interpersonal savvy, works collaboratively and builds relationships with all customers, domestic and global, and across the organization.
Demonstrates strong analytical/problem solving skills to make sound recommendations to customers.
Possess the ability to look beyond symptoms of problems to develop sound, logical root cause analysis to solve difficult problems.
Demonstrates ability to effectively service customers who have competing priorities and to become knowledgeable of the various cultures within the organization that drive the customer’s desires.
High integrity and ability to handle confidential information.
Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.

Nice To Haves

HR Business Partner experience a plus.
MBA is preferred.
Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) is strongly preferred.
PHR/SPHR is a plus.
LEAN Six Sigma training and mind set preferred.
Bi-Lingual (English/Spanish) preferred, French a plus

Responsibilities

Develop, drive, and implement strategies for Performance and Reward to maintain or improve KONE’s global compensation, salary management, performance management, mobility and benefits policies, processes and systems so they meet KONE's objectives with regards to internal equity, external market competitiveness and driving employee engagement and productivity.
Act as a trusted, senior advisor to Business Leaders, Finance, and HR on Area compensation, mobility and benefit policies, best practices and processes, and recommend/propose changes and improvements.
Provide support to People & Communications Directors and Area EVPs on grading and reward proposals for the Area Management team members.
Contribute to the development of global rewards, recognition, and performance management policies, guidelines, and processes; ensuring local business needs and employee market trends and insights are included.
Drive the KONE global annual P&R processes in the Area.
Collaborate with the Global P&R team and HR Services to ensure annual programs are designed and delivered successfully.
Analyze and evaluate external and internal market trends.
Use analytics and data to develop employment cost budgets and forecasts, as well as performance, reward and recognition approaches that are aligned with the business requirements and enable business leaders to make strategic decisions.
Leads or acts as a strategic member of the Americas People & Communication Leadership Team.
Leads or acts as a strategic member of the Global Performance Reward Management Team.
Chairperson of the Retirement Committees for the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Chairperson of the U.S. Benefits Committee.
Chairperson of the Americas Compensation Committee.
Lead Area level Performance and Reward projects and ensure Area operating plan is executed on time achieving expected quality and outcomes.
Participates and contribute to global Performance and Reward Projects.

Benefits

Competitive salary
Flexible work schedule
Opportunities to learn and grow
401K Employer Match
401k Employer Non-elective Contribution
Well-being Program
Medical, Prescription, Dental and Vision Insurance
Digital Health Solutions & Telehealth
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
Family & Medical Leave
Parental Leave
Leave to Care for a Domestic Partner
Paid Time Off & Holidays
Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
Company Paid Short-term and Long-term Disability
Buy-Up Long-term Disability
Critical Illness Insurance
Hospital Indemnity & Accident Insurance
Identity Theft Protection
Legal Insurance
KONE Credit Union
Tuition Reimbursement
Commuter Benefits
Annual Bonus plan at 25% Target Incentive (70/30) based on achievement of company goals and individual goals.