Manager, Total Rewards

Give and Go Prepared Foods • Toronto, ON

3d • CA$98,000 - CA$125,000

About The Position

Responsible for driving Total Rewards (compensation and benefits) practices to ensure effective execution while actively evaluating process optimization and market competitive value propositions to drive stronger employee engagement, in alignment with our company strategy and employee engagement levels.

Requirements

• Completion of college diploma in Human Resources Management or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in total rewards, with previous experience managing employees.
• Previous experience with Total Rewards processes.
• Knowledge of legislation and country specific programs (benefits and compensation programs) across Canada and USA.
• Previous experience with costing/ benchmarking jobs through job evaluation methodologies.
• Strong leadership skills to influence, mediate conflict, and coach key stakeholders.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal and project management skills.
• Must have sound knowledge of Canadian legislation and organizational practices to develop appropriate/proactive HR interventions.
• Must have advanced skills with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, with strong urgency & multitasking skills and ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Previous experience creating compensation modelling and evaluating jobs in a job evaluation model.
• Previous experience managing and administering flexible benefits programs (US and/or Canada).
• Strong understanding of payroll practices and administrative implications related to retirement and benefits programs.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of programs (compensation, benefits and retirement programs) and creation of strategic offerings to continuously improve our company value proposition.
• Conduct ongoing analysis of industry trends and competitiveness to recommend and establish new strategies in our total rewards philosophy.
• Participate in annual compensation surveys to identify and recommend insights to the leadership team.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of our benefit and retirement programs through program benchmarking and annual experience reviews with brokers.
• Ensure total rewards activities align with our People Calendar and MDLZ phasing, by creating project charters and launch plans.
• Create presentations for senior management to identify strategies that meet our financial ambitions, while providing storytelling to influence new practices and obtain program approval.
• Support the annual budget work-up process within the HR Leadership team.
• Support the development of new and existing Total Rewards policies and programs to ensure effective process management and consistent delivery across the business.
• Lead and execute annual total rewards activities which include:
• Perform job evaluations using Mercer’s IPE Methodology to ensure all roles are properly graded within the organization’s hierarchy; perform ad hoc analysis for new role costing, to set appropriate wages rates.
• Manage the annual STI Performance Bonus incentive program through determining eligibility, updating and distributing plan documents, creating awareness/training staff, creating employee payment files for payroll processing, and developing employee communication; manage bonus transfers to RRSP/401k.
• Work with our vendors/brokers to manage legal compliance for our plans including any testing requirements and data validation.
• Champion the annual wage adjustment processes for hourly (wage progression grid) and salaried (merit) roles by creating wage grids and salary bands, wage adjustment processes, payroll processing files, and conducting equity reviews. Create letters announcing changes for individual compensation.
• Support with the administration and education of the company’s LTI program in partnership with our parent company, Mondelez International.
• Support the Benefits strategy through the annual renewal process (CA/US) and US benefits re-enrollment process.
• Proactively develop annual enrollment campaigns, and ongoing employee education sessions (ex: EFAP, RRSP/401k utilization).
• Actively live and role model our Leadership competencies by holding self and team (including all direct report ‘people leaders’) accountable for creating a positive work environment and culture through administration of our People Processes and Tools.
• Performance Management: Ensure proper onboarding and development of all staff by completing induction process, coaching and developing capabilities, executing PDP start/mid-year dialogues, and engaging in corrective action when required.
• Talent & Succession: Ensure job vacancies are filled by completing the required processes and representing the company with integrity throughout the recruitment process.
• Training: Ensure completion of function compliance training.
• Engagement: Ensure an engaged workforce through development of sound working relationships and execution of Employee Survey action plans.
• Company Values (RDQAS): Ensure teams model our Company values and hold others accountable for the same.
• Contribute to the development of business processes and systems within the company and ensure effective implementation in the Human Resources Department to increase efficiency and consistency.
• Lead ad hoc projects to further develop our HR foundation and program offerings, creating efficiency for the department.

Benefits

• Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree