Benefits & Compensation Manager

By your key position in our company, you will support our environmental and social initiatives to drive progress against our corporate social responsibility and B Corp certification ambitions.

What you will Do:

• Administer a comprehensive range of employee benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, HSAs, and other relevant programs for both exempt and nonexempt employees.
• Assist in managing our compensation program, including Long-Term Incentive (LTI) plans, annual bonus structures, and providing support in financial forecasting related to bonus plan costs.
• Coordinate employee health and wellness initiatives and events to promote a culture of well-being and engagement within the workforce.
• Work closely with employees to understand their needs, providing informed guidance and support in navigating benefit and compensation options effectively.
• Act as a key point of contact for day-to-day benefit administration, responding to inquiries, resolving issues, and liaising with internal HR teams, benefit providers, and third-party administrators.
• Ensure compliance in the administration of our benefits plans and ensure management of invoices in an accurate and timely manner
• Maintain our salary structure with new positions or changed roles and support salary benchmarking to update our compensation data.
• Partner with the group compensation team to align compensation practices globally.

• Complete Annual enrollment
• Complete Annual bonus goal setting process
• Management and administration of employee benefit records including HRIS database.
• Process invoices and oversee billing processes including reconciliation, resolving billing errors, eligibility issues, and adjustments for all benefit plans including 401k and COBRA
• Manage administration and transmission of weekly benefit provider file feeds.
• Perform benefit audits and data analysis by monitoring employee coverage changes to ensure accuracy
• Maintain benefit information and policies on internal communication resources, and develop new communication materials, strategies, and project plans to enhance employees understanding of benefit offerings.
• Ensure compliance with applicable government regulations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree preferred
• A minimum of 5-7 years benefits analyst/administration experience.
• Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), Certified Benefits Professional (CBP), or other benefits specific certifications are preferred.
• Proficient in use of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Google (mail, calendar, drive, docs, sheets, slides), and HRIS.
• Human Resource experience in manufacturing/retail or similar workforce context where the workforce speaks multiple languages.
• Works effectively and efficiently towards goals in a complex, fast paced, and diverse environment with changing demands.

Desired Qualifications:

• Ability to translate benefits strategy that is defined and translate it into actionable executable items.
• Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to influence decision making.
• Courage to make tough decisions and deliver difficult messages with professionalism and poise.
• Demonstrated ability to work in and manage ambiguity – dealing with issues that are new and undefined.
• Ability to position self as credible; proactive; and a trusted thought-partner.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to balance business partnering skills with employee advocacy.
• Maintains a high level of professionalism on confidentiality of employee and/or company information.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects with overlapping tasks.
• Ability to understand the business operations and workforce.
• Manufacturing/retail experience preferred.
• Experience supporting front-line, field-based client groups is required; Practicing HR in a manufacturing or distribution center environment is preferred.
• Proactively reviews benefit/compensation programs and policies, looking for opportunities to create new or improve established programs from a multi-site nationwide perspective.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and collaborate up and down the organization.
• A proven track record of results with a bias for action
• A passion for learning and a craving to work in a fun culture.
• Strong MS Office Skills—particularly Excel
• Must ensure activities are in compliance with all state and federal employment laws and regulations (e.g., FMLA, ADA, EEO and FLSA