Job Contributions and Key Responsibilites
Global Compensation
- Serves as the compensation expert leader for compensation program strategy and program design to ensure desired business results.
- Designs and manages global compensation strategy, including base salary, variable pay, equity programs, and executive compensation.
- Leads global benchmarking and market analysis to maintain competitive position across all geographies.
- Develops and maintains compensation structures, salary bands, and job architecture frameworks aligned with organizational goals.
- Partners with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and Finance to ensure compensation recommendations are aligned with internal equity and market competitiveness.
- Provides subject matter expertise on compensation practices, trends, and legislative changes across key global markets.
- Leads the annual compensation review and merit cycle processes, including budgeting, system setup, training, and communications.
- Oversees the global job evaluation processes and ensures consistency in leveling and titling across regions.
- Manage compensation-related audits and ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations in all operating countries.
- Manage Executive Compensation program administration – long term incentive plan activity, payment distribution, ensure integration and alignment of executive pay with overall company goals and objectives.
- Non-Qualified Compensation Deferral Plan – Serves as internal NQDC Plan Administrator for all related activity – enrollment, investment tracking, deferral reporting, distribution activity, participant training and assistance; manage service administrator and advisor relationships.
- Collaborates and consults with functional business leaders and partners to provide analytical insights and compensation guidance to ensure compensation plans in our farming operations provide the desired business results.
- Responsible for external market study and competitive positioning of company pay practices ensuring market competitiveness and cost-effectiveness.
- Comp Data Governance - Oversees the global compensation system capabilities related to information structure, HRIS business process, reporting and analytics capabilities. Partners with IT and HR to maintain global job architecture, compensation structures / guidelines, and data accuracy within Oracle HCM (PeopleConnect).
- Responsible for the compensation and tax equalization for Global Mobility / International Assignments.
Other
- Other Duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Experience with global compensation, deferred compensation, tax equalization for expatriate and mobility programs.
- Experienced change agent related to implementation of compensation programs and reorganizations, organizational structural changes.
- Knowledge and experience of the agricultural workforce and issues preferred
- Knowledge and experience with LEAN methodology desired.
- Experience managing / implementing compensation within an HR Information System preferred.
- Fluent in English and Spanish (verbal and written communication)
- Ability to be agile, innovative, and forward thinker with process improvements to help support business needs.
- Ability to summarize large amounts of data into understandable, digestible formats. Exceptional analytical, statistical, quantitative, and deduction skills.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive matter with objectivity and discretion.
- Ability to use good judgement.
- Exceptional communication and customer service skills and ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization including senior leadership across all departments and C-Suite.
- Ability to influence and present to Company Leaders at all levels and Board of Directors.
- Exceptional project management skills, ability to manage projects with remote participants both direct and indirect reporting relationships.
- Comfortable and experienced with ambiguity, complexity, and urgency.
- Ability to build relationships, rapport easily and collaborate with others in the organization.
Education Level:
- Bachelor's degree in related field is preferred; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Years of Experience:
- Minimum of 10 years Human Resources experience with at least 5 years in compensation leadership role in publicly and/or privately held companies, global corporations with prior management experience.
- Desirable experience with international compensation practices (Latin-America, EMEA, China).
- Experience with organization structures / restructure design.
- Experience working with managing consultants, large scale projects, and both internal and external relationships.
Specializations, Certifications and Specific Experience:
- Oracle experience a plus.
- HR Certifications a plus.
Licenses:
- If driving is necessary as part of the job, employees are required to possess a valid driver's license.
Necessary Software:
- Microsoft Office Suite – Intermediate
Travel Requirements:
- Ability to travel 25 percent of the time – domestic and international.
Pay Scale: $196,600 to 228,000
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