Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

In this role, you will be a key player in our Rewards EMEA team. You will develop, implement, control, and manage local compensation benefits and CBE (Cross Border Employment)  tools, -programmes and processes in our Benelux sub-cluster, mainly in The Netherlands. The aim is to ensure that our employees are both competitive and have gender-neutral compensation and to meet the needs of employees of all generations to incentivise them to come and stay at adidas.

Key Responsibilities

• Compensation Management

• Conduct research and analysis on compensation and benefits trends and best practices, and make recommendations to HR Business Partners for improvements.
• Conduct and review gradings for HRBPs and provide appropriate advice.
• Create and propose salary ranges by country or function.
• Support and prepare (executive) salary proposals
• Implement global compensation tools, programs and processes for executives
• Preparation of STI (Short term incentive) target structure of employee groups
• Ensure compensation and benefits programs are competitive and aligned with market trends and company goals

• Benefits

• Managing supplier relationships and monitoring the smooth running of plans
• Regularly review local benefits plans including contract renewals and/or tenders

• • Cross-Border Employment
• Case management of executive relocations.
• Support and point of contact for any local escalation and/or exceptions needed for CBE

• Design

• Adequate/adapt and maintain local compensation, benefits and CBE (Cross Border Employment) policies and guidelines within the global framework including the creation and o updating of policy documents.
• Lead the development and implementation of new compensation and benefits programs, policies, and procedures
• Works council agreements, if required
• Implement, improve and communicate local compensation, benefits and CBE programs.
• Ensure excellent administration of the programs.

• Training, communication and change management

• Adapt and implement change management concepts for local, strategic and global compensation, benefits and CBE programs.
• Provide technical and process-related training follow up to HR
• Adapt, prepare and deliver local/individual communications on global, local and strategic compensation, benefits and CBE programs.

• Compliance

• Identify, translate and implement new local regulatory requirements related to rewards topics
• Ensure full compliance with legal, labour relations, tax and social security requirements
• Interpret and implement, collective bargaining and legal agreements and consequences as they related to rewards topics
• Determine and implement locally relevant audit actions, and follow up on audit action points  related to rewards topics

Key Relationships

• Cross-Border Employment, Compensation & Benefits
• GBS (Global Business Services)
• Rewards Teams
• HR Business Partners, Talent
• External Consultants and Authorities
• Works Council
• Finance
• Business Leads and members

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proactive, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to work under pressure and set priorities
• Tolerance of ambiguity
• Excellent presentation, communication and persuasion skills (senior management)
• Analytical and detail-oriented approach
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to think and implement processes through to the end
• Very good command of English
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity: ability to adapt working practices to meet different cultural norms
• Very good collaboration skills and ability to build effective, close, and successful working relationships across all levels of the organisation

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree or adequate education
• At least six years of general HR professional experience, especially focusing on the area of Rewards.
• Strong knowledge of local laws related to compensation and benefits.
• Experience in managing and implementing total rewards programs.