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Introduction:

Our client is a globally recognized manufacturing organization supplying innovative products and solutions to the automotive industry. With operations across multiple countries and a strong reputation for quality, technology, and continuous improvement, the company offers an exciting opportunity to work within a truly international business environment. We are seeking an experienced HR Rewards & People Analytics Lead to play a key role in strengthening compensation programs, enhancing HR systems, and delivering workforce insights that support strategic business decisions. This position will work closely with local leadership, regional HR teams, and global stakeholders, making it an excellent opportunity for a highly analytical and commercially minded HR professional.

Responsibilities:

Compensation Strategy & Market Intelligence

1. Participate in annual salary reviews, merit increase cycles, and performance bonus administration.
2. Conduct compensation benchmarking and market competitiveness analyses using reputable salary survey data.
3. Monitor compensation trends, industry practices, and emerging reward strategies to support talent attraction and retention.
4. Collaborate with employee representatives and cross-functional teams to develop and enhance welfare and recognition initiatives.
5. Provide data-driven recommendations to support reward-related decision making.

HR Analytics & Business Reporting

1. Transform HR data into actionable insights that support workforce planning and organizational effectiveness.
2. Develop meaningful HR dashboards, scorecards, and workforce analytics to support business leaders.
3. Generate regular and ad hoc reports covering compensation, workforce trends, organizational metrics, and HR performance indicators.
4. Prepare executive-level presentations and reports for local, regional, and global management teams.
5. Establish reporting standards, documentation, and user guides to improve consistency and efficiency.

HR Technology & Process Excellence

1. Act as the focal point for HR systems and employee data management activities.
2. Ensure employee data accuracy, consistency, and compliance with company standards and global reporting requirements.
3. Partner with internal stakeholders and external auditors on HR compliance and governance requirements.

Total Rewards Administration

1. Support the design, administration, and continuous enhancement of compensation and employee benefits programs.
2. Evaluate reward practices and provide recommendations to improve employee experience while maintaining cost efficiency.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Systems, Statistics, Finance, or a related discipline.
2. Minimum 5 years of experience in Compensation & Benefits, HR Analytics, HR Operations, HR Systems, or Total Rewards.
3. Strong experience working with SAP HR and HR information systems within a multinational organization.
4. Fluent English communication skills, both spoken and written, with confidence in presenting and interacting with international management teams.
5. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data modeling, PivotTables, lookups, reporting, and analytics.
6. Experience conducting salary benchmarking and participating in recognized compensation surveys.
7. Strong analytical capability with the ability to interpret data and translate findings into practical business recommendations.
8. Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
9. Experience working within an international manufacturing, automotive, industrial, engineering, technology, or related environment.
10. Strong business partnering and stakeholder management capabilities.
11. Proactive, energetic, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
12. Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to anticipate challenges and recommend practical solutions.
13. Confident personality with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence stakeholders across different cultures and functions.