Global Compensations and Benefit

Summary

Join KOSTAL Group's flagship global business service center in Hungary as the Head of Global Compensation and Benefits. You will design and implement competitive compensation and benefits strategies worldwide, ensuring alignment with company objectives and legal compliance. This role involves overseeing global compensation programs, managing a team, and collaborating with regional and local representatives. The position offers flexible working conditions with remote work possibilities and is based in Budapest. You will have the opportunity to shape new processes and contribute to a supportive, diverse, and highly skilled community within a stable, future-focused company.

Requirements

• College/University degree with HR or Finance specification
• Experience managing projects on a global basis
• Extensive experience in compensation and benefits programs
• People leadership experience, managing diverse teams
• Experienced user of MS Office tools
• Proficient in English
• Extensive experience in global compensation and benefits strategy design, implementation, and management
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and create actionable insights
• Leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all organizational levels

Responsibilities

• Support the Management Board and EVP of HR, providing input into the development of the Compensation & Benefits strategy
• Responsible for implementation and governance of the global Compensation & Benefits strategy
• Oversees the design and implementation of broad-based compensation programs (short-term incentives, base pay positioning, salary structures, non-financial rewards) for all of KOSTAL’s global locations
• Oversees the global benefits program, ensuring it meets the objectives of the global benefits strategy for all KOSTAL locations
• Partners with regional and local C&B representatives providing advice and guidance for compensation & benefits queries that may arise
• Collaborate with senior leadership, HR and external partners on global basis, ensuring that the compensation & benefits policy is adhered to and continues to align with employee compensation and benefit needs
• Maintain oversight of the global salary review process, ensuring it aligns with the corporate calendar
• Line management of Global Compensation and Benefit team

Benefits

• Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
• Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
• Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
• Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
• KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company, an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
• You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative