This role reports to the HR Director and will be a strategic and hands on role focused on our Compensation & Benefits strategy. You will be an individual contributor and will work closely with the Global Rewards, the Singapore HR team and key business stakeholders to implement and support a competitive and relevant reward strategy to ensure it stays competitive in attracting and retaining talent.

Main Responsibilities:

Compensation & Benefits (C&B)

• Develop, renew and implement the compensation & benefits programs, policies and guidelines in Singapore
• Lead and manage annual C&B campaigns, e.g. salary benchmarking / review, bonus, incentives, retention schemes, etc.
• Serve as a subject matter expert by providing expert level compensation and benefit consulting support to HR team and business leaders
• Lead in the development, implementation and administration of short- and long-term incentives programs in Singapore
• Lead participation in market surveys and performance of market analysis to develop and recommend changes to programs, guidelines or practices
• Lead in the development, implementation and deployment of all local wellbeing initiatives in Singapore.

HR Operations

• Lead the employee movement update in collaboration with the HR Business Partner and the Employee Services team to ensure smooth monthly payroll process.
• Collaborate with the Employee Services team to manage the local and expat employee tax matters ensuring compliance with local regulations including corresponding with the IRAS on related matters.
• Ensure compliance with local statutory requirements relating to CPF and tax by keeping abreast on the updates of relevant government bodies and legislations such as Central Provision Fund (CPF), Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) etc.

Full and Final Settlements

• Provide input on the final payment administration for all leaving employees including items related to final payment i.e. leave encashment, intermediate STI, withholding for tax, tax clearance, processing payment for tax liability to the IRAS and intermediate STI pay out for transfer cases.

Policies Management & Implementation

• Owner of all local HR Policies and ensure alignment with local regulations (MOM, CPF, IRAS) in collaboration with local legal counsel where applicable.
• Review, update and design benefits policies and plans, ensuring that it is competitive and on top of market trends while maintaining internal equity and compliance
• Accountable for local deployment of global policies
• Partner with benefits broker to review group insurance program annually to ensure programs are crafted to be competitive with market practice and enable Danone to attract, reward, retain and engage our employees
• Manage ongoing relationship with benefits broker and have regular contact to cover ongoing issues, requests and feedback

Annual Salary and Bonus Cycle

• Drive and manage the annual salary review campaign, salary planning and bonus payout and bonus setting in Singapore
• Ensure relevant communications to stakeholders with regards to changes in policies and guidelines
• Responsible for the submission of Remuneration Survey data to Mercer
• Responsible for the preparation of Singapore Reward Frame analysis (external market references, internal equity analysis, proposal of medians and building of merit matrix)
• Work with International Mobility team to validate Annual Salary Review for expats

Reporting and Budgeting

• In-charge of quarterly rolling forecast of people cost budget
• Work with department controllers and corporate finance to answer any queries or investigate discrepancies

HR Admin

• Review of employee letters including but not limited to contracts, promotion letters, salary increment and bonus letters.
• Preparation of employment contract for Director’s level and above.
• Submission of MOM related surveys
• E-leave portal Administrator

The successful candidate must possess an understanding of effective global work styles and be able to achieve results in a matrixed, culturally diverse organisation and assimilate new information rapidly as business needs require while managing risks appropriately. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required:

Education Background

• Ideally degree qualified

Experience and Skills required

• At least 6 to 8 years of relevant working experience
• Experience working in matrix organizations
• Meticulous, resourceful and interest in working with numbers
• Analytical and data driven
• Keen eye for detail and accuracy
• Organized with ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Policy development and project management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships internally and externally with stakeholders
• Collaborates positively with team and across functions

Specialist Knowledge

• Good working knowledge of budgeting and reporting
• Good working knowledge of local employment standards and regulations
• Fair working knowledge of local tax reporting requirements

Competencies to be successful on the job

• Able to keep calm under pressure whilst dealing with simultaneous deadlines
• Team player who works well autonomously and interacts effectively with others
• Places high value of standard on professionalism, accuracy and reliability
• Enthusiastic about processes and structure whilst also having the ability to flexibly adapt to changing needs and situations

Flexibility
Do things your way. At Danone Singapore, we believe that our teams work best when they are empowered to work flexibly – this is why our hybrid working policy allows you to agree the right balance of homeworking and office working, in line with yours and the team’s needs.

Focus on development – your way
With a suite of learning opportunities and a strong focus on in-role development, your line manager will work closely with you to help unlock your career ambitions within Danone. Working here you will enjoy a fast-paced, complex environment, which is packed with opportunities for the entrepreneurial spirit. You’ll work with some of the best-known brands in the world, such as evian, Dumex and Aptamil, and we absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself.

Our values
We live by our core ‘HOPE’ values – H is for Humanism, as people are at the heart of everything we do. O is for Openness, welcoming new ideas from the world we live in. P is for Proximity, as we believe that building close relationships leads to better understanding and trust. E is for Enthusiasm, for those who are as passionate as we are about bringing health through food to as many people as possible.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.

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