Rewards Manager

ROLE PURPOSE

The purpose of this role is to support the business in attracting, retaining and motivating our people with a competitive reward package, clear and transparent reward principles, and great reward communication. This role does this by partnering with stakeholders across Diageo to implement reward policies and programs and build reward capability. This role is part of the global reward COE structure and will be a member of the Africa Market Reward team.

The role holder will partner with our businesses in some of the markets we operate in. They will deliver against the strategic reward priorities in these markets across all elements of total reward (compensation and benefits) and be the key point of contact for HR Business Partner and Talent Engagement teams. Alongside leading on priorities for Diageo in supported markets, the role holder will also be involved in broader Africa and global reward projects and activities with focus on West and Central Africa.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

Market Complexity -

As part of the Africa team, and with business partnering accountability for supported markets, this role will work on reward programs and projects that cut across multiple business units and countries. This complexity, combined with a large group of stakeholders at all levels of seniority, means the ability to build great relationships, manage competing priorities, and to understand how to get things done in a matrix organization is critical. With unionized populations in the organization, the role holder will lead on both the reward strategy and priorities for this group, alongside the strategy for the non-unionized population.

Leadership Responsibilities -

Take a leading role on Reward projects and activities for supported markets and engages with stakeholders to reach desired outcomes. To be successful in this role, the role holder needs to build strong and effective relationships with Market Reward colleagues globally, Shared Services teams, Executive Reward, HR Directors & Business Partners, Employee Relations and Talent Engagement teams.

RESPONSIBILITIES - In this role you will:

• Alongside the Regional Reward Manager, drive the Africa Reward Strategy.
• Lead, drive and deliver Reward projects and activities.
• Deliver expert support, guidance, and recommendations across total Reward areas – including but not limited to benchmarking, salary management, job evaluation, merit budget planning, sales compensation, total reward communication, employee benefit management.
• Provide analytical insight with commercial focus to drive ongoing and new compensation and benefits programs and participates in the design and development of new programs, policies, and principles.
• In conjunction with the HR community, key member on delivering the Annual Reward Cycle (ARC) process for the Diageo population in supported markets. Ensure consistency of approach with clear communications.
• Build reward understanding and capability in HR Business Partners, Talent Engagement, people managers and employees to enable the attraction, retention, and motivation.

REQUIREMENTS

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in reward.
• Reward experience in West and Central Africa.
• Experience with global populations and a unionized environment is an advantage.
• Country experience: Nigeria (essential), Ghana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Angola, SA, DRC, Ivory Coast, Zambia
• Experience in working in a multinational with matrix organization.
• Excellent analytical skills are essential, along with the ability to work with complex data and to draw insights and recommendations from it.
• Ability to bring these insights and recommendations to life for a broad range of stakeholders in an engaging and easy to understand manner.
• Ability to build strong and effective relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Proven commercial experience.
• Can work well under pressure and to work autonomously.
• Advanced excel skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver impactful communications materials and achieve clarity and understanding of Reward with varied audiences.
• Relevant Degree or professionally qualified.