Total Reward Lead Anz

**Work options**: Hybrid

Health for all, hunger for none” - putting an end to hunger and helping everyone lead a healthy life, while at the same protecting ecosystems. That’s what we aspire to achieve, guided by our corporate purpose “Science for a better life”. This is what makes Bayer an extraordinary place to work.

At Bayer, we are excited about the future and all its possibilities. Advancing health and nutrition is what we do best and care about most. Because the solutions we create will advance life tomorrow, and help people and the planet to thrive. We believe we must strive for a better tomorrow, so we can all live life to its full potential.

With people living longer and the population growing, everyone wants to stay healthy and have enough to eat, and it’s what motivates and drives us at Bayer. Join a culture where every day we put our knowledge and skills to work on behalf of humankind, inventing and delivering products that help make life just a little better. As an employer of choice, Bayer will provide you:

- Competitive salary package and benefits
- Opportunities for ongoing learning and career development

**The Purpose**

Reporting to the Head of Total Rewards APAC, this role ensures the effective execution of competitive and results-driven total reward philosophies and programs within Australia and New Zealand.

You will be the first point of contact between regional Total Rewards and key local stakeholders supporting the coordination, execution and governance of compensation programs and projects aligned to Bayer’s broader Total Rewards framework. You will contribute to the design and implementation of innovative reward, recognition and performance approaches, including driving global merit and company bonus programs, and providing sales incentive plan (SIP) compensation expertise. You will play a key role in supporting our ambition to deliver an exceptional employee experience by ensuring our leaders have the best in class tools they need to make impactful reward decisions.


You will contribute to projects related to the Total Rewards field and provide expert advice with respect of local laws and regulations as well as Bayer directives and procedures. This position offers an opportunity to act as a key contributor to the APAC region with global projects (e.g. sales incentive design, M&A, Cross Border (Global Mobility).

**Role responsibilities**
- Provide deep compensation, reward and recognition expertise, guidance and support to the businesses in the country cluster
- Maintain Bayer standards and market competitive remuneration practices that are competitive, sustainable and reflect our purpose, culture and values.
- Provide expert high-value compensation advice
- Support the regional cross border workforce team regarding managing expatriate remuneration
- Engage in and drive regional TR activities to increase overall efficiency and capability, while supporting the APAC region including those relating to inclusion and diversity, living wages, etc.
- Partner with sales / commercial leads across multiple divisions in local sales compensation incentive design
- Drive the annual Merit and Company Incentive programs (STI, SIP, TPA + LTI), including the maintenance of salary ranges
- Act as the focal point for internal and external audits and appropriate local regulatory authorities
- Support M&A processes and steer redesign of workforce reward structures and practices in partnership with other stakeholders, including harmonization of Total Rewards plans and procedures
- Undertake and interpret ad-hoc compensation and benefits analysis and provide pragmatic advice through technical excellence
- Direct / review compensation benchmarking activities and reporting
- Drive agile ways of working and continuous improvement in TR activities and broader HR practices

**Who you are**
- University degree or equivalent, primary focus on Business or Human Resources
- Strong and proven TR knowledge within ANZ (and APAC preferred) as well as project
- & change management skills, with understanding of the competitive and future-looking landscape
- Successfully dealing with ambiguity and complexity to deliver results in projects with cross-functional, cross-divisional & multicultural teams
- Demonstrating strong collaborative skills and behavior: connecting, co-creating, inspiring, driving and engaging others
- Strong stakeholder management experience
- Strong communication and influencing skills within a multicultural context
- Strong Analytical skills with the ability to build data driven conclusions
- Experience in design of compensation elements within Sales Incentive plans
- Digital literacy and mindset including familiarity with HRIS and payroll systems
- Resilient, positive, flexible and self-development attitude
- Well-developed external networks

**Bayer’s LIFE Values**

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