Senior Rewards Manager

About the role

CHANEL Korea is looking for a Senior Rewards Manager to lead the overall compensation and benefits policy development and maintenance. The role designs and manages innovative rewards programs, works with local P&O teams such as HR Business Partners and HR Operations, and keeps compensation and benefits externally competitive, internally fair and compliant with local labour laws. It is part of the Regional Rewards community, taking part regularly in regional projects such as benefits reviews, the rewards governance model and WorkDay projects.

Key responsibilities

• Design and support the review of reward programs, analyse plan effectiveness and advise market P&O teams and business managers
• Review Retail Compensation and Sales Incentive plans, and analyse pay competitiveness against the market
• Support union negotiations and implement competitive benefits and wellness programs with vendors
• Conduct job evaluations, manage job grade records and advise on job profiles and benchmarks for new positions
• Manage the Annual Compensation Review cycle, including merit increase proposals, budget advice and manager training
• Run annual benefits reviews, take part in salary and benefits surveys and manage data submission
• Partner with service providers, stay up to date with market trends and handle other rewards projects as assigned

Required profile

• University degree or higher in HR, Business Administration or a related discipline
• Fluent spoken and written English; fluency in Korean is a plus
• Minimum 10 years of experience in rewards management, preferably in multinational, retail or innovative industries
• Strong experience leading and implementing rewards projects
• Well versed in local employment law

Required skills

• Designing sales incentive plans and expatriate compensation management
• Job evaluation methodology
• Good interpersonal skills to work with stakeholders locally and regionally