Compensation and Benefits Specialist

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with legal requirements for compensation and benefits programs
• Creating analyses and reports to support management and decision-making processes
• Designing and continuously optimizing organizational structures and job descriptions
• Defining and standardizing positions, including alignment of frequency tables for new roles
• Monitoring personnel costs by reconciling planned and actual structures
• Managing the approval process for new positions and salary proposals
• Coordinating performance evaluations and defining key success factors
• Developing and optimizing compensation systems based on market analyses and company strategy
• Selecting and implementing appropriate compensation models considering geographic factors
• Adapting to new business strategies and evolving company structures

Key skills / requirements

• Successfully completed degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Finance, or a related field
• Several years of experience in Compensation & Benefits management or a similar HR function, preferably in the retail sector
• Excellent knowledge of Swiss labor law as well as compensation and benefits structures; knowledge of German labor law/market is an advantage
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, combined with a structured and detail-oriented working style, as well as enthusiasm for working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Fluent German and English skills, both written and spoken

What we offer

• A dynamic work environment with room for ideas and creativity
• A casual culture
• Development opportunities
• Employee discounts and benefits at Valora formats
• Fair employment conditions
• Home office policy