Senior Reward and Benefit Specialist at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

Minimum Requirements;    

• Relevant Bachelors degree
• 5-10 years’ experience; demonstrated ability to drive the reward strategy, methodology and offerings across different organizational levels
• Demonstrated skills in implementing large scale change initiatives at different organisational levels. 
• Experience in a retail organisation

Skills & Knowledge required:

• Strong understanding of all related legislation, industry and statutory bodies
• Understanding of benefits market trends, benchmarking and best practice
• Reward processes, including job evaluation, salary benchmarking, total rewards analysis
• Global reward practices - Workday/SAP or similar ERP systems
• Understanding Reward in large complex organisations

Duties & Responsibilities:  

• Input into development and implementation of a rewards and benefits strategy and framework for Pick n Pay
• Assist with ensuring reward and benefits strategies (both tangible and intangible) and policies and reporting comply with regulations, governance and are legally compliant.
• For all changes in reward and benefits, assess the impact on the business, both on a short term and long-term basis and develop cost control procedures.

Stakeholder management;

• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure Reward, benefits and recognition opportunities are proactively addressed and interventions are successfully implemented.

Reward and benefits solutions;

• Develop/ source and/or package a range of quality, fit for purpose benefits solutions that support the attraction and retention of talent.
• Solutions to include both guaranteed and variable reward solutions.
• Help define and manage the Pick n Pay benefits proposition, including short term and long-term incentives.
• Support the reviewing annual share allocations as well as the vesting thereof.
• Work with the Reward and Benefits team in responding to day-to-day operational queries related to reward and benefits.

Document management and Reporting;

• Completes required documentation to meet legal and compliance requirements.

People Management;

• Take full responsibility for performance management of all direct reports, focusing on all aspects of sound people management:

Competencies;    

• Strategic thinking, and enablement skills
• Conceptual / Abstract / Big Picture Thinking
• Innovative and creative mindset
• Business Insight
• Organisational Agility
• Ability to translate ideas into deliverables
• Modelling / Living the Values 
• Practical Execution Management (Planning and Organising)