Compensation COE Lead

ABOUT GENERAL MILLS

We make food the world loves: 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Häagen-Dazs, we’ve been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell.

How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate

us into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of the Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. For more details check out http://www.generalmills.com

General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.

With our team of 1800+ professionals, we deliver superior value across the areas of Supply chain (SC) , Digital & Technology (D&T) Innovation, Technology & Quality (ITQ), Consumer and Market Intelligence (CMI), Sales Strategy & Intelligence (SSI) , Global Shared Services (GSS) , Finance Shared Services (FSS) and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS).For more details check out https://www.generalmills.co.in

We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.

JOB OVERVIEW

Function Overview

Global Shared Services (GSS) enables General Mills to compete and win every day with a relentless focus on service excellence. Our Shared Services model leverages domain excellence to drive scaled cost-efficient delivery. We do that by delivering our services with a balance between cost and capability; increasing productivity through optimized processes and tools; and upholding company standards, policies, and practices. GSS touches virtually every aspect of the General Mills enterprise, including EmployeeServices, Business Services, Global Workforce Solutions, and Global Data Governance Services.

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Purpose of the role

The Sr. Manager, Compensation will provide leadership and management for a team of compensation analysts based in India. This role is crucial in ensuring the efficient and accurate execution of global compensation processes, leveraging technology and data analysis to support the business needs. The successful candidate will be a highly organized and detail-oriented individual with strong analytical skills and experience managing teams.

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  Technology and Tools Management: Manage and develop new short (<1 year) and long-term (1-3 year) strategies for the use of external benchmarking tools (MarketPay, Mercer IPE). Stays abreast of new compensation technologies, tools, and AI solutions to drive efficiency across the team. Leverage current and new technologies to identify efficiencies, develop new workflows, and maximize tool capabilities. Provide training to team members and maintain comprehensive documentation.
• Compensation Execution Liaison: Partner with the US Compensation Manager to develop routines and products for India analysts to support compensation consultants (Annual Performance & Rewards, Competitive Reviews, etc.) and ad hoc project work. Collaborate with the Compensation Programs and Process Manager to ensure efficient survey participation, enterprise data analysis, and process support. Provide a centralized structure for consultant and compensation programs and process support, ensuring compensation practices align with business needs through proactive data insights and pay practice management.
• Salary Surveys & Job Evaluation: Provide leadership to analysts regarding salary survey participation (timelines, completion, and capacity). Lead the execution of the job evaluation process, ensuring consultant and analyst support. Manage the connection between salary surveys and job evaluation within MarketPay. Ensure surveys are completed accurately and on time, and that the job evaluation process is clear, SLAs are met, and communication lines are established between compensation analysts and global consultants.
• Team Leadership: Recruit, train, and retain India compensation analysts. Manage team performance, provide development opportunities, and build team capabilities. Hold the team accountable for Global Compensation priorities.

Key Partners:

• Global Compensation Consultants
• Global Compensation Operations
• International Total Rewards
• Executive Compensation
• HR
• Manager, Compensation Operations
• Consultant, Supply Chain & Job Architecture Lead

Objectives:

• Ensure compensation tools are leveraged to their full capabilities to support all processes; implement new releases as applicable.
• Provide centralized structure to consultant and comp ops support.
• Ensure compensation is supporting the business needs through proactive data insights and pay practice management.
• Ensure surveys are completed accurately and on time.
• Ensure the job evaluation process is clear, SLA is met, and clear communication lines exist between comp analysts and global consultants.
• Build capabilities and hold the team accountable for Global Comp priorities.
• Develop a high-performing team of engaged, skilled, and knowledgeable analysts.

Key Results:

• Seamless workflow across India and U.S. Compensation teams.
• Compensation consultants have the capacity to expand consulting and strategic insights for the business, ultimately driving greater trust and partnership with HR.
• Engaged, skilled, and knowledgeable analysts.