Vice President Total Rewards

Bel is part of a mission-driven, family-owned company with more than 160 years of innovation and social purpose, a presence in 120 countries, and a commitment to repositioning the role of snacking to help support a balanced diet. With beloved brands like Babybel®, GoGo squeeZ®, The Laughing Cow®, and Boursin®, Bel U.S. creates delicious fruit, veggie, and dairy portion-sized snacks that bring nourishment, joy, and convenience to everyday life.

Guided by the values of care, dare, and commit, Bel is committed to the Fight for Better Snacking—delivering accessible, portion-sized options while advancing sustainable innovation, healthier snacking, regenerative agriculture, circular economy, and community support. Bel’s mission gives the company a powerful platform to show up credibly at industry moments that shape conversations, partnerships, and the future of food.

Bel has headquarters in Chicago and New York City and operates 4 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Brookings, SD; Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, ID. #IWorkForAllForGood

JOB SUMMARY

The Vice President of Total Rewards is a pivotal strategic leader who will shape how employees experience and value working for our organization. Leading comprehensive total rewards programs across four plants, two office locations, and a remote workforce throughout the United States, this role brings together global and local HR partners to build a forward-looking strategy that fuels our business ambitions, strengthens our employee value proposition, and elevates our employer brand. The role also champions operational excellence, integrity, and compliance across HRIS, payroll, compensation, benefits, international mobility, and cash and noncash recognition programs. This is a #hybrid role (2-3 days in office) based in Chicago.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Run Best-in-Class Total Rewards function across multiples populations and locations in the US
  • Define and track KPI across all Total Reward functions
  • Offer competitive benefits, rewards and compensation across all locations and best in class employee experience when it comes to administration
  • Oversee all HRIS systems to ensure data flow, strong back-end and front-end user experience and optimization of processes
  • Ensure legal compliance and consistency across multiple states and provinces in respective countries
  • Lead budgeting and forecasting processes for area of responsibilities. Recommends strategies to optimize spend
  • Drive processes improvements to increase efficiencies and reduce non added value work
  • Design and implement total rewards policies, practices and standards in a way that fits the local legislative and business ambition.
  • Recommend changes and enhancements to policies and procedures, which benefit the business and employees
• Contribute to Local and Global Human Resources strategies
  • Represent Total Rewards function within the US HR Leadership team
  • Contribute in defining local HR Strategy and transformation priorities according to business needs and in consistency with Global HR Strategy
  • Act as main partner for Total Reward Global Team representing the US voice
  • Educate global team about compliance requirements, US culture and best practices to ensure global Roadmap is relevant and brings added value to our business our local productivity
  • Manage assigned cost center including budgeting and forecasting according to the company guidelines
  • Conduct regular assessments and audits to identify gaps and opportunities.
  • Deliver HR reporting analytics capabilities & recommendation to HRBP teams (i.e turnover, DE&I, headcount management, compensation gap analysis etc.)
• Lead Total Rewards US team
  • Design and maintain clear standard operating procedures (SOPs) that are understood and followed by the team
  • Recruitment and onboarding of team members
  • Define HR Structure while ensuring clear understanding of roles & responsibilities
  • Establishing, implementing and monitoring all objectives
  • Ensure HR employee engagement
  • Assess and propose HR training & development programs for team members
  • Evaluate performance on a formal basis and provide ongoing feedback to team members
  • Ensure TR operational excellence in assigned areas
  • Ensure high level of collaboration & communication within the team and across all HR teams locally and globally
• Oversee Total Rewards activities in the US
  • Deliver operational excellence when it comes to payroll processing, auditing and reporting
  • Compensation including grading and salary bands benchmark and updates
  • Benefits design, negotiation & administration
  • HRIS eco-system
  • Cash & non cash rewards programs
  • Expatriate compensation & visa administration
  • HR Data compliance & analytics
  • Mandatory federal and state reporting
• All other duties or projects as assigned.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Benefits compliance testing, Payroll performance, Retention rate, Budget targets, Project Deadlines, TR Team Performance, Risk & Compliance KPI (during audits), Employee satisfaction scores toward total rewards area.

REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting or related field of study. Master’s Degree is preferred.
• SPHR, SHRM-SCP or Total Rewards designation is preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 12+ years of progressive experience managing payroll, HRIS, benefits, compensation, and data management across multi-site, unionized and international organizations.
• 7+ years of supervising or leading the work of others including training, coaching, managing performance, developing, hiring, and terminating employees.
• Experience must include designing and managing total rewards programs, including compensation, benefits, HRIS, cash & non-cash reward programs, data compliance, visa compliance, international mobility packages ideally in a leadership role.

SKILLS

• Strategic total rewards leadership with a continuous-improvement mindset
• High-performance team leadership and creative problem-solving
• Data synthesis, insight generation, and continuous improvement
• Strategic thinking paired with disciplined execution and attention to detail
• Compensation strategy, design, and market expertise
• Compensation benchmarking and survey implementation
• Benefits strategy across health, retirement, and voluntary programs
• Executive compensation, governance, and reporting expertise
• Advanced analytics, problem-solving, and data-driven recommendations
• Compensation and benefits regulatory compliance
• Clear, compelling written and verbal communication
• People leadership, coaching, training, and relationship-building
• Executive presence, credibility, and influence at all levels
• Cross-functional and external partnership
• Agility and resilience in a fast-changing environment
• Strong planning, prioritization, and management of competing demands
• Business acumen and enterprise-wide perspective
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel
• Integrity and discretion in handling confidential information

PHYSICAL & TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to work 8 hours per day in a hybrid (2-3 days in office per week) office environment and sit at a desk for extended periods of time
• Must be able to travel via airplane, car, train, subway and/or within the U.S. and internationally up to 10% of the time

Total Rewards

• Base Salary Range: $220,000 - $250,000
• Annual Incentive Target: 30%
• Medical, Dental, Vision from Day 1
• PTO, 401k match and more!

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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