Compensation Manager

Join MAPEI Corporation, a global leader in the manufacturing of construction chemicals and building materials, including adhesives, sealants, and specialty products used in flooring, tile, and concrete restoration. We are seeking an experienced Compensation Manager to build, administer, and continuously improve our broad-based compensation function across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. This role will lead salary and hourly wage structures, market pricing, job evaluation, annual compensation planning, sales compensation, and variable-pay programs while establishing the governance and processes needed to support consistency, compliance, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Build and continuously improve a scalable compensation function, including appropriate policies, governance, controls, and decision-making guidelines.
• Administer salary and hourly wage structures, geographic differentials, market pricing, job evaluations, and promotional increases across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.
• Provide compensation recommendations for new hires, promotions, transfers, organizational changes, and newly created positions.
• Design and evaluate hourly and variable-pay programs, including productivity incentives, skill-based pay, premium pay, shift differentials, cross-training programs, and sales compensation.
• Lead annual merit, wage, incentive, and compensation-planning cycles, including budgeting, modeling, reporting, and executive recommendations.
• Serve as the compensation business lead for Oracle HCM and related technology initiatives while identifying opportunities to standardize, simplify, and automate compensation processes.
• Conduct compensation and pay-equity audits, ensure compliance with applicable requirements, and advise leaders regarding inequities, inconsistencies, pay compression, and other compensation risks.
• Perform assigned tasks in conformance with procedures and instructions established in the Business Management System (BMS) and in compliance with applicable Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) regulatory requirements.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
   

What’s in it for you

• In this role, you will earn a competitive base salary depending on your experience and qualifications.
• This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is a variable percentage of your base salary, based on individual performance and company results.
• FREE MEDICAL INSURANCE for our employees or the option of a highly competitive medical plan with minimal monthly employee contributions and zero deductibles.
• 17 days of paid sick and vacation time annually (days are prorated in year one).
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to a 6% company match.
• Excellent dental and vision programs, flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, and free telemedicine physician services.
• Various other employee-centric perks and initiatives, including tuition reimbursement, discounted home and auto insurance programs, supplemental life insurance, and more.
• Relocation assistance available

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Seven or more years of progressive compensation experience, including broad-based, hourly, variable-pay, and sales compensation programs.
• Experience building or advancing a compensation function and supporting a geographically dispersed hourly workforce within manufacturing or a comparable multi-site organization.
• Strong knowledge of salary structures, market pricing, job evaluation, annual compensation planning, pay equity, pay transparency, and wage-and-hour compliance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with compensation systems, analytics, and reporting tools; experience with Oracle HCM, ADP Workforce Now, Payfactors, ERI, Power BI, or Tableau preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to advise and influence business leaders while handling sensitive compensation matters with sound judgment and discretion.
• Valid state driver’s license with the ability to travel.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran (M/F/D/V) 
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MAPEI is a world leader in the manufacturing of solutions of excellence for the building industry. Founded in Milan in 1937, MAPEI has more than 11,000 employees worldwide, with 100 subsidiaries in 57 countries and 86 manufacturing plants in 35 nations.  Working for MAPEI

Our products are sold in residential and commercial channels, including national retail organizations. Some of our products include mortars, grouts, adhesives, concrete restorations products and various types of concrete and cement admixtures. We are extremely focused on green and sustainability initiatives, currently channeling 70% of our research work done into the development of sustainable products.

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