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AniCura Senior Total Rewards Project Manager in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Join AniCura as a Senior Total Rewards Project Manager!!!
Play a crucial role in optimizing our compensation and benefits programs, provide expert support to our P&O teams across multiple countries, and drive key rewards initiatives to ensure equity and compliance in our dynamic, pet-focused organization!
About AniCura:
AniCura is a family of well-known animal hospitals and clinics specialized in veterinary care for companion animals. AniCura provides modern, high-quality veterinary care for pets at over 500 practices in 15 European countries and creates peace of mind for pet owners through excellent access and patient safety. AniCura has a turnover of around $1B with the aspiration to expand business through a combination of organic growth and new hospital acquisitions. Every year, AniCura’s 12.000 passionate veterinary professionals attend to three million companion animal patients. Since 2018, AniCura has been a part of Mars Veterinary Health, a family-owned company focused on veterinary care.
Role Overview:
As a Total Rewards Specialist at AniCura, you will be instrumental in optimizing and managing our total rewards programs. You will provide expert support to P&O associates, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, and drive key rewards projects. This role requires you to be a key player in enhancing compensation and benefits structures across our international organization.
Job Title: Senior Total Rewards Project Manager
Department: People and Organization
Reports To: MVH (Mars Veterinary Health) International Total Rewards Lead and dotted line to Chief People Officer, AniCura
Location: Netherlands / Germany [Hybrid working]
Direct reports: Project Manager (LES)
Languages : Proficiency in English and any other European language is a plus.
Contract: Full Time
Employment Visa: Preference for Candidates with a Valid Work Permit
Key Responsibilities:
Drive transformational Total Reward projects holistically for AniCura (Execution & Delivery Expert):
Cyclical process (Merit, AVP) – Implementation (incl. system) & Continuous Improvement:
Assess the current state and determine how and when transitions can be made.
Collaborate with the Talent team on the PDP process, ensuring alignment with merit-based systems.
Enhance the user experience for associates and line managers, including system improvement.
As-is mapping project – Lead Data Collection (Terms & Conditions (T&Cs), Collective Labor Agreements (CLAs), and Benefit Contracts).Ensuring MVHI TR have data to work with local teams on transition plans:
Gather detailed data on each associate's current pay and benefits (T&Cs) to ensure compliance with the new EU pay transparency directive.
Identify the relevant CLAs and establish how to engage with unions and works councils moving forward, including formal processes.
Ensure visibility of all current benefit contracts, including clinics’ renewal plans.
AniCura P&O WD Champion:
Collaborate with local P&O teams to ensure accuracy and consistency of people data in Workday (WD).
Manage necessary Workday enhancements to support future system-driven Total Rewards processes, such as AVP, merit, and job profiles.
Training/Upskilling Local P&O Teams on Total Rewards (In Partnership with MVH Int’l TR Team):
Take responsibility for overseeing Total Rewards governance within AniCura, leading internal alignment and approval processes (AVP, GBCT).
Lead change management efforts for signature processes, such as job and pay frameworks and merit systems.
Upskill local P&O teams on new global processes, including mobility and car schemes.
Line Management of LES P&O Project Manager:
Ensure timely submission of project deliverables.
Provide oversight on Total Rewards-related challenges and barriers.
Ensure proper governance is followed for all TR-related changes.
M&A P&O Activities:
Manage the data collection process during due diligence for all P&O-related information.
Track local progress against the M&A blueprint to ensure alignment.
Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in compensation, benefits, or total rewards management, preferably within a multinational organization.
Demonstrated expertise in managing comprehensive total rewards programs, including compensation, benefits, and recognition initiatives.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to conduct data analysis, benchmarking, and financial modelling to inform decision-making.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Proven leadership experience, including the ability to lead non direct reporting cross-functional teams and drive initiatives to successful completion.
Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and market trends related to compensation and benefits.
Strategic mindset with the ability to think creatively and develop innovative solutions to complex challenges.
As a Person, We Believe You Are:
Energetic and Passionate: Driven by a deep enthusiasm for total rewards, bringing energy to the development and enhancement of organizational structures.
Connector : Skilled at engaging with stakeholders across different countries and building strong relationships.
Curious Learner: Eager to learn about and understand diverse benefits and rewards schemes globally.
Strategic Thinker: Capable of elevating discussions and contributing to a unified rewards strategy in line with the total rewards roadmap.
Dynamic Professional: Enjoys working in a high-paced, entrepreneurial setting with opportunities to make a significant impact.
Interested?
Please contact Lekya Kanamarlapudi, Group Corporate Recruitment Partner who is happy to tell you more about this opportunity and the recruitment process. Or apply by submitting your resume through clicking the apply button below.
AniCura is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.