DSM – Bright Science. Brighter Living.™

Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. By connecting its unique competences in life sciences and materials sciences DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders simultaneously. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials. DSM and its associated companies deliver annual net sales of about €10 billion with approximately 25,000 employees. The company is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
More information can be found at www.dsm.com .

The Challenge

• Global alignment, local relevance and compliance
• Increasing diversity and globalization of the company
• ‘Balancing’ and influencing in a matrixed business environment
• Medium-to-high complexity in Mobility from tax, legal, social security, pensions aspects
• Maintenance of various tools as well as document library for higher efficiencies and positive stakeholders’ experience
  

The Position

• Facilitate & actively drive policy harmonization/integration efforts for total compensation, benefits & perquisites to ensure alignment with global/regional/country policy point-of-views, market conditions, business requirements, and supports approval and deployment of harmonized programs
• Manage Total Reward elements in regard to executive customer group, incl. expert consultation to the P&O Business Partners for hire, promotion, transfer, termination and other employee life cycle events for assigned account and/or Region
• Act as Mobility expert in the area of labor law, social security, tax & other issues & aspects for assigned account and/or Region to provide support in conformity with DSM Mobility policies and procedures
• Support the development and continuous improvement of global policy enhancements, processes and tools with regard to Total Rewards
• Manage / support annual salary review, annual cash incentive schemes and long-term equity based programs, resulting in proper processes and accurate administration
• Contribute to and participate in Global Total Rewards projects and Account/Region specific projects related to Total Reward initiatives as assigned
• Develop and maintain professional skills in order to exchange information, compare position and ensure professional authority and to further develop the expertise within the company
  

The Ideal

• BA/BS (preferably MS) degree required
• Minimum 5-7 years’ Total Reward experience (multinational company) and/or consultancy experience in the area of labor law, tax, retirement and social security aspects, practices and legislation (direct access to “expert network” may be an asset in this regard)
• Solid understanding of critical capabilities in Compensation & Benefits: job evaluation (Hay methodology); benchmarking/survey management & data collection; data analytics; design of Total Rewards solutions; policies documentation; business consulting; communications, traiing and change management
• Knowledge of equity compensation and related finance aspects is an asset
• Strong interpersonal and project & process management skills is an asset

The Reward

Working for DSM means the opportunity to really contribute to improve people’s lives and solving the challenges of today’s world. Challenging jobs, career opportunities and an inspiring environment allow you to enhance your personal development. DSM recognizes that the on-going success of the company depends on the continued development and engagement of our employees and pursues a fair and competitive remuneration policy, recognizing individual and team competencies and performance.

Procedure & Contact

Interested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your CV & Motivation letter in English via the career portal ( www.dsm.com/careers ).

Reference check procedures are part of the DSM Recruitment & Selection Process. You will be contacted when these references checks are required.

DSM’s broad and deep understanding of materials chemistry, processing and properties and experience with it in the business application areas are considered as a unique asset. DMSC (DSM Materials Science Center), is the 'shared' research unit that is part of the Materials Powerhouse and that provides the 'Bright Science' foundation to the wider Materials Cluster, contributing to the businesses’ RT&D, AD and NBD programs and supporting in manufacturing and customer problems. DMSC, while focusing on the Materials Cluster will of course also support other DSM units with its competences.

Royal DSM is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.