MANAGER, TOTAL REWARDS

Our company culture is built upon YKK's philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work. By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship.

ABOUT THIS POSITION

YKK AP America Inc. is seeking a Manager of Total Rewards to join our Human Resources Team. This role will lead the Benefits, Compensation & Payroll functions to support our US and Canadian business units. This role directly supervises day-to-day benefit and payroll administration.

OPPORTUNITIES YOU WILL HAVE IN THIS ROLE

• Create, implement, and oversee adaptable and scalable compensation and benefits policies and programs.

• Contribute to creating and implementing a differentiated employee experience strategy that touches all points of the employee lifecycle in collaboration with the full HR function and leadership.

• Help establish quantitative and qualitative metrics, guidelines, and standards to measure efficiency and effectiveness that can be evaluated; identify opportunities for improvement.

• Create a compensation strategy that includes accurate job titles, job descriptions, job families, job grades, salary ranges (updated annually), external benchmarks, etc. and aligns on expectations and compensation/benefit packages.

• Create and maintain appropriate salary ranges for all US & Canada positions; ensure set up and maintenance salary structure.

• Create and educate leaders on base compensation structure, include pay grades, bands, scales, and mixes of all salaried structures.

• Ensure pay is competitive, internally equitable, and legally compliant.

• Investigates and recommends resolution on classification questions and Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) exemptions.

• Administer our compensation programs. Market price roles and audit pay practices to ensure alignment with internal protocols as well as Federal, State and Local laws.

• Partner with other areas of the business when they need Total Reward's input or assist them in their support of the organization.

• Oversee and administer YKK AP's benefit and compensation programs including, but not limited to, medical, dental, disability, pre-tax accounts, 401(k), variable pay compensation. Plans may be self-funded and/or fully-insured.

• Collaborate with 3rd party vendors, to study and provide strategic directions to employee retirement plans and various benefits programs

• Recommend new and/or improved employee benefit plans and cost-savings measures.

• Manage annual benefits renewal and open enrollment activities including creating communications, educational tools and leading meetings.

• Manage HRIS set up for benefits and compensation related processes and offerings, including conducting periodic audits.

• Oversees FMLA and disability administration; play a key role with local HR partners in the education and coordination of leaves.

• Maintain compliance with company, federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; periodically review policies and practices to maintain compliance. This includes distributing required notices as needed.

• Oversee the annual creation and processing of ACA compliance items such as the 1095c forms at year-end

• Provides excellent service by accurately responding to employee and management inquiries in a timely and professional manner.

• Demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations, streamline work processes and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality team member support.

• Support the broader HR team in project related and ongoing administrative tasks.

• Assist employees with related questions and escalated concerns.

• Complete ongoing reporting requests as needed.

• Participate in applicable internal and external audits.

WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO OUR GREAT TEAM

• Bachelor's degree in related field, required

• Manufacturing experience, required

• 10+ years of progressive compensation and benefits design with full scope benefits administration including health, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, life, and disability plans.

• 5+ years of payroll processing/oversight experience, required

• Strong working knowledge of benefit laws and government regulations including, ERISA, HIPAA, FMLA, COBRA and ACA

• Experience in self-insured and fully insured benefits plans.

• Experience working with 401(k) and deferred compensation plans

• Exceptional knowledge of Excel and working knowledge of other MS office platforms

• Proficient computer skills with Microsoft Office suite and knowledge of HRIS system (UKG/SuccessFactors), required.

• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and conflict resolution abilities, and time management skills; ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Certificates and Licenses:

Preferred: SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP, Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), CP, Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS), Compensation Management Specialist (CMS) certifications.

YKK AP America Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all qualified applicants to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (Opens in a new window) .

YKK AP America Inc. will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. United States Department of Labor. Learn more (Opens in a new window) .

YKK AP America Inc. participates in the E-Verify program as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program (Opens in a new window) .

YKK AP America Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can follow the process outlined below when applying for a position: Provide your name and contact information to YKK AP's Accommodations team at ~~~ (~~~) . Your request will be responded to as soon as possible. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Employment with YKK AP America Inc. is conditioned upon successfully completing a negative drug test for the presence of illegal drugs.