Key Skills

Job Description

The beating heart of every organisation - it's all about our people! Join the people challenge, mix it with technology and join in on elevating our human capital! Share your talents At Rituals, we believe meaningful rewards contribute to a happy and engaged workforce. As Senior lead Global Total Rewards, you translate new European pay legislation into practical, fair and transparent reward practice, and you make sure it lasts. This role sits at the heart of our reward agenda. You take ownership of our CSRD pay reporting and our EU Pay Transparency Directive implementation, and you design the governance that keeps both robust year after year. Alongside this, you co-lead our global salary and performance review cycle and contribute to the projects on our reward roadmap, from compensation philosophy and pay differentiation to benefits and total reward transparency. Rewards is one of the Centres of Expertise within our global HR team. You work closely with a team of Global Rewards Specialist and report to the Head of Global Compensation & Benefits. Together you act as trusted advisors to the business, HR, Finance and senior leadership. Your Accountabilities As a Senior Lead Global Total Rewards, you will: Deliver our CSRD pay reporting: definitions, data quality, analysis and timely delivery. Support the EUPTD implementation and help embed it in our ways of working, together with HR, Legal and local countries. Contribute to the design of our global recognition programme and support its rollout. Contribute to the redesign of our variable pay, bringing market insight and analysis into the design choices. Run the benchmarking cycle that prepares our global salary review, and support the review process itself; guidelines, communication and execution. Maintain the policies, guidelines and documentation behind our reward decisions, and flag where they need to evolve. Deliver total reward statements, working with countries to collect, validate and align the underlying data. Prepare clear, data-driven recommendations for senior leadership. Develop policy documents and guidelines that managers and employees find easy to use. Support adoption of new reward initiatives through clear communication. We are Rituals We are more than a brand, we are a global community on a mission to transform everyday routines into meaningful moments. Are you ready to shape the future of Rewards at Rituals? Bring all of you You are high on energy, low on ego, and with a little bit of humour while you enjoy turning complex regulation into something people actually understand. You are as comfortable in the detail as you are explaining it to a country HR lead. With your stakeholder management skills, you bring people along - explaining not just what we are doing, but why it matters. You bring 8+ years of experience in compensation & benefits, reward consultancy or a comparable international reward role, including annual salary and performance review cycles in international organisations, preferably within a Retail or FMCG setting. You successfully deliver global reward projects or workstreams from design through implementation, developing policies, guidelines and supporting documentation that work across multiple countries. You bring expertise in at least three of the following areas: job architecture, compensation philosophy, executive remuneration, variable pay, recognition or benefits design. You have experience with pay transparency and pay reporting, ideally EUPTD and CSRD, including the data and analysis behind it. You are comfortable working across countries to gather, validate and align data, influencing stakeholders without formal authority and turning complex insights into clear recommendations. You are highly analytical, proficient in Excel and PowerPoint, and handle sensitive information with discretion and integrity. You are proactive, solution-oriented, comfortable navigating ambiguity, and communicate fluently in English, both written and spoken. You reside in the Netherlands and enjoy working from our Amsterdam office overlooking the canals. INTERESTED? If you are interested in this exciting position and your profile matches the profile we are looking for, we look forward to receiving your application via our website. YOUR PATH TO A NEW CAREER Grow with us! The next steps are: Apply via our website A first interview follows in our Central Head Office in Amsterdam. You do an online assessment. You have the second interview. In the event of a positive outcome, you will receive a proposal with the terms of employment. Any questions? Our recruiter is happy to speak to you via [email protected] Benefits of working at Rituals Unique opportunities for personal and professional growth Staff discount on Rituals products Attractive bonus Flexible working hours tailored to your personal rhythm Company & team events

Core Responsibilities

Own CSRD pay reporting and support implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, while maintaining the governance, policies, and documentation behind global reward decisions. Co-lead salary and performance review activities, contribute to reward initiatives such as variable pay and recognition, and deliver data-driven recommendations and total reward statements.

Requirements

Requires 8+ years of experience in compensation and benefits, reward consulting, or a comparable international reward role, including international salary and performance review cycles and delivery of global reward projects. Candidates should have expertise in at least three specified reward areas, experience with pay transparency or reporting, strong analytical and stakeholder skills, proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, fluent English, and residence in the Netherlands.

Benefits

• Personal And Professional Growth Opportunities
• Staff Discount On Rituals Products
• Attractive Bonus
• Flexible Working Hours
• Company And Team Events