Manager, Compensation & Benefits

Beko Europe is a leading home appliances business, dedicated to changing the lives of our customers through a wide range of innovative and sustainable household products and solutions. It was established in 2023 as a result of an agreement between Arçelik and Whirlpool, with Arçelik owning 75 percent of the company and Whirlpool owning 25 percent. It benefits from more than 60 years of leadership, innovation and expertise in the home appliance sector. 

With more than 20,000 employees, Beko Europe has 69 subsidiaries and 11 production sites across Europe, which are located in Cassinetta, Melano, Comunanza, and Siena in Italy, Wroclaw, Radomsko, and Lodz in Poland, Poprad in Slovakia, Yate in the UK, and Ulmi and Gaesti in Romania, with a production capacity of approximately 24 million white goods products per year.

Currently, we are seeking qualified candidates for the role of Compensation & Benefits Manager for our Europe Compensation & Benefits CoE ( Center of Excellence) organization. This position reports to the Total Rewards & Global Mobility Director Europe. It is responsible for delivering all Compensation & Benefits processes in Europe and managing a team of C&B Analysts.

What You Will Do

• Design C&B CoE guidelines, processes, policies and programs to ensure internal and external competitiveness in accordance with Global Compensation & Benefits Guidelines in the Europe Region


• Establish and foster effective working relationships with HR Business Partners, vendors and other key stakeholders to ensure effective service delivery, ensure that regional and local programs are well aligned and coordinated according to country and business specific needs


• Ensure all global compensation cycles (i.e. merit, annual incentive, local incentives) are smoothly run for the respective group of countries and according to Europe C&B guidelines


• Act as CoE and implement C&B projects across Europe that will lead to greater operational effectiveness


• Manage and Coordinate Beko’s compensation programs including annual merit and bonus processes, compensation recommendations, job analyses and market surveys


• Act as a point of escalation or support for compensation & benefits related questions or issues that require deep functional knowledge for resolution


• Provide compensation recommendations by determining market competitive compensation and review requests for compensation outside of guidelines


• Suggest methods to update, simplify, and enhance processes, procedures, and technologies


• Lead initiatives associated with change management to ensure compliance with local regulations and global guidelines


• Manage a team of C&B Analysts providing guidance and mentorship on a day-to-day basis

What You Need to Succeed

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Accounting or equivalent combination of education and work experience


• 5-10 years of professional compensation & benefits experience


• Knowledge of HR as a discipline with a deep understanding of compensation & benefits


• Familiar with working in a complex, multinational matrix environment with continuous change


• Delivers strong, consistent content in both quality and service


• Strong verbal and communication skills. Fluency in English, any other European language is a plus


• Strong interpersonal, time- and case-management skills


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, ability to handle confidential information; acts in a professional manner


• Ability to navigate change and influence others


• Teamwork- and results-oriented

What we offer

• 1 year fixed term contract (with possibility for extension)


• Hybrid way of working 4+1 - (you can work from home up to 4 days per week)


• Attractive benefit package


• International working enviroment

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, sex, colour, national or social origin, ethnicity, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status or political opinion.

For more information about us look at www.bekoeurope.com or follow us on LinkedIn. Looking for new opportunity? Review our career page here.