Job Description
Sr. Specialist Compensation
Posting Start Date:
10/5/26
Main Location:
Northlake,IL
Requisition ID:
54150
You may be our new
Sr. Specialist Compensation
Compensation: $100K - $120K
Location: Northlake, Illinois
Summary of the Role:
The Sr. Specialist Compensation role is responsible for supporting the design, implementation and management of the organizations compensation programs to attract, retain and motivate top talent across the United States and Canada. This role ensures that all rewards programs are competitive, equitable, and aligned with the company’s strategic direction. This role will support in the design and implementation of compensation strategies that align with the organization’s goals, developing and maintaining compensation policies, salary structures and pay grades, aligning compensation practices with performance, retention and talent acquisition goals. The Sr. Compensation Specialist partners closely with People & Culture, Finance, and business leaders to administer base pay, incentive plans, job evaluations, market pricing, annual compensation reviews, and regulatory reporting.
Key responsibilities
As an at-will employer, SIG reserves the right to add to or modify this list to the extent it deems necessary.
- Conduct market research and benchmarking to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.
- Design, evaluate and implement compensation structures, salary bands and incentive plans.
- Maintain accurate compensation documentation, records and process guidelines. Support in the development of Compensation policies and procedures.
- Oversee job evaluations, salary surveys and compensation analysis.
- Provide compensation consultation on new hires, promotions and internal mobility.
- Oversee the annual headcount budget process.
- Oversee the annual performance management process, working closely with the P&C team on bonus plan design, policy, calculation
- Actively participate and support global projects and initiatives.
- Lead and administer the annual performance and compensation review cycle, partnering closely with the People & Culture team to design and manage incentive programs, including bonus plan development, policy governance, bonus calculations, and merit increase planning and execution, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, internal equity, and compensation philosophy.
- Generate regular compensation reports, metrics and dashboards for management.
You bring these skills, experience & education
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field required.
- 5+ years of compensation, total rewards, HR, finance, or related analytical experience preferred.
- Experience administering annual compensation review processes and incentive programs.
- Experience working with HRIS, compensation management tools, and advanced Excel functions.
- Power BI reporting and dashboard development experience.
- Familiarity with U.S. and Canadian compensation practices and pay-related regulations.
- Experience supporting annual merit and bonus cycles.
- Experience with job architecture, job leveling, salary structures, salary surveys, preferably Mercer methodology and market data.
SIG competencies
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is 'yes', come and join us.
Our promise
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
About SIG
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it's the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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Sr. Specialist Compensation