Manager, Total Rewards Integration (EMEA)

Łódź, Poland

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working with internal and external stakeholders, coordinate detailed country-by-country benefit reviews across EMEA, including side-by-side analysis and documentation of recommendations, decisions, and post-EMA harmonization opportunities.
• Create and maintain an inventory of Benefits and Total Rewards programs offered by country to support integration planning, decision-making, and harmonization activities.
• Create country readiness packs, implementation plans, stakeholder checklists, issue logs, communication inputs, and supporting documentation to enable Day 1 readiness across people, systems, processes, vendors, policies, and payroll.
• Maintain decision logs, risk and issue trackers, action plans, owners, timelines, and escalation items to support timely execution, governance, and alignment across the Benefits integration workstream.
• Work with Regional Total Rewards Leaders and other stakeholders to support updates to policies, handbooks, employee communications, vendor documentation, process materials, and related Day 1 and post-Day 1 content.
• Coordinate Day 1 activities across people, systems, processes, data, payroll, vendors, communications, and governance to ensure regional and country requirements are understood, planned, tested where applicable, and executed in line with integration timelines.
• Drive post-EMA harmonization opportunities identified during the analysis phase and develop implementation plans with Regional Total Rewards Leads and external partners to execute approved harmonization actions.
• Support the country-level rollout of Compensation program changes in partnership with the Manager, Total Rewards Integration (Compensation), helping ensure local readiness, stakeholder alignment, communication support, and implementation tracking.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Extensive experience in leading complex projects, transformations, or integration initiatives, preferably in a mergers & acquisitions environment.
• Strong knowledge of compensation and benefits processes, with the ability to support Total Rewards integration across multiple markets.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment across HR, Finance, Legal, and business teams.
• Experience working in an international or regional environment, ideally across EMEA markets.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, execution, governance, risk management, and delivery tracking.
• Ability to translate business and integration requirements into practical Total Rewards solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and a data-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence at different levels of the organization.
• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

Compensation: starting from PLN 214,280 per year.

Final salary will be determined as part of any final offer and will consider factors such as skills, education, role-specific experience, and internal equity among current employees.

Eligible roles may also participate in one of McCormick’s Bonus Plans. In addition to a competitive compensation package, McCormick employees are eligible for our comprehensive Total Rewards programs, which include, but are not limited to:

• • Medicover
  • Multisports Card
  • Life insurance

McCormick ensures compensation is determined in line with the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, regardless of gender.

First consideration will be given to employees who have been displaced from their jobs for positions with the same grade or lower. If there are no qualified candidates, all other employees will then be considered. No displaced employee will receive preferential consideration for a promotional opportunity.​

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McCormick may recruit external candidates concurrently in order to expedite the recruitment process. Qualified internal candidates submitting bids within the first ten (10) days of the job being posted will be considered before external candidates. Internal bids received after the tenth (10th) day will be considered along with external candidates. ​

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.