Compensation, Benefits & People Cost Senior Expert

Location: Milano, IT

Entity / company: Carlsberg Italia

Compensation, Benefits & People Cost Senior Expert

Are you passionate about shaping fair, competitive and sustainable reward strategies? Would you like to combine Compensation & Benefits expertise with People Cost planning, analytics and business partnering, providing insights that support strategic people and financial decisions? This opportunity is here with us.

We are looking for an experienced Compensation, Benefits & People Cost Expert to define, manage and continuously improve our Compensation & Benefits strategy, policies and processes, ensuring internal equity, external competitiveness, legal compliance and alignment with the Company’s business strategy and Carlsberg Group guidelines.

What you will do

In this role, you will help shape and manage our reward approach while supporting People Cost planning and analytics, working closely with P&C, Finance/Controlling and business leaders.

You will mainly focus on:

• supporting the definition and implementation of fair, competitive and sustainable Compensation & Benefits policies and processes, in line with business needs and Carlsberg Group guidelines;
• coordinating key reward processes such as salary review, bonus and incentive schemes, benefits management, job evaluation and market benchmarking;
• managing People Cost planning, forecasting and reporting, including HC/FTE, salaries, incentives, benefits and employee-related costs;
• analysing people, market and cost data to provide clear insights, scenarios and recommendations that support business and people decisions;
• ensuring accurate data, reporting and process execution in cooperation with Payroll/Admin, Finance/Controlling and relevant Group stakeholders;
• contributing to the continuous improvement of reward, benefits and workforce analytics processes, with a focus on transparency, efficiency and employee experience.

What we are looking for

We would like to meet someone with:

• solid experience in Compensation & Benefits, reward processes and People Cost planning, preferably in a structured or international environment;
• strong analytical skills and confidence in working with numbers, data, budgets, forecasts and reporting tools;
• good understanding of compensation policies, benefits, bonus and incentive schemes, salary review and job evaluation processes;
• advanced Excel skills and a data-driven mindset, with the ability to turn complex information into clear insights and recommendations;
• accuracy, reliability, confidentiality and attention to detail, together with the ability to manage deadlines and multiple priorities;
• strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics in a simple and business-oriented way;
• fluency in English.

The following will be considered a plus:

• previous experience with Mercer/Hay job evaluation methodology, salary surveys and market benchmarking;
• knowledge of Zucchetti or other payroll systems;
• experience in designing or improving bonus, incentive, benefits or workforce analytics processes.

Is this opportunity right for you?

You enjoy working at the intersection of people, business and numbers. You are curious, structured and reliable, with the ability to connect data, processes and people decisions in a clear and practical way.

What to expect

You will join a passionate People & Culture team and work closely with Finance team and business leaders, contributing to reward, cost and workforce decisions that support both our people strategy and business sustainability.

If you are motivated by the opportunity to combine Compensation & Benefits, People Cost and business partnering in a dynamic, collaborative and international environment, we might be looking for exactly you.

Contract type: permanent contract.

Smart working: up to 2 days/week.

Carlsberg Group: Brewing for a better today and tomorrow

For us success has always been in the diverse mix of our people, our beers and our brands. At Carlsberg, we want to recruit and develop people with a global mindset, cultural understanding, and international experience to ensure that our organization stays agile, inclusive and prepared for future growth. Only by acknowledging and harvesting from different perspectives and experiences, will we gain competitive advantage and leverage the effect of diversity for business growth. Carlsberg aims to create equal access to opportunity regardless of social identity, and we encourage everyone to apply regardless of gender, nationality, race, religion or any other characteristics protected by law.