US Workforce Benefits Manager

About the role

As the US Workforce Benefits Manager, you will implement, manage, and support the overall health, welfare, leave, and retirement benefit programs for the organization. This position serves as a key leader for a centralized Benefits support team servicing employees across all businesses. You will work closely with benefits vendors, the center of excellence, and governance committees to evaluate and improve existing offerings, develop processes that drive efficiency, and ensure strict compliance with applicable legislation.

Key Responsibilities

On-site/Hybrid (Travel to various manufacturing sites across the US may be required)

• Maintains, develops, recommends, and implements benefits-related objectives, policies, and procedures to support the operations and compliance of a multi-state benefits program.

• Manages vendor relationships to ensure high-level service provided for key benefit programs, resolving issues through root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences.

• Leads a benefits team serving as the primary point of contact for employees, colleagues, and vendors while providing ongoing performance and development feedback to specialists.

• Develops recommended approaches and streamlined processes for documenting, communicating, and supporting benefit programs, using data and analytics to identify improvement areas.

• Supports benefits due diligence tied to M&A opportunities, related integration activities, and the execution of the annual benefits enrollment process.