Manager, Sales Compensation



JOB SUMMARY

As an integral member of the Global Compensation team, the Manager, Sales Compensation position provides consulting and analytical support of global compensation activities related to job evaluation, salary analysis and pay equity, incentive plan design and administration, and project execution for top line revenue generating disciplines. Position will execute moderate to complex project tasks in accordance with developed project plans. This position will support Marriott’s sales compensation philosophy and programs to ensure internal equity, external competitiveness, strong programmatic governance and compliance with applicable regulations and policies.  

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Human Resources or a related professional area, from an accredited university; 4 years of, progressive compensation analysis, design and administration experience including compliance with relevant state and federal laws.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Demonstrated experience interacting effectively as a team member/consultant with all levels of associates.
• Proven ability to independently identify and analyze problems/issues, assess risk, evaluate potential solutions and recommend a course of action.
• Ability to perform independently under limited supervision.
• Strong MS Office skills including Word and Excel are required; Access proficiency a plus.
• Oracle HCM and Incentive Compensation is preferred.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Managing Work, Projects, and Policies

• Provides on-going and timely sales compensation consulting expertise regarding management and non-management compensation issues as directed by the manager. This includes job leveling, Exempt/Non-Exempt FLSA testing, salary analysis, survey participation, incentive design, project participation and aiding business partners in making informed compensation decision in compliance with corporate policies and procedures and applicable Federal, State and Local laws.

• Provides and seeks to identify data driven analyses, alternatives for consideration and recommendations for action to support effective and efficient compensation programs.  Maintains a library of routine analyses to help monitor the effectiveness of sales programs over time.
• Participates in a variety of assigned compensation projects through the development and implementation process. Manages the attainment of milestones of the project plans by working and coordinating with team members and key stakeholders. Partners with manager to analyze, solution and resolve complex project issues.
• Participates in all efforts related to the design of incentives plans for the assigned top line revenue generating disciplines. This includes discussions with business partners to ensure alignment of plan elements with discipline/business strategies, development of plan alternatives, plan and supporting resource creation, plan posting and related job code maintenance. Responsibilities include interfacing with our HR vendor for plan document creation, systems requirements and support for incentive cycle execution.
• Participates in the quarterly and annual bonus process for the assigned disciplines to ensure bonuses are processed timely and accurately.  Provides a seamless transition to the Compensation Operations team to support administration.  Provides the Compensation Operations team support in fielding questions and determining appropriateness of adjustments and exceptions throughout the cycles for assigned disciplines.
• Develop and maintains a toolkit to support special incentive plan creation and administration in a way that ensures speed-to-market while maintaining alignment to business strategy and compliant administration.
• Identifies issues which may evolve to be broader projects, such as those with an enterprise-wide scope. Prepares recommendations/options and presents to manager for support and direction.
• Works on cross-functional teams with members from a variety of disciplines including Human Resource, Law, Talent Acquisition, TMAS. Reporting and Analytics, Finance and Sales to solve business and process issues in an effective and timely manner.
• Responsible for own work and assists in contributing to team, department and/or business results.