Sr Director Total Rewards

Business Unit Overview
BellRing Brands, Inc. is a publicly traded holding company and a rapidly growing leader in the global convenient nutrition category offering ready-to-drink shake and powder protein products. Our brands, Premier Protein®, Dymatize® and PowerBar® appeal to a broad range of consumers and are distributed across a diverse network of channels including club, food, drug, mass, eCommerce, specialty and convenience. BellRing's commitment to consumers is to strive to make highly effective products that deliver best-in-class nutritionals and superior taste. The company has net sales greater than $1.37 billion with primary offices in St. Louis, MO, Emeryville, CA and Munich, Germany. This can be a remote position, and candidates throughout the US will be considered.
Our Company has a people first culture guided by the following core values:

• We Are Builders: The status quo doesn't live here. We constantly strive for better ways to solve challenges to make big leaps forward.

• We Play to Win: We are motivated by our stretch goals. Our competitive spirit drives everyone to work and play hard as a team.

• We Connect and Belong: All are welcome and all belong here. We ensure all voices are heard and we believe diverse perspectives lead to better results.

• We Ring the Bell: The bell in our office reminds us to celebrate often and recognize people across the organization. We show appreciation for both effort and achievement.

Responsibilities
The Role...
The Head of Total Rewards will oversee the BellRing Brands Total Rewards portfolio. This will include oversight of the payroll provider, benefits administration, leave management, human resources information systems (HRIS) administration (managed by IT), BellRing long-term incentive programs, and 401k administration. BellRing seeks to develop a shared services platform and Total Rewards team for future growth with an expectation that third-party providers will provide direct services such as payroll, benefits administration, HRIS, and leave management. In spring 2024, BellRing will partner with a Big 4 management consulting firm to select vendor support for a new payroll, benefits administration, and HRIS. Over a period of 8 months, BellRing will prepare to migrate from the provision of shared HR services for these areas which are currently being provided by an affiliated company under contract and manage its own HR systems and provision of services.
The role will help hire and lead the BellRing Total Rewards team and be a key business partner to the Premier Nutrition Company People Operations team, which will be the main point of contact and People partners for all Premier Nutrition Company employees.
This position will be based remotely though each remote employee comes to our Emeryville headquarters at least quarterly for all-hands and other large all-company meetings, with occasional travel to our St. Louis and Dallas offices (estimated total 5-8 short trips per year).
The expected pay scale this role is $200k to $215k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.
You're excited about this opportunity because your time will be filled with...

• Coaching, guiding, and business partnering: 25% of time
• Coach, lead, and give guidance to an estimated 2-4 Total Rewards direct report employees toward solutions to challenging people issues in areas such as compensation, motivation, career plans, and development
• Partner with the 12-person Premier Nutrition Company People team to coordinate the collective execution and administration of Total Rewards programs and strategy
• Have weekly partnership meetings with the Associate Director of PNC People Operations to coordinate and align BellRing Total Rewards and PNC People Operations portfolios
• Have frequent one-on-ones with the SVP of People for BellRing Brands advising them on matters of strategic importance for the Total Rewards portfolio

Total rewards strategic initiatives: 20% of time

• Strategize, benchmark, analyze, and design a robust, generous, employee-centric Total Rewards strategy to attract and retain amazing talent
• Give presentations to PNC Senior Leadership Team on Total Rewards strategy and support executive decision-making process through expertise and context in the field
• Oversee and execute HR Total Rewards and benefits compliance programs

Total rewards operations: 35% of time

• Be a liaison between third-party HR program providers for escalated or strategic matters
• Assist with running the daily business of the Total Rewards team, including ad hoc work projects
• Provide general oversight and contracts administration of HR third-party providers such as employment insurance, relocation; dental, medical, prescription, & vision benefits; workers compensation, HR compliance, talent acquisition, LTIP, 401k, visas, unemployment claims, AAP, EEO-1, VETS, etc.
• Support the administration of the Employee Benefits Trustees Committee (EBTC) of BellRing Brands

The daily stuff that everyone does but few quantify: 20% of time

• Attending meetings and presentations
• Participating in company-wide activities and events galore
• Impromptu conversations with colleagues
• Administrivia like email, Teams messaging, calendaring, expense reports, and other non-value-added work

Qualifications
What are we looking for?
Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Experience:

• Background with running and designing Total Rewards programs
• The ideal candidate will have experience with acquisition and integration of companies into common platforms and processes

Skills:

• HR senior level experience in major people operations field sub-disciplines, especially compensation, compliance, leave management, employment benefits law, employee benefits, recruiting platforms, payroll, LTIP, 401k

So, if after reading through this long list you're thinking-I'm not sure I meet 100% of these requirements, should I still apply? YES-if you embody a growth mindset, see challenges as opportunities to develop, and find innovative ways to get the real work that matters done, you sound like our kind of candidate!
Key Capabilities and Traits for this Role:

• Be a Builder
• Bring People Along: Provide context & cascade information; share openly & inclusively
• Enterprise-wide strategic view
• Strong project management and execution skills
• Drive results despite paradox & ambiguity

You will thrive here and may just do the best work of your life if...

• You want to be an integral part of shaping and nurturing an amazing work culture
• You like trying out novel minimum viable product people-related ideas
• You can be flexible in your approach to people challenges and abandon past practices if they don't make sense or would lead to a poor outcome
• You are comfortable being natural, casual, open, and even a bit playful at work
• You don't have a big ego and hate siloed thinking
• You like to get sh*t, we mean-stuff done
• You can be friendly, vulnerable, and self-deprecating in one moment, and deal with a challenging, delicate people-related matter as a professional in the next
• You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the needle

This may not be your ideal next career move if...

• You like a lot of structure, rules, and uniformity
• You like hierarchy, command and control management
• You want to build lots of processes, systems, governance, or policies and make a beautiful bureaucracy
• Dealing with ambiguity or experimentation is not your jam
• You try to resolve challenging interpersonal situations over instant messaging or passive aggression
• You enjoy writing stuffy job descriptions :)
• You like managing from your house with your camera off and demonstrating excellence through email
• You tend to chase whatever shiny object presents itself during the day instead of real results

We strive to create an equitable and inclusive environment to contribute to the success of our organization. Premier Nutrition provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.