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Director, Total Rewards

Location: 

Barcelona, ES

Department:  Human Resources
Full-time or Part-time:  Full-Time
Job Type:  Employee
Shift:  On site

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet.  More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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About The Role

 

The Director, Total Rewards – RPSI, supports the design, implementation, and administration of compensation and benefits programs for the Rigid Packaging Solutions International (RPSI) business group in EMEA (~15,000 employees across multiple countries).

The role provides expert advice and executional leadership in the application of global and regional Total Rewards frameworks within RPSI. Working closely with HR and business leaders, this position ensures programs are competitive, compliant, and aligned with enterprise standards while supporting local needs.

 

Key Job Accountabilities

 

Compensation:

  • Manage annual compensation processes (merit, bonus, sales incentives, long-term incentives) for RPSI.
  • Provide market analysis and internal equity reviews, preparing recommendations for HR and business leaders.
  • Support design and calibration of pay structures by providing data, insights, and practical implementation input.
  • Ensure compensation programs are implemented consistently across countries and compliant with legal requirements.

Benefits:

  • Coordinate and support benefits programs across RPSI, ensuring compliance and competitiveness.
  • Manage vendor relationships and support harmonization projects, escalating strategic recommendations to regional leadership.
  • Support post-merger harmonization and integration of benefit programs within RPSI

Advisory & Business Partnership:

  • Act as the primary point of contact for RPSI HR and business partners on Total Rewards matters.
  • Advise and educate managers/HR on application of policies and practices.
  • Escalate complex or exceptional cases to Sr. Director Total Rewards EMEA
  • Provide guidance on complex individual cases (executive compensation, retention, mobility, organization design).

 

Projects and Governance

  • Contribute to global and regional Total Rewards initiatives (e.g., job architecture, incentive plan changes, benefits harmonization) representing the RPSI perspective.
  • Ensure compliance with internal governance standards, audit requirements, and local statutory regulations.
  • Drive process improvements and use data/analytics to improve decision making and efficiency.

 

Qualifications/Requirements

  • University degree in Business, HR, Finance, or related discipline; advanced qualification or professional certification (e.g., CCP, GRP, Mercer/KF Hay) preferred.
  • Typically 10–12 years of progressive experience in Total Rewards/Compensation & Benefits within multinational environments.
  • Proven track record managing compensation and benefits across multiple EMEA countries, with large employee populations (>10,000 FTE).
  • Experience working in complex matrix structures and influencing senior stakeholders
  • Expertise in job evaluation methodologies (preferably Hay) and market benchmarking.
  • Strong financial and analytical skills; advanced Excel and HRIS/Comp systems knowledge (Workday preferred).
  • Knowledge of EMEA legal, tax, and compliance frameworks for compensation and benefits.
  • Effective vendor and project management skills.

About Amcor
Amcor is the global leader in developing and producing responsible consumer packaging and dispensing solutions across a variety of materials for nutrition, health, beauty and wellness categories. Our global product innovation and sustainability expertise enables us to solve packaging challenges around the world every day, producing a range of flexible packaging, rigid packaging, cartons and closures that are more sustainable, functional and appealing for our customers and their consumers. We are guided by our purpose of elevating customers, shaping lives and protecting the future. Supported by a commitment to safety, over 75,000 people generate $23 billion in annualized sales from operations that span over 400 locations in more than 40 countries.
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