EMEA Compensation Specialist

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods.

Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world.

Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 19,000 people globally.

Your future challenge:

We want to welcome you as our new EMEA Compensation Specialist within LDC. You will work with 25 countries, EMEA scope.

Your future missions:

• Grading: support the global project on Job architecture by evaluating new job profiles during the deployment phase; determine the correct grading for new positions, ensuring consistency within EMEA region and support the global grading governance
• Market data: submit, analyze and evaluate market data for EMEA countries in order to run the annual review of pay structure; analyze industry regularly and market trends to maintain competitive compensation practices; conduct market data research when necessary to support decision making process during recruitment or budgeting process
• Compensation process: support process improvements as and when required; contribute to the global planning of the annual compensation activities and support the regional CoE in the operational deployment of the annual compensation process; actively participate in the preparation phase of the annual compensation process within EMEA region
• Pay Equity and Transparency: participate in the pay equity project to ensure compensation practices adhere to current legislation and act as support to regional teams on the topic; run analysis on pay equity as and when necessary; contribute to the development and implementation of the Pay Transparency within the organization, in alignment with the regional specificities and requirement
• Other activities in EMEA region such as supporting the mobility process within the region ensuring alignment with global policy
• Advising, and when necessary, train and support, HR team members on compensation and benefit topics

Your profile:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in economics/ Management/HR
• 5+ years experience in a Compensation environment or as a Compensation Consultant
• Previous experience in trading industry
• Knowledge and experience of compensation practices and disciplines, inclusive of utilizing salary survey information to conduct and provide detailed analysis of functional, market and industry relevant compensations structure
• Exposure to grading and compensation structuring, ideally within a large multinational
• Project management skills, rolling out global initiatives
• Cross functional and cross-country collaboration
• Excellent Windows Office knowledge, especially Advanced Excel are mandatory
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills are mandatory

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We offer

• Competitive salary and benefits​​​​​​
• Hybrid work available (not applicable to all roles)
• Pension contributions
• Access to Training and Development 
• Access to Concierge Partnerships

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us