Why this role?
KONE India is embarking upon an exciting growth phase and this represents an opportunity for you to join our Chennai team, as a Performance & Reward CoE Manager.
What will you be doing?
1. Performance Management & Total Rewards
- Lead the full performance management cycle, including annual goal setting, mid-year reviews, and year-end evaluations.
- Facilitate leadership calibration sessions to ensure fair and consistent performance differentiation.
- Provide training and guidance to employees and managers on effective goal setting, feedback, and performance discussions.
- Manage performance processes in Workday, ensuring compliance and timely completion.
- Support the annual merit review cycle by planning salary revisions aligned with performance outcomes, market benchmarks, internal equity, and budget guidelines.
- Contribute to the design and administration of variable pay and sales incentive programs.
- Partner with Finance and HR leadership to ensure adherence to budgets and reward governance.
2. Rewards & Recognition
- Drive initiatives that strengthen a culture of appreciation and high performance.
- Design and implement recognition programs that celebrate employee contributions and reinforce organizational values in the recognition tool.
- Super admin of the recognition tool
3. Employee Wellbeing Initiatives
- Lead wellbeing programs addressing physical, mental, and financial health.
- Promote awareness and utilization of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), wellness campaigns, health initiatives, and engagement activities to enhance productivity and wellbeing.
- Responsible for wellbeing calendar, champions and health platforms
4. HR Analytics & Insights
- Analyze performance and compensation data to provide actionable insights and recommendations to leadership.
- Develop dashboards and reports to monitor performance distribution, reward outcomes, and compensation trends.
5. Stakeholder Management & Governance
- Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to resolve performance-related challenges and reward decisions.
- Act as a subject matter expert on performance and rewards policies and processes.
- Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements related to compensation and performance practices.
- Continuously enhance processes through digital tools, automation, and best practices.
Are you the one?
- Minimum 10-12 years of experience in Performance Management, Compensation & Rewards Strategy.
- Strong exposure to HR Analytics & Data Interpretation, Stakeholder Management, Policy & Governance.
What do we offer?
- Career progression opportunities within a global organization.
- Total reward elements that engage and motivate our employees and help us make KONE a great place to work.
- Comprehensive learning and development programs covering a wide range of professional skills.
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/