Head of Compensation & Benefits

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Job Description

Pepsi Bottling Venturesis seeking a Head of Compensation & Benefits to join our team.

Who We Are

We are jointly owned by Suntory and PepsiCo. Suntory is a family-owned business founded in Japan more than 125 years ago that is known globally for their beverages and innovative spirit. PepsiCo has a 125-year plus legacy as a global leader in convenient foods and beverages. We represent Suntorys non-alcoholic beverage industry in the United States and have an 80-year plus legacy of providing PepsiCo products to the Carolinas and beyond.

What We Do

We make sell and distribute PepsiCo and other beverages. We do business in five states and sell PepsiCo beverages to most of the market in our geographic regions. We also develop our own line of beverages producing and distributing a growing product line nationally.

What Makes Us Unique

We bring you the beverages you love. We bring PepsiCos beloved beverages and more to you and our customers. As a part of Suntory we believe in dreaming big and boldly pursuing our dreams growing for good and giving back to society. We innovate to create new beverages like our Natures Twist refreshing lemonade line and we continuously expand our beverage portfolio to bring you and our customers joy.

What We Look for in Leaders

Our leaders embrace a coaching leadership style. We look for leaders that empower all team members. Our leaders value integrity teamwork accountability adaptability and communication in all they do and expect from their teams.

Role Overview

The Sr. Director of Compensation & Benefits is responsible for setting and executing the organizations total rewards strategy in support of business growth workforce sustainability and long-term financial performance. This role provides strategic direction governance and oversight of all compensation and benefits programs ensuring they are competitive equitable compliant and aligned with the companys talent and business strategies. Operating as a trusted advisor to executive leadership the Senior Director partners closely with Finance Legal and People & Culture leadership to influence enterprise decisions related to pay philosophy workforce economics executive compensation and organizational transformation. The role balances strategic vision with operational excellence risk management and data-driven insights.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Define and lead the companys enterprise-wide compensation philosophy and strategy ensuring alignment with business objectives financial constraints and talent priorities.

• Provide executive oversight of all compensation programs including base pay short- and long-term incentives merit programs sales compensation and executive compensation.

• Govern job architecture job evaluation frameworks and salary structures to ensure scalability internal equity and external competitiveness.

• Lead and oversee annual and long-range compensation planning processes including merit and incentive cycles.

• Serve as the subject matter expert on pay transparency pay equity and regulatory compliance (e.g. FLSA state pay laws).

• Partner with Finance and leadership on compensation budgeting forecasting and longterm cost modeling.

• Establish the long-term benefits strategy to support attraction retention well-being and organizational sustainability.

• Provide oversight of health and welfare retirement wellness leave and ancillary benefits programs.

• Lead vendor strategy and benefits cost management including renewals procurement decisions and long-range financial modeling.

• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal state and local benefits regulations (ERISA ACA COBRA etc.) mitigating financial and reputational risk.

• Partner with internal stakeholders to shape benefits communication and change management strategies that support employee engagement and understanding.

• Lead mentor and develop compensation and benefits team members.

• Act as a strategic advisor to senior and executive leadership on total rewards strategy executive compensation and talent risk.

• Influence enterprise decisions related to promotions executive offers retention strategies organizational design and workforce planning.

• Collaborate with HR Business Partners on job design promotions organizational changes and workforce planning.

• Lead total rewards support for M&A restructuring and organizational transformation initiatives ensuring seamless integration and risk mitigation.

• Provide oversight of compensation and benefits data governance within Workday and related systems.
• Lead participation in market benchmarking surveys and interpretation of trends to inform decisionmaking.
• Lead the development dashboards reporting and insights to support leadership discussions and recommendations.
• Ensure strong controls documentation and audit readiness across all programs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Finance or a related field.

• Professional certification (CCP CBP GRP or similar) preferred.

• Minimum twelve (12) years of progressive experience in compensation and benefits including leadership responsibility.

• Experience supporting multi state or multi location organizations.

• Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives and influencing enterprise-wide decisions.

• Deep expertise in compensation strategy benefits design and regulatory requirements.

• Proven experience partnering with Finance Legal and People & Culture leadership on complex high-impact initiatives.

• Exceptional financial acumen and analytical problem solving and communication skills.

• Experience working with HRIS platforms (Workday preferred).

• Strong organizational influence presence and decision-making capability in a fast-paced evolving environment.

• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail; enjoys working with data numbers and complex compensation models.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly explain compensation and benefits concepts to leaders and employees.

• High level of integrity and discretion when handling confidential and sensitive information.

• Sound judgment and problemsolving ability balancing market competitiveness internal equity compliance and cost.

• Wellorganized deadlinedriven and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fastpaced environment.

Compensation and Benefits

As part of your total compensation package you will also receive the following benefits:

• Paid time off including holidays vacation days personal days parental leave and bereavement leave

• 401(k) with a company match

• Medical prescription dental and vision insurance options as well as supplemental health plan options including accident critical illness and hospitalization

• Saving and spending accounts

• Company-paid telemedicine services

• Free counseling and information services

• Wellness program

• Company-paid life insurance

• Company-paid disability coverage

• Adoption assistance

• Education assistance

• Legal service plan option

• Pay advance option

Unfortunately we will be unable to offer visa sponsorships to candidates.

EOE M/F/D/V

Pepsi Bottling Ventures is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran status or disability status. All employment decisions are based on valid job-related requirements. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our website you may request a reasonable accommodation to express interest in a specific opening. You can request reasonable accommodation by calling 1- or via e-mail at