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Add Flavor to Your Career and Life – Explore New Opportunities at Lee Kum Kee!

Ready to bring fresh energy to your career? At Lee Kum Kee, we’re committed to your growth, offering a place where creativity and innovation thrive. If you're eager to make an impact and advance your career, apply today and start adding flavor to your professional life!

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Founded in 1888, Lee Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based global food company, specializes in creating condiments and sauces that promote Chinese cuisine worldwide. With more than 300 products to choose from, Lee Kum Kee takes the mystery out of cooking authentic and delicious Asian foods in the comfort of your kitchen. Lee Kum Kee is committed to providing authentic and innovative condiments and sauces featuring the highest quality ingredients. Armed with a unique management culture, stringent quality control, superb and innovative products, coupled with the century long brand reputation, Lee Kum Kee has achieved unanimous recognition and won numerous prestigious awards.

Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc., a division of Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd., has its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Southern California with more than 500 employees (Americas Zone Region). We are looking for the best and brightest talents to join our company and work together to bring the next level of success!

Position Summary

The Rewards Specialist is a critical member of the HR&A team in Zone Americas, responsible for analyzing, designing, and administering competitive compensation and benefits programs aligned with business objectives, providing analysis and reports to support business decisions, and managing people cost budgeting and insight analysis. This role ensures the company’s rewards strategies attract, retain, and motivate talent while maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of market trends, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally to deliver data-driven insights that support organizational goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Compensation Analysis & Administration

• Conduct job evaluations, market pricing, and benchmarking to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Analyze salary structures, incentive plans, and other relevant programs; recommend adjustments based on market data and business needs.
• Support annual compensation cycles, including merit increases, bonuses, and long-term incentive awards.
• Ensure pay & benefits policies and practices in compliance with the latest federal/state regulations (e.g., FLSA, ERISA, ACA) and audit requirements in both US and Canada.

Benefits Program Review

• Assist in the design, implementation, and communication of health, wellness, retirement, and other employee benefit programs.
• Monitor benefits utilization, costs, and vendor performance; identify opportunities for optimization.

HR Reporting and Data Analytics

• Generate routine or ad-hoc reports, analyses, and dashboards to inform HR and senior leadership decision-making.
• Continuously learning about data analytics and visualization tools and keep improving HR reporting, data analytics, and business decision support capability.

Headcount and People Cost Budgeting and Analytics

• Headcount management: partner with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and Finance to align talent needs and budget constraints.
• Prepare and manage the headcount budget.
• Implement system solutions for headcount management.
• Conduct effective annual people cost budgeting, provide insights, and analytics.
• Perform regular and ad-hoc people cost latest forecast and analytics.

Rewards Center of Expertise

• Act as the center of expertise for the HR team, provide consultation and Reward solutions for various people and organizational issues.

Employee Communication & Education

• Develop clear, concise materials to explain rewards programs to employees and managers.
• Address employee inquiries related to compensation, benefits, and policies.

Project Collaboration

• Work with different teams to lead the auditing project and meet the auditing requirements.
• Lead or support various HR information system changes and implementation initiatives.
• Other duties or projects may be assigned.

COMPETENCIES

• Data Analytics
• Problem Solving
• Action Oriented
• Drive for Results
• Planning & Organizing
• Customer Focus

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each major responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major responsibilities.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS and EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Analytics, Business Administration, or related discipline from an accredited 4-year university.
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in strategic rewards with a progressive career in compensation and/or benefits analysis
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or Certified Benefits Professional (CBP) designation preferred.
• Familiarity with compensation survey tools (e.g., Mercer) and statistical analysis techniques.
• Strong analytical mindset and skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
• In-depth knowledge of U.S. labor laws and regulations impacting compensation and benefits.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A self-starter, fast learner, and able to work independently with minimal supervision, with a can-do and learning attitude.
• Collaborative, responsive, and proactive team player; strong ownership and high integrity.
• Proficient in MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Visio; ADP, Success Factor, or other HRIS systems, including running ad hoc reports; Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, macros) needed.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Demonstrated excellence in verbal and written communication skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• The individual must be able to apply mathematical concepts to perform daily functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.
• This position may regularly require long working hours and occasional weekend work as job duties demand.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• This job operates in a professional office environment.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers and smartphones.

It is Lee Kum Kee’s policy to seek and employ the most qualified persons in all jobs in a manner which will ensure equal employment opportunity as well as administer personnel actions in a manner as to not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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