Head of Payroll & Compensation & Benefits

We Connect. We Create. We Commit.

As Head of Payroll & Compensation & Benefits (m/f/d), you will take on a newly created key role within our Cluster North. Your focus will be on the further development and harmonization of Payroll, Compensation, and Benefits processes across national borders. Together with your teams, you will create scalable, future-proof solutions and ensure that Payroll, Compensation, and Benefits meet the requirements of an international company.

About us: Yusen Logistics strives to become the world's preferred supply chain logistics company. Our comprehensive offering aims to create better connections between companies, customers, and communities – through innovative supply chain management, freight forwarding, warehousing, and distribution services. As a company, we rely on a culture of continuous improvement and ensure that everyone working with us is engaged, connected, and contributes creatively to making us the preferred choice worldwide.

Your profile as Head of Payroll:

• Several years of leadership experience in the field of Payroll, ideally in an international environment
• Sound knowledge in Payroll, Compensation & Benefits as well as labor, tax, and social security law topics
• Experience with international Payroll structures and Payroll service providers
• Proven success in the further development of Payroll processes and organizational structures
• Experience in leading international projects and transformation initiatives
• Analytical and structured way of working combined with strong implementation skills
• Business fluent English skills as well as strong intercultural competence

Your tasks as Head of Payroll:

• Overall responsibility for the Payroll processes within the Cluster North (focus on DACH & BNX)
• Leadership and further development of international Payroll teams as well as management of external Payroll service providers
• Ensuring correct, timely, and legally compliant Payroll processing
• Development and implementation of Compensation & Benefits strategies at the Cluster level
• Introduction and further development of market-oriented compensation and benefits programs
• Conducting compensation analyses, market benchmarks, and Salary Reviews
• Leading international Payroll and HR projects for the standardization and harmonization of processes
• Close cooperation with HR, Finance, and Management on payroll- and compensation-relevant issues

We want you to feel comfortable with us:

Therefore, in addition to a family-like atmosphere, fresh coffee, tea, water, and fruit, we also offer you:

• A responsible leadership position with great creative freedom
• Direct influence on the development of a strategically important HR area
• Cooperation in an international environment
• Short decision-making paths and an open corporate culture
• Individual development and career opportunities
• Company car for private use
• A 39-hour week and 30 days of vacation
• Regular team and company events as well as small tokens of appreciation at Easter and Christmas
• Regular feedback and development discussions
• Targeted promotion through high-quality training and our Self-Learning platform
• Company pension scheme
• Subsidies for capital-forming benefits and occupational eyewear
• Free parking, good public transport connections
• Free membership in the Urban Sports Club
• Bike leasing
• Employee discounts
• "Employee refers employee" bonus program
• Works council and representative body for severely disabled employees

Contact person

Yusen Logistics (Deutschland) GmbH Andrea Körschenhausen Theodorstraße 105 40472 Düsseldorf </body>