Reward Specialist

Wienerberger AG; Cheadle; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading building products company is seeking a Reward Specialist for their Cheadle office. The role involves managing annual pay processes, maintaining salary benchmarking, and producing reward analytics. Applicants should have strong stakeholder management and communication skills, as well as experience in a similar role. The position offers a salary up to £37,000 with an annual bonus, hybrid working options, and various employee benefits, including health and well-being programmes.

Benefits

Annual company bonus up to 6%

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Health & wellbeing benefits

Employee discounts with various retailers

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a reward role with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to present technical information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with a track record of multitasking.

Responsibilities

• Manage annual pay processes including salary reviews and bonus cycles.
• Maintain salary benchmarking and manage benefit schemes.
• Produce reward analytics related to benefits and compliance.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication (verbal and written)

Planning and organisational skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

Job description

Come and join us as a Reward Specialist at our Cheadle office near Stockport!

wienerberger UK & Ireland is dedicated to empowering the construction industry to create a sustainable future for generations to come, through an extensive range of high-quality building products, systems, and solutions. We foster long‑term partnerships, support exceptional careers, and place sustainability at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role

As a Reward Specialist, you will provide expert support, coaching, and advice to internal stakeholders at all levels across the Wienerberger UK & Ireland region.

Based at our Head Office in Cheadle, you will join our friendly and supportive HR team. Reporting to the Head of Reward, you will help develop the reward function as a centre of excellence for the region, giving you opportunities to lead and deliver continuous improvement projects.

Duties are varied and include:

• Manage annual pay processes, including salary reviews and bonus cycles.
• Maintain salary benchmarking.
• Manage core and voluntary benefit schemes and work with Payroll/HRIS to ensure accurate records.
• Oversee share plan provision.
• Support pension auto‑enrolment and re‑enrolment with the pension provider, scheme broker, and Payroll.
• Design and maintain reward mechanisms.
• Produce reward analytics, including benefit uptake, share plan participation, and pension compliance.
• Act as the primary contact for external providers.

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm.

After the initial training period, we offer hybrid working of up to two days per week from home, depending on performance and business needs.

About You

You will be an established reward professional who can provide in-depth knowledge and expertise in these areas to our internal customers.

You will have strong stakeholder management experience, comfortable building relationships and adapting your style to suit audiences at different organisational levels.

You will also have:

• Excellent communications (verbal and written)
• Experience presenting technical information to a variety of audiences in an easy‑to‑understand way
• Planning and organisational skills, with proven ability to multi‑task and work on own initiative
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong analytical skills

It’s also desirable if you have:

• Experience of reward and benefits best practice in Ireland
• An understanding of using market data to support recruitment and annual reward processes
• Strong excel skills
• Ability to research and propose recommendations for change

About our Benefits

• Salary up to £37,000 (depending on experience)
• Annual company bonus up to 6%
• Pension scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays & holiday flexibility (buy 4 extra days and sell up to 2 days) + additional volunteering day
• Employee assistance and wellbeing programmes (including 24/7 online GP, discounts on counselling, mental health support service, get fit programmes)
• Health & wellbeing benefits which include dental cover, health cash plan and eye tests
• Financial advice/support available (including expert advice from our pension provider, and recommendations on savings & loans options)
• Employee discounts available with various retailers, gyms, and wienerberger products
• Life assurance (2x annual salary)
• Opportunity to join our Share Incentive Plan and our Employee Profit Participation Programme

About Wienerberger Ltd

Wienerberger Ltd is a provider of wall, roof and landscaping innovations, offering outstanding, sustainable solutions for new build and renovation. In the UK, we have head offices located in Cheadle and Doncaster, showrooms in London, Belfast and Surrey, with brick and roof tile production sites in Manchester, Co. Durham, Worcestershire, North Warwickshire, West Midlands, North Kent, Surrey and West Sussex.

So what are you waiting for? Come and join wienerberger as a Reward Specialist and start growing your career with us today!

The closing date for this role is subject to change and may be closed earlier than advertised.