Harald Ring - Compensation & Benefits Manager

Eschweiler, Germany

Experience

Nov 2023 - Jan 2024

3 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Compensation & Benefits Manager

James Hardie Europe

Industry: Construction
Responsibility: 0 employees
Company data: approx. €600M revenue, approx. 1,200 employees in Europe
Goals: Implement various measures such as company pension (BAV), disability insurance (BU), company health insurance (BKV), bonus, accident insurance, 4-day workweek, social day, sabbatical
Results: Implemented BAV, BKV and BU on January 1, 2024, and finalized the other topics for rollout on April 1, 2024

Nov 2022 - Aug 2023

10 months

Germany

Support for Practice Sale

Dental Practice Susanne Zimmermann

Industry: Health
Project name: Practice sale
Responsibility: approx. €1M, 12 employees
Company data: approx. €1M revenue, 12 employees
Goals: Quick sale of the dental practice at a good price
Results: The practice was successfully sold on July 1, 2023

Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

6 months

Gladbeck, Germany

Head of Human Resources Germany

Surteco GmbH

Industry: Chemicals
Responsibility: approx. 10 employees plus trainees
Company data: approx. €800M revenue, approx. 3,700 employees worldwide / 1,800 in Germany
Goals: Take over all HR tasks during the HR Manager's maternity and parental leave
Results: Successful takeover of all HR tasks; led the in-house collective bargaining negotiations with IG BCE; realigned the HR department; implemented the HR SAP project

Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

7 months

Frankfurt, Germany

Head of Com. & Ben.

Payone GmbH

Industry: Banking IT
Responsibility: 0 employees
Company data: approx. €700M revenue, approx. 1,700 employees in Germany and Austria
Goals: Develop and implement a new bonus system for sales and non-sales areas in Germany and Austria; benefits program; AT tariff demarcation; technical career path; reduction of job titles
Results: Successful completion with retroactive start on January 1, 2022

Jun 2021 - Sep 2021

4 months

Oberursel, Germany

Head of Com. & Ben.

BMI GmbH

Industry: Construction
Responsibility: 0 employees
Company data: approx. €750M revenue, approx. 2,000 employees in Germany
Goals: Implement a grading project for salaried staff; new bonus system; new pension scheme
Results: Developed and aligned these concepts for independent rollout in spring 2022; other tasks such as the salary gap between salaried staff and collective agreement

Feb 2021 - Mar 2021

2 months

Mannheim, Germany

Head of Com. & Ben.

Phoenix Pharma SE

Industry: pharmaceutical trade
Responsibility: 1 employee
Company data: approx. €27 billion turnover, approx. 39,000 employees
Goals: Development of concepts for a new grading project, an expat policy, and a retention plan
Results: Development and alignment of these concepts for independent implementation

Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

1 year

Hamburg, Germany

Head of Com. & Ben.

Bauer Media Group

Industry: newspapers, magazines, radio, internet
Responsibility: 1 employee
Company data: approx. €2.8 billion turnover, approx. 12,000 employees
Goals: Complete rebuild of the Compensation & Benefits area
Results: Grading system for the top 150; new bonus and LTI program; centralized payroll for the top 150

Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

9 months

Germany

Head of Com. & Ben.

OBI GmbH

Industry: DIY / retail
Responsibility: €0.5 million, 2 employees
Company data: approx. €5.8 billion turnover, approx. 48,000 employees
Goals: Acting Head of Compensation & Benefits until the new manager took over; initiation and leadership of a group-wide grading project
Results: Onboarding and handover of tasks to an internal OBI employee

Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

5 months

Germany

Com. & Ben. Manager

SPIE AG

Industry: energy and metal industry
Responsibility: 0 employees
Company data: approx. €2.8 billion turnover, approx. 14,000 employees in Germany
Goals: Harmonization of various agreements and standards (bonus, vacation rules, car policy, salary adjustments) after the company sale in 2017
Results: Complete standardization of the assumed tasks

Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

4 months

Germany

Head of HR Service

Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller GmbH

Industry: food
Project name: HR Service Center management
Responsibility: 22 employees
Company data: approx. €6 billion turnover, approx. 18,000 employees
Goals: Temporary cover of the head position or integration of the HR Service Center into the existing organization
Results: Complete integration of the HR Service Center into the existing HR organization of the different companies and locations