Oliver Schulz-oster
Interim Manager Compensation & Benefits
Experience
May 2024 - Mar 2025
11 months Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Interim Manager Compensation & Benefits
Optima Packaging Group
- Designed, built and implemented a job architecture and a pay system
- Harmonized executive compensation
- Negotiations with the group works council
Oct 2023 - Apr 2024
7 months Hamburg, Germany
Interim Manager Compensation & Benefits
Skyborn Renewables
- Drafted a rewards policy
- Drafted a car policy
- Job evaluations for all positions
- Special bonus for Taiwan
Feb 2023 - May 2023
4 months Düsseldorf, Germany
Interim Manager Compensation & Benefits
Stepstone GmbH
- Supported the annual salary review for all employees
- Managed the bonus round 2022/2023
Nov 2022 - Mar 2025
2 years 5 months Nienburg, Germany
HR Consultant
Feralco Deutschland GmbH
- Developed a unified compensation structure
- Negotiations with the central works council
Nov 2020 - Oct 2022
2 years Remscheid, Germany
Interim HR Manager
Vaillant GmbH
- Project lead for service compensation and skilled talent pipeline
- Operational support for sales and service in northern Germany (approx. 500 employees)
May 2020 - Oct 2020
6 months Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Interim HR Manager
Universal Investment GmbH
- Led negotiations with the works council on the introduction of Workday
- HR Business Partner for a business unit
Feb 2020 - May 2020
4 months Munich, Germany
Interim Compensation & Benefits Specialist
Daiichi Sankyo Europe
- Implemented the European salary and bonus round for 15 countries
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
5 months Remscheid, Germany
Interim HR Manager
Vaillant GmbH
- Supported staff functions at headquarters
- Led a restructuring
- Close collaboration with the works council
Sep 2018 - May 2019
9 months Metzingen, Germany
Global Compensation & Benefits Manager
Hugo Boss AG
- Introduced a “fair pay” system
- Job evaluations
- Negotiations with the works council
- Designed and implemented compensation structures
Mar 2018 - Sep 2018
7 months Duisburg, Germany
HR Project Consultant
Venator Deutschland GmbH
- Corporate health management
- Post-graduate program
Sep 2017 - Feb 2018
6 months Munich, Germany
Project Manager HR Governance
Arval Deutschland GmbH
- HR governance focusing on GDPR, ISO, and external and internal audits
Jan 2015 - Aug 2017
1 year 8 months Duisburg, Germany
Project Manager HR Integration
Venator Deutschland GmbH
- Implemented group systems in newly acquired sites
- Job evaluations and pay structures
- Negotiations with two works councils and drafted five works agreements
Feb 2014 - Dec 2015
11 months Münster, Germany
General Manager Human Resources EMEA & Corporate
Armacell GmbH
- Change management before planned IPO
- Operational HR management for the holding
Nov 2011 - Jun 2013
1 year 8 months Hamburg, Germany
Head of HR
Weinmann Medical Technologies
Medical technology: a medium-sized family business with 550 employees in 10 countries.
- Led the entire HR department
Jan 2010 - Sep 2011
9 months Schaffhausen, Switzerland
HR Director EMEA
Cabot GmbH
- Responsible for mid-sized HR functions in the EMEA region
May 2001 - Dec 2010
9 years 8 months Auckland, New Zealand
Regional HR Manager EMEA and North Asia
Fonterra (Europe) GmbH
Diverse HR tasks in a multinational organization with 250 employees in 15 countries.
Nov 1997 - Apr 2001
3 years 6 months Geneva, Switzerland
Group Manager - Human Resources
Agie Charmilles AG
Responsible for HR matters at a Swiss machine tool manufacturer with 3,000 employees.
Jan 1996 - Oct 1997
1 year 10 monthsHR Specialist Werk Rastatt
Johnson Controls (Europe) GmbH
- Managed local HR activities
Jan 1994 - Dec 1997
2 yearsCompensation & Benefits Specialist
Johnson Controls (Europe) GmbH
- Focused on pay matters at the Europe headquarters
Feb 1994 - Dec 1994
11 monthsAssistant to the VP Human Resources Europe
Johnson Controls (Europe) GmbH
- Supported the VP Human Resources Europe
Summary
Senior HR Business Partner / Head of HR
Germany, often also international
Compensation & Benefits / Pay Management
Compensation & Benefits Management
Salary structures, variable pay
Performance Management
HR Change Management
M&A, integration, sale, closure, restructuring
International background
Languages: DE, EN, FR, NL, IT
Residences: DE; CH, USA, FR, NZ, NL
Languages
German
Native
Dutch
Advanced
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Italian
Intermediate
Education
Universität Witten/Herdecke
Diploma in Economics · Economist · Witten, Germany
Univ. d’Aix-en-Provence
Bachelor in Economic Sciences · Economic Sciences · France
Oberstufe Kleve
A-levels · Germany · 2.1
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