Oliver Schulz-oster

Interim Manager Compensation & Benefits

Wedel, Germany

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 months

HR Specialist Werk Rastatt

Johnson Controls (Europe) GmbH

  • Managed local HR activities
Jan 1994 - Dec 1997
2 years

Compensation & Benefits Specialist

Johnson Controls (Europe) GmbH

  • Focused on pay matters at the Europe headquarters
Feb 1994 - Dec 1994
11 months

Assistant 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