Job Title: Reward Specialist
Organisation: Uganda Breweries
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Windsor, Buchanan’s and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness.
About the Function:
Our Human Resources (HR) team bring brilliant people together to help us continue building iconic brands. We harness the diverse talents of our people to help them excel. We champion an inclusive and collaborative culture, where all voices and perspectives are celebrated and valued.
HR is at the heart of markets around the world, finding and developing talent that will unearth new insights and inspire innovation. From creative problem solvers and entrepreneurs to scientists and engineers — whatever your experience and ideas, we’ll help you to harness your talents, empowering you to be the best you can be.
About the team:
As part of the Africa team, and with business partnering accountability for supported markets, this role will work on reward programs and projects that cut across multiple business units and countries. This complexity, combined with a large group of stakeholders at all levels of seniority, means the ability to build great relationships, manage competing priorities, and to understand how to get things done in a matrix organization.
Job Summary: The role takes a lead in building an appreciation and understanding of the Diageo Reward proposition for HR, People Manager and employees. With unionized populations in the organization, the role holder will lead on both the reward strategy and priorities for this group, alongside the strategy for the non-unionized population.
About the role:
The purpose of the role is to ensure the effective implementation of the Company’s reward & recognition programs. The role does this by partnering with stakeholders across the business, key amongst them being HR Directors, HR Business Partners, Talent Engagement and People Managers to deliver elements of our Total Reward agenda. Alongside leading on priorities for Diageo in supported markets, the role holder will also be involved in broader Africa and Global reward projects and activities with focus on East Africa.
Dimensions:
Financial
No financial accountability. However, the role tracks the local EABL reward set aside for any financial year.
Market Complexity
EABL operates in the East African context with different employment, taxation and retirement laws and regulations in each of the countries.
EABL has 4 distinct leadership teams that drive decisions at group and local business unit level: EABL, Kenya Breweries Ltd, Uganda Breweries Ltd and Serengeti Breweries Ltd Executive Teams.
In addition, Kenya is a hub for several Regions (Africa) and Global functions such as supply and procurement, with distinct leadership teams.
This role reports into and is part of the Global Market Rewards team and will work with other teams within the Global Reward function such as Executive Reward, Global Mobility, Global Shares and Global Pensions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- To develop an annual reward communication and engagement plan in order to build reward capability that drives employee engagement and performance.
- Deliver expert support, guidance and recommendations across Total Reward areas-Including but not limited to benchmarking, salary management, job evaluation, merit budget planning, sales compensation, total reward communication, employee benefit management and annual reward cycle.
- Provide analytical insight with commercial focus to drive ongoing and new compensation and benefits programs. Participates in the design and development of new programs, policies, and principles in line with the global reward priorities.
- Provide benchmarking and analytical insights critical to support the markets with the Union CBA Negotiations.
- To act as the key point of contact of our insured benefits 3rd party providers, ensuring effective delivery of services as per Service Level Agreements and in line with the global reward standards.
- Provide support on the company Employee Share Ownership schemes and Retirement Benefit Schemes.
- To be the custodian for all local reward policies, contracts & documentation.
- To be the first point of contact for HR Business Partners, Talent Engagement and employees for business-as-usual queries, including policy interpretation.
- To provide inputs to the finance teams for people cost planning in line with the business planning cycle. In addition to this is to develop and implement the annual EABL local reward budget.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A university under-graduate degree in business or social sciences.
- A post graduate HR diploma or relevant HR professional qualification is an added advantage.
- A professional accounting or finance qualification is an added advantage.
Skills required:
- Excellent analytical skills are essential, along with the ability to work with complex data, draw insights and recommendations from it.
- Ability to bring these insights and recommendations to life for a broad range of stakeholders in an engaging and easy to understand manner.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to deliver impactful communications materials and achieve clarity and understanding of Reward with varied audiences.
- Can work well under pressure and autonomously.
- Inter-personal relationships skills; Ability to build strong and effective relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Planning, prioritization & organisation skills.
Experience required:
- At least 5 years proven experience in:
- A related field such as payroll management, benefits management or HR shared service operations and management.
- Aspects of total rewards management such as benchmarking, job analysis & evaluation, variable pay design, special incentives & recognition, reward communication, benefits design, strategy & administration, salary structure development and salary reviews.
- Proven commercial experience and Business Acumen
- Project and Change management.
How to Apply:
If you desire to join the world’s leading premium drinks business, Diageo, in the aforementioned capacity, please click web link below.
Deadline: 4th September 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60