Specialist, Performance & Reward

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Specialist, Performance & Reward to join our team in Vantaa

Have you found strong interest for performance & reward topics and are you eager to learn more? We are looking for a Specialist, Performance & Reward to join our team and play a key role in ensuring our performance & reward processes and practices work efficiently, are beneficial for our employees and managers and bring value to business.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing selected performance & reward topics such as our ad hoc rewarding model, annual employee award process and blue-collar performance management process. In addition, you will support performance & reward team colleagues in managing a wide array of other processes and practices such as bonus outcome review, merit review and employee listening. The scope of the role can, to an extent, be adjusted based on your experience and interest. In addition, there are many important development projects in which you have a chance to participate in.

You’ll work closely with our wider HR team (e.g., People Technology and Business HRs in all Fazer countries) to ensure a seamless and high-quality manager and employee experience in Performance & Reward topics. You will guide and train HRs and Managers in your responsibility areas.

We value initiative and continuous improvement—so your ideas for optimizing and developing our processes and practices will be both welcome and encouraged.

If you're proactive, take accountability, great at working systematically and managing processes/projects with best quality and within timelines, and you are a strong communicator, we’d love to hear from you!

What will you bring to the team?

• 1-2 years of experience from HR roles, preferably from expert roles in rewards and/or performance management
• Overall understanding of performance & reward processes, preferably from companies operating in multiple countries
• Understanding of how good performance & reward processes support our business success and employee experience
• Great project and process management capabilities
• Excellent Finnish and English language skills
  
  

To thrive in this role, we see that you enjoy working in an environment with an open atmosphere. You will be part of a tight team that works across boundaries and is ready to help wherever needed. You have attention to detail, good analytical capabilities, a strong customer service mindset as well as great communication and project/process management skills. Further you have a proactive can-do attitude combined with an independent approach to work.

This permanent position is located in Vaarala, Vantaa, where we work mainly onsite. You will report to Head of Performance & Reward.

Why choose Fazer?

Fazer offers an inspiring work environment where we value innovation and personal development. Here, you will have the opportunity to work alongside passionate colleagues in a dynamic organization that is always striving to improve both work processes and products. With us, you get a stable workplace and opportunities for career development.

The role in question is a salaried position under the ETL/PRO collective agreement. The base salary of this position is between 3300€ - 4000€ / month depending on the knowledge and professional experience of the chosen candidate.

This role is eligible for annual bonus plan (as confirmed each year separately by Fazer) with a target level earning potential of 8% of base salary. As this recruitment is taking place during autumn, the chosen candidate will be eligible to the annual bonus plan starting from 2026.

In addition, we offer a range of benefits including for example discounts to Fazer products and well-being benefits such as Epassi.

Ready for a tasty job? Apply now.

We look forward to receiving your application by August 26th , 2025. We process applications on an ongoing basis, so don’t wait too long to submit yours.

Fazer, The Food Experience Company, enables people to enjoy the best moments of their day. Our mission, Food with a purpose, builds on our strong more than 130-year heritage, consumer first approach and innovations to create the sustainable food solutions of the future. With our dedicated team of approximately 5,000 professionals, we focus on fast-moving consumer goods and our direct-to-consumer business in Northern Europe, and beyond with exports to more than 40 countries. Fazer’s operations comply with its Code of Conduct that is based on the Group’s values and the UN Global Compact. In 2024, Fazer Group had net sales of 1,200 million euros.

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