DIRECTOR, BENEFITS STRATEGY & ANALYSIS

Lead the strategic direction and design of all health & welfare and retirement benefits programs across the organization.

This includes oversight of union and non-union populations, with a particular focus on the company's significant participation in multi-employer Taft-Hartley plans.

Ensure the company's benefit offerings are competitive, cost-effective, compliant, and aligned with business and workforce strategies.

Play a critical role in aligning total rewards with supporting talent acquisition, retention, and engagement.

Partner closely with Associate Experience, Finance, Legal, and Labor Relations teams to ensure that benefit strategies are equitable, competitive, and sustainable across diverse associate groups.

Support the Labor Relations team in preparing for and supporting union negotiations and the Total Rewards COE Benefits teams in driving health care and retirement benefit strategies across all groups.

Drive innovation in benefits, ensuring programs reflect evolving workforce needs and support a high-performance culture.

Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.Minimum


* 8+ years' health care and/or pension experience in all or some of the following: administration, strategy, design, financial, data analysis, actuarial, underwriting, etc.


* Strong written, oral, and presentation skills


* Demonstrated leadership skills


* Ability to achieve results through collaboration


* Must be able to interpret government policies and regulations


* Ability to preserve confidentiality of information

Desired


* Experience in Health Benefits Analyst or Manager role


* Experience as Pension or Retirement Benefits Analyst or Manager


* Benefits Leader experience


* Benefits Actuary or Underwriter experience


* Labor Relations Director experience



* Design health benefits programs that align with business goals and workforce needs across union and non-union populations in partnership with VP Total Rewards, VP Labor Relations, and Benefits leader; develop and lead the health and retirement benefits strategy for both union and non-union associates (i.e., company-sponsored and Taft Hartley plans), ensuring alignment with organizational goals, labor strategies, and market competitiveness


* Lead team in understanding the actuarial analysis and development of health care costs, projections, accrual rate development and pension funding, actuarial analysis to support plan financials and feasibility of strategies for union and non-union groups


* Partner with Labor Relations to align total rewards strategies with union contracts, prepare for and support contract negotiations, and ensure consistent application of terms; serve as the primary internal expert on Taft-Hartley plans, including pension, health, and welfare funds, advising on design, funding, governance, and fiduciary obligations


* Leverage plan data from multiple sources ...