Philipp Saumer

Senior Pay, Time, Benefits Specialist

Basel, Basel, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Senior Pay/Time/Benefits Specialist (Quellensteuern) at Roche

  • Compensation Process Owner Switzerland at Roche

    • Subject Matter Expert for all Compensation & Recognition related topics / requests • Leading the Annual Compensation Review process (in Workday) for all Swiss affiliates (approx. 15‘000 employees); compensation elements planned: Base Salary, Short Term Incentives, Long Term Incentives; member of the global “Compensation Support Squad” during the annual compensation review • Performing detailed data analysis before/after the compensation review to ensure high data quality • Budget/status monitoring & reporting during/after the annual compensation review and communication of final results to employee representatives (GAV and EAV) and stakeholders; manual calculation of base pay adjustments and/or bonus for special cases outside of Workday (i.e. international transfers) • Working with different stakeholders like IT, Payroll and People Support Solutions in order to successfully transfer all planned data from Workday to SAP HCM including detailed quality checks • Maintaining/managing compensation best practices and guidelines for employees, managers and HR Business Partners; training delivery upon request • Taking part in the „Global Grading“ project and responsible for the Workday configuration of new salary bands, grades, grade profiles, job profiles, etc. for all affiliates in Switzerland (15’000 employees) and China (3’500 employees) • Compensation & Recognition related Analytics and Reporting upon request (Workday and/or SAP HCM) • Continuous improvement of practices, processes and tools in the area of Compensation and Recognition

  • Internship Student at Jet Aviation

    Human Resources / Projects

  • Job Student & Diploma Thesis at Panalpina

  • Student Job at Jet Aviation

    Human Resources / Projects

  • Student Job at Endress+Hauser Gruppe

    Human Resources

  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) Compensation & Performance at Roche

    • Member of the Swiss Workday Implementation Project team • Supporting all Swiss affiliates regarding Compensation/Performance practices (for requests from HR Services, Payroll, HR Business Partner, Managers and Employees) • Performing regular data checks in order to ensure high data quality; initiation of corrective actions if necessary • Development of training material for compensation/recognition related topics (guidelines, best practices, user guides) • Main responsible person for the successful activation of all planned compensation data

  • Corporate HR Process & System Coordinator at Panalpina

    Member of the Corporate HR Project team and global system adminstrator for HRIS (SuccessFactors - Employee Central). Successful roll-outs of SuccessFactors in Sub-Sahara & Middle East. Coordination of global system enhancements & communication; coordination of the yearly performance management process. Supporting the Corporate Head of HR Processes & Projects in HR process standardization and analysis as well as process improvement.

  • Regional HR Systems & Process Specialist Europe at Panalpina

    Acting as main communication channel between the Corporate HR System team and HR in countries and business units in regards to SuccessFactors. Providing system training to country/business unit HR in order to leverag system know-how and sharing best practice.

  • Corporate HR Systems Manager at Panalpina

    Member of the Corporate HR Systems team. Supporting the Corporate Head of HR Systems & Analytics in all areas of project management for the global HRIS (SuccessFactors). As Global Project Manager, roll out of SuccessFactors system in designated countries across the world, in cooperation with Regional Project Managers. Participation in the overall improvement of HR processes and the development of the SuccessFactors system. First point of contact for all aspects of global system and data administration, maintenance and user support as well as system release changes and process development.