Head of Centers of Expertise (Director)

For well over a century, Nestle has been making the very best food and beverage products for families around the world. In the U.S., Nestle's well-known brands include: Nestle Toll House, Nestle Nesquik(tm), Nestle Carnation Coffee-mate, Stouffer's, Stouffer's Lean Cuisine, Nescafe, Libby's Juicy Juice, Buitoni, Taster's Choice, PowerBar, Nestle Crunch, Nestle Butterfinger, Wonka, Friskies Fancy Feast, ALPO, and Mighty Dog. For the eighth consecutive year, Nestle USA was named 'Most Admired Food Company in America' by Fortune magazine. Nestle in the USA is comprised of the following: Brands Company (including Beverage Division, Confections & Snacks Division, Foreign Trade Division and the Sales Division), Nestle Prepared Foods Company, Buitoni North America, Nestle Nutrition, Nestle Purina PetCare Company and Nestle Business Services. Within each company, there are functional support groups to produce, market and deliver quality brands and products to our consumer. Headquartered in Glendale, Calif., Nestle USA has 21,000 employees, $12.5 billion in sales with 51 manufacturing facilities, 5 distribution centers and 59 sales offices across the country. For more information, visit us at www.nestleusa.com EOE/MFDV Nestle is an 'Equal Opportunity Employer' and is looking for diversity in candidates in employment. POSITION SUMMARY: Responsible to provide leadership and direction to the Center of Excellence Teams ensuring quality products and services provided to the customer base. Position will has a strong understanding of each of the areas and work closely with the Operating Company representatives and VP, ESR to ensure programs meet needed benefit and services. Strong working relationships with providers and vendors will be necessary in service delivery.PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:* Provide leadership and direction to the Centers of Excellence teams-(including Health and Welfare, Savings Plans, Pension and Wellness.) * Provide direct daily oversight of Health and Welfare COE team- to include managing and developing staff (performance, work product, coaching), and managing the work load, priority levels and projects for the team. * Manage and execute all H and W programs-to include year end activities, leading and execute all Open Enrollment activity, Healthworks program and execution. * Business integrations-provide leadership, management and execution of plan changes with acquisition and divestures in the organization * Labor Contracts-provide support, guidance and information in labor contract negotiations * Manage vendors and internal support-to ensure appropriate services for programs (SLAs), feeds, files etc and manage vendor contracts and renewals. * Develop and complete annual benefit plan design-including plan design, pricing, programming, open enrollment process, coordination with providers and vendors, communication strategy and materials and roles and responsibilities of all participants to the process * Development of Benefits Strategy-work with VP of ESR and Operating Company HR Vice Presidents to develop benefits strategy in Health and Welfare, Savings Plans, Pension and Wellness). * Service Delivery-Assume dotted line accountability for all service delivery responsibilities for benefits administration. * All other responsibilities and duties as assigned. REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:* Bachelor's degree in Business or related field preferred or equivalent experience * Professional certification in related field is preferred EXPERIENCE:* Minimum of eight to 10 years of Health and Welfare experience within a company of similar size and complexity * Three to five years Savings Plan experience* Three to five years Pension experience* Strong vendor management experience* Union experience * Experience with outsourcing RESPOND HERE! Respond immediately by accessing the following dedicated online response form which will allow you to cut and paste your resume. This form will go directly and immediately to the hiring authority for this position. Access the online response form at: http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/resp/rf?jobid=2212075&boardid=749