Job Title: Compensation Manager
Reports To: Chief Human Resources Officer
Location: Onsite in Birmingham, AL (This is not a remote position)
SUMMARY:
We are seeking a strategic and detail-oriented Compensation Manager to lead the design, execution, and continuous evolution of our compensation programs. As a senior individual contributor reporting directly to the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), you will play a critical role in scaling our compensation frameworks and driving business-aligned pay philosophies across a multistate, multisite workforce of over 1,400 employees.
You are a subject matter expert who loves translating business goals into competitive pay programs. You are comfortable using HR systems and AI. Whether you are consulting with HR Business Partners or managers on pay practices, designing job architectures for a highly distributed multi-site workforce, or advising on M&A integrations, you bring a data-driven, strategic, and highly collaborative approach to everything you do.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Compensation Leadership: Develop, evolve, and lead the company’s compensation strategies, aligning them directly with business objectives and market trends.
- Pay Transparency & Compliance: Act as the primary champion and architect for pay transparency readiness, including applicable U.S. state laws, designing sustainable structures.
- Compensation Cycles: Oversee the direction and execution of the annual merit cycle, ensuring alignment with budgets and utilizing HRIS tools.
- Executive Compensation: Support executive compensation design and modeling for new hires and annual cycles in partnership with the CHRO.
- Job Architecture & Scaling: Lead the design and evolution of the company’s job architecture, leveling frameworks, and geographic salary structures to support a multistate, multisite workforce.
- Business Consulting: Serve as advisor to HR Business Partners, Recruiting Partners, and senior leaders on high-impact compensation decisions, organizational design, offer evaluation, and critical talent retention.
- Integration: Support compensation due diligence and post-M&A integration strategies, ensuring newly acquired talent is seamlessly mapped to existing structures.
- All other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, HR, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in HR roles.
- 3+ years of progressive compensation experience.
- Knowledge of compensation structures, market dynamics, and complex regulatory environments.
- Compensation modeling, data analysis, and financial planning skills using advanced modeling tools.
- Proven capability to influence, consult with, and present to leadership and business stakeholders.
- Willing to travel up to 10%, including visits to roasting/production facilities and corporate offices across multiple states
- The ability to successfully complete the pre-employment process.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation.
- Experience leading compensation strategies with private equity firms.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching, typing, reading, talking, and hearing
- The ability to lift up to 15 pounds with or without assistance
COMPANY PROFILE:
Royal Cup, Inc. is the proven leader in sourcing, roasting, blending, and distributing high-quality coffees and fine teas since 1896 and is the chosen partner for restaurants, hotels, offices, and commuters across the country. We are a family-owned business rooted in a longstanding tradition of coffee roasting excellence that takes pride in our unparalleled dedication to customer care.
We are a large, privately held national importer, roaster, and distributor of coffees, teas, and related products that have been in business for more than 125 years. Royal Cup, Inc. currently provides products, equipment, and service to restaurants, hotels, convenience stores, businesses, and individuals throughout the United States, and we are growing!
At Royal Cup, Inc. having a customer-centric focus is not simply a motto; our employees believe we each have a responsibility to provide outstanding service to our customers. Our customer-centric focus results in actions we live by that not only retain our current customer base but grow our presence with new, high-impact accounts across the country based on exceptional products and service.
We believe serving our customers well, serves us well. We are results-oriented and strive to not only retain our current customer base but grow our presence with new, high-impact accounts across the country by offering exceptional products and service.
Royal Cup Coffee and Tea strives to be sustainably minded and a good corporate steward in all business endeavors. It is also what others expect of us – our employees, our customers and vendors, our local communities, and the coffee and tea industry we help represent. This mindset permeates the actions we take today for tomorrow.
BENEFITS:
Royal Cup Coffee offers a competitive compensation plan and a comprehensive benefits program. On top of being a part of a well-caffeinated team, the benefits program includes healthcare, dental, vision, 401(k), company-paid life and disability insurance, Flexible Spending Account plan, select tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, remote work opportunities, paid holidays, and vacation time. We also provide ongoing training that is designed to provide maximum success for our employees.
Royal Cup is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or another legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at 1-800-366-5836.