Location: Hybrid, Westlake, OH (on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).
We are seeking a Compensation Specialist II to join our global Total Rewards team. In this role, you will support compensation programs and initiatives by conducting analyses, maintaining compensation data, and partnering with HR and Talent Acquisition teams. You will gain experience across market pricing, job evaluation, compensation planning, and global compensation administration while contributing to projects that support a competitive and equitable employee experience. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your compensation expertise within a global organization.
In this role, you will:
Conduct market pricing analyses and evaluate compensation competitiveness to support effective hiring, retention, and compensation decision-making.
Evaluate jobs and administer salary structures to ensure internal equity, market competitiveness, and alignment with organizational design principles.
Administer compensation programs across the Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, the United States), partnering with regional HR teams to ensure alignment with local market practices and regulatory requirements.
Support the development of market-based compensation recommendations by analyzing compensation data, market trends, and internal equity considerations.
Support the administration and ongoing maintenance of the company's global job architecture framework, including job leveling, career pathing, and governance activities.
Participate in compensation and Total Rewards projects by conducting research, preparing analyses, and supporting project implementation activities.
Support annual compensation planning activities, including merit planning, incentive programs, and bonus administration.
Support HRIS, reporting, data integrity, and process improvement efforts to enhance compensation processes and reporting capabilities.
Assist in maintaining compliance with compensation policies, pay regulations, and internal guidelines.
Support pay equity and pay transparency analyses through data collection, reporting, and research activities.
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in compensation, HR, finance or a related field with a degree, or minimum of 7 years of relevant experience without a degree.
Experience working with data analysis, reporting, or compensation-related processes.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Effective communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain attention to detail.
Experience working with HRIS systems; Workday experience preferred.
Exposure to market pricing, salary surveys, or job evaluation activities.
Experience supporting compensation or Total Rewards programs.
Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables and lookup functions.
Familiarity with salary structure administration or compensation planning processes.
Knowledge of pay equity, pay transparency, or compensation regulations.
Experience working in a global or multi-country environment is a plus.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- At least 3 years of experience in compensation, HR, finance, or a related field with a degree; or at least 7 years of relevant experience without a degree
- Experience with data analysis, reporting, or compensation-related processes
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain attention to detail
- Experience working with HRIS systems
- Workday experience
- Exposure to market pricing, salary surveys, or job evaluation activities
- Experience supporting compensation or Total Rewards programs
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables and lookup functions
- Familiarity with salary structure administration or compensation planning processes
- Knowledge of pay equity, pay transparency, or compensation regulations
- Experience working in a global or multi-country environment
Nordson Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nordson Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Nordson Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) features automatic enrollment at 6%, a 50% match on up to 6% of pay, and an additional 3% company contribution for eligible U.S. employees even without employee contributions. Feedback suggests this retirement structure is above what many mid-size manufacturers offer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and a typical year-end shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s at many U.S. locations expand time off beyond standard PTO. Feedback suggests this shutdown is a distinctive work-life perk, though availability can vary by site or business unit.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Volunteer release time and a 3:1 charitable gift-matching program are offered alongside recognition programs, tuition assistance, and community initiatives. Feedback suggests these elements add value beyond core insurance and PTO.
Nordson Corporation Insights
What We Do
Nordson is a team of 7,300 global employees thriving in an environment where they are supported and encouraged to be their best. Working side by side, we build meaningful connections with each other and our customers. Together, we deliver products that are solutions, and they’re likely touching your life every day. Have you ever changed a diaper? Opened a box of cereal? Used a smart phone or driven a car? Then we’ve already met. At Nordson, we take pride in being an outstanding corporate citizen and strongly believe in sharing our success with the communities where our employees live and work. Whether you’re working in one of our labs, offices or manufacturing facilities, your efforts will enable our customers to succeed and our company to continuously improve and grow. We engineer, manufacture and market differentiated products and systems used for precision dispensing and processing in a variety of end markets, from packaging to transportation and medical to electronics. Founded in 1954, we operate under the values of integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy and excellence. Nordson is headquartered in the United States in Westlake, Ohio, and has direct operations in more than 30 countries to support our products and systems with application expertise and a direct global sales and service organization
