At KONE the People & Communications team enables business performance and competitiveness through engaged and capable people, strong reputation management, impactful internal and external communications and great employee experience. We bring KONE’s strategy to life, supporting competence, capability and culture development as well as strengthening the KONE purpose and company story for all our stakeholders. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to work across a diverse range of topics, while also working closely with our businesses, to help drive the People and Communications agenda.
Performance & Reward Specialist, Nordics
This is a great opportunity for a rewards specialist to join our team of professionals driving and developing Performance and Reward (P&R) policies and processes for KONE Nordics. We are now looking for a Performance & Reward Specialist, Nordics to join our team for a 12‑month fixed‑term position as a maternity leave replacement.
This role will be a key member of our Performance and Rewards Center of Excellence (CoE) and you will be reporting to the Performance & Reward Manager for Nordics.
As a P&R specialist Nordics, your main responsibilities include:
Manage key annual P&R processes, including salary review, KONE bonus plan and performance management.
Support in the execution and development of Performance & Reward processes, policies and practices across the Nordics including employee training.
Provide compensation and performance analytics, including reporting.
Support in pay transparency and pay equity activities and analyzes.
Support in job evaluation and market benchmarking.
Support in P&R-related Workday data, reports and processes, ensuring data quality and continuous improvement.
Contribute to Nordics Performance & Rewards projects and policy development initiatives.
Provide practical guidance and support to People & Communications and other internal key stakeholders.
To be successful in this role:
You are a team player, eager to learn and you are interested in working in an international, fast-paced and changing environment.
Experience or strong interest in Performance & Reward, including compensation, benefits, performance management and/or recognition processes.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail and ability to turn data into practical insights.
Good communication and presentations skills.
Excellent (verbal +written) English skills, Swedish language capability is a benefit.
Business acumen to partner cross-border with key stakeholders in People and Culture and other internal stakeholders.
Excellent MS Office and digital skills, previous experience in Workday is appreciated.
Curiosity to learn more about Performance and Rewards and willingness to contribute to implementation in defined areas to support the wider P&R CoE team targets and business needs.
You are not shy to ask questions and are curious about finding new ways of doing things, you embrace innovation and are able to come up with new ideas.
This position can be located either in KONE headquarters in Espoo, Finland or KONE Kista office in Stockholm, Sweden.
Want to #JoinOurFlow ?
If you think this could be an inspiring challenge for you, please tell us more about yourself and why you are interested in this specific role and submit your CV and application via our Careers site . Note that we are screening applications as they come in and will fill the position as soon as we find a suitable candidate. The final deadline for sending your application is 12.8.2026.
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact Niina Alander-Retkin, our Performance & Reward Manager for Nordics via mobile +358 407059848 on Thursday 23rd of July at 11-12 or Monday 10th of August at 12-13 or via email [email protected].
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/
Skills Required
- Experience or strong interest in Performance & Reward (compensation, benefits, performance management, recognition)
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail with ability to turn data into practical insights
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Excellent verbal and written English
- Swedish language capability
- Business acumen to partner cross-border with People and Culture and stakeholders
- Excellent MS Office and digital skills
- Previous experience in Workday
- Curiosity to learn, willingness to contribute and embrace innovation
- Ability to work in an international, fast-paced and changing environment; team player
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
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What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
