Douglas de Vries

After GL relocated my role to the US, I was able to take a much-needed breather, reset, and do things like hike the Inka Trail to Machu Picchu, spend time with family and friends, mourn the passing of my father, and interview with some wonderful companies. A big THANK YOU to my amazing TR team at GL who consistently made the impossible possible!!! Stay Happy and Healthy.

Joined GL to drive compensation and benefits strategy in the European Region, including leading the design, development, and implementation of programs and policies. Very excited to be at this fast-growing company and to be partnering with Hitachi!

Recreated C&B in EMEA for 31 countries and 9.500 employees. SME for global implementation of a new Career Framework. Focused on supporting the stakeholders with all things HR/C&B related while streamlining administration and implementing processes to become more agile as a company so all employees could focus on customer satisfaction.

Global lead for all HR Systems related to pay and C&B.

Loaned from Global HR to harmonize 4 sub-regions and their HR / Reward programs into one EMEAI region consisting of 24.000 employees in 40 countries delivering EUR 9B in revenue. Critical role as what was aligned in EMEAI formed the basis for harmonized HR / Reward plans and programs in all other regions.

Promoted to drive global consistency in the delivery of Reward programs including Sales and non-Sales Incentives, Reward policies and guidelines, Delegation of Authority / Governance, and Reward process compliance. Globally Fujitsu has revenue of USD 40 billion delivered by 162.000 employees.

Was responsible for C&B program and policy management for our 32 countries in Continental Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India. I had a great team of C&B colleagues who supported me in this job. A unique element in this job is that we also managed the Travel Policy and partnered closely with Procurement on this.

Was responsible for global C&B operations which included mentoring and giving direction to all Regional C&B Managers; execution of a global Job Families project (includes grading, titling, variable pay, benefits, competencies, and communications); HR/business reviews of Performance Management system, the annual Salary Review, and all variable pay programs (including continuation of SIP review and enhancement) to ensure both proper communication, meeting of deadlines, and alignment between global functions.

Recruited to overhaul Sales Incentive Plans, align core elements for a Global Grading Systems, and manage DB to DC plan review and conversion while managing standard annual reward programs. Implemented systems to automate quarterly Sales Incentive payments and to track benefits to easily identify and address competitive gaps while creating action plans for 35 countries in EMEA.

Assisted Google's EMEA Benefits Team on benchmarking and implementing competitive benefits. Held direct responsibility for Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, and all of Central and Eastern Europe; advised on Middle East and Africa. Project Manager for implementation of Total Rewards Statements pan-EMEA. Additional projects on cost/fee containment, pooling, benefits harmonization, and SLA/process creation and communication.

Executive level position with responsibility for compensation and benefits in over 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Central Asia, and South America. Team of 11 Rewards Managers and Analysts.