Fortive is a global family of more than 20 industry-leading industrial growth and technology companies, united by a shared purpose: to make the world stronger, safer and more effective by providing essential technology for the people who accelerate progress. We take on big challenges that have real impact in fast-moving fields like software development, robotics, transportation, energy and healthcare.
With more than $6.7 billion in annual revenues and a culture rooted in Kaizen, or continuous improvement, Fortive is well positioned to create essential, technology-based solutions to solve the world’s most critical challenges. Our strong capability comes from a team of smart, motivated people who proudly deliver excellence in each of our outstanding brands in the areas of field instrumentation, transportation, sensing, product realization, automation and specialty, and franchise distribution.
Fortive is headquartered in Everett, Washington and employs a team of more than 26,000 research and development, sales, marketing, product development, innovation, and service employees in more than 50 countries around the world.
This is a place where people who share a drive and passion to make a personal difference can learn, grow, and achieve. And that’s good... for you, for us, for growth.
For more information, please visit: www.fortive.com.
Description
Reporting to the Global Benefits Director, the Sr Benefits Consultant will support strategy development, design, implementation, communication, administration, and governance of all health and welfare, life and disability, and retirement programs for Fortive and its subsidiary businesses. This role will ensure all programs align with corporate business objectives and are fully compliant with local legal and regulatory requirements. This is a collaborative role that will work cross-functionally with Human Resources, Finance, Communications, and Legal partners to understand business issues and collectively develop effective business solutions.
Core Responsibilities
- Support the development and maintenance of the global benefits strategy related to health and welfare, life and disability, and retirement programs that is fully aligned with the objectives of the business plan, is fiscally responsible, market competitive, and supports the attraction and retention of high performing talent.
- Oversee the efficient and effective implementation, communication, administration, and governance of all health and welfare, life and disability, and retirement programs.
- Support the design and implementation of corporately aligned and locally relevant international benefits programs in collaboration with local market leadership.
- Monitor the effectiveness of existing health and welfare, life and disability, and retirement programs, policies, guidelines and procedures, recommending plan revisions, as well as new plans, in support of the strategic objectives and evolving external environments.
- Ensure the capability to monitor local market trend information to ensure benefits programs are competitive and responsive to both the strategic plan and local market needs.
- Support the communication of benefits programs to ensure understanding by employees.
- Manage benefits vendor relationships (inclusive of insurance companies, third-party administrators, law firms, etc.) negotiate services and manage costs.
- Ensure strong governance and compliance of all benefits programs, including international programs in collaboration with local market leadership.
- Provide expert subject matter advice and involvement in support of M&A and divestiture activities.
- Implementation of continuous improvement of benefits processes under Fortive Business Systems (FBS).
- Support other benefits program design and administration efforts as needed.
