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Debasmita Datta

Hamburg,Germany

Summary

Total Rewards professional with over six years of experience in compensation consulting and corporate rewards. Expertise in market analysis, salary benchmarking, job evaluation, compensation and incentive program design. Experience in designing and leading market competitive rewards programs across multiple countries in Europe.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Performance & Rewards Specialist (Europe cluster)

Pandora Jewelry
Hamburg, Germany
12.2022 - 05.2025

Responsible for managing total rewards for 9 countries in europe.

Lead Global projects on job evaluation, job grading and pay banding.

Managed annual compensation cycle, merit and bonus pay.

Conducted market benchmarking and compensation data analysis.

Developed salary increase budget in alignment with financial objectives.

Designed and implemented benefits programs.

Participated in compensation surveys across Europe.

Performed compensation analysis in alignment with EU pay transparency

Advised HR and business on compensation and benefits practices.

Data management and salary review using SAP SuccessFactors.

Rewards Consultant

Mercer Deutschland GmbH
Frankfurt, Germany
03.2022 - 10.2022

Consulting and project work covering the following topics for clients across Germany and Austria:

  • Account management of a group of clients
  • Compensation benchmarking
  • Job evaluation and grading
  • Offers / presentations for existing and prospective clients
  • Mercer Total Remuneration survey (data analysis and job matching)
  • Client Advisory on Mercer Products (TAAP, Pay Band Tool, Surveys)

Compensation Consultant (Lead Medical Devices industry)

Mercer India Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai, India
04.2020 - 02.2022

Consulting work covering the following topics for clients:

  • Compensation benchmarking, grading and job evaluation.
  • Salary structure review and Rewards philosophy design.
  • APAC multi-country pay band design.
  • Sales incentives and short-term incentive review.
  • Account management of a group of clients.

Rewards Consultant

Willis Towers Watson
Gurgaon, India
06.2019 - 03.2020

Provided rewards solutions to clients with a focus on:

  • Long-term incentives and executive compensation.
  • Compensation structure review and benchmarking.
  • Benefits benchmarking and personnel policy review.
  • Towers Watson salary survey across India.

IT Analyst (Project Lead)

Tata Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
Kolkata, India
03.2012 - 06.2017
  • Lead the IT application support team for a global conglomerate
  • Assisted clients for effective and on-time resolution of IT system issues.
  • Supported the global team with IT reporting.
  • Training and coaching new team members.

Education

Master of Business Administration - HR

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Bachelor of Engineering -

University Institute of Technology

Skills

  • Advanced MS Excel
  • Benchmarking
  • Job Evaluation
  • Salary Review
  • SAP SuccessFactors
  • Pay Banding
  • Incentive Pay
  • Equity Compensation
  • Benefits
  • HR Consulting

Accomplishments

  • Leaderships Special Award, recognition for the best team in Mercer
  • Gold Medal, awarded for first rank in the batch of MBA
  • Honours Certificate, awarded for third rank in the batch of Engineering

Timeline

Performance & Rewards Specialist (Europe cluster)

Pandora Jewelry
12.2022 - 05.2025

Rewards Consultant

Mercer Deutschland GmbH
03.2022 - 10.2022

Compensation Consultant (Lead Medical Devices industry)

Mercer India Pvt. Ltd.
04.2020 - 02.2022

Rewards Consultant

Willis Towers Watson
06.2019 - 03.2020

IT Analyst (Project Lead)

Tata Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
03.2012 - 06.2017

Master of Business Administration - HR

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Bachelor of Engineering -

University Institute of Technology
Debasmita Datta