Thomas Kobas

Thomas Kobas

Senior Principal

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Thomas is a Senior Principal in Korn Ferry’s Munich office. He brings a broad HR background and extensive experience leading Total Rewards across Europe and other countries.

His expertise covers salary frameworks and job architecture, incentive schemes, C&B policy and guideline design, and the implementation of HR compensation technology.

As Head of Total Rewards Europe at Schaeffler Technologies he established regional governance, job architecture and salary planning processes. He also implemented SAP SuccessFactors compensation modules, contributed to pay transparency readiness of the region and supported the respective C&B integration with Vitesco.

Previously, Thomas led the Center of Excellence Compensation & Benefits EMEA at Fresenius Medical Care. He introduced regional C&B structures and bonus schemes in close partnership with Finance and Business leaders as well as works council committees, rolled out grading and level structure and contributed to the company’s first Workday implementation across the region.

Earlier roles include Compensation & Benefits Manager at Alstom/GE, HR Manager at Asklepios and Consultant at Hay Group.

Thomas holds a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) and  master degrees in Business Administration and Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt.

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