Corporate Manager - Human Resources
Kharafi National
Total years of experience :42 years, 10 Months
Provides strategic recommendations and change plans to the Corporate Executive for organizational development, recruitment, talent management and total rewards. Coordinates L&D and ER to increase organizational effectiveness. Develops budgets and implements right-sizing and cost minimization. Trains on effective employee engagement and liaises with HSE on employee wellness initiatives. Manages 8 direct subordinates and 30 staff for HR functions for all business lines across the GCC.
Achievements
*Reduced grievances and turnover by coaching managers on effective employee line management at sites.
*Successfully enhanced the quantity of quality talent pools by implementing branded careers pages on the website, enabling better utilization of job portals and introducing a company page and recruitment on ‘LinkedIn’.
*Boosted new hire quality by linking recruitment to core competencies and company values.
*Efficiently retained high potential professionals by coordinating with line managers to enhance job families and career paths and devising standard job descriptions to C levels.
*Successfully increased employee engagement by implementing staff planning, job rotation and cross-functionality programs and championing initiatives such as CSR, sporting, cultural and farewell events and the employee magazine.
*Led the implementation of ethical recruitment compliance by enhancing and enforcing standard recruitment agreements for clear ethical standards and responsibilities.
Managed the HR, office services and accommodations functions for UAE and provided requisite advice to the Executive.
Achievements
*Enhanced employee attraction and retention by steering Hay and Mercer salary surveys and establishing corporate salary benchmarks and compa-ratio system to align total rewards to the peer market; also developed a corporate increment/promotion policy as well as country and project compensation schemes.
*Ensured optimized staff performance by enhancing corporate performance evaluation procedures and implementing cultural change via delivery of related staff and management training programs.
*Demonstrated keen project management skills through successful implementation of site-based HR and accommodation functions for the 4 year Habshan V Gas Plant Construction mega-project with peak workforce of 8, 000 direct and 2, 500 subcontract staff.
*Developed organization design, recruitment strategy and budgets for related support services.
Implemented HR systems for The Gambia’s BOO water and power infrastructure and construction projects.
Achievements
*xpedited the development of an HR framework and international staffing plan for BOO activities.
*Eabled successful liaison and negotiation with local authorities for hiring key Gambian staff.
Contracted as recruitment specialist to enable attraction of western expats for construction projects in Iraq and to advise the HR Director on a variety of HR best practices.
Achievements
*Enabled improved attraction and labor law alignment by revamping offer letter templates and employment contracts.
*Successfully decreased cycle time and cost to hire by restructuring recruitment policies and procedures.
*Eliminated candidate, new hire and employee dissatisfaction on rewards management by recommending and implementing corporate broad band grading structure including change management to transition from prior structure.
*Attained faster productivity and better retention by improving on-boarding procedures.
Administered the multibillion-dollar worth White Rose offshore oil development project including HR, contracts, procurement, budgeting, accounting, cost and schedule planning, IT, document control and office services.
Achievements
*Enabled successful recruitment of the PMC team by aligning to company salary structure and using consultancy agreements.
*Successfully ensured low turnover and high employee engagement by training best people practices to senior management.
*Instrumental in enhancing supply chain efficiency by coaching contractors for company policy compliance.
*Ensured and maintained high quality office standards and sufficient office space by obtaining ROFRs from landlords and maintaining frame agreements and good relations with office fit-out subcontractors.
*Steered key management decision making by accurately maintaining company procedures and providing timely management reporting on all project administrative aspects.
Managed the corporate staffing function including recruitment training to managers, introducing retention and diversity/equity initiatives, coordinating relocations, undertaking staff planning for M&A's, new projects and divestitures.
Achievements
*Provided better management information and HR processes by supporting the reengineering of best practice HR and staffing procedures in preparation for SAP implementation.
*Improved quality candidate attraction and selection by providing coaching on best practices to recruiters and ensuring successful recruitment at all levels (C-suite, management, legal, engineering, G&G and IT).
*Enhanced employee productivity and talent management by implementing new performance management procedures.
*Created new talent pipelines by enabling recruitment programs for students, new graduates and diverse communities.
*Effectively reduced the time and cost to hire by implementing vacancy reporting metrics (employee plus contractor), revitalizing offer letters, implementing branded recruitment ad standards and executing internet recruitment.
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Managed HR liaison, administration, cost accounting and management reporting for several key business units.
Achievements
*Efficiently improved management information by corporate standardization of management reporting processes and delivered related training to all business unit coordinators.
*Successfully decreased business unit report generation time by developing automated systems.
Effectively coordinated corporate staffing requirements for summer and coop students, enabled new hire orientations, recruited staff to management level and trained supervisors in effective recruitment.
Achievements
*Played a pivotal role in streamlining student hiring processes.
*Efficiently enabled group training to all staff for a new money purchase pension plan.
*Obtaining “train the trainer” BDI (behavioral descriptive interviewing) certification.
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS (Coordinating HR, Admin, Procurement, and Acctg.)
Administration Coordinator, Husky Oil Libya Ltd. - Calgary, AB July 1991 - November, 1991
Administration Supervisor II, Husky Oil Operations Ltd. - Ram River, AB June 1989 - June 1991
Administration Supervisor Husky Oil Operations Ltd. - St. John’s, NL December 1987 - May 1989
PREVIOUS ACCOUNTING POSITIONS (Project Cost Accounting)
Sr. Project Accountant, Husky Oil Operations Ltd, - St. John’s, NL September 1986 - November 1987
Project Accountant, Husky Oil Operations Ltd, - St. John’s, NL March 1984 - November 1987
Accountant I, Mobil Oil Canada, Ltd. - St. John’s, NL June 1983 - February 1984
Junior Accountant, Mobil Oil Canada, Ltd. - Halifax, NS December 1982 - May 1983
Junior Accountant Trainee Mobil Oil Canada, Ltd. - St. John’s, NL June 1981 - November 1982
B. Comm., Memorial University of Newfoundland, May 1981. High School degree (Honors), Prince of Wales Collegiate, 1974-1976, various scholarships.
