Assistant Recruitment Manager
Darwish Holding
Total years of experience :17 years, 5 Months
Darwish Holding | Retail & FMCG
A Leading Retail & FMCG Organization
Due to huge business expansions and planned openings, I am recruiting corporate staff at the executive, senior levels as well as sales and marketing staff for operation business lines.
Acquiring top talent within the Retail and FMCG sectors, I am managing end to end recruitment and onboarding process for more than 20 business lines ranging from FMCG, Luxury Fashion, Jewellery, Consumer Electronics, Beauty, Professional Electronics, Commercial Entertainment, Service Centres as well as corporate support services.
Developed recruitment policies & procedures aligned with recruitment practices & business needs.
Re-structured and built the recruitment department.
Developed recruitment planning tools and trained line managers on how to effectively used them.
Developed recruitment audit tools and coached the team on ensuring alignment between recruitment practice and policies and procedures.
Prepared and controlled recruitment budget
Developed recruitment reporting and analytics tools including KPIs reporting tools and recruitment effectiveness reports.
Coached the recruitment team on best sourcing strategies
Significantly Improved internal customers’ satisfaction in terms of time to hire, quality of hires and stakeholders’ communication experience.
Introduced and efficiently utilized online job portals as a sourcing methodology to reduce reliance on agencies.
Minimized reliance of recruitment agencies and reduced related cost as a result.
Recruited sales staff for operations & staff for corporate office
Managed recruitment agencies agreements review & negotiations
Managed local & overseas recruitment campaigns.
Employed to design and deliver cost-effective, on-time and quality-focused recruitment & selection solutions to help my organization achieve its strategic objectives. I am managing end-to-end recruitment process with yearly strategic objectives (Quantity, Quality of Hires, Optimal Cost & Lead Time)
My role revolved around attracting the best talent available regionally and globally while operating in a challenging market and narrowly-defined skill sets. Areas of responsibility cover the following:
• Recruitment Policies & Procedures
• Recruitment Planning & Budgeting
• Stakeholders Management
• Recruitment Agencies Management
• Recruitment Strategy Development
• Employer Value Proposition
• Talent Sourcing
• Screening & Shortlisting
• Candidates Selection Process
• Offer Management
• Post-Offer Communications
• Relocation & Onboarding Process
• Induction Process
• Reporting & Analytics
• Recruitment Audit & Compliance
Corporate Functions recruited for: Fleet, HR, Administration, Legal, PR, IT, Finance, Treasury, QHSE, Supply Chain Management, Commercial & Corporate Planning, Audit & Risk Management.
In-charge of talent acquisition projects to meet strategic organizational objectives for 8 divisions with a highly diversified business portfolio (Civil Engineering, Manufacturing & Trading).
I assisted QBC acquiring qualify staff for large-scale infrastructure projects (Doha Metro) through direct sourcing employing in-house resources which minimizes reliance on recruitment agencies and significantly reduces resultant cost.
Recruited the following categories:
Civil Engineering(Infrastructure) Project Managers, QHSE Managers, Planning and Scheduling, Tendering & Estimation, QA/QC Engineers, Road & Utilities Engineers, Procurement & Warehouse.
Support Services: HR, Administration, Finance, Legal, PR, Internal Audit.
Labour/Bulk Recruitment
Develop best-fit recruitment strategy
Participate in fiscal year Manpower plan preparation in a team-led environment
Set up weekly & monthly recruitment work plan (deliverables, targets timeframe)
Design recruitment and selection processes
Ensure recruitment policies, procedures are implemented and recommend improvements
Develop profiles for vacancies such as Job Description, job specifications
Build and develop key technical competencies for CV assessment & technical interview
Network with online job portals consultants regarding online recruitment solutions
Manage online vacancies postings & CVs Search Engines using a wide range of sourcing methodologies/ pathways: GulfTalent, Monster, CareerBuilder, Hot jobs, Bayt, LinkedIn, Corporate Career website, word-of-mouth, referrals, headhunting
Manage applications screening & prepare shortlists
Build active & passive candidates pipelines for future hiring needs
Communicate with shortlisted candidate on pay expectations & notice period
Perform CVs assessment & Conducts first round HR interviews
Prepare & submit shortlists & initial assessment results to respective business unites managers for review, feedback and interview schedules.
Coordinate & schedule technical face-to-face & far-flung interviews for line managers
Communicate & update candidates on applications status
Negotiate employment offers with candidates
Performs background/references checks for successful candidates
Update Applicants Tracking System with quality data
Develop a cost-efficiency sheet to calculate savings upon applying in-house direct recruitment against outsourcing the same to recruitment agencies
Prepare weekly reports on recruitment & selection achievements, challenges & applications statistics
Lead communication meetings with line managers for recruitment updates
Manage and update applicants /candidates’ recruitment tracking database
Analyze recruitment demographics & trends and provide innovative and cutting-edge consultations to management on best solutions to most difficult sourcing challenges
Network with local, overseas potential recruitment resources and build multiple channels for future recruitment needs
Identify recruitment agencies and negotiate recruitment’s terms & conditions in cases of narrowly-defined & hard -to-fill positions
Coordinate internship programs for fresh graduates
Conduct Market salaries surveys & benchmarking
Arrange documents for work visa processing
In-charge of talent acquisition projects to meet strategic objectives for a highly diversified group of companies (Cement Manufacturing & Trading)
Manage end to end recruitment & selection processes
Coordinate with departmental heads in preparation of manpower plan & accordingly prepares a recruitment plan
Review & negotiate all recruitment agreements/contracts up to the desired strategic & cost-saving targets
Identify sourcing channels for recruiting qualified candidates
Manage online recruitment portals
Profile vacancies & manage postings
Receive applications and managing screening & shortlisting
Conduct personality tests & competency-based interviews
Manage applications data updates
Prepare weekly and monthly recruitment reports
Create vacancies profiles
Obtain necessary approvals to initiate recruitment
Prepare & Post vacancies using soft & hard media channels
Receive, screen & assess applications against vacancy profile requirements
Prepare shortlist & conduct initial phone interviews
Coordinate technical interviews for line managers
Contact recommended candidates and performs reference checks
Prepare & extend employment offers to selected candidates
Coordinate visa processing for selected candidates
Build relationships with clients through networking with a purpose of attracting business
Develop a good understanding of client companies, their industry & organizational culture
Advertise vacancies by drafting and placing adverts in a wide range of media (e.g., newspapers, corporate websites, and online job portals)
Headhunt - identify and approach suitable candidates
Receive and review applications, managing interviews and short-list candidates
Request references and check the suitability of applicants before submitting their details to the employer
Brief the candidate: responsibilities, salary and benefits of the job in question
Prepare CV’s and correspondence to forward to clients in respect of suitable applicants
Coordinate interviews for candidate as requested by the client
Communicate with candidates about the results of their interviews
Negotiate compensations & benefits and finalising employment agreements between client and candidates
Review recruitment policies to ensure effectiveness of selection techniques and recruitment programmes