Director of Talent Acquisition and Training
STC Specialized
Total years of experience :18 years, 8 Months
* Participates in the development and implementation of the Human Resource General Directorate plans, in line
with the corporate objectives.
* Directs and manages the Learning & Talent Acquisition Department mandates, providing leadership and
facilitating work processes in order to achieve high performance standards.
* Develops the sourcing and recruitment strategy for STC Sc in alignment with the HR strategy and skill gap
analysis.
* Plans creative recruitment campaigns to locate and identify qualified candidates and enhances resourcing
processes / systems to drive organizational capability.
* Manages and updates the recruitment process based on a focused analysis of recruitment and attrition factors to
ensure that the selection of talent supports immediate plans and future growth of STC Sc.
* Leads the development and implementation of a training needs identification and analysis process annually
based on STC Sc’s strategic requirements, functional growth objectives and employee skill gaps.
Plans, directs, supervises, coordinates work activities and evaluate subordinates.
Headhunting all levels including, executive-level, managerial roles and via direct-sourcing or via search through Recruitment agencies to meet business needs.
Engage in HR and business conversations to uncover executive talent gaps, themes or needs that affect executive talent acquisition.
Identify, build relationships with and recruit passive external candidates via cold calls; conferences; networking events; or other networks.
Sustain healthy relationships with external business partners i.e. recruitment agencies, recruitment websites, universities, and governmental entities to ensure appropriate company image is reflected in the market.
Effectively represent and market the ELM employment brand, the organization's business objectives and global career opportunities to potential candidates.
Manage the job fairs, career days and other temporary staffing needs. Coordinate with temporary agencies including managing the staffing contract.
Create a stellar candidate experience: identify and anticipate candidate's needs; follow issues to closure; collaborate across the ELM (relocations, immigration, compensation, etc.) to maximize candidate satisfaction; but work for ELM's best interests.
Collaborate with hiring manager, and HR Executive manager to create and deliver a comprehensive, compelling and balanced offer, differentiate ELM's offer from others.
Ensure qualified high potential candidates are supplied to internal stakeholders in response to their Talent Acquisition needs through recruiting and screening candidates and applying relevant assessment techniques /practices.
Generate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for all Sourcing activities.
Communicate the best vendors to provide employee services, such as recruitment agencies, and outsourcing companies.
* Working with Directors and Partners to ascertain annual experienced hire & graduate recruitment needs
ensuring campaigns are run inline with approved manpower plans and right quality individuals sourced and
selected;
* Visit key markets regularly on the region to support recruitment campaigns and delivery of activity;
* Deliver or be part of a delivery team for projects during the course of the year which improve and move the
recruitment department forward;
* Finalize job descriptions and person specifications from Partners and Directors across Advisory and ensure
that the roles are in line with business structures;
* Developing new sourcing strategies, maximizing candidate pipeline through the use of tools such as social
media to recruit top quality candidates;
* Managing sourcing candidates from Graduates to Partners from multiple sources, liaising with PwC
Recruitment teams in other locations to share information and minimize duplication of effort;
* Developing and promoting the PwC people value proposition within advisory recruitment;
* Ensure the full end to end candidate experience is a quality one;
* Interviewing and testing candidates using the standard competency based recruitment model and employing
psychometric testing within selection;
* Managing the end to end recruitment process in line with Global PwC standards and metrics
* Report recruitment information & statistics to key internal clients, for purpose of tracking cost, time &
source of hire and to keep them informed of progress on recruitment;
* Manage the Graduate talent and the recruitment teams on the region to achieve Graduate recruitment
• Executing endorsed plans and programs to achieve set goals
• Suggesting plans, programs and activities to boost the efficiency/ effectiveness of the unit
• Determining work procedures, preparing work schedules and expediting work flow to improve efficiency of
subordinates and maintaining harmony among them
• Assigning/ distributing duties, supervising work activities for excellence and ensure conformance to policies
and procedures
• Analyzing areas such as strategic people & workforce planning
• Talent management
• Managing senior level recruitment strategies
• Advising on assessment approaches
• Ensuring that best practice is upheld
• Staying abreast of market practices and trends
• Manage the on-going projects and people planning objectives for the business.
• Management support by providing professional support and advice on recruitment to line and departmental
managers, and advice managers on best practice recruitment and selection.
• Advertising job descriptions and personnel specifications, write job advertisements and decide how and
where jobs will be advertised, design application forms and prepare other recruitment material such as
brochures.
• Selection and screening application forms, shortlist applicants, devise and implement selection processes,
conduct interviews, psychometric tests and personality questionnaires and various group activities in and
outside KSA.
• Training staff in interviewing techniques, help to relocate staff to new departments and jobs due to
restructuring.
• Keep up to date with current employment legislation, and ensure that the line managers are briefed on any
changes where appropriate.
Provide the Regional Managing Director, and Country Managers with HR related expertise, ideas, input,
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regular feedback and support to meeting current and future business needs and objectives, projected
organizational development as well as to be able to achieve sustainable competitive advantage to contribute to
the execution of activities and special actions that enhance and maximize employee’s capacities.
• Provide support to local Human Resources planning, communication, performance, follow up and reporting
within the SAUDI ARABIA Region in line with the Regional HR objectives, guidelines and activities.
• Develop local Human Resources competency within the HR Team. Provide local Human Resources and
Management with HR related assessment, training, development, coaching, advise and feedback.
• Promote the development of a diverse workforce: coordinate and support identification, selection,
recruitment, promotion, development, training and rewarding high potential Employees with focus on balance
and excluding any discrimination (e.g. gender, age, ethics etc.).
• Provide local Human Resources and Management with expertise, advice and coaching in the area of Total
Compensation Management to achieve and maintain the internal equity and the competitive position in the
market regarding Salaries, Awards and Benefits programs.
• Provide local Human Resources and Management with guidance, tools and training in the area of
Performance Management for effective objective setting, performance feedback, employee development, and
performance reviews including the compensation impact
• Provide local Human Resources and Management with expertise, support and coaching by identifying and
addressing employee performance problems, and monitoring progress with initiatives and activities.
• Provide coaching and counseling of Management in all labor law issues and ensure assessment of risk in
HR processes and tools.
• Provide the Regional Managing Director, and Country Managers with HR related expertise, ideas, input, regular feedback and support to meeting current and future business needs and objectives, projected organizational development as well as to be able to achieve sustainable competitive advantage to contribute to the execution of activities and special actions that enhance and maximize employee’s capacities.
• Provide support to local Human Resources planning, communication, performance, follow up and reporting within the SAUDI ARABIA Region in line with the Regional HR objectives, guidelines and activities.
• Develop local Human Resources competency within the HR Team. Provide local Human Resources and Management with HR related assessment, training, development, coaching, advise and feedback.
• Promote the development of a diverse workforce: coordinate and support identification, selection, recruitment, promotion, development, training and rewarding high potential Employees with focus on balance and excluding any discrimination (e.g. gender, age, ethics etc.).
• Provide local Human Resources and Management with expertise, advice and coaching in the area of Total Compensation Management to achieve and maintain the internal equity and the competitive position in the market regarding Salaries, Awards and Benefits programs.
• Provide local Human Resources and Management with guidance, tools and training in the area of Performance Management for effective objective setting, performance feedback, employee development, and performance reviews including the compensation impact
• Provide local Human Resources and Management with expertise, support and coaching by identifying and addressing employee performance problems, and monitoring progress with initiatives and activities.
• Provide coaching and counselling of Management in all labour law issues and ensure assessment of risk in HR processes and tools.
- Responsibly for all recruiting issues between HR and BU in all regions including delegates.
- Responsibly for all recruiting process between HR and BU in all regions.
- Verify the recruiting request and make sure about it before send it to HR to proceed.
- Provide Visas to BU based on the candidate's CV.
- Make sure if we can transfer the candidate's sponsorship before proceed.
- Weakly meeting with HR and BU.
- Solving all the BU problems.
- Provide BU with a monthly reports.
• Steering HR practices and objectives to provide an employee-oriented, high performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity and standards.
• Implementing/ advising HR policies and objectives for the company with regard to employee relations to establish a positive employer-employee relationship and promote a high level of employee morale/ motivation.
• Guiding/ managing the overall provision of Human Resources services, policies, and programs for the entire organization in accordance with market trends, current/proposed company activities and government rules/ regulations.
• Ensuring timely recruitment of required level / quality of management staff, other business line staff, in order to meet business needs, focusing on employee retention and key employee identification initiatives.
• Developing, refining and fine-tuning effective methods or tools for selection to ensure the right people with the desired level of competence are brought into the organization or are promoted.
• Providing inputs for the salary/ compensation budgets, focusing on pay for performance and salary benchmarks and adhering to corporate guidelines on salary adjustments/ promotions.
Highlight:
Efficiently handled the Al-Elet segment with exceptional customer service as a VIP dealer.
Responsibilities as Dealer in the Local Shares:
• Designed customized turnkey strategic investment solutions and indicators for key customers to streamline investment components.
• Evaluated viability of proposed investment in view proposed lock-in period, ROIs, long-term solvency and possible market variances. Processed credit files for margin customers.
• Offered financial counseling to customers in the areas of valuation, mergers and financial structuring. Performed financial feasibility studies, prepared Info Memo and assisted customers in troubleshooting related issues.
• Prepared and reviewed trading P&L associated financial statements, summaries, other cost-benefit analysis and processed all customer commissions/ discounts and verified new investment agreements.
• Handled a gamut of phone trading activities for customers pertaining to direct dealing and Power of Attorney requirements to complete legal formalities.
• Administered all branch orders received and documented/ maintained all departmental data.
• Analyzed and resolved all trade related problems faced by customers through the Fransi Tadawul system.
