Andrew Kozma, HR & Recruitment Team Leader

Andrew Kozma

HR & Recruitment Team Leader

Greenland UAE

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
10 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 10 Months

HR & Recruitment Team Leader at Greenland UAE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2020

- Posted job openings, reviewing and screening applications, conducting interviews.
- Addressed employee conflicts and complete investigations as required.
- Identified and addressed employee requirements regarding performance issues, training, and career growth.
- Implemented new sourcing methods.
- Closed all open positions within the deadline and using KPIs metrics.
- Handled all delegated tasks, including Client Management and Talent Acquisition.
- Collaborated in the development of Job Description and payroll system.
- Client management maintained relationships with all clients for better outcomes.

Achievements:

1- Launched the Job Portal website, by working closely with the web developer and marketing colleagues.
2- Created Job Descriptions for new roles, by studying the job and analyzing the level of every role.
3- Successfully achieved deals with Job Portals for cost reduction, by acquiring free trials for urgent roles, and 90% discount rates after negotiations.
4- Successfully closed the following positions: Leasing Director, Pricing and Valuation Manager, Treasury Manager, Media Sales Manager, FMCG Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Supply Chain and Procurement Manager, 90% of the roles closed were due to LinkedIn headhunting.
5- Strengthened research skills on : LinkedIn, BuzzOn, Indeed, Glassdoor, Gulftalent, MonsterGulf, Naukri, as deep research was made for every job portal and studied the tips and tricks for a better outcome.

HR Operations Specialist at Breakfast & Co
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2014 to January 2020

- Established fair job descriptions, grades, salaries, and benefit programs
- Evaluated staff performance
- Implemented employee engagement and development activities, to boost employee wellness
- Managed recruitment, on-boarding, retention & exit interviews
- Tracked hiring metrics including time-to-hire, time-to-fill, and source of hire.
- Engaged, advised, and operated as a “Business Partner”.
- Handled monthly attendance for headquarter team members.
- Manpower Planning for new branch openings and talent forecast.
- Took charge of the Internship program for the Headquarters.
- Managed the Job Fair event projects yearly

Achievements:

1- Implemented Employee Wellness program & handled social calendar for events, by choosing all events worth celebrating at the headquarters, and handled the events project management.
2- Took charge of Zaatar w Zeit's LinkedIn account, increased engagement, and increased the number of followers by 2, 000 monthly.
3- Achieved high targets met with KPIs for recruitment, closed out positions with an average of 5-10 working days.
4- Successfully hired for 100+ positions monthly for 32 branches, alongside, Warehouse, Central Kitchen, and Corporate. Overall hired over 4, 000 team members
5- Decreased the turnover percentage by 30% yearly by ensuring proper retention takes place, climate surveys and conflict-resolution solutions are implemented, by proper investigation.
6- Helped in the creation of new policies and procedures, by revising all the existing ones, studied the scenarios properly in order to reduce the stress of the outcomes, and enhance the overall recruitment process.
7- Assisted in the Recruitment for Canada opening, by posting in Canadian job portals, and virtually interviewing applicants.

Recruitment Coordinator at Greenland UAE
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2013 to May 2014

- Handled the 360 recruitment for multiple industries from Lebanon to UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia.
- Created Campaigns for job advertisements.
- Attended Job Fair events.
- Interviewed applicants to close our requirements.
- Travel arrangements, documents acquisition for Visa processing.
- Client management maintained relationships with all clients for better outcomes.

Achievements:

1- Created job descriptions, revised old ones, and amended them.
2- Built the Greenland UAE website from scratch, worked with agencies and developers to re-create the website.
3- Implemented the company's portfolio and profile, revised the information of the portfolio, and amended it before dispatching it out to the clients.
4- Acquired new clients after working on the business development of Greenland UAE, handled the Sales Department by making sure new clients are signing with Greenland.
5- Successfully hired positions for several industries like: Construction, Medical, FMCG, Retail, Airlines and Aviation, Hypermarkets & Fashion. Total 1500 skilled labor.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Arts Science and Technology University in Lebanon
  • July 2013

Earned a 3.75 GPA on my last two semesters (full 18-credit load) Total 2.75 GPA

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft tools
Talent Acquisition
Employee Relations
Recruitment
ADVERTISING
RECRUITING
TELEPHONE SKILLS
ASSETS RECOVERY
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
LANGUAGES

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Recruiting and On-boarding Employees- Coursera (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018

Hobbies

  • Reading