Senior Supervisor - Group Talent Acquisition/Recruitment
Obeikan Investment Group
Total years of experience :22 years, 2 Months
8+ years of experience in recruitment (2 years of which is in overseas placement/recruitment company and the rest is in corporate in-house recruitment) has given me vast exposures to recruitment/talent acquisition operations & strategies.
• Currently being responsible to lead and supervise a team of recruitment/talent acquisition serving more than 12 business units + the group’s shared services & supports departments covering various manpower requirements (shop floor to senior/executive level).
• Oversee recruitment/talent acquisition operations and ensure its compliance to Saudi Labor Law, HR Policies, and QMS ISO 9001:2008 requirements.
• Provide development to recruitment/talent acquisition team through coaching, training etc. in order to leverage the team’s skill and expertise.
Key accomplishments:
* Developed and implemented an automated on-boarding process for new employees using workflow system. The process called “New Employee Arrival and Facilities Management (NEAFM)”.
* Develop induction & introduction booklets for new employees to provide useful information to new employees.
* Cost saving initiative for issuing e-wakala (electronic visa authorization).
Obeikan Investment Group (OIG) is based in Riyadh, KSA started in 1982 with printing and publishing, has become a major player in various fields of packaging solutions (plastic packaging, liquid packaging, paper and board packaging), printing - publishing and binding, glass manufacturing, education, curriculum development and e-learning, and real estate (with its prominent project so called Obeikan Tower, a prestigious signed contract with Hilton Worldwide). www.obeikan.com.sa
• Lead and supervise recruitment team to carry out recruitment activities.
• Liaise with head of strategic business units and group departments to understand their manpower needs and expectations; as the result, Manpower Plan for the corresponding year is defined.
• Assist Group Recruitment Manager in formulating short and long term strategies and plans to achieve group recruitment objectives.
• Communicate recruitment strategies and plans to recruitment team to make sure it is well understood and well executed.
• Oversee the execution of recruitment strategies and plans; take immediate necessary action(s) over any discrepancies.
• Provide guidance and coaching to recruitment team to ensure all recruitment activities are in compliance with implemented Quality Management System QMS according to ISO 9001:2008.
• Measure and monitor recruitment KPIs to ensure recruitment objectives are met.
• To ensure all business units and group departments’ head are well informed of their manpower requirements status/progress and to make sure that their needs and expectations are met.
• Seek to improve recruitment processes and services to exceed costumers’ needs and expectations.
• Open and develop recruitment channels/networks and maintain the relationships to enhance candidates and talent pool.
• Ensure all requisite resources are available to support recruitment team in delivering its services.
• Carried out end to end recruitment processes.
• Monitored and updated employee requisition status in connection with Manpower Plan of all companies (subsidiaries & joint ventures) under the group.
• Worked closely with supervisor and manager in formulating and implementing strategies in fulfilling manpower requirements as per Manpower Plan in compliance with group’s recruitment standards and procedures.
• Handled and highly follow up certain managerial vacancies (sourcing, headhunting, cold calling & hiring).
• Worked closely with GMs, DGMs and/or Department Managers in arranging interviews and all communications related to recruitment activities such as business trip for recruitment campaign, selections reports, follow ups etc.
• Monitored and controlled group’s visas availability and utilization as per its allotment to the companies.
• Liaised with overseas recruitment agencies related to recruitment activities.
• Measured and evaluated overseas recruitment agencies’ performance and provided recommendation to superior/manager for contract continuation and/or its amendment/revision; review new recruitment agreement with prospective agencies.
• Sourced potential candidates from various alternative resources (active CVs files or internal database, recruitment agencies, job sites, job posting, direct applicants, referral, professional networking etc.
• Screened and reviewed potential candidates’ CV and submit to respective company for further evaluation and recommendation; followed up selected candidates for Employment Offer, salary negotiation and further employment processes.
• Monitored processing status of selected candidates and provided report to respective company’s GMs and/or DGMs in specified regular basis.
• Assisted management in regards to Lean Management projects implementation related to recruitment.
• Initiated recommendations and/or suggestions for recruitment processes improvement.
• Received and managed manpower requirements from clients.
• Fulfilled clients’ manpower requirements within specified timeframe.
• Sourcing potential candidates based on clients’ requirements received through certain sources e.g. jobsites, job postings, direct search, headhunting, sub agent etc.
• Conducted pre-interview of applicants to be short listed as per clients’ requirements.
• CVs screening and forwarding to clients for interview short listing.
• Arranged interview with candidates and clients.
• Monitored and reported visa processing of selected candidates in specified regular basis as per clients request.
• Handled correspondences with clients.
• Maintained documents filing.
• Maintained and controlled necessary documents of manpower processing and its filing.
• Monitored manpower processing and reported of its progress to manager.
• Maintained processes and financial records related to manpower placements.
• Communicated with manpower resources i.e. sub agents to keep continuity in providing manpower to clients.
• Coordinated with medical centre/clinic for medical examination arrangements of deployed manpower.
• Searched new prospective investors.
• Reported statuses of new prospective investors to manager.
• Follow up prospective investors with manager(s) to establish deals.
• Carried out all assigned jobs related to future trading activities.
• Reported all future trading transactions to investors and managers in a specified regular basis.
• Maintained good relation with investors to retain and encourage new investors.
• Improved and developed future trading transaction techniques and skill.
• Performed sales activities for clients’ products.
• Achieved sales targets given by managers.
• Reported daily & monthly sales activities to immediate superior.
• Maintained good relationship with costumers.
• Boosted number of costumers by expanding new market areas.
• Performed all clerical administrative jobs.
• Managed incoming and outgoing correspondences e.g. mails, documents etc.
• Supported and assisted technical department with necessary work documents.
• Prepared and reported activities reports in monthly basis.
3 years Diploma in Accounting with Very Good grade.
