Bahaa Martini

Executive owner of the Group People Agenda, leading large-scale recruitment operations, workforce outsourcing solutions, and talent strategy across multi-sector operations, with strong exposure to Oil & Gas clients (blue & white collar).

Key Achievements & Responsibilities:
• Led high-volume, multi-sector recruitment operations, delivering end-to-end hiring across Oil & Gas, Construction, Real Estate, FMCG, Hospitality, and Transportation sectors for major client accounts.
• Built and scaled talent pipelines and outsourcing delivery models supporting a workforce of 16, 500+, aligned with rapid business growth and M&A integration.
• Implemented OKR-driven performance management across recruitment and delivery teams, improving SLA adherence, accountability, and hiring throughput.
• Directed HR digital transformation, reducing administrative workload by 25-30% and launching executive dashboards for real-time workforce and recruitment analytics.
• Designed and rolled out group-wide job architecture, grading, and compensation frameworks leveraging Korn Ferry job evaluation methodology, improving cost control, internal equity, and workforce planning accuracy across 16, 500+ employee operations.
• Strengthened HR governance, compliance, and risk management across regulated outsourcing environments and labor-intensive operations.
• Managed labor accommodation and employee relations infrastructure for 15, 000+ outsourced workers, ensuring full compliance with UAE labor regulations and client contractual obligations.

10, 000+ employees | Engineering & Construction, Real Estate, Facility Management, Heavy Equipment, Production (Asphalt/Concrete), Fabrication of Heavy Equipment’s, Oil & Gas, Hospitality (DoubleTree Hilton)
Direct Reports: 5 Departmental Managers (including Shared Services) + HR Managers in KSA and Oman | Total HR Team: 35+ professionals
• Full HR ownership across UAE, KSA, and Oman operations, acting as strategic HR Business Partner to the CEO/Managing Director. Led a team of 5 Department Heads, Country HR Leaders (KSA & Oman), and 35+ HR professionals under a matrix organizational structure.
• Unified HR and recruitment operations across multiple countries under a centralized governance and shared services model with country-level HR Managers and HR Business Partners as direct reports.
• Designed and executed workforce planning frameworks including mass recruitment campaigns, forecasting, capacity modeling, and succession planning for 10, 000+ workforce.
• Established Assessment Centers, reducing selection ratios from 15:1 to 6:1 while improving leadership quality and hire caliber.
• Implemented KPI-based performance management systems for recruitment and delivery teams, increasing productivity and accountability.
• Led full compensation lifecycle utilizing Korn Ferry's job evaluation and grading methodology to design and implement robust grading structures, compensation frameworks, rewards, payroll, EOSB, and workforce cost optimization across multi-sector operations.
• Oversaw 6 labor & staff camps housing 11, 000+ residents, ensuring welfare, safety, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.

Engineering & Construction | Oil & Gas Projects | 5, 000+ workforce
Managed full-spectrum HR operations supporting major Oil & Gas engineering projects across UAE and Iraq,
with responsibility for mass recruitment, workforce mobilization, and HR systems implementation.
• Led large-scale Oil & Gas recruitment and workforce mobilization for major engineering projects in
Iraq sourcing and deploying blue and white collar talent across all engineering disciplines.
• Directed mass recruitment, talent acquisition, C&B, employee relations, and labor compliance for a
5, 000+ employee workforce.
• Delivered 100% payroll accuracy across a multi-country, multi-discipline workforce.
• Implemented HRMS and Employee Self-Service platforms, improving recruitment efficiency and data
visibility.
• Conducted job evaluation for 120+ roles, ensuring role clarity and competitive compensation
benchmarking.
• Supported leadership development and succession planning across project-based operations.