Bart Gerrits, Head Of Human Resources

Bart Gerrits

Head Of Human Resources

Interserve Learning & Development

Location
Saudi Arabia - Dammam
Education
Bachelor's degree, HR Strategy and Organization Development
Experience
27 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 11 Months

Head Of Human Resources at Interserve Learning & Development
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since August 2016

• Start-Up / Expansion to create new HR team, new HR service delivery model and strategy to support the business growth of 40% of 5 colleges in Al Khobar, Al Quwaiiyah, Jazan, ITQAN, Al Hasaa in Saudi Arabia. HR Team had 9 months no leadership.
• Responsible for HR strategy & Compensation & Benefits strategy to attract talent and improve employee engagement.
• Manage the multi-disciplined HR Team; support Saudization.
• Manage and monitor the strategic HR planning and HR life cycle with COO; monitor the output and efficiency with KPI’s.
• Responsible for the recruitment strategy and onboarding process (70% are expats from 25 nationalities), including monitoring the services of international recruitment agents
• Develop and create from scratch a new HR Service Business model, including reshaping guidelines, HR forms, checklists processes, redesign HR system, JD’s, new salary structure, improve onboarding (HR Team had 9 months no clear leadership)
• Manage the effectiveness of Performance Management, Reward & Recognition; Training plan & HR Operations.

Manager Employee Relations at Sadara Chemical Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • September 2013 to September 2015

• Establish a new professional Employee Relations division with structure, budget, key processes. Coach SR ER-advisor and (junior) HR specialists.

• Provide broad HR-consultancy to prepare and close complex Separation & Grievance & Disciplinary Action files aligned with the Labor Law. Manage and coordinate the process of dealing with workplace misconduct issues. Scope: 4200 fte

• Implement a very challenging HR strategy to realize a 20 billion dollar Start-UP Joint Venture and create from scratch a complete running HR department.

• Functional Design of an integrated state-of-the-art SAP-HR information system (blue print, test and implementation) with Accenture covering all HR functions.

• Coordinate best strategy and eliminate costs of legal action, formulate scenario’s and recommendations to VP-HR in multiple HR areas ensuring that no disparate impact arise: Employee Relations, Conflict and Dispute; Grievance; Disciplinary procedure; Separation/ Termination; handling violation of Work Ethics.

• Manage, organize and document complex hearing sessions and process the whole file from A-Z. aligned with the Labor Law and organizational code of conduct.

• Develop 30 administrative guidelines and new HR Intranet.

• Increase staff awareness by conducting presentations, workshops. Implement various attrition reports/KPI’s and evaluate the effectiveness of HR (exit interviews, surveys and turnover rates)

• Execute Saudization; coach and support my Arab colleagues and team managers on senior and junior level.

Principal - Manager HR - Senior HR Business Consultant at HumanKind HR Consultancy Ltd
  • Netherlands
  • April 2003 to September 2013

After winning a National HR Award in Holland I started my own HR Consultancy company.
Supporting the Top 10 Industries in the Netherlands and Australia;
Broad HR experience with Startup, Growth, Restructure or Merge; HR strategy and Organization Development
Scope: 750-1100-1900-3300 -4200 employees

Industries: Retail with 600 shops and 4 million customers daily, Public Transport with 800.000 passengers daily, Finance European biggest Financial Shared Service, Hospitality, Medical Services, Water Company, Telecom (AT&T), Internet Provider (UPC), Healthcare in Melbourne, and Banking-Insurance.

HR BUSINESS CONSULTANCY
- Support CEO’s, VP’s, directors, managers to meet the business needs, synchronize HR services with the (new) business strategy, strength HR, and monitor/analyze the progress with tailor-made HR dashboards and KPI’s.
- Contribute to organization development, change management; improve work cultures, reduce sick leave, implement succession planning and transition plans
- Design compensation & benefits strategy; integrate training-, performance-, talent management, and reward & recognitions programs.
- Solve complex Employee Relations files regarding disciplinary actions and/or company violations.
- Improve recruitment strategy, onboarding, forecast and business growth in line with budgets.
- Introduce new salary scales and job descriptions matrix

HR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
More than 9 years experience in multi-dynamic, matrix-organizations in The Netherlands, Australia and Saudi Arabia.
- Implementation SAP HR: gap analysis; test, key HR processes redesign, HR data

HR LEADERSHIP
Manage multi-disciplined HR teams (6-15-26 fte) related to all HR functions (HR, Payroll, Training, Health, Employee Relations, HR Services, Personnel administration, Training, Recruiting professionals, SAP-HR team); create operational excellence with clear HR services and customer focus.

Responsible for an effective replacement on senior level :Manager HR, HR Director, Manager Shared Services, Senior HR Business Partner, Project manager SAP HR, Manager Payroll and Administration

Human Resources Director Of Human Resources at Accounting Plaza Financial Shared Service Center
  • Netherlands
  • April 2000 to April 2003

Aim: Start-up / new commercial biggest European Financial Shared Services Company for Retail Industry.

• Manage, implement and monitor the outsourcing of 18 Financial and Accounting Departments from 4 BU’s into a brand new, commercial company for the retail industry. Create a new manpower plan and Organization structure.
• Responsible for a new integrated HR strategy, programs and HR guidelines and manage/monitor third party contracts.
• Responsible for the forecasting / transition plan / recruitment strategy and business requirements for new/old transfers.
• Manager of a multi-discipline HR-team and Winner of a National Dutch HR Award 2001.
• Design a C&B-strategy incl. salary surveys based on the new business values; individual performance & reward planning
• Design new training profiles and strategic training plan with several HR-themes: leadership style, reward & recognition, customer-satisfaction, personal development, teamwork, health & safety, customer focus for financials.

Senior HR Business Partner at Ziggo Casema
  • Netherlands
  • March 1999 to April 2000

Transition and expansion of a public cable company into a new commercial company with integrated services (telecom/tv/ internet) and +30% sales target by France Telecom.

• Realize a challenging commercial HR Strategy: sales +50% expansion (320 to 600 employees in 1 yr).
• Support the merge of acquired new business. Negotiate transition plan with Labour Council.
• Prepare new competitive C&B strategy with new bonus system and salary plan with Labour council.
• Advice VP-HR and Management Teams for best HR practices, coordinate HR-programs, execute HR strategy: competence plan, training policy; sick leave policy, bonus system; new job evaluation matrix. Realize a challenging recruitment strategy.
• Supervises the application of HR policies in employee relations, wage and salary administration, training, employee benefits, workers compensation, and all further related HR administrative matters. Coach HR assistant.

Human Resources Business Partner at Hospital Alkmaar
  • Netherlands
  • July 1995 to April 1999

Transform a public hospital into a highly respected, commercial hospital with a new HR strategy.

• Transition - merge 3 divisions into a new Facility Management Service Centre (new organization design, job matrix; new business values & competence matrix to change the culture and improve customer focus, quality, performance, output, teamwork.
• Improve the services of the Facility Management Organization with an overall HR strategy and smart HR advice covering all issues from Organ. Development, change management, succession planning, recruiting and performance management.
• Rebuild HR-image with director HR; coach supervisors & managers to become ‘people-managers.
• Provide HR advise and coach managers and 4 Management Teams; 3 Medical BU’s and 1 big Facility Management Department. Manage and coach 2 HR-assistants.

Education

Bachelor's degree, HR Strategy and Organization Development
  • at University Applied Social Sience / Human Resources Management
  • June 1989

Specialties & Skills

HR Strategy
Employee Relations
Organization Development
HR Business Partnering
HR Transformation
Manager of HR teams
HR strategy
HR policies
Training & Career Development
HR Dashboard, reports, KPI's, processes
HR Consultancy
Payroll & HR Administration
Organization Development
Negotiation skills
Compensation & Benefits

Languages

Dutch
Expert
English
Expert
German
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Memberships

Chamber of Commerce
  • Board Member
  • February 2003
Network HR professionals
  • Member
  • January 2001

Training and Certifications

(Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Labor Law in UAE-GCC Claridon Dubai (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2014
HR excutive Management for non financials (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2009
Valid Until:
January 9999
HR strategy and sick leave reduction (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 1994
Valid Until:
January 9999
HAY International Job evaluation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2000
Valid Until:
July 2000
Negotiation salary and collective benefits arrangments (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2000
Valid Until:
March 2001

Hobbies

  • Tennis, Swimming, Outdoor, Art & History