BASSAM BAAZEEM

Accomplishments:
• Established strategic human resource and administrative direction for optimal organizational performance.
• Built human capital capability, strong talent pools and leadership teams to drive growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:
• Developing human resources strategy in line with the company’s development goals. Ensuring the company has qualified staff in sufficient numbers to meet the strategic objectives set by Management.
• Commanding the hiring process, beginning with screening applicants and interviewing potential hires, followed by making recommendations, writing offer letters, conducting reference checks and negotiating contracts.
• Developing Human Resources policies and procedures, administration and general services, manpower planning, recruitment, compensation and benefits and payroll and training departments’ functions and budget preparation.
• Renewing residency permits for employees, following-up the work of the Foundation in the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance Institution site. Ensuring compliance with legal, contractual or statutory procedures on personnel management.
• Maintaining records of benefit insurance plans, making medical insurance and car insurance and the following-up to the renewal of the staff ID.

Joined the organization as Sales Representative, moved on upward career trajectories, to merit promotion to the position of Director of Administration and Human Resources

Designation Chronology:
• April 2008 - November 2011: Director of Administration and Human Resources
• June 2002 - March 2008: Sales Representative

Accomplishments:
• Designed and organized HR policies & procedures, contributed to strategic planning and decision making and set long-term goals and strategies.
• Entrusted to develop the internal regulations of the company.
• Dexterously developed profile - defined the basic elements of the position for all the company's employees.

Key Responsibilities:
• Sourced/ interviewed candidates to determine potential fit for vacancies. Managed all facets of selection process to include referencing, background checks and compensation recommendations.
• Formulated short/ long term manpower plans in liaison with the various department heads. Prepared competencies model to harness the synergy of existing personnel to achieve core business objectives.
• Planned and conducted new employee orientation to promote positive attitude toward company goals and initiatives.
• Lead core people processes of talent management, organizational resource planning, performance management and compensation & benefits management.
• Delivered an integrated annual HR plan including manpower strategy, training and development strategy, knowledge transfer and organizational enhancement strategy, competence development and performance management strategy.
• Developed grade ladder for salary administration. Formulated wage and salary structure, pay policies, performance appraisal programs, employee benefit programs and services.

Accomplishments:
• Instrumental in increasing company’s revenue by 15% and attaining first place in 2003.
• Enhanced sale of the company's products and attained the company's target.
• Significantly contributed during opening of new outlets.