Development Director
Mindshare
Total years of experience :28 years, 7 Months
MENA
Mindshare, Winner of Media Network of the Year 2014, is a global media agency
network helping clients to make collaborative and adaptive decisions across their
paid, owned, and earned marketing in real-time.
Responsible for the 10 MENA Regions, leading on all aspects of best practice HR,
Recruitment, Talent Development and leading to become one the best organizations
to work for within the UAE
* Primarily tasked with implementing HR strategy for the company including
Workforce, Recruitment, Pay & Benefits and a Training and Development
Strategy in line with business objectives and key performance indicators
* Fully accountable for the development and execution of HR Talent processes
and polices across the organisation and ensuring compliance over all MENA
locations
* Overseeing the re-establishment of the HR function to act as HR business
partner and consultant to business units to enable improved performance
and business growth
* Leading on the Great Place to Work initiative for the Organization,
implementing an action plan across all regions to address the feedback from
staff.
* Collaborating with the senior management team to build a professional HR
function resulting in a fundamental business resource for the company
* Playing a pivotal role in the implementation of interrelated strategies
resulting in cost savings for recruitment and annual forecasting
* Fully accountable for the development and implementation of HR strategies
for Service Plans and HR objectives whilst monitoring ongoing performance
against HR metrics
* Providing comprehensive advice to senior managers and taking a lead role in
all senior HR cases, ensuring the efficient resolution of any issues in
accordance with UAE employment law
* Taking a lead role for ensuring that all HR policies and procedures meet
within employment/ local labour law as well as best practice.
Key Projects & Achievements
* Implementing the Great Work to Place Initiative for the Organization
* Reviewing and revamping the way we recruit and retain talent across the
region, reducing the usage of external agencies, and implementing a number
of initiatives to retain the talent within.
* Overseeing Talent Management initiatives supporting the Business strategy.
Driving individual and organization performance through the design,
alignment and introduction of premier Talent Management practices and
processes.
* Approving the MENA annual Plan for training and development activities,
targets and placements/promotions are made to benefit employees at all
levels.
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Kaveh Gharachorlou
Energy Systems, Dubai
ADC is a leading design, construction, manufacturing and engineering company with
offices throughout the UAE. Working alongside the senior management team with
overall responsibility for all HR issues and for the overall performance of the HR
section.
Key Projects & Achievements
* Executing a transparent salary framework, introducing a new incentives
scheme and flexible working conditions for all employees resulting in
reduced turnover and improved employee satisfaction
* Successfully implementing a range of new HR policies and procedures in
accordance with employment law
* Tasked specifically with the HR modernisation programme including all
aspects of the restructure and redundancies resulting in an innovative HR
service which progresses and shares best practice
Taking full ownership of the setting of the People Agenda to develop and maintain
HR shared services to support the requirements of the group.
* Reviewing the HR Strategy and the HR Management policies, systems and
practices that fully support the implementation of the overall strategy; and are in
line with the ethical standards and legal requirements.
* Directing and overseeing compensation programs covering preparation of job
descriptions, evaluation of jobs in accordance with the groups approved
evaluation plan; salary administration and performance appraisal reviews for all
employees to ensures the fair evaluation and equitable implementation of these
programs.
* Authorizing the periodic review and assessment of salaries and the conduct and
participation of local, regional and international compensation studies designed to
assess Group’s competitive position in the pertinent labor markets.
* Participating in the negotiation of service level agreements, based on customer
feedback and needs analysis. Authorizing annual customer surveys per business
area, based on service level agreements and providing feedback to HRD staff on
results.
* Establishing required communication and interaction forums required facilitating
communication amongst HR staff at all levels and between HRD and customers
and subsidiaries HR staff
Key Projects & Achievements
* Implementing leadership development programs and developing a culture of
efficiency and productivity
* Designing and implementing organisational development strategy leading to
reductions in consultancy fees in excess of $1 million per year and improved
career progression and development plans for employees
* Consolidating HR systems resulting in increased productivity and efficiency and
improvements in analysing data
* Leading on the implementation of compensation and benefits framework across
all levels of the organisation resulting in reduced costs connected with poor
remuneration practice
* Establishing the new compensation benefit system in parallel with market
intelligence data for the required salaries and benefits packages to retain and
attract the highest calibre of talent in the competitive market.
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Kaveh Gharachorlou
courses: ILM Level 5 (In Progress) Leadership Certified as Green and Black Belt (2013/14)
courses: ILM Level 5 (In Progress) Leadership Certified as Green and Black Belt (2013/14)
courses: ILM Level 5 (In Progress) Leadership Certified as Green and Black Belt (2013/14)
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