Group Manager - HR
MAS Group
Total years of experience :15 years, 1 Months
• To lead all strategic HR activities across key markets of - UAE, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda & Congo.
• To lead & support all HR initiatives and communications aspects of three separate international business entities.
• To coach and mentor, the senior management team on issues of leadership, employee engagement, diversity, culture and work ethics.
• To drive HR transformation & change management across the group.
• Partnering with the MD and Business Leadership Team to drive overall business growth in Africa through "MASTERCLASS" programs for Managers on people management & people development.
• Authored Leadership development and succession planning programs, managing the Talent pool of African locals. Resulting in a 30% increase in retention in 2019 and a 17% increase in employee engagement.
• Talent Acquisition - Single-handedly recruited the entire Senior Management team.
Established a collaborative process to drive cultural change and support the business.
Worked with key business stakeholders to develop value-added pragmatic people solutions to specific business requirements and objectives that were aligned to overall Company's Vision.
Developed new Performance Management System to drive business objectives and behaviors.
Identified talent in the organization by evolving Talent Management Process, Leadership
Development and a implementing Succession Plan Process.
Used analytics to demonstrate fact-based cost-benefits analysis that drove changes to people programs.
Developed and implemented some highly effective human resources plan that will enable the Sands
to achieve its future objectives.
Optimized Manpower cost by 48% & HR expenses through Offshoring backend functions to India
Supervised & Rolled out full implementation of SAP Success Factors in 12 weeks; spearheaded a process improvement initiative to streamline HR administrative practices and procedures.
Created a formal L&D process in organization by engaging internal & external resources to
improve employee productivity.
Drive for Employer of Choice by designing & implementing best in industry practices, programs & benefits with cost containment.
Initiated HR branding strategy through various Engagements & Tie - up Programs which involved Saudi National Employee Program.
Increased the overall integrity of the HR function through proper activities of culture building, open critical management feedback, and superior customer service.
To lead all HR & employee communications aspects of all separate international entities.
Worked on Organizational Structuring & Design and subsequent streamlining functions, consolidation & Optimization exercises for better productivity.
• Coached and mentored the senior management team on issues of leadership, employee engagement, diversity, culture and work ethics through PRISM.
• Drove HR transformation & change management across Sana Fashion.
• Maintained flawless lifecycle management of employees through people-centric policies & processes & harmonious employee relations.
• Established Human Resource Department that played an active role in creating a culture of high-performance teams and encourage ownership amongst business managers.
• Implemented an HR Scorecard to hold the human resources department accountable to the business. Increased HR employee engagement from 40% to 75%.
• Implemented new Employee Benefits & Rewards Program with AED 300K savings.
• Increased Diversity hiring representation from 10% to 60%; implemented the Localization Program & Management Internship Programs with various tie-ups with Bahraini & Saudi authorities.
• Implemented & instituted on-the-spot employee recognition program, Leadership Pipeline Training for high-potential employees.
• Streamlined and restructured the HR team to focus on productivity, clarified roles and responsibilities as well as drove enhanced skills in the areas of business acumen, results in orientation and relationship/partnership skills.
• Instituted & implemented Employee Banding, C&B structures, Job Descriptions, and introduced a Performance Management System along with Variable Pay Program, created an Employee Handbook, structured employee Induction Program, Policies, and Procedures.
Employee Communications & Relations
• Initiated HR branding strategy which involved the creation of Employee communications programs.
• Increased the overall integrity of the Corporate HR function through the proper employee feedback system, superior customer service.
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