Ghassan Samman

Promoted to take over broader and strategical activities, Business Partnering looking after HR Activities, performance data review for identify trends and opportunities for performance improvement, Encourages safety and service quality,

Trained, mentored, and assessed competencies of employees engaged in well site service work, participated in initiating and implementing competency framework for project management.

Drove Organizational Changes, improved and reviewed Service Quality and employee engagement KPI's.

Led and Driving change management.

Reviewed Succession plan, advised necessary amendments.

Created and Reviewed recruiting and hiring process strategically; in concert with Human Resources.

Worked Closely with top management to review ongoing projects and organization structures.

Promoted to take over broader and strategical activities, Business Partnering looking after HR Activities, performance data review for identify trends and opportunities for performance improvement, Encourages safety and service quality,

Trains, mentors, and assesses competencies of employees engaged in well site service work.

Driving Organizational Changes, improve and review Service Quality and employee engagement KPI's.

Leading and Driving change management.

Reviewing Succession plan, advising on necessary amendments.

Reviewing recruiting and hiring process strategically; in concert with Human Resources.

Working Closely with top to review ongoing projects and organization structures.

Worked with senior management to create local recruitment procedures; sourced and recruited employees; build competent recruitment team and develop orientation, managed recruitment and selection plan and university affairs.

Key Results:

Played a key role in ensuring the successful set-up of recruitment processes and procedures. Structured and implemented programs in the areas of selection, sourcing techniques.

Introduced company’s first panel interview selection program at a local context, creating a flexible and well-received tool that was later adopted company-wide.

Partnered with business lines adopting a proactive approach in devising talent acquisition strategies that support their business needs. Mainly entry-level roles and mid-career.

Selected and recruited recruitment team members, trained them and prepared their succession plan to handle recruitment process independently

Recruited more than 250 employees throughout 2010-2011, achieved strategic goal to increase local content from 7% to 40%.

Negotiated approximately 200 salary offers and packages annually at both the entry and experienced level, in association with business managers.

Established recruitment process and procedures, arranged and conducted senior core interviews in GCC & MEA (Egypt, UAE, Lebanon, Jordan, etc.).

Key Results:

Established recruitment processes and procedures from scratch, engaged and managed local, overseas recruitment and executive search consulting firms, as well as monitored recruitment KPI’s.

Built recruitment team, and trained them on recruitment procedures, policies and process as well as SAP recruitment module.

Recruited all senior level staff, negotiated all packages including base pay, other allowances and relocation practices, headhunted several senior positions in different countries across MENA region.

Promoted to fulfill a broad range of HR functions, including recruiting, training employees, performance evaluation and Oracle 11ie implementation. Created quarterly and annually recruitment and retention analytical reports and performed exit interviews.

Key Results:

Trained more than 30-member management team on interviewing techniques and best practices, conducting workshops and one-on-one coaching sessions that contributed to sound hiring decisions.

Reworked new-hire orientation program to include HR information and company resources.

Saved company thousands of riyals every month by reducing reliance on employment agencies. Brought the reliance from 95% in 2006 to 40% in 2008, throughout the development of alternative sourcing channels.

Led HR team successfully, 10 employees for ORACLE E-Business suite implementation. (i-Recruitment, Payroll, i-Learn, SS), coordinated with developers and finalized all required templates and deadlines.

Participated in creating several HR policies and procedures as member of development team; organization charts, performance management, internal hiring, etc.

Handled Overseas Recruiting, negotiated terms of employment, interviewed candidates, as well as 3rd party websites and e-recruitment portals and agencies, achieved yearly recruitment KPI’s successfully.

Hired to participate in general HR activities as well as providing support to all employees regarding HR policies and procedures queries. Participated in drafting salary structure, compensations, benefits and performance management policies and procedures.

Shifted to Recruitment function to handle portfolio of clients with a various activities, including customer service, recruiting screening, placing candidates and attending employment fair, arrange interviews and ensure delivery of right candidates that fit into clients’ requirements.

Key Results:

Improved the quality of customer service from the Recruitment Team to internal clients and external partners, by listening to clients’ needs and feedback and working as a business partners.

Conducted and administered psychometric tests and additional exams or IQ tests for specific positions to ensure best-fit delivery candidates to clients.

Handled and managed candidate database using local resources as well as several e-recruiting websites to source candidates.