HR Business Partner
Baker Hughes Inc
Total years of experience :31 years, 5 Months
- Negotiated with terminating employees to maintain a 100% record on ‘no labor claims’ and no overpayment due to non-cancellation of employment visa and insurance cover;
- Managed various aspects of organizational change post the merger of Baker Hughes and BJ Services, including culture integration, retention of key talent and remuneration harmonization;
- Employee relations (Grievances, Counselling, Disciplinary, Mediation, Workplace Investigations);
- New Hire Orientation and Retention Champion’s Workshops;
- Achieved a 98% reduction of leave salary over-payment by spearheading the automated leave tracker project; Further trained HR Managers and rolled out the system to Middle East Locations.
- Key contributor in creating and reviewing policies and procedures;
- Headcount forecast and planning (down-sizing and recruitment);
- Improved Medical insurance plan through renewal negotiation at 0% additional cost;
- Successfully closed death claims ensuring that surviving family members received reimbursement.
- Led HR Team of five employees (2006 to 2011) which included coaching and mentoring;
- Provided guidance to Country and Line Managers on compensation and benefits for new hires, annual reviews - merits / promotions / adjustments;
- Employee contracts, remuneration packages, job descriptions and record management;
- Global mobility management (relocations / on-boarding / re-allocation)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Service Awards, Insurance Schemes, UAE nationals’ pension fund.
- Payroll process owner (International and Regional Rotators, Consultants and Locally hired employees);
- Inter-company invoices for payroll disbursements incurred on behalf of the Region (i.e. Middle East Region, Russia-Caspian, Central Asia);
- Offer letters and computation of EOS benefits.
General correspondence, purchase orders, debit/credit Invoices, compiling data - graphics and spreadsheets - for financial presentations/conferences;
- Petty cash floats (US$ / UAE Dirhams) with periodic/month-end reconciliation;
- Typing of miscellaneous Arabic letters/forms for various administration formalities.
General correspondence, Filing, reporting and data for technical presentations;
- Liaised with other departments and co-ordinated office administration for the Exploration department;
- Business Travel arrangements for departments’ management and senior staff.
(Break due to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Worked for three months (January 1991 to March 1991) with Natural Architechture, Goa - India. Resigned to resume work in Dubai - U.A.E.)
Transposed dictation for correspondence with international drilling and exploration companies;
- Assisted in the preparation of tender documents for a major oil development project in Tunisia;
- Logged project-wise daily drilling reports and quarterly Well status reports.
(Iraq-Kuwait Gas Pipeline Project)
- General correspondence, monthly reports, minutes of meeting; coordination of field trip schedules between the client and subcontractor;
- Filed and kept meticulous records of all documentation in the department.
- General correspondence, letters of credit, tender documentation etc;
- Travel schedules, dates and venue of meetings for the management.
Commerce, Cost Accounting, Economics, English and Accountancy
