houda bakkali, Senior Talent Partner ( Current working with Neom )

houda bakkali

Senior Talent Partner ( Current working with Neom )

kornferry

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Doctorate, Talent Attraction
Experience
10 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 3 Months

Senior Talent Partner ( Current working with Neom ) at kornferry
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2021

Working on projects across EMEMA - Senior Talent Partner

Current project: Neom - KSA : supporting internally with the Implementation and Recruitment / Sourcing Strategy for The Line, Oxagon, COO office and NIF ( Neom Investment Fund ), SEDO ( Strategy Economic Development office )


Previous projects :
1- Saudi Tourism Authority ( STA ) - part of transformation Vision 2030, supporting on Sourcing Strategy and recruitment process and TA Advisory to hire roles in Technology, Digital, Brand, Legal, EO
2- BNP Paribas - Largest Bank in France on their new acquisition and business Expansion : online Payment Solution within European Market ( Floabank )


Team Leader internal SME Projects : Diversity & Inclusion

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people

co-founder at Noble career Advisory
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2019 to April 2021

Start Up established in the UAE assisting and providing client with the best practice in Executive search, placement and Coaching
- Handling HR operation in UAE and KSA : Trade license, Insurance, Visa, contract, company’s expenses
- Planning, developing and implementing a proactive Talent acquisition strategy in alignment with our client’s needs.
- Managing the recruitment process from understanding the client’s need till the placement

Talent Acquisition at National Holding
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • March 2020 to July 2020

Lay off due to Covid-19

Senior Talent Acquision at AKI Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2018 to March 2019

Leading the recruitment of 8 Divisions (Retail, Healthcare, Environment, Contracting, Automotive, Fitness, Consumer, Support functions)
- Managing the hiring process: candidate selections, interviews, assessment center, drafting the employment contract, induction and on boarding new joiners
- Reviewing the budget for each new request before approval.
- Designing and reviewing Job description, recruitment toolImplementing in-house recruitment strategy to reduce the cost.
- handling HR admin: new candidate documents, work permit application

Regional Recruiter Coordinator at Bayt.com
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2017 to September 2018

Handling the recruitment for 9 Region: GCC, Levant Countries, NA : liaising with the line manager to understand the job requirement till the on boarding
- implementing Saudization project: increase the quota by 35%
- maintaining company's recruitment page and job advertise, create and post job ads online
- Responsible for the training: assigning courses for each role, following with the new joiners - generating weekly report

HR specialist - Recruiter Coordinator at manpower Group
  • France
  • May 2014 to February 2016

ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, creates and delivers high-impact solutions that enable our clients to achieve their business goals and enhance their competitiveness. With over 60 years of experience, our company creates unique time to value through a comprehensive suite of innovative solutions that help clients win in the Human Age. These solutions cover an entire range of talent-driven needs from recruitment and assessment, training and development, and career management, to outsourcing and workforce consulting.
- Assisting HRD to lead and manage the HR team to deliver a comprehensive HR service to the business - Employee relations, including managing absence, disciplinarians, grievance and sickness.
- Training: implementing the training and developing agenda, identify area that need attention and improvement.
- Recruitment & Retention: managing talent & succession planning, handling the recruitment cycle.
- dealing with the clients and understand the needs
- Talent management requirement within the framework of the new organization

Project manager assistant at Accor Group
  • France
  • December 2013 to May 2014

Pullman is the place where modern-day adventurers, nomads, and long-haul travellers drop their bags and put up their feet. For business and for pleasure. They come alone, with their family, or with their colleagues. Because Pullman is where ideas, stories and cultures come to meet. Pullman is the international upscale brand of the Accor group, the world’s leading hotel operator.
The 80+ Pullman hotels and resorts are situated in Europe, in Africa, in the Middle East, in the Asia-Pacific region and in Latin America.

The project consist of a new position of Pullman ( actuel Mercure Hotel ) on CDG airport area



+ In charge of managing the hotel's staff ( 90 salaries + Trainees )
+ Assisting in the preparation of evaluation and managing contrat
+ Participated in dismissal procedures
+ Developping project communication plans in coordination with Event & Communication department to inform about salaries : "The best salary of", birthdays, new arrival ... and creation of communication tools (newsletters, social networks)
+ Contributed to developing plan's training for all services : Ensure and provide follow up of administrative implementation process of training plans, elaboration of guides, reports, and training/animation material .
+ Participate in the improvement of the processes all of which the competence management process (Internal performance appraisal, competences development, training plans, internal
recruitments, induction program ...)

HR assistant at Omnicom Group
  • France
  • February 2013 to October 2013

Hyperactiv is a subsidary of OmnicomMedia Group. It's a temporary work agency specialised in Marketing and Merchandising's jobs. We recruit the professionnel salaries to intervene for retail's operation mainly for CARREFOUR France. Hyperactiv can meet need for our clients : Mondelez, Unilever, J&J and Heinekein

- Responsible for attaching the personnel for our clients
- Drafted employment contracts
- In charge of a regular reporting and customer requesting merchandising
- Participated in MONDELEZ Project : Recruiting and training of 38 merchandiser for launching a new product POD COFFEE

Education

Doctorate, Talent Attraction
  • at ESC
  • September 2026

Candidate 1st year to prepare my DBA Subject research : Talent Attraction within Saudi Market. Collaboration with Neom and KAUST

Master's degree, Human Resources
  • at ISG Business School
  • September 2015

Master Degree in HR - Recruitment - Projects management - Business - Compensation - Talent acquisition - Social - Work Law

Bachelor's degree, BBA
  • at Weller International Business School
  • September 2013

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Specialties & Skills

Recruitment
HR Transformation
HR Consulting
Training
Conducting Interviews
ADMINISTRATION
ASSETS RECOVERY
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
HUMAN RESOURCES
MERCHANDISING
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
PERSONNEL
RECRUITING
REPORTS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • sport