Manager HR
Transfast Group of Companies
Total years of experience :17 years, 1 Months
Transfast Group consists of 3 companies Transfast Building and Contracting, Transfast Engineering and Laboratory and Transfast Foundation & Pre-stressed Concrete with an employee base of over 200. I am currently responsible for the full HR remit including end to end Talent Acquisition, Payroll and Benefits Administration, Employee Relations, HR Operations & Labor Law Compliance.
Key Responsibilities
• Responsible for end to end recruitment and selection processes, including sourcing, job postings, screening, ATS, job boards, interviews & on boarding.
• Prepare and process monthly Payroll using PACT system ensuring accuracy and compliance,
• Preparation of Offer Letters, Employment Contracts and all Employee Related documentation.
• First point of contact for Employee Relation issues and manage disciplinary cases as per law.
• Coordinate with PRO for the Visa Issuance and Visa renewals of all staff.
• HR operations covering full employee life cycle, ensuring compliance with the UAE labor Laws
Hashmanis Hospitals is a 100 bedded tertiary care hospital in Pakistan well known for providing state of the art Eye Care services. Led HR function covering all HR areas with strong focus on Talent Acquisition.
Key Responsibilities
• Acted as a trusted advisor to leadership team providing guidance on talent needs & workforce planning.
• Collaborated with stakeholders, developed and implemented HR strategies and Action Plan aligned with business objectives, promoting a healthy and positive culture.
• Oversaw end to end recruitment and selection processes, including sourcing, job postings, screening, ATS, job boards, interviews & on boarding.
• Streamlined recruitment processes, reducing time-to-fill and improving the quality of new hires.
• Created and delivered new employee orientation presentation for new joiners.
• Managed complex employee relations matters including disciplinary cases, conflict resolution, grievance and performance related matters.
• Developed and implemented performance management system, ensuring annual appraisal exercise is timely completed.
• Oversaw payroll and benefits administration, ensuring all employee data is accurately entered in Oracle HRMS.
• Developed and reviewed HR policies ensuring compliance with law and best practices.
• Conducted companywide training need analysis, designed and delivered training program.
FedEx is one of the largest transportation and Logistics Company in the world employing over 500, 000 staff across the globe, Led HR function for FedEx Pakistan with focus on Talent Management, Change & Transformation, Employee Engagement and Learning & Development.
Key Responsibilities
• In line with the transformation agenda implemented an HRIS system that increased HR operational efficiency and provided valuable data-driven insights for decision-making resulting in operational efficiencies and reduction in administrative costs.
• Developed and executed a comprehensive employee engagement strategy, resulting in increase in employee satisfaction scores and was awarded Best Place to Work.
• Established a culture of continuous learning and development, resulting in increase in internal promotions and reduced reliance on external hiring
• Conducted thorough HR audits and ensured 100% compliance with labor laws and regulations, avoiding fines and 40% reduction in penalties.
• Collaborated with management to create a transparent and fair compensation structure, leading to a reduction in pay equity complaints
• Streamlined payroll processes and implemented automation, cutting payroll processing time by 50% and reducing errors.
• Served as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, providing valuable insights and recommendations on HR strategy and organizational development
• Mediated and resolved over 90% of employee disputes, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Successfully managed employee relations cases involving dispute resolution, grievance handling, absences and disciplinary cases in line with labor law.
• Successfully managed end to end talent acquisition process, involving on-boarding of new staff.
• Completed Job Evaluation exercise in collaboration with Group Human Resources Division.
• Successfully scheduled and managed logistics of training sessions from end to end including Stress Management, Emotional Intelligence etc, focusing on employee Health & well-being.
• Reporting of key HR compliance metrics to FedEx MEISA based in Dubai.
Sana Safinaz is one of the largest apparel companies in Pakistan with manufacturing and retail outlets employing more than 1500 staff. HR generalist role with full HR remit.
Key Responsibilities
• Successfully partnered with SLT and completed workforce planning exercise.
• Partnered with the Business functions identifying talent gaps and supervised TA team in a high volume recruitment drive.
• Identified and embedded HR business partner model as part of OD intervention.
• Implemented HRIS resulting in a seamless employee experience, creating efficiencies.
• Reviewed and implemented new performance management system using MBO.
• Aligned compensation and benefits structure with Total Rewards strategy, conducting salary bench-marking survey.
• Designed and implemented pay grade structures resulting in a uniform pay and benefits structure creating internal equity.
• Partnered with the HRBP team to deliver training programs for the retail staff.
Government Children’s Hospital built by Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and managed by PEI, employing more than 350 staff providing a range of Pediatrics Healthcare services on a 24/7 delivery model. HR generalist role with strong focus on Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Payroll and benefits administration.
Key Responsibilities
• Partnered with the leadership team for the successful execution of the project from inception.
• Established the HR department from scratch, developed HR Policy Manual.
• Led the Recruitment agenda involving hiring of more than 300 staff.
• Designed and developed JDs of all positions within the organizational hierarchy.
• Designed and developed a structured compensation and benefits system.
• Successfully developed grievance handling procedures and resolved a number of ER cases including capability and behavioral issues.
• Prepared and Submitted HR Budget to the Finance department.
• Development performance management system and successfully completed the annual appraisal cycle of more than 300 staff.
• Successfully processed the Monthly payroll, ensuring that all attendance records are pulled into the system correctly and all leaves are posted to avoid any errors.
• Prepared monthly reporting for Management for New Starters and Leavers and present analysis on Employee Turnover based on the Exit interview data.
Himont Pharmaceuticals is one of the 100 largest pharmaceuticals companies in Pakistan with sales exceeding 1 billion PKR and employing more than 500 staff across Pakistan. HR role with focus on Talent Acquisition
Key Responsibilities
• Successfully completed a high-volume recruitment drive to ensure that a strong sales team is developed in the south.
• Ensured that all the pre-employment checks were completed on time.
• Successfully managed Talent pipeline for the South region, was directly responsible for maintaining a head count of 109 sales force team members across the South region.
• Partnered with the Leadership team for talent management initiatives.
Home Retail Group is one of the largest retail groups in the UK with more than 300 stores across the UK and sales exceeding £5.7 billion. HR Generalist role with additional H&S responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
• Successfully conducted induction training resulting in the best mystery shopper score in the Essex region for two consecutive years.
• Successfully maintained 100% compliance training for all colleagues using LMS.
• Advised Line Managers on HR policy matters whilst part of the disciplinary meetings.
• Delivered orientation and induction programme for all new starters with 100% uptake on LMS.
• Set up all new starter on Oracle HRMS making sure that the details are 100% accurate.
• Processed payroll on Oracle HRMS with 100% accuracy.
• Secretary to the store H&S committee, with excellent track record of compliance.
Suzuki Motor is a Global Automotive Manufacturing Company with over 16, 000 employees across the globe. Suzuki Pakistan (Pak Suzuki) is the largest Automotive Company in Pakistan with more than 3000 employees. HR role with a strong focus on Training & Development
Key Responsibilities
• Successfully designed & executed the Training Plan for the year 2007 including identifying needs, analyzing needs and designing training programs resulting in more than 50% more trained employees compared to previous year.
• Drafted and implemented a new training evaluation system using Kirkpatrick Model.
• Conducted an In-house Training session on “MS Excel” for 60 participants which was rated as satisfactory by 97% of the participants.
Masters of Business Administration - 2012 Cardiff Metropolitan University (formerly UWIC), Grade: Merit Successfully completed a report on "A Case Study of Zara"
Masters of Public Administration - 2005 University of Karachi, Concentration in Human Resources Management, Overall G.P.A: 3.4/4.0 Successfully completed a Research Report on "Dynamics of an organization"
Bachelors of Public Administration - 2004 University of Karachi, Concentration in Human Resources Management, Overall G.P.A: 3.4/4.0 Successfully completed a Research Report on "How to deal with difficult people" INTEREST & ACTIVITIES * Watching Movies, TV Shows and listening to Music. * Reading Books