People & Culture Specialist
BAYZAT
Total years of experience :7 years, 9 Months
Reporting to the Chief People Officer, in my last role I was responsible to strategize and build a strong employer brand for talent scouting, attraction, recruitment and retention.
Key Achievements:
• Designed and implemented recruitment strategies to scale as per fast-changing business requirements
• Assisted C-Suite Leaders through Workforce Planning implemented for the first time in the business
• Designed the Recruitment Budget plan to minimize external spend and maximize internal resources
• Actively scouted talent and filled vacancies of over 75 roles across sales, non-sales and technology verticals
• Improved ‘Time to Fill’ by an average of 20% across business by building role specific interview approaches
• Liaised with the Leadership team to build competency, skill and situation-based interview and assessment tools
• Developed tools to assess employee experience through Probation Self-Assessment, Bayzat Health Survey, Leadership Evaluation and Exit Evaluation
• Led the Employer Branding project through LinkedIn (sponsored campaigns), collaborated with top universities in the region and initiated branding projects internally
• Supported the People & Culture - Operations team in organizing and executing multiple engagement initiatives
Responsible for key talent processes that included Talent Acquisition, Performance Management, Talent Reviews, Succession Planning and Employee Engagement. As part of the Concept HR Team I also extended support to regional teams spread across 9 countries in the MENA region.
Key Achievements:
• Collaborated with Leadership team to identify competencies required & translated business needs into talent sourcing plans through use of multiple sourcing tools & channels
• Delivered superior onboarding experience by consistently maintaining quality of the process & ensuring greater engagement of employees
• Implemented the Performance Management Plan to ensure qualitative impact and improvement in employee performance across business units at Head Office level
• Assisted in Talent Reviews for Corporate and Retail employees to Identify existing HiPot talent for leadership roles & devise action-plans for under-achieving employees
• Designed & implemented Launch of Core Values, impacting 5000+ employees across MENA
• Championed multiple engagement initiatives including Cultural Festivities, Health & Wellness Campaigns, and the Happiness Movement - a Landmark initiative in line with the Happiness Campaign of the UAE Government,
• Conducted exit interviews to gather feedback of employee experience and administered necessary processes to ensure hassle free end of service settlement
Responsible for Recruitment and Employee Engagement of 5 international brands - Nine West, Skechers, PrettyFit, Bottega Verde, Glossip Milano.
Key Achievements:
•Managed bulk recruitment of front-end retail roles through various channels to achieve maximum fill rate
•Facilitated monthly onboarding and induction for new hires ensuring smooth acclimatization
•Represented HR for assigned brands to identify workplace issues, and implement remedial actions
•Developed and implemented content for organization wide HR communications
•Headed the Organizing Committee for employee events conducted for 2000+ warehouse, retail & office employees
• Supported the recruitment team in sourcing, screening and shortlisting candidate profiles for retail vacancies
• Planned, scheduled and organized new hire induction and quarterly product training programs
• Supported in preparation of Standard Operating Procedure Manual to establish uniformity in process and operating methods across all stores