Asst.HR Manager
Cornerstone Interiors
Total years of experience :15 years, 1 Months
• Recruitment: Support for recruitment strategies and determining recruiting priorities.
• Implement HR strategy to support the strategic plans for the organization.
• Provide a broad range of HR services in support of business objectives to include workforce planning, performance management, & employee satisfaction.
• Create appropriate policies in line with UAE Labor Law to deliver an exceptional employee experience and establish the company as an employer of choice.
• Building and fostering rapport with staff and managers at all levels through a thorough understanding of the business, agency culture, organizational structure and talent.
•Company values: Instill & drive the agency values.
• Staff motivation.
Sales & Profitability
•In-depth analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the company, utilizing the financial profit and loss reports and deliver corrective action plans.
•Improve business potential through effective use of available resources and proper communications.
•Maximize productivity targets by utilizing proper time management and resources within budgets.
•Identify market and increase 20% new clients every month.
Manpower Development & People Management
•Manage and support recruitment/staffing requirements and development of talents within the company by providing consistent direction and support.
•Monitor Performance level of employees on each project completion and make sure that they maintain a quality work within the time frame.
•Responsible for all functions of HR, inclusive of recruitment, staffing, policies, discipline, planning, communication, SOP & grievances.
Operational Standards
•Conduct effective communication sessions with the respective teams in regard to targets and performance.
•Ensure timely monitoring of unit in production and installation to maximize operational efficiency.
•Ensure pricing of materials are availed at its best in the market.
Liwa, an Abu Dhabi based fashion retailer, part of the Al Nasser Group of companies. Liwa franchises 20 plus international brands, with over 250 stores across its UAE & GCC operations. Business includes fashion, home, kids, department stores, men’s and women’s wear & lingerie.
Key Professional Achievements
•Coordinating and organizing over 1000 interviews locally and globally.
•Successfully reduced staff turnover by over 30%.
•Refined and improved HR dept SOP and successfully reduced government fines to less than 5%
•Successfully executed new recruitment agreements and reduced staffing cost by 60%
•Successful relocated the corporate office within one week, at 50% of approved budgeted cost.
•Responsible for all functions of HR, inclusive of recruitment, staffing, policies, discipline, planning, communication, SOP & grievance, Store Performance appraisals, Leaves, Attendance, Employee engagement programs.
•HR operations and administration for over 250 stores and over 1700 employees across UAE and GCC as of date.
•Recruiting for roles from sales staff to Mid-Level Management using diverse resources and service providers for sourcing, screening, short-listing, selection and appointment letters.
•Post-Employment Process-Visa processing and on boarding, encoding of data in HRIS, opening of bank account etc. Organizing induction & Coordinate for internal training of newly joined staffs with line managers.
•Successfully meeting staffing demands for over 500 staffs annually, for store operations across UAE and GCC businesses.
•Operate successful recruitment campaigns from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, China, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Uganda, Romania and Kenya.
•Performance Management - Coordinate with the line managers to ensure that the appraisals are done for their respective team based on the KPI's on probation and annually.
•Responsible for Employee benefits not limited to leaves, loans, salary advances, uniforms, airfare, incentives, overtime etc.
•Implemented efficient & secure process for passport control.
•Initiated the open door 24X7 employee access policy for HR.
•Manages and handles entire Insurance administration, bank cards (WPS) and Salary related issues of Liwa Trading enterprises for more than 1300 staffs in UAE.
•Preparation of HR related letters, issuing memos, circulars & notifications etc.
•Off boarding procedures- Acknowledged for handling resignations and calculate final settlement, conducts exit interviews and report analysis on a quarterly basis and recommended action plan based on the result to retain employees aligning to the business requirement. Coordinate with PRO’s for visa cancellations.
Recruitment & Selection - Screening, Interviewing Candidates, Co-ordinating final round of interviews with Line Managers, Issuing Offers to the candidates.
Induction - On boarding new employees & Joining formalities
Coordinating with the agencies for Overseas Bulk Recruitment of skilled and semiskilled workers.
Supervise and manages generic HR Activities like enrolling new employees for Medical/Life Insurance, Issuing important HR related Letters, Manages different leaves(annual, sick, maternity, unpaid etc of employees, supervising & monitoring ticket bookings for all staff.
Provide utmost support to PRO with regards to visa processing (New& Renewal).
Employee Relations -Attendance, Absence management, disciplinary and grievance, employee engagement, employee motivation and development.
Handles and Manage personnel files as well as passport inventory of 2500 employees of EIFM team.
Process and liaise with the Payroll Department for employee’s monthly payroll.
Conduct performance review in conjunction with respective departments.
Conducing Exit interviews and coordinates with the PRO for visa cancellations.
Completed Masters in Business Administration , major in Human Resourse and Marketing
