HR and Administration Director
Al Dahra Holding
Total years of experience :20 years, 9 Months
• Responsible for driving the HR strategy of the organization across the business units located worldwide
• Consult with senior leaders and advise on the most effective human capital investments to drive team effectiveness and performance
• Design and develop a strategy with assigned business clients to implement HR related initiatives globally
• Diagnose and analyze current business unit management’s, needs and gaps
• Manage the key HR functions within the organization: Learning, Recruitment, Administration, Compensation & Benefits, HR reporting, Communication
• Provide thought leadership in order to enhance organizational design, team effectiveness and employee engagement
• Responsible for developing and leading the education, communication, and execution of any department wide restructure or other initiative impacting large numbers of staff
• Responsible for collecting and consolidating client and HR data and effectively transforming into usable knowledge that will inform business decision-making
• Contribute to the strategic direction and formulation of corporate-wide HR policies, procedures, systems, and initiatives
• Foster and maintain strong internal relationships with key HR and business leaders
• Lead various HR outsourcing projects on a global scale: payroll, public relations, talent sourcing
With approximately 72, 000 professionals in 125+ offices worldwide, CGI is a leading IT and business process services provider specialized in IT consulting & outsourcing services.
• Manage the needs of a portfolio of clients & adhere to the business objectives through appropriate recruitment strategies;
• Act as a Recruitment Business Partner for a number key business units;
• Headhunt & actively search for talents all over Canada and on an international level;
• Interview & complete the pre-selection process;
• Negotiate contractual & compensation packages with candidates;
• Represent the company in public events;
• Promote CGI’s corporate image within the job market & develop a pool of talents;
• Establish modern recruitment strategies such as virtual tools & web 2.0 as well as networking websites.
A sole proprietorship established in Montreal, Canada & offering a range of Strategic HR services including recruitment, compensation and benefits, international mobility, employee relations and other services.
• Source, interview and recruit various engineering & supervisory positions;
• Design Performance management and appraisal processes;
• Design corporate retention schemes, salary scales, perks and benefits;
• Conduct Learning needs analysis and program design;
• Develop a Cultural Training program for expatriates-to-be & their families moving to the Middle East.
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• Manage a team of 10 HR staff allocated to the support of all HR activities for approximately 1, 500 employee in the UAE, Qatar & KSA;
• Design & Implement HR initiatives & strategies on all levels: staff, processes and working tools, according to operational requirements;
• Coordinate with the Corporate HR structure, as required, to ensure compliance with the global HR objectives;
• Recommend management on the best practices in HR in light of the Labour Laws of the UAE, Qatar & KSA in particular, as well as the internal policies and corporate strategies;
• Design compensation policies for staff, assigned to other business locations;
• Coordinate staffing operations through various sources;
• Identify new recruitment markets in Asia, Europe and the Middle East;
• Modernize the recruitment practices through workflow design, automation & work segregations;
• Lead the interface with internal clients to better monitor the quality of HR & recruitment services and to respond accurately to operational needs;
• Design corporate retention schemes, salary scales, perks and benefits;
• Follow the internal development & design of various HR Information Systems;
• Ensure proper handling of employee relations’ affairs from contractual & legal perspectives;
• Coordinate internal mobility programs towards other host entities or sites across the group worldwide;
• Ensure complete staffing cycle: interview, recruitment, mobilization & induction;
• Prepare management reports, Key Performance Indicators & table scorecards.
Achievements
o Project Leader for the design & implementation of a corporate Performance Appraisal system under the supervision of the international consulting firm Heidricks & Struggles.
o Establishment of a Regional Recruitment Center for key Construction & Engineering positions;
o Establishment of a Corporate Software Development center & staffing more than 50 IT positions;
• Collaborate with Ernst & Young for the modernization of the systems, processes & organization of the Human Resources Department;
• Identify talents through various sources: recruitment agencies, employment sites, universities & governmental agencies;
• Shortlist potential candidatures for various supervisory, skilled & engineering openings;
• Prepare the yearly Manpower plan by performing a gap analysis & determining the appropriate set of action (Recruitment & Training Needs Analysis) as per Corporate Business Plan;
• Elaborate a salary scale corresponding to the recruitment market status.
Achievements
o Establishment of a training center for various construction areas in collaboration with the French Adult Professional Training Association, AFPA;
o Member of an ERP selection committee for the Group;
Post-graduate degree in Management with an emphasis on Human Resources & Training