Mohammad Saad Usmani SHRM  SCP Chartered MCIPD, Divisional Head Learning and Talent Management

Mohammad Saad Usmani SHRM SCP Chartered MCIPD

Divisional Head Learning and Talent Management

United Bank Limited

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Doctorate, Performance Management and HRD
Experience
29 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :29 years, 4 Months

Divisional Head Learning and Talent Management at United Bank Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since June 2018
Head of Organization Development at Sui Southern Gas
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 2016 to June 2018

 Spearhead OD function.
 Diagnosing the organization and leading change.
 Lead learning strategy and align it with corporate strategy.
 Competency framework development and alignment.
 Ensure that all employees are trained on SSGC competency framework.
 Develop OD/L&D budget and ensure its compliance.
 Lead the Emerging Leadership Program.
 Ensure talent pool formation and succession planning.
 Run promotion cycles.
 Update Management/Chairman about the department performance on regular basis.
 Identify gaps and take initiatives to address them.
 Ensure that the objectives are well defined and are in place for the whole organization.
 Align the performance management system with the corporate objectives.
 Ensure compliance with the board approved bell curve.

Managing Partner at Absolute Management Consultants
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2013 to November 2016

 Leading management consultancy services in the fields of business management, HRM, organization development, training and development, performance management, HR policy development, talent pool formation, succession planning, organization restructuring, industrial relations, and HRIS.

Head of Talent Development at Temasek Holdings (NIB Bank)
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • May 2010 to July 2013

Responsible for Country Talent Development. Training and Development, Training Needs Analysis, Designing Training Interventions, Ensuring Optimum Utilization of Training Centers. Analysis and Impact of all the efforts made by Talent Development on the Business.

Head of HR & Services at Hutchison Port Holdings - KICT
  • Pakistan
  • August 2007 to December 2009

As Head of HR:

Responsible for the strategic human resource management and development. Leading a team of professionals. Representing my organization at the regional forums. Managing CBA negotiations and maintaining a good relationship with the union.

As Head of Services:

Responsible for round the clock management of services at the terminal (Seaport) with total customer satisfaction.

Head of HR & Admin at Hilton Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
  • Pakistan
  • December 2005 to August 2007

I was responsible for overall HR Management of more than 1100 personnel.

It was a group HR function where I as Head of HR provided services to all the Businesses within the group.

HR support to Sales, Marketing, support functions and factory were under my domain which made the role of Corporate HR very critical for the organization.

Administration was the part and parcel of HR, I led a full fledge admin setup providing support in accomplishing the admin related tasks effeciently.

Manager Human Resource Management & Development at Philips Electrical Industries of Pak. Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 1996 to December 2005

Function wise responsibilites are as follows:
Compensation & Benefits
Responsible for rewards planning, conduct & coordinate compensation and job matching surveys, review and recommend changes at organizational/individual level on the basis of benchmarked salary surveys. Analyze equity on salary grounds (External and Internal). Recommend salary increase and budget for the year.

Training & Development
Conduct TNA organization wide, devise the organizational T&D plan, coordination/negotiation with the training institutions / management consultants, Conduct/arrange in-house training programs, arrange off site executive development programs and compile evaluation results.

HRIS
Supervision for the development of HRIS, developed various MIS reports for Sr. Management for decision making, supervision of database maintenance.

Organizational Development
Formulation, review and administration of HR policies, involved in succession planning, preparing JDs in coordination with the concerned manager. Introduce employee motivational strategies.

Recruitment and Selection
Hiring of permanent and contract based management employees in coordination with the concerned departmental head / reporting manager, managed summer intern programs which employed an average of 35 students per year.

Regional Representation
Represented my organization at regional forums.

Employee Relations
Grievance handling and query resolution on day-to-day basis. (Mgt. Employees)

Performance Mgmt.
Carry out the employee appraisals Company wide (overall Management and Administration), talent inventory/pool formation. Evaluating jobs by using Hay method. Coordinator for People Performance Management System.

Miscellaneous
HR audits supervision of time office, Medical reimbursement approvals, Group Life Insurance, organizational charts and personnel strength maintenance, Enure the ultimate customer satisfaction, Process Mapping of HR processes.

Contract Assignment at Citi Bank N.A.
  • Pakistan
  • September 1994 to January 1996

Responsible for: Various administrative tasks and ensure stakeholders satisfaction through service delivery channels.

Education

Doctorate, Performance Management and HRD
  • at University of Karachi (Thesis Evaluated by University of Southern California and Geroge Mason Uni.)
  • January 2011

Specialization Fields: Performance Management and Human Resource Development. Dissertation: Performance Management System a Catalyst for Human Resource Development - A Case Study

Diploma, Word Class Workshop
  • at Pakistan Institute of Management
  • March 2005

Conducted by Dr. Sailish Thakar - Organizational Psychologist

Diploma, HR
  • at British Council
  • October 2004

Training of Trainers

Diploma,
  • at Sensei
  • September 2004

Emotionally Intelligant Teams

Diploma, HR
  • at Management Association of Pakistan
  • September 2004

Demystifying Assessment and Development Centers

Diploma, HR
  • at Hay Consultants
  • September 2003

Job Analysis

Diploma, HR
  • at Consultants Forum
  • April 2003

Employer Branding

Diploma,
  • at Vision
  • January 2003

Building High Performance Teams

Diploma, Human Resources
  • at NED University / PIQC
  • December 2002

Certified HR Professional

Diploma, Management
  • at British Council
  • March 2002

Continuous Process Improvement

Diploma,
  • at KPMG
  • January 1999

Presentation Skills

Diploma, Software
  • at Petromen
  • December 1993

Diploma in Computer Science

Specialties & Skills

Organization Development
Training and Development
Business & Management
Compensation Plan Development
Organizational Performance
MS Word/PowerPoint/Excel
HRIS development and deployment
Employee Relations
Performance Management
Recruitment and Selection
Compensation and Benefits

Languages

English
Native Speaker

Memberships

SHRM
  • SHRM - SCP
  • May 2006
CIPD
  • MCIPD
  • January 2015

Training and Certifications

Chartered MCIPD (Training)
Training Institute:
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
SHRM - SCP (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Training and teaching
    Training Domains: Softskills, managerial and supervisory skills, complete HR domain. Teaching Domains: Strategic Management, Organizational Development, Change Management, Performance Management, Strategic Compensation Management, Training and Development, Recruitment and Selection, Principles of Management, Organization Behavior, RM, T1, T2. Organizational Behavior, SCM.