Oani Rangwala

• Fore front entire gamut of tasks pertaining to HR including Administration, Recruitments & Retention, Liaising, Training & Development in the organization. Management of human resources with strong business orientation. Responsible for providing overall HR leadership.
• Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, referring disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures. Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview and select applicants. Advise managers on organizational policy matters such as equal employment opportunity and employee harassment, and recommend needed changes. Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements. Prepare and monitor Factory HR budget. Deal with any performance or grievance issues in a legally compliant way.
• Facilitate the performance appraisal through communication the agreed templates/formats and timescales. Allocate human resources, ensuring appropriate matches between personnel. Assess and reviews the project Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to determine accurate status of project, making tactical decisions for allocating resources, and assigning staff requirements to maintain project on target. Ensure the workforce is functionally and behaviorally aligned to the organization compliance’s objective. Ensure and set 100% compliance and efficiency maintenance at all the levels.
• Manage and oversee logistics: supply chain policy, planning, optimization, inventory and order management and control, monitoring servicing levels. Manage and oversee procurement process, purchasing policy and control. Corporate level negotiations (office, warehouse, insurances etc.). Oversee suppliers contract, client contracts, partnership agreements (Joint-Ventures), leases. Manage, lead and mentor a team of safety professionals during HR audits at factory.
Actively promote a positive safety culture. Direct control and motivate the staff for all round better deliverance.

• Responsible for the recruitment and talent management activities to create and manage a climate which enables the attraction, development and retention of the right kind of employees in the company. Ensure organizational development is created and conducted within the organizational parameters. Goal setting, Mid-year and Annual appraisals, 360 degree reviews, Policy formulation.
• Conduct, complete, analyze salary and benefits survey data and recommend proactive measures to ensure staff retention and meet the Company’s compensation strategy.
• Manage all administration related activities. Manage cordial relations with clients, suppliers and contractors. Coordinate all accident reports and workers compensation reports.
• Maintain and supervise registration and cancellation of Emirati manpower in Social Security as it’s required by ministry of social affairs by percentage in Company’s file.
• Maintain electronic filing and record-keeping systems. Open new files in ministry of social affairs (government projects) after acquiring necessary bank guarantee and complete the paper work for ministry. Drive to ensure that projects are completed on time and within scope/costs.
• Led the HR team which uncovered $ 200k in employee theft, previously unknown to the Company, which potentially could have led to $ 2.4 million total loss annually if not for early detection and attention to detail.
• Worked on a strategy for employee redeployment during the 2008-09, recession working with Transguard LLC, which saved $ 1 million in severance costs.

• Spearhead entire gamut of the division’s and administrative activities of 1000+ multinational employees assigned to various projects (MTS, CTS, GCTS etc.). Experience in e-Recruitment:- create vacancies and publish vacancies, shortlist applicants using the filter and sort functions. Development of contracting strategies, prequalification, Bid-evaluation, conditioning and negotiation including terms and conditions. Contract formulation. Claims prevention and post contract award management.
• Managed multiple projects. Responsible for ensuring that robust incident investigation procedures are implemented and applied. Also tasked with reporting non-conformances and recommending corrective actions to ensure contract performance targets are met. Ensure compliance of KSA Government & Labor Laws. Manage the projects contract administration framework. Prepare Saudization Plan.
• Responsible for preparing and reviewing all the project contracts and advice stake holders on all the contractual matters. Pre-tender evaluation of contract administration documents and moreover review and advise on variations, if any. Review and study contract terms and conditions.
• Involved actively in influencing top HR vendor to alter their long standing service level agreement and reduce costs of their annual employee benefit administration fees by almost 15% saving the Company $ 2.4 million.
• Extensively involved in renegotiating Manpower contracts, with Saudi Aramco generating $ 500k multi-year savings.
• Conduct periodic performance appraisals of employees and counsel them if required and recommend salary increment/promotions in conformance with their work performance. Facilitate arrival of foreign employees by co-coordinating with external agencies and Logistics personnel.
• Formulate Employment Contracts for new hires and for personnel renewing their contracts. Manage and ensure Block visa generation and approvals, employees work permit/Iqama/ID cards/Driving License etc. Supervise Manpower & Technical Support Services contracts with Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), Saudi Consolidated Electric Company (SCECO), SABIC Company.
• Prepare and Review monthly payroll (for 1000 multinational employees) and invoices for conformance with respective contract terms. Prepare appraisal form for different positions within the group.
• Regularly attend progress and coordination meetings to ensure timely completion of project.