HR Business Partner
Confidential
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :12 years, 3 أشهر
As the Human Resources Business Partner I support the management team with formulating strategies regarding human capital and support geographically diverse business divisions with aligning their practices to achieve the organisational mission, vision and goals. As a trusted partner I work with 4 divisions (180 people) to build solutions around Talent Management, Compensation and Benefits, Policy Development and Implementation. I am a motivated professional who is driven to implement positive change using my keen people and analytical skills. I seek a management position to broaden my industry experience.
Management Responsibilities
Line management of 2 HR generalist direct reports
Mentoring of direct reports and other clients within the business
Project management (example: companywide transition to new time keeping system)
Vendor management (Health Insurance, Life Insurance)
Design and delivery of knowledge transfer sessions (mainly HRMS based)
Talent Management
Performance management (lead the annual/midyear performance review process, calibration and compensation review companywide)
Succession management (replacement planning and proactive succession planning) and Retention Initiative design (critical employees retained with various strategies)
Manpower planning / Resource management (designed solution during a manpower shortage to further utilise existing resources allowing project delivery to continue on schedule)
Policy development and implementation (example: leave policy, offshore compensation policy)
Decommissioning of departments, redundancy package design, post redundancy employee support
Change management (example: Leadership change in one division, designed a program involving team assessment using ‘Kolbe A’, team meetings to introduce the changes to occur, to outline the change cycle and then delivery of workshops involving team building exercises to ensure the change was successful)
Business Partnership
As a trusted partner, provide internal consultancy service to 4 clients within a matrix organisation
Ensure buy-in to solutions through effective stakeholder relationships
Technical Expertise
Responsible for overall operation of HRIS / HRMS including leave management system (example: eliminated company liability from over 3 million AED to zero by implementing policy to utilise outstanding vacation)
Data collection / analysis (example: collated data on projected employee end of service dates vs housing lease end dates to see overlap and decide whether the company would benefit from covering additional costs to retain employees, decision was made not to implement due to projected costs for critical employees)
Reporting for executive committee
Presentation of initiatives and solutions to executive committee (lease renewal projection initiative above)
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation benchmarking and recommendations using internal and market data (Mercer survey)
Benefit management - Health Insurance, Life Insurance
As the Group Human Resources Manager, I provide support to the CEO with regards to Human Resources strategy with a focus on company performance and growth. The company is actively growing in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Singapore.
Generalist Human Resources
Provide full spectrum HR support to the business
Identified key aspects of the business requiring immediate change (identified aspects of turnover to reduce company expenditure by up to 2.15 million USD)
Advise hiring managers on hiring decisions
Recruitment and onboarding processGuiding and advising managers on performance management (appraisals and talent development)
Currently creating and implementing staff handbook and policy manual
Implementation and administration of new performance management system (Halogen)
Revision of current recruitment process
Streamlining of HR Processes
Grievance resolution
Redundancy support
Organisational design changes
Identification of new vendor for recruitment (applicant tracking system) and psychometric assessments
Part of the initial pre-opening team of 10 people. As the pre-opening Human Resources Manager I was responsible for designing and implementing HR policies and practices, playing a significant role in the startup and development of a HR function.
Generalist Human Resources
Responsible for management of annual budget and 5 year capital expenses plan
Managed the payroll process for 700 + staff
Compensation and Benefit benchmarking
Advised staff on available benefits, policies and procedures
Full knowledge of HR operations and processes
HRIS / HRMS implementation and management
Responsible for the property management of staff accommodation complex (548 rooms, restaurant and leisure facilities) with an annual budget of 22m AED
Selection
Selection of staff at all levels in the organisation using Psychometrics and structured interviews (process included shortlisting, interviewing, selecting and onboarding)
Expert on ‘Taleo’ based recruitment systems
Talent Management
Line management and performance management of team of 5 direct reports with an additional team of 13 contractors
Grievance investigation/resolution for all staff
Administration of employee engagement surveys and subsequent departmental action planning
Learning and Development
Designed and delivered companywide training on HR processes and procedures
Designed and delivered training on MS Office suite
Succession planning
Contract Management
Key member of the negotiation team for multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts
Through negotiation, reduced the cost of temporary housing for 47 staff by 11% for a four month period saving approximately 185, 000 AED
Oct 2004 - Jun 2007 Durham University United Kingdom Medical Anthropology, BSc OTHER CERTIFICATES
Ongoing