Qasim Iqbal, Manager Total Rewards & HR Operations

Qasim Iqbal

Manager Total Rewards & HR Operations

National Foods Limited

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Master's degree, Human Resource
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Manager Total Rewards & HR Operations at National Foods Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since April 2018

• Design and implement organization’s compensation & benefits programs to meet the organization’s objectives
• Maintain the external competitiveness as well as internal parity
• Lead annual processes i.e. salary reviews, variable pay, performance cycles, retirals and benefits policies
• Perform job evaluations for various positions (i.e promotion, internal movements etc) and determine their base pay.
• Design employee benefit packages (e.g. insurance, vehicles, perquisites)
• Manage payroll activities for employees, workers, top management and expats
• Act as advisor to HRBPs in developing and implementing compensation strategies that are in accordance to their business needs
• HR dashboard reporting i.e. Headcount, Filled Positions, Vacancies, Average Salaries, Budget, Forecast etc
• To participate in salary and benefits surveys to maintain market position
• Lead and develop a team of compensation and benefits professionals
• Collaborate with IT teams for employee life cycle processes automation leading to easy digital employee experience
• Act as HR Business Partner for HR i.e lead performance reviews, promotions, hiring, headcount management, learning and development

Manager Total Rewards & Policies at foodpanda Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since February 2021

• Design and implement reward strategy & benefits programs for fast paced e-commerce company and its expanding
business functions (foodpanda and Pandamart)
• Established internal and external parity evaluation structure
• Yearly annual increment and performance bonus proposal and approvals
• Lead and execute annual processes i.e. salary reviews, variable pay, performance appraisal
• Incentive plans review and updates while aligning with business strategy
• Act as advisor to HRBPs in developing and implementing compensation strategies as per their business needs
• Customized talent attraction and retention plans
• Personnel and HR department budget management
• Policies benchmarking and review i.e. health insurance, relocation, travel, fuel etc
• Participate in annual salary and benefits surveys to maintain market position in E-Commerce (Mercer & Others)
• Periodic audits and compliance of HR policies and processes as per global governance model
• Policies and processes awareness programs for business leaders, recruiters, HRBPs and employees

Managing Consultant - Human Capital Solutions at Abacus Consulting
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • May 2011 to March 2018

• Managing a portfolio of clientele in Karachi region, Lahore and Islamabad for Compensation & Benefits solutions
• To provide state of the art Compensation and Benefits consultancy to MNCs and Local organizations on Mercer Methodologies and techniques
• To ensure the smooth project delivery by managing the team working on Total Remuneration Survey, Mercer Benefits Survey and other Sponsored Comp & Ben assignments
• Advising and consulting Business leaders, C&B/HR Managers, to drive performance and maintain market competitiveness by providing Survey analysis, pay benchmarking to identify target rates, recommending relevant program and salary/benefit structure, equality proofing pay policies and Total Rewards Solutions.
• Lead MERCER Annual Total Remuneration Survey and Benefits Survey of 156+ local organizations which revolved around planning, business development, job matching, validation, data analysis, tabulation, review and test deliverables of MercerWin & Mercer Benefits Monitor (MBM).
• Lead Sponsored Remuneration Surveys for top MNCs and Local Companies with customized assessment of stablishing Salary ranges, Compensation mix policy, Variable Pay programs and an internally as well as externally equitable reward strategy
• Value addition through reviewing and improving survey mythology, benchmarking techniques, job library, data collection processes, participants guides based on clients feedback etc
• Develop knowledge of market (and industry) to discuss trends with clients.
• Maintain the effective client coordination and with Mercer regional team to ensure the smooth project execution.
• Assist Practice Area Head in Business development, identifying potential clients in order to maximize sales revenues.

Human Resource Executive at The Outsource Resource Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2009 to May 2011

Worked as Human Resource Executive, deployed for Warid Telecom Pvt. Ltd project. Activities includes,
 Looking after over all Compensation & Benefits and part of Recruitment in the organization.
 Supervising a team of HR Officers.
 Managing the records of 2000+ head count.
 Supervision and processing of monthly payroll of 2000+ employees
 Preparing and Final review of Final Settlements of resigned employees.
 Verification of employee’s medical reimbursements.
 Administration of insurance policy Life & Medical.
 Maintain the records of Attendance and Leaves.
 Tax calculation of salaries of employees.
 Handling employee relations by addressing & closing employee grievances effectively.
 Social Security & EOBI correspondence.
 Responsible for on-boarding of new employees and ensuring completion of joining formalities & also for employees Exit related formalities.
 Bank related responsibilities like Transfers of Funds, Cancellation of Demand Draft, Salary Stop issue and account Opening of New Employees.
 Monthly Reporting to Client.
o Headcount report on Divisions and Departments
o Payroll report on Division and Departments
o Payroll Year on Year analysis
 Any other ad-hoc duties and special assignments

NOS Officer at Silver Star Group of Companies
  • Pakistan - Sialkot
  • June 2008 to February 2009

Worked as NOS Officer (Novus Ordo Secluram - New Order Begin) as a Change Agent under the code of conduct of NIKE:
 Awareness and training programs for employee on Lean Manufacturing and Waste Management
 Support the team in the implementation of Shop Floor Management that included the elections within the departments for the selection of different shop floor positions.
 Assure the implementation of 6 S Visual Management and conduct audit with Nike officials to ensure better and secure place to work for employees
 Implemented the Production Flow Charts across the Production Hall to measure the per hour production and performance of each employee
 Enhanced the Production Process to minimize the wastages, like:
o Overtime
o Waste of material
o Extra processing time
 Weekly/Daily/Hourly Performance measurements
 Performance Incentive Plans
 Conduct In house Employees Satisfaction Survey (ESS)

Compensation and Benefits Officer at Riaz Bottlers Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2008 to May 2008

Worked as Compensation & Benefits Officer and my responsibilities were:
 Responsible for on-boarding of new employees and their orientation
 Ensuring completion of joining formalities & also for employees Exit related formalities.
 Employees Fuel Management - Coordinate with vendor for fuel cards, issuance of cards to employees and lock on their exit.
 Mobile Phone and Sim Cards - Coordinate with vendor for Phone and Sim cards, issuance to employees upon their joining.
 Preparing and Final review of Final Settlements of resigned employees.
 Verification of employee’s medical reimbursements.
 Administration of insurance policy Life & Medical.
 Bank related responsibilities like Transfers of Funds, Cancellation of Demand Draft, Salary Stop issue and account Opening of New Employees.

Human Resource Executive at Adsells Advertising
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2006 to January 2008

Worked as Human Resource Executive and my responsibilities were:
 Responsible for on-boarding of new employees and their orientation
 Assisting in preparation of Payroll.
 Assisting in Recruitment and Selection process.
 Maintaining the Attendance.
 Maintaining Employees Profiles.
 Managing In house & out house Training Programs for Employees.
 Assisting Manager for properly implementation of Human Resource policies.
 Assist HR Manager in Implementing ERP.

Education

Master's degree, Human Resource
  • at University of Management and Technology
  • June 2010

Specialties & Skills

Client Relationship Management CRM
Interpersonal Skills
Analytical Skills
Microsoft Office
MS Office

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert
Punjabi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Mercer International Position Evalution (Training)
Training Institute:
Mercer
Date Attended:
January 2016
Duration:
16 hours

Hobbies

  • Cricket, Books