HR Director
Schneider Electric
Total des années d'expérience :17 years, 5 Mois
• Managing the Human Resources in the Execution Center Business units in UAE, Qatar, KSA, Turkey, and LEVANT with Total number of Employees of 500+
• Driving the HR Function from all aspects: Talent management, Compensation and benefits, Recruitment, Coaching, Succession planning, Employee relations, Employee engagement and Change management.
• Influence and Convince Managements across the Zone.
• Robust Talent Review, Succession planning, Diversity, and Fresh Graduates
• Coaching key business leaders
• Competency Mapping and Analysis the gaps
• Translating Business Strategies and issues into appropriate HR and Organizational Excellence actions
• Drive best in class HR Practices
• Overall responsibility of the Human Resources and General Affairs division in the Gulf.
• Creating and Implementing HR Business strategy to identify areas of development, improvement, retention, Employer brand image, organization restructuring and change management
• Consult with line management providing HR guidance when appropriate.
• Analyze trends and metrics in partnership with HR group to develop solutions, programs and policies.
• Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues. Conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with legal department as needed/required.
• Provides day to day performance management guidance to line management (coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions).
• Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity and retention.
• Provides HR Policy guidance and interpretation.
• Develop contract terms for new hires, promotions, transfers.
• May assist int'l employees with expatriate assignments and related HR matters.
• Provide guidance and input on business unit restructures, workforce planning, succession planning.
• Identify training needs for business units and individual executive coaching needs.
• Participate in evaluation and monitoring of success of training programs. Follow-up to ensure training objectives are met
• Prepares budget of human resources operations.
• Prepares employee separation notices and related documentation.
• Represents organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
• Providing advice to the Group HR Director for setting and implementing HR plans and activities at the corporate level.
• Currently in charge of the Group Talent & Learning activities
• Carrying out allocated duties in accordance with set policies and procedures and to expected standards so that departmental objectives are achieved effectively.
• Reviewing HR policies and procedures which are consistent with Royal Group HR strategy in order to facilitate effective people management.
• Reviewing recommended Organization Structures and communicating proposed changes to ensure full optimization.
• Monitoring the implementation of policies on Royal Group Companies (currently 85 companies, 17, 000 employees) employees’ relations to ensure consistency and fairness. Addresses any critical issues involving individuals and recommends appropriate actions for equal and fair resolutions.
• Providing guidance and support to HR Managers, Finance Manager and General Managers of the Group and acts as a point of expertise and reference within area of specialty.
• Reviewing companies’ processes and procedures and identifying and assessing options for improvement.
• Providing HR Advisory support to the leadership of teams, facilitating roll outs of HR services to these teams and feedback, HR service needs to HR central functions.
• Recommending and implementing approved changes within various Group companies (UAE, South Africa and Kazakhstan), ensuring all policies and procedures are also complied with.
• Assisting in setting and implementing strategies, plans and policies in the areas of competency mapping, succession and career planning
• Assisting in the implementation of performance management and appraisal to ensure staff is clear on the contribution required from them, and is fairly appraised to allow and ensure appropriate linkages between performance and reward.
• Monitoring and measuring employees’ satisfaction levels and recommending actions/plans to ensure achievement of targeted satisfaction levels.
• Providing project management support and HR expertise to the business with specific related projects
• Identifying strategic people issues in partnership with key clients and support them with advice and expertise to resolve these matters. Contribute to the delivery of business area Key Performance Indicators.
• Providing personal support on the research, design and development of HR initiatives in support of the HR strategy, using expert knowledge of the client area. Facilitate the creation of an implementation and communication plan into the local business area that achieves the agreed deliverables.
• Visiting and monitoring company offices and campuses to ensure full compliance with the UAE Law
• Overall responsibility of the Human Resources Department
• Available for staff at all levels to advise, counsel and assist with problems or queries.
• Encourages a good standard of employee conduct and behavior and coordinates disciplinary procedure when necessary.
• Maintaining close contact with all Department Heads through departmental visits, serving as an advisor and internal consultant on employee relations issues.
• Creating the HR & Admin. Corporate culture in line with corporate vision & mission.
• Studying & analyzing internal processes to improve productivity.
• Preparing HR & Admin. Dept. Annual Budgets and Head count projection in line with strategies
• Analyzing projects/ departments needs, manpower planning & setting recruitment strategies.
• Studying HR Policies and procedures implemented in the different companies in order to standardize policies & procedures amongst the group.
• Developing interviewing and testing procedure
• Conducts orientation programs.
• Managing and monitoring the annual appraisals, annual professional development plans and counseling sessions.
• Recruitment of over 100 employees annually through local and overseas recruitment campaigns.
• Monitoring HR & Admin. Teams operation to ensure efficient implementation of polices.
• Currently managing the activities of 3 teams Learning & Development - Manpower Planning & Recruitment - Organization Development / Admin. Services
Managing the HR Department in the absence of the HR manager
Supports and assists the overall operation of the Human Resources Manager and department.
Recruitment and hiring of all rank and file employees.
Ensures all positions hold up to date job descriptions compiled by the relevant Department Heads.
Available for staff at all levels to advise, counsel and assist with problems or queries.
Encourages a good standard of employee conduct and behavior and coordinates disciplinary procedure when necessary.
Coordinates controls and inspects staff accommodation and ensures it is of the highest possible standard of cleanliness and comfort.
Monitors cleanliness and efficiency of the Staff Cafeteria, particularly on the quality, variety and nutritious value of the food served.
Coordinates and encourage sports and social activities on a regular basis.
Ensures the publication of an employee’s newsletter on a regular basis and maintains lively and interesting staff notice boards.
Ensures appraisals are carried out for every employee at least once every 12 months.
Reviews all appraisals and follows up on development needs, if required.
Carries out duty management shifts
Ensuring that the standards required by UAE Law and by Management are maintained at all times
Responsible for the HR Government and legal Department for CID system, Labor and Immigrations offices
Conduct Employee Satisfaction Surveys
•Responsible for all information systems analysis and programming requirements related to human resource information management.
•Developing policies and procedures, technical standards, methods and priorities for maintaining HRM information systems.
•Managing the interface of HR information systems with other functions in the organization and direct activities for continuous improvement of HR modules such as payroll, attendance system, master records, performance management, training systems, and other related modules.
•Managing of all the Company’s events.
•Introducing and implementing various recognitions schemes and motivational projects
•Setting the department's annual Action plan, budget and costs.
•Training all new employees on the HRMS system, Appraisal System, the Company's portal and Orientation Training.
•Developing and maintaining new Internal Communication Tools and appropriate means
•Recruitment, screening, and interviewing new and potential candidates.
•Responding to all Employees inquiries
•Developing and maintaining competitive compensation, benefits, corporate culture and policy programs to enable the Company to recruit, retain and motivate employees.
•Handled -until completion- all phases of creating, implanting, designing, producing and daily updating of the Company's Intranet Portal as an Oracle webmaster
•Major involvement in the implementation of the HRMS Oracle Self Service System.
•Providing technical assistance and support to all HR departments
•Managing the Annual Appraisals by monitoring and ensuring its smooth running through the Oracle HR Management System.
•Writing and editing job descriptions, HR KPIs and All users’ communiqués.
•Creating, managing and analyzing all internal surveys, such as Employee Satisfaction Survey, Health Insurance Satisfaction Survey, Cafeteria Survey, Sports Survey…etc
•The custodian of the Employee's Handbook that includes the Company's policies & procedures
Presented by Fay Niewiadomski. Distributed over a period of four months (80 hours) starting November 2002 – March 2003, Amman, Jordan.
Presented by Dr. Abdul Hameed Yehya/ HR Expert /Egypt
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