Reena Sagar, Head of HR - MENA

Reena Sagar

Head of HR - MENA

iflix

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, HRM
Experience
8 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 11 Months

Head of HR - MENA at iflix
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2017 to December 2017
Manager - HR Operations at noon.com
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2017 to April 2017

• Provided leadership and guidance to the business across all areas of HR Operations in the startup phase of a hugely exciting business, which will entail the hiring and onboarding of up to over 1000 employees across the GCC over the coming months, with 700 currently on board to date.
• Managed employment visa processing (for multiple trade licenses)
• End to end Trade Licenses setup
• Medical Insurance sourcing and set-up
• Payroll management and execution - both manual and online
• HR Administration - HRMS sourcing and set up, managing employee database on a cloud base system (People HR) and planning migration to Oracle Fusion, setting up templates - offer letter, employment contracts and other letters
• Setting up policies and processes
• Onboarding and Off-boarding
• Running HR clinics
• Preparing bi-weekly HR dashboards and reports for the CEO
• Coaching and Mentoring Managers on all aspects of Employee Relations

Senior HR Generalist at Namshi
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2012 to March 2016

- Recruitment

- Team Management

- On-boarding, Induction and Off - boarding

- Compensation & Benefits

- UAE Employment & Labor Law

- Employee Engagement

- Performance Management

- Training & Development

- HR Policies and Procedures

- Employee relations / HR Operations

- Coaching & Mentoring

- General Administration

HR Officer at DU -Telecommunications (Media Lab)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2009 to December 2011

- Recruitment and On-boarding

- HR Consulting

- HR Policies and Procedures

- Employee relations

- Business Management & Procurement

Recruitment Officer at EITC - du
  • Other
  • April 2008 to June 2009

- Recruitment & Selection

• Sourcing from various sources - web portals, social media, agencies,
• Screening CV’s and conducting interviews
• Developing an internal and external recruitment process
• Interview Scheduling - Liaising with Recruitment Agencies, Recruitment Officers, and Line Managers
• Organized International Recruitment Drive (Interview Scheduling, Cold Calling, Making travel & accommodation for Recruitment Officers)
• Actively involved in promoting Emiratisation
o Organizing Career Fairs/ UAE Nationals Open Day
o Single point of contact for job related queries
o Assisted graduates in areas of further studies, career opportunities
o Counseling to prepare graduates for the corporate world.
o Represented the company in career fairs in various universities
o Conducted English Placement Tests and Assessment Centers (in house and external).


- HR Operations and Employee Relations

• Preparing weekly and monthly reports
• General Administration and employee services (visa, salary certificates, letters to consulate, etc)
• Coordinating travel arrangements for Fly in candidates (Visa, Tickets and Accommodation)

HR Assistant at Al Tayer
  • Other
  • August 2007 to December 2007

- Recruitment and On-boarding
• Placing Vacancies ad’s in leading newspapers,
• Initial Screening of Candidates
• Conducting Telephonic interviews
• Conduct Joining Formalities of New Joiners


- HR Operations and Employee Relations
• Maintain reports
• Liaising with the Government Relations Department and Recruitment Agencies
• Updating Employee Files

Education

Master's degree, HRM
  • at Middlesex University
  • May 2011

MA HRM - CIPD Accreditted

Specialties & Skills

Employee Relations
Training
Performance Management
Compensation
Recruitment
• Oracle – ERP
• HRMS
• MS Office – MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, MS Outlook.

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

CIPD - Associate member
  • Graduate
  • June 2010

Training and Certifications

Train the Trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
Spearhead Training
Date Attended:
April 2014
Coaching for Optimum Performance (Training)
Training Institute:
Spearhead Training
Date Attended:
March 2014
Fire Safety training (Training)
Training Institute:
Health & Safety Solution
Date Attended:
January 2014

Hobbies

  • Research & Analysis
  • Swimming
  • Reading
    - Fiction - Magazines - Philosophical - Education books - Articles