Riaz Uddin Fasihi, Group HR & Administration Head

Riaz Uddin Fasihi

Group HR & Administration Head

Al Jassim Group

Location
Canada
Education
Master's degree, General Management
Experience
18 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 10 Months

Group HR & Administration Head at Al Jassim Group
  • Qatar - Doha
  • March 2010 to August 2014

Al Jassim group is a leading business house of Qatar having strong presence in real estate, international food chains, retail and FMCG.

Reporting to CEO/Owner, I was heading their corporate HR and Administration department

Key Responsibilities:

Managing group HR and Administration functions
Employee Relations, Training
Recruitment and placement for various countries
Performance Management
Succession Planning
Change management & Organization Development Project
ERP Project monitoring and execution

Key Achievements:

Established strategic HR department at group level.
Developed HR policies and procedure manual
Executed various projects on Organisation Development, Change Management program etc.
Launched KPIs and incentive all across the group companies
Participated in execution of SAP, integrated various HR functions
Reviewed processes & analysis of manpower that save 10% labor force.
Designed and launched Compensation & Benefit plan

Human Resource & Administration Manager at Hashoo Group - Pearl Continental
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2008 to March 2010

Hashoo group is a leading business house from Pakistan having strong presence in MENA region in various business sectors like real estate, hospitality, food, IT & petroleum etc.

Reporting to CEO

Key Responsibilities

Supervision of HR and Administration functions
Employee Relations, Training
Recruitment and placement
Performance Management
Succession plan, KPIs




Key Achievements

Developed policies and procedure for various functions
Launched employee handbook
Complete recruitment of a new project in a record time.
Established in-house training section for continuous improvement.
Completed review of manpower and saving in cost by 15%

Senior Vice President - Head of Human Resources at Dawlance Group
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 1995 to November 2008

United Refrigeration Industries Ltd - Pakistan, the largest home appliance company in Pakistan with high respect and trust among dealers and customers thus enabling market leadership position with over 5000 workforce.

I was responsible to head and run the group HR department and to provide complete HR services, Staff Training, Development & Recruitment to all group companies includes retail operation, real estate, consumer finance and manufacturing divisions.

Reporting to Group Managing Director

Key Responsibilities

Heading corporate HR department
Organisation development & change management program
Employee Relations, training and development
Recruitment, placement & succession planning
Performance Management, KRAs, KPIs
Compensation and Benefits
Policies & Procedures

Key Achievements

Developed HR policies and procedure for various functions

Actively participated in change management program

Participated in Hay management system for job evaluation and grade structuring.

Launched KRAs, KPIs for the entire group company
Created and executed delegation matrix across the group companies

Actively participated in implementing ORACLE human resource & payroll module, and participated in development of functional designs and MIS reports.

Designed Compensation & Benefit Structure.
Incentives, variable pay

Education

Master's degree, General Management
  • at Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • February 1989

I did business administration with merit scholarship. In addition of MBA, i did various training program and certification related to HR management.

Specialties & Skills

Process Reviews
HR Operations
Organisational Skills
Change Management Communications
HR Management
Leadership
Organisation Development
Problem Solving
Communication
Time Management
Training and Guidance
Time Management
MS Office

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker

Memberships

HR Professional Forum
  • Strategic HR Operation
  • June 2014

Training and Certifications

Organisation Development & Change Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008

Hobbies

  • Training
    Have conducted a series of workshop and seminars during my entire career.
  • Reading
    Have good reserve of management books. Used to read new developments in HR and general management