Samar Ahmed, Organization Development Officer

Samar Ahmed

Organization Development Officer

Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
14 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 3 Months

Organization Development Officer at Ali Abdulwahab Al Mutawa
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since February 2019

Design, develop and implement corporate organizational development (OD) strategies, plans and policies which are aligned with and facilitate the delivery of the organization’s Strategic Plan. Evaluate existing business systems and recommend improvements. Provide specialist expertise to the Executive Team in the development of organizational culture, performance management, leadership, employee engagement, grading structure, salary scale and all aspects of organizational change and development.

Talent Acquisition and Talent Management Asst. Manager at Nasser Sport Center
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • April 2017 to February 2019

- Responsible of searching, developing, training, and retaining employees whose skills best align with the needs and objectives of the organization and have the maximum success potential.
- Creating the Career Path and Development Plan
- Set up the Talent Management System

Talent Acquisition Asst. Manager at Nasser Sport Center
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • April 2016 to March 2017

Talent Acquisition Asst. Manager (Apr 2016 - Present)
Responsible for the proactive and strategic sourcing of high quality operations staff throughout an assigned geographical area utilizing a variety of mediums including recruitment websites, job boards, and social media.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Formulate recruitment policies and procedures and ensure compliance to the approved recruitment policies and procedures
• Develops innovative, creative, and proactive recruitment / sourcing strategies to develop high quality active and passive candidate pipelines.
• Develop systems to ensure successful cultivation and retention of candidates, recruitment partners and service providers.
• Develop recruitment strategy. This may include job posting optimization, recruiting marketing channel development, job board procurement, digital and non-digital employment marketing, comprehensive recruitment campaign planning, talent planning, etc…
• Monitor annual recruitment plan for compliance with the defined Manpower plans and Recruitment Strategy across corporate and country operations
• Handle resourcing requests for corporate level and senior level hiring; ensure alignment with business plan and corporate strategy
• Identify and source appropriate talent for current open roles within the organization
• Counsel the candidate on corporate benefits, salary, and corporate environment.
• Participate in employment events, such as career fairs
• Oversee preparation of job advertisements for employment opportunities and use appropriate advertising mediums (e.g. Internet, newspapers, and agencies)

Talent Acquisition Supervisor at Nasser Sport Center
  • Kuwait
  • March 2015 to April 2016

Conduct recruitment activities, resourcing at the corporate level, and for senior level hiring at the sector and business unit levels, in order to meet Nasser Sports’ manpower requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Explore best practices in the recruitment and staffing and implement appropriate best practices in the organization
• Prepare and manage the overall recruitment budget and ensure compliance by all departments
• Establish a consistent recruitment process for various levels and ensure implementation of all tools including technical tests, interview panels, collection of forms and documents, background and reference check
• Build quality relationship with the internal customers and external recruitment agencies, both locally and regionally.
• Manage the screening of job applicants based on manpower requirements and job description, by evaluating applicant qualifications, applicant experience, education, training, and skills.
• Conduct recruitment activities for all senior management positions at the corporate level and country operations including:
- Administering employment tests, as necessary
- Conducting first-level screening interviews and scheduling second-level interviews
- Preparation of employment contracts based on approved package and HR policies for
remuneration and benefit packages
• Review all requests for internal transfers and promotions when resourcing; ensure compliance with approved transfer and promotion guidelines.
• Remain updated on all legislation governing recruitment activities in the State of Kuwait and monitor periodically compliance in recruitment policies

Compensation and Benefits Supervisor at Nasser Sport Center
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • June 2014 to February 2015

Administers corporate compensation and benefits plans and to ensures that the plans are consistent with employer's policies and all applicable Kuwait state laws. Implements corporate compensation and benefits programs, policies, and procedures. Handles daily compensation and benefit operations in human resources department. To facilitate timely and accurate transfer of employee payroll, after adjustments, and compiling consolidated monthly payroll data for approval and processing by Finance Department.

• Implement approved Policies & Procedures guiding the payroll administration function and monitor compliance across the organization.
• Input employee basic salary, fixed monthly cash allowances and fixed monetary benefit information into payroll database for accurate employee payroll processing
• Compile accurate payroll data each month to facilitate monthly transfer; ensure all approved amendments as received from HR Coordinator are reflected in employee payroll data, including:
a. Special payments such as child education benefits, insurance, health-club memberships, loans, furniture allowances, annual ticket etc.
b. Performance rewards, including incentives, bonuses, sales commissions etc.
c. Approved expense claims
d. Deductions
e. Salary adjustments as necessitated by Leave Management System
• Collaborate with others to determine staffing needs, design and adjust salary structures and compensation packages and develop policies and procedures.
• Prepare the monthly payroll data, with any required adjustments before submitting for approval to CEO/CFO
• Submit approved monthly payroll information to Finance Department for bank transfer and follow-up on discrepancies (if any)
• Maintain all loan application forms and input all approved employee loan installment amounts into payroll system
• Record all end-of-service benefits and final settlement packages for employees in monthly payroll data, as necessary
• Provide departmental payroll breakdowns to senior management to assist in their control/ review of staffing costs upon request
• Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers and resignations, in order to ensure that payroll database is updated as necessary
• Report all incidents of payroll errors and delays, and propose changes to the payroll function for improvements to the payroll administration process
• Perform other related duties requested by management.
• Talent Acquisition incharge in corporate level (Kuwait, Egypt, K.S.A and Bahrain)
• Incharge of the recruitment section, including CVs screening, interviewing and finishing all the formality of joining.
• Worked on the Budget and the manpower plan.
• Team member of creating Kuwait, Egypt, K.S.A and Bahrain Origination Structure and modifying the Leveling and Grading to comply with the OS.
• Event coordinator

Compensation and Benefit Senior Specialist / Payroll at Nasser Sport Center
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2012 to June 2014

The compensation specialist is involved in personnel-related planning and decision-making and Conducting research and analysis in different areas involving compensation, such as compensation statistics and market analysis.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Conducting position evaluations, job classifications, preparing job descriptions, assessing the budgetary impact of compensation decisions and providing oversight of compliance with regulations and labor laws.
• Calculating vacation payment (annual, unpaid, emergency and other vacations).
• Preparing vacation plan.
• Calculating the indemnity.
• Finalizing the End of service.
• Preparing the Shoun Report including vacation, end of service and salary report.
• Preparing salary and experience certificate.
• Opening bank account for the new joiners.
• Weekly assignments on given topics by Corporate HR Manager.
• Active team member of quarterly magazine.
• Assign unique employee number to all new recruits and create employee file in existing database; record name, address, bank account information, etc
• Weekly assignments on given topics by Corporate HR Manager.
• Active team member of quarterly magazine (Chief Editor)

administration assistant at Working in M H Alshaya co.
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2011 to March 2012

- Works of daily errands, that include handling communications
with post office
- In charge of stores needs ( Licences, Books and stationary)
- Responsible for internal and external mail to and from the head office and other countries in collaboration with DHL
-In charge of distribution of residency renewal, baladiya book, civil ID, health card and salary certificate of the staff
-Translation of all documents
-Works on all requests for business cards
-Prepare the staff name list
-Receive income mail to the HO FedEx, aramex, UPS, TNT, posta plus, skynet and skycom also dealing with

Receptionist at Working in M H Alshaya co.
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2010 to November 2011

- Greeting Visitors and Answering Queries
- Answering Calls and being an operator
- Paperwork, data entry and workplace communication
- Inform the authorities if there is something suspicious
- Registering all the visitors

Receptionist and Front Desk at Ajial Bilingual School
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2009 to January 2010

- Greets all visitors courteously, determines their needs, checks appointments, directs or escorts them to proper person.
- Provide translation and interpretation duties for the building.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality on all school matters.
- Answers office phone and responds appropriately to requests for information.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Madurai Kamaraj University
  • June 2015
Diploma, Computer Science
  • at High Institution
  • April 2010

Specialties & Skills

Employee 2FLabor Relations
Department Budgeting
Policy 2FProcedure Development
Project Management
HR Admin
Team Work & Creative
HR Policy
Employee Relations
Payroll
Organizational Design

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert