Samreen Khan

Managing staff wellness, benefits, performance reviews and motivating and supporting team.
•Overseeing and leading the team for full cycle recruiting, interviews placements and salary negotiations while coaching and mentoring within the HR department.
•Overseeing HR systems, handling employee relations, ensuring compliance with regulations, managing budgets, assessing staffing needs, hiring employees, designing training programs, and developing compensation plans.
•Ability and proven record of success in completing Workday implementation modules for Payroll, Recruiting, Talent Management, Compensation and Benefits.
•Developing and implementing human resources policies while supporting strategic objectives.
•Hiring staff and negotiating employment agreements; Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations.
•Identifying staffing needs for internal and clients. Creating job descriptions; Designing and directing hiring, placements and training programs

Responsible for relocating and centralizing HR department for 300-350 employees to Dubai, recruiting from overseas and hiring staff for office and fabrication facilities, applying for visa at free zones, implementing policy and procedure according to UAE labour laws. Negotiate salary, benefits; perform job evaluations for office employee and labourers. Revised job descriptions and analysed salary data for 250-400 employees.
•Revised new hire orientation and training procedures. Created contracts of employment, developed new hire packets. Created training on new hire orientation and paperwork. Conducted new hire orientation and safety meetings at fabrications facilities and offices.
•Revised employee handbook to meet international labour laws and UAE policies. In accordance to company’s needs and expectations.
•Handled contracts, proposals and procurement as needed for business development and project managers after approval from CEO. Researched, developed and implemented insurance, benefits and relocation packages.
• Maintained documents at fabrication facilities and offices to ensure quality and safety standards met by periodical visits to asses and review safety and conduct worksite safety evaluations. Resolve labourer grievances with appropriate documentation and report back to CEO with solutions.
•Visited clients at site and held quarterly meetings at Petronas Sharjah, Jabel Ali Free Zone and Abu Dhabi office. Travelled to offices in China, Yemen, Egypt, India, Pakistan and Houston to centralize all HR operations to UAE.

Responsible for coordinating all corporate appointments for sales managers during sales blitz while managing entire project. Managed project team of 40 employees in marketing department and solicited new business for client hotels. Sales blitzes organized for Intercontinental, DoubleTree Austin, Aloft Chicago, Il, Crowne Plaza Alexandria, VA, and Double Tree Berkeley CA.
•Developed and implemented new strategies to generate sales.
•Managed communication with all corporate clientele. Planned and managed new hotel openings and events across the US including site visits.

Generated catering leads while booking social events, and responsible for room blocks of 20 rooms or less.
•Created BEO’s, assist with menu selections, managed all social accounts and contracts for all social clients.
•Followed up with potential clients while generated correspondence for existing clients.
•Assisted with corporate expos and tradeshow events at hotel.
•Coordinated and attended sales blitz while creating and maintaining current hotel information and collaterals.
•Created daily and weekly reports while communicating group details to all departments. Attended weekly BEO meetings and reported directly to DOS