Shijas Mytheenkutty, Human Resources Manager

Shijas Mytheenkutty

Human Resources Manager

Cozmo Entertainment Company

Location
Kuwait
Education
Higher diploma, Polymer Science
Experience
21 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months

Human Resources Manager at Cozmo Entertainment Company
  • Kuwait
  • My current job since March 2019

• Responsibilities included: Recruiting and staffing; man power planning; performance management and improvement systems; organization development; employment and compliance to regulatory concerns; employee orientation, development, and training; policy development and documentation; employee relations; compensation and benefits administration and employee services and counseling.
• Performed Overseas recruitment trip and successfully completed the complete recruitment process.
• Prepared company HR manning budget
• HRIS redesigned added features in consultation with the Service providers and IT department
• Assisted inputs with company career website launching.
• Designed and Implemented a new HR On-Boarding Program
• Implemented new policies and handbook for the company.
• Counseled managers in handling employee relations issues.
• Implemented new HR forms and control system for all the forms.
• Introduced efficient filing system for all the existing and left employees
• Launched an Innovative employee recognition program and formed new employee welfare committee.

Assistant Human Resources Manager at Kuwait Medical International
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • February 2014 to February 2019

Kuwait Medical International (KMI) is a group company for the multi-specialty & super-specialty ‘All-Under-One-Roof’ type Medical Centers located at various prime locations spread across the State of Kuwait.
• Providing specialist information and guidance to employees and managers on HR policy and practice and employment law.
• Managing the annual salary review process for the company.
• Overseeing the full recruitment cycle.
• Ensuring that all company policies and procedures are up to date in line with current employment law.
• Controlling costs and ensuring that they do not exceed budgets.
• Managing pay-roll operations.
• Advising on staff promotions.
• Processing immigration paperwork for work permits.
• Assisting with day-to-day HR related questions.
• Conducting interviews and reference checks on job applicants.
• Keeping up to date with legal developments.
• Investigating disciplinary and grievance matters.
• Developing HR policies.
• Manage leave requests and administration.
• Planning, and delivering, training, including inductions for new staff.

Assistant Human Resources Manager at Al Manshar Rotana Hotel, Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • September 2008 to January 2014

 Assistant HR Manager (Jan 2013 - Jan 2014)
 Human Resources Officer (Apr 2011 - Jan 2013)
 Human Resources Coordinator (Oct 2008 - Apr 2011)
 Accomplished performance as a task force member during the pre opening of Oryx Rotana, First Rotana Property in Doha, Qatar for a period of one month & Erbil Rotana, Kurdistan Iraq, the first Rotana property in this region.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Managed the overall provision of Human Resource services, policies, and programs for the entire company.
• Responsibilities included: Recruiting and staffing; man power planning; performance management and improvement systems; organization development; employment and compliance to regulatory concerns; employee orientation, development, and training; policy development and documentation; employee relations; company-wide committee facilitation; company employee and community communication; compensation and benefits administration and employee services and counseling.
• Advise Managers on disciplinary and grievance matters, and any other statutory regulations. Successfully completed the recruitment for vacant positions as per the manning budget. Responsible as part of a team for the development of all HR strategies, service standards, recruitment & selection, welfare and reward.
• Manage the HR functions for over 200 employees, and run the Department as an in charge. Improved the Employee Satisfaction Survey results and achieved the best scores in the region. Reduced the daily HR routine inquiries by encouraging the maximum use of Company’s intranet website. Improved the hotel’s entire communication by promoting HR Digital Signage with adequate and up to date information’s and consistent Get Together gatherings.
• Initiated and implemented new rewarding programs and new policies and procedures. Effectively managed the performance reviews.
• Conducted a Salary Survey among the Leading Hotels in Kuwait and prepared proposed revised Salary structure for the Hotel and implemented successfully which made the hotels salary structure competitive with market. Improved employee benefits and compensations by conducting market surveys and comparisons.
• Initiated and established new internal policies and procedures and revived the company's ones. Designed new employee handbook ensuring the compliance with Kuwait labor law.

Recruitment & Employment Officer at First Kuwaiti Gen Trading & Contracting Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2006 to September 2008

 Providing the best qualified candidates who meets or exceeds the job opening specifications within the targeted schedule and the permissible budget. Also providing the best and efficient services to the projects / departments.
 Obtaining the Manpower requirements from the projects / departments with target date and approximate quantity.
 Selecting the agencies based on the requisition specification.
 Applying a strict requirement to the international agencies in order to meet the targeted schedule.
 Receiving CV’s for building a data bank.
 Performing thorough screening, review and evaluation of CVs before providing to the projects / departments for interview / evaluation.
 Providing the qualified candidates who meets or exceeds the standard job description / specification of the company within the targeted schedule.
 Developing yearly recruitment plan as budgeted for the forthcoming projects by obtaining the manpower histogram from the project / department.
 Providing the recruitment summary to the management.
 Mobilization of demoblizing manpower to various projects as per the requirement.
 Coordinating with the project in-charge with any near completed project in order to initiate Worker’s demobilization or Transfer Order to any other existing projects.
 Reviewing the performance of the department by preparing the weekly report in order to provide a quality performance to the company.

Administration Officer at Eastern mattresses Pvt Ltd
  • India
  • September 2002 to October 2005

 Maintaining personnel files
 Supervision of Dispatching Of Rubberized Coir Mattresses
 Receiving Dispatching Orders
 Dispatching Of materials as per order
 Receiving Products For dispatch From Manufacturing Department
 Maintaining Of Stock Registers.
 Updating and maintaining ISO registers.

Education

Higher diploma, Polymer Science
  • at Government Poly Techninc
  • April 2000

Specialties & Skills

HR Policies
HR Operations
Payroll
compensation & benefits
Recruitment
Interpersonal Skills
Problem Solving Skills
Leadership
Recruitment
Employee Relations
Compensation & Benefits
Perfomance Management
HR Policy & Procedures
Employee Engagement
Labor Law
Training & Development
Performance Management
Performance Appraisal
Payroll
Organizational Development
Operational HR
Onboarding
Negotiation
Oracle HR

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert

Training and Certifications

Interview and Selection Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Rotana Hotel Management Corporation
Date Attended:
January 2010
Managing People Performance (Training)
Training Institute:
Rotana Hotel Management Corporation
Date Attended:
January 2012

Hobbies

  • Football, Reading. Music