Steve Olweny, Learning And Development Manager

Steve Olweny

Learning And Development Manager

Habtoor Palace LXR Hotels & Resorts, V Hotel Curio Collection, Hilton Dubai Al Habtoor City

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Programming
Experience
14 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 3 Months

Learning And Development Manager at Habtoor Palace LXR Hotels & Resorts, V Hotel Curio Collection, Hilton Dubai Al Habtoor City
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2018 to June 2020

• Developed and implemented a complex wide tracking system that ensured accountability of training completion during and after conversion achieving a 99% average score in each hotel.
• Hold briefings with senior management on the requirements and status for both company and government required mandatory training programs and future plans
• Partnered with 15 managers in working on a training needs analysis to Identify and work on training initiatives and improvement strategies for departments.
• Developed and maintained an annual training budget in line with hotel requirements ensuring there were no discrepancies.
• Improved the Quality Assurance scores of three hotels from 50% to 100% for 2 straight years by regularly conducting training and coaching sessions with strong follow ups.
• Liaise end to end with external vendors and trainers to organize and conduct diverse training courses both on and off site in certain cases reducing costs such as transportation.
• Developed and worked hand in hand with 20 departmental trainers ensuring individual Team Member monthly 8 hours training plans were achieved.
• I also successfully trained over 1, 500 Team Members.

Learning And Development Manager at The St. Regis Dubai, W Dubai, The Westin Dubai Al Habtoor City - Marriott Brands
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2018 to August 2018

• Developed and implemented a complex wide tracking system that ensured accountability of training completion during and after conversion achieving a 99% average score in each hotel.
• Hold briefings with senior management on the requirements and status for both company and government required mandatory training programs and future plans
• Partnered with 15 managers in working on a training needs analysis to Identify and work on training initiatives and improvement strategies for departments.
• Developed and maintained an annual training budget in line with hotel requirements ensuring there were no discrepancies.
• Improved the Quality Assurance scores of three hotels from 50% to 100% for 2 straight years by regularly conducting training and coaching sessions with strong follow ups.
• Liaise end to end with external vendors and trainers to organize and conduct diverse training courses both on and off site in certain cases reducing costs such as transportation.
• Developed and worked hand in hand with 20 departmental trainers ensuring individual Team Member monthly 8 hours training plans were achieved.
• I also successfully trained over 1, 500 Team Members.

Payroll Manager at The St. Regis Dubai, W Dubai, The Westin Dubai - Starwood Brands
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2016 to January 2018

• Implementing and monitoring the HR Payroll system handling 1000+ associates.
• Involvement in internal and external audits.
• Managing of the employee off-boarding process.
• Preparation and delivery training on payroll procedures and policies.
• Analyzing and standardizing payroll procedures through HR systems automation.

Human Resources Officer at Conrad Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2013 to January 2016

• Handling HR Services and HR payroll.
• Overlooking maintenance of employee personnel files.
• Managing the employee Recruitment, on-boarding and off-boarding process.
• Handling the employee compensation and benefits process.
• Generation of HR monthly reports.
• Planning and administering new employee induction.
• Ensure training compliance with company standards and strategic plans.
• Coordination of external training courses and sessions.
• Maintaining of the hotel training resources and database.
• Generating of the hotels monthly training and events calendars.

Team Leader Front Office at Grand Hyatt
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2006 to May 2013

• Implementation and training of essential skills, Front office systems training
• Analysis and training on guest satisfaction and loyalty programs
• In charge of closing City Ledger, Travel Agent & Government accounts.
• Overlooking city ledgers, Tracking & posting company payments, Attending credit meetings.

Education

Diploma, Programming
  • at Kenya Christian Industrial Training Institute
  • January 2001

Credit

Diploma, Systems Analysis
  • at Kenya Christian Industrial Training Institute
  • January 2001

Distinction

Specialties & Skills

Analysis
Pre opening
Hospitality
Training
Human Resources
Training
Human Resources
Customer Service
Pre-opening
Analysis
Communication

Languages

Swahili
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Certified First Aider (Training)
Training Institute:
Starwood
Hyatt on Skills & Hyatt on Groups (Training)
Training Institute:
Hyatt
Brand Train The Trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
Hilton Worldwide