Waleed Ali, HR Manager

Waleed Ali

HR Manager

Cisco

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Engineering Management
Experience
19 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 6 Months

HR Manager at Cisco
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2011

o Collaborate with senior leaders based in Saudi and across the Middle East region to identify the HR priorities and ensure their delivery.
o Provide proactive support and solutions to complex Employee Relations matters such as complex terminations and reorganizations.
o Provide support to managers to enable the effective application of performance management, compensation and talent management processes.
o Identify and take actions to develop leadership capability and facilitate talent reviews.
o Provide interpretation of the Employee morale survey and provide input into aligned action plans.
o Provide input into complex compensation decisions.
o Lead overall improvements in EM HR policies.
o Reinforce and act as an ambassador for the new HR Operating model referring line managers to the appropriate sources of help rather than necessarily resolving the issue.
o Contribute to and lead the development of country-specific HR projects, programs and process improvement.
o Manage local acquisitions and on-board transferring staff.

Staffing Manager at Ericsson
  • Other
  • June 2009 to March 2011

o Collaborate with senior leaders based in Saudi, across the Middle East region and HQ in Stockholm to identify HR priorities and ensure their delivery.
o Lead the transformation of the local HR agenda to align behind the changes at a global level.
o Represent the local needs to the EMEA and Global teams and drive change through the local team
o Evaluate vendor proposals and effectively negotiate with suppliers
o Assist in the due diligence and integration of employees through any managed services activity
o Providing professional support and advice on recruitment to line and departmental managers.
o Advising managers on best practice recruitment and selection.
o Screening application forms and short listing applicants.
o Devising, running and evaluating selection processes including interviews, psychometric tests, personality questionnaires and various group activities.
o Keeping up to date with current employment legislation and ensuring that line managers are effectively briefed on any relevant changes.
o Running selection centers for graduate recruitment and more senior vacancies.
o Developing plans to relocate staff to new departments and jobs due to restructuring within an organization.
o Assisting in the implementation of redundancy programmers, which may include the development of early retirement packages and voluntary redundancy schemes.
o Manages the vendor relationship with recruitment, advertising and other related agencies.
o Monitors the recruitment results to ensure job fill-rate target.
o Arranges for and provides training to managers regarding effective recruitment methods.
o Provides individual consultancy to managers and HR BP regarding the recruitment process, including salary setting for new hires.
o Developing excellent relations with the Passports Department, Labor Office, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure updated information about new regulations.

HR Officer at Ericsson
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2008 to June 2009

o Manages HR services and develops service delivery capability
o Delivers total HR solutions and services to the satisfaction of the line
o Delivers HR support in specialist areas
o Provides information about HR processes, services, terms of employment, etc. for managers and employees
o Evaluates, makes agreements and manages vendors
o Monthly reporting to Market Unit
o Assisting Staffing Manager in Recruitment Process
o Giving training to Manager to do IPM (Individual performance management)
o Headcount forecasting
o Handling Medical and life insurance for all employees
o Helping Managers in Annual salary appraisal
o Advising Managers on promotions

Buyer at Savola group, Panda & Hyper panda
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2005 to August 2006

o Manages sweet category over 50 stores with yearly budget SR110M
o Supply chain management of sweet category items.
o Quality control management of sweet category items.
o Analyzing consumer buying patterns and predicting future trends.
o Regularly reviewing performance indicators, e.g. sales and discount levels.
o Managing plans for stock levels.
o Reacting to changes in demand.
o Reacting to changes in logistics.
o Meeting suppliers and negotiating terms of contract.
o Maintaining relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for future products.
o Participating in promotional activities.
o Writing reports and forecasting sales levels.
o Presenting new ranges to senior retail managers.
o Seeking merchandise feedback from customers.
o Inventory management of sweet category items.

Industrial Engineer at NCB
  • Other
  • June 2004 to February 2005
Salesman Advisor at Alshaya Trading Agencies
  • Other
  • August 2002 to June 2004

Education

Master's degree, Engineering Management
  • at California State University, Northridge
  • May 2008
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
  • at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
  • June 2005

Specialties & Skills

Industrial Engineering
Engineering
Compensation
Forecasting
Training