Waleed El-Hagrassy, HR Senior Manager

Waleed El-Hagrassy

HR Senior Manager

GS Engineering & Construction

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Human Resources Management
Experience
24 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 5 Months

HR Senior Manager at GS Engineering & Construction
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since September 2014

HR Senior Manager
• As IFC (International Finance Corporation) is one of the main financier to this project I was nominated to do the following:
o Legalizing Company's HR related policy and procedures as per the Egyptian's labor, social and taxes laws.
o Develop the required system and procedures to support HR function success and efficiency as per IFC’s standard.
o Developing a monitoring procedure for the subcontract (they responsible to manage workforce 12000 Emp.) to ensure that they are following the IFC’s standards and provide the required guidance whenever it is necessary.
• Developing the strategic/regular reports system to provide clear status for each HR process.
• Ensuring that the recruitment activities; new employee’s orientations; employee relations’ counseling and payroll are working in a very smooth manner to enable the company achieve the required objective the scheduled time.
• Developed Dbase to facilitate HR working process.
• Exerting enormous efforts to enhance the communication among the staff (especially that there are two different nationalities Koreans & Egyptians).

HR Manager at El-Sewedy Elecric - PSP
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2016
HR Deputy Director & OD Manager at Andalusia Medical Care
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2014 to September 2014

• Contributing in developing corporate strategies and programs, to approve best practice and business excellence to support business improvement and expansion.
• Developing, planning, and coordinating regarding all human resource functions, policies, and strategies to maximize the effective use of human resources.
• Maintain a favorable working relationship among all employees to promote a cooperative and harmonious working environment in order to facilitate positive employee morale, productivity, and continued improvement
• Reviewing the HR procedures and make the necessary modification whenever it is required to serve the organization strategic goals and objectives.
• Building the HR teams who are capable to achieve the HR strategic role in the organization.
• Started an ambitious project to revise the job description and generate an effective job description which will serve recruitment, selection, performance management, and training, in addition, to determine the financial objectives for each position.
• Developing workforce management plan based on staff Optimization based on Workload analysis for each position.

HR Head - Egypt at Kharafi National - Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2009 to February 2014

• Leading HR team to achieve all HR activities/objectives (Recruitment, employment, compensation, training, performance management and employee relations).in Kharafi National Egypt branch to comply with Kharafi National international standards.
• Formatting the recruitment’s strategies for very critical projects with a sensitive time manner in very difficult circumstances.
• Activate the HR Module on Oracle (ERP) for Kharafi National - Egypt and participating in its development in order to meet the organization continues requirements.
• Identifying staff vacancies and supervising recruitment, behavioral interview and applicants’ selection.
• Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
• Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs compared to the employment market and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Administering the annual performance appraisal process with the line managers to develop training needs, annual succession plan and solutions whenever it is needed.
• Plan and supervise training sessions based on TNA - including newly joined employees’ orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
• Represent organization at employee-related hearings and investigations.
• Administer compensation, benefits and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.
• Taking the charge to supervise over other units like administration, Office Management and accommodation.
• Supervising/performing the exit interview process for the departure employees (resigned and terminated), provide HR and prepare the reports for the top management in Kuwait.

HR Analyst at Al-Gihaz Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2008 to July 2009

I was a member of a very professional team headed by Prof. Aram Youssef (My mentor); my assignments was to analyze the HR function in Al-Gihaz firm and develop all the needed system and procedures:
• Evaluated the Organization chart and re-structure new one to serve the group growth.
• Studied the human resources capabilities in each business line/sector.
• Developed succession plans based on the current workforce capabilities and provided recommendations for the external needed calibers.
• Developed an effective Job Description based on the job analysis, was a very good product which led easily to develop KPIs.
• Trained the Top Management Level & intermediate Management Level to develop a job description which will serve recruitment, performance management & evaluation, Training and promotions.
• Developed Job Evaluation by GLPC method.
• Developed a recruitment cycle and procedures complying with Saudi laws.
• Developed Salary Scale and compensation benefits for the whole Group.
• Set the performance management system and train the managers how to relate it to their units’ objectives and to the training needs.

Personnel Affairs Manager - Office Facilty & Service Manager at Kharafie National - Egypt
  • Egypt
  • December 1999 to October 2008

Personnel Affairs Manager - Office Facility & Service Manager
• Developing the necessary procedure to get the best benefit from labor law, social insurance and taxes law.
• Follow up the hiring process and supervising employees' filing system.
• Preparing contracts for employees who working in the company according the grading structure procedure.
• Creating payroll system starting with 600 employees working in gas field addition calculating their monthly incentive which is related to their production and pay pass through payroll system.
• Supervising Monthly Payroll issuing for all company employees (1200: 3000 EMP.).(Daily - Monthly).
• Improving payroll computer systems (Oracle program).
• Developing staff ability & training to be ready to work under a very hard circumstances and very limited time.
• Reviewing company legal status according to Labor, Tax and Social Insurance Law.
• Planning and accomplishing dismissal & termination for ended projects and unneeded employees.
• Making half annual accruals situations (Annual Leaves accrual Balances - analyzing accrued salary balances - staff accounts deductions - Salary costs on company).
• Preparing annual tax reports.
• Preparing social insurance Form (2).

Office Facility & Service Manager
Since Sep. 2004
(Beside Personnel Affairs Manager duties)
• Supervising office facility staff (Receptionists, office assistants, co. representatives, drivers and technicians) to develop Head office ability to play it is rule.
• Planning Head office space Distribution and renting spaces (apartments - store) if there is a need to.
• Solving many problems with the government authorities concerning electricity and building legal permits with the governorate.
• Selecting a proper subcontractor to take the charge of office cleaning & buffet.
• Selecting & hiring drivers (couriers) making courier procedure and follow up to avoid or any shortage of capability of company couriers.
• Making sure that all head office cars on good condition as it is part of the company image.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Human Resources Management
  • at AUC
  • February 2008

Human Resources Post Graduate Diploma

Bachelor's degree, BA of History
  • at BA of Arts - History
  • June 1992

BA in History from Art Colledge, Zagazig Universty

Specialties & Skills

Compensation Plan Design
Leadership Mentoring
Training Planning
Recruitment
Performance Management
Ms Office
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Oracle
Performance Management
Talent acquisition (Recruitment & Development)
Strategic Planning
Compensation and Benefits
Workforce Management (planning, assessing and monitoring)
Leadership & Team Building
Employees relation
Succession Planning

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

SHRM
  • Memeber
  • January 2015

Training and Certifications

• Developing Executive Leadership Skills Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
American Chamber
Taxes Law ( Salaries) (Training)
Training Institute:
Financial Ministry - Taxes Training Center
Taxes Law (Training)
Training Institute:
CAME – Center Of Accounting & Managerial Expertise
• Social Insurance Law 97/197 (Training)
Training Institute:
SETEC
• Labor Law 12/2003 (Training)
Training Institute:
SETEC
Data Management Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Morrison Knudsen Corporation (OM & T)
Date Attended:
December 1997

Hobbies

  • Reading