Waqas Uddeen - Assoc CIPD, HR Manager

Waqas Uddeen - Assoc CIPD

HR Manager

Marine Capabilities (Marcap) LLC.

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Diploma, Human Resource Management
Experience
13 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months

HR Manager at Marine Capabilities (Marcap) LLC.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since May 2020

• Develop and manage workplace practices that are aligned with Marcap’s vision, values, and ethics to shape and reinforce its culture.
• Analyze and assess Marcap practices that impact its operations and talent management to decide on the best available risk management strategy.
• Design and evaluate HR data indicators to inform strategic actions such as turnover rates, cost per hire, CTC, retention rates etc.
• Contribute to business priorities by defining & developing appropriate talent management strategies, partnering with senior leaders to identify, prioritize & build organizational capabilities, behaviours, structures, and processes.
• Analyze and evaluate compensation & benefits strategies such as direct/indirect, incentives, bonuses, health, talent welfare, recognition, work-life balance, etc that attract, reward, and retain talent.
• Engage with business units to become a trusted partner to shape positive changes, understanding their objectives, business plans and challenges, ensures realistic time frame on talent management projects delivery.
• Collaborate with business units and leaders to identify and validate strategic performance objectives, through Balanced Scorecards, measures, tracking methods, and reporting are cascaded in the individual performance plan.
• Create and execute an employee performance management framework covering the planning, managing, evaluating, calibration, performance improvement plan and rewarding of employee performance.
• Facilitate and lead the employee competency assessments for all positions including HSE critical roles.
• Develop talent roadmaps through various training & development interventions ensuring that required job competencies for the current and future roles are assessed and competency gaps are bridged through development plans and other interventions.
• Support change management and build measures to review the success of change initiatives to validate the business impact.
• Drive the company’s culture in creating a "Great Place to Work" for all employees and nurtures an environment where employee's behaviour is aligned to company values.
• Define talent needs, and support leaders to forecast and plan their workforce and talent pipeline requirements in line with business strategy to attract, onboard, develop, engage, and retain high-performing talent.
• Lead the team to deliver specific projects and deliverables, as determined by the HR scorecard and through workload analysis.
• Prepare & monitor HR Budgets to support the business by understanding the staffing needs.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives including, HR policies & Procedures, L&D, employee welfare & Mental Health, Salary & Benefits benchmarking, Job grading system, etc.
• Develop and evaluate training strategies. Train the employees & department heads on various topics/projects.
• Managing the employee leaves to ensure minimum manpower requirements and employee welfare.
• Supervise monthly payrolls, leave entitlement, End of Service benefits and other payments.
• Sourcing, evaluation & contract negotiations on various services i.e. Hospitals, health insurances, Hotels, Training centres, recruitment agencies, etc.

HR Business Partner at JOUZY CONSULTING ENGINEERS
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2018 to February 2020

• Engaged with business units to become a trusted partner to shape positive changes, understanding their objectives, business plans and challenges. Guided the leaders and advice in the talent planning and forecasting exercise ensuring the organization’s short term and long term staffing needs.
• Prepared & monitored HR Budgets to support the business by understanding the staffing needs.
• Managed various HR management activities i.e. Leave Management, Compensation & Benefits, employee relations etc.
• Made recommendations on matters on best practices in Human Resource Management and Competency-Based HR Programs.
• Analyzed and suggested modifications of compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Collaborated with business units and leaders to identify and validate strategic performance objectives, through Balanced Scorecards, measures, tracking methods, and reporting are cascaded in the individual performance plan.
• Embedded the company’s values and code of conduct, to ensure that adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes and regulations form part of the culture.
• Embedded the Talent management strategy in the company to attract, onboard, develop, engage, and retain high-performing talent.
• Developed and deploy an effective talent strategy to ensure high-quality succession pipelines exist for critical roles within Business/Function and played an active role in key talent decisions, including senior hiring.
• Lead the team to deliver specific projects and deliverables, as determined by the HR scorecard.
• Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance.
• Provide oversight of complex employee relations issues involving senior people, significant litigation, and high profile.
• Provided customer service on HR-related activities, such as inquiry resolution, request management, and troubleshooting
• Managed the employee Leaves to ensure minimum manpower requirements at all times.
• Managed the monthly payrolls, leave entitlement and End Service benefits.
• Managed Employee health Insurance including policy, network selection, medical benefits & contract negotiations etc.
• Managed grievances, disciplinary actions, and exit interviews.

HR MANAGER at AL FARAH GROUP
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2015 to April 2018

• Ensured efficient & effective best possible HR support to company’s talent & customers in the assigned domain and performed the operational HR activities as per defined policies & procedures with utmost compliance.
• Actively participated in the development and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives including, Manuals, COC, policies & Procedures.
• Deal with complete recruitment process including liaising with agencies, sourcing, conducting interviews (both locally and internationally), orientation, and onboarding for both white & blue color.
• Study and analyze roles and prepares job descriptions to reflect KRAs, KPIs reporting structure & accountabilities. Evaluates positions make recommendations on job titles, band levels, and internal/external market alignment to determine the classification.
• Provide customer service on HR related activities, such as inquiry resolution, request management, and troubleshooting
• Lead the team to deliver specific projects and deliverables, as determined by the HR scorecard.
• Effectively embedded & supervise Leave management system, and managed absence & tardiness.
• Advise subordinates and business partners on HR systems and processes, and support the embedding of the new ways of working.
• Be up to date with regard to any changes or amendments to the prevailing Laws, Rules or Regulations, or changes in other procedures.
• Supervision of PROs & Typists to ensuring timely renewals (Zero Penalty Policy)
• Responsible to Performance management system and annual reviews
• Medical Insurance Management of all employees including policy, network selection, medical benefits & Fees negotiations etc.
• Referral checks, preparing agreements such as NDA, Competence undertaking, Demand Letters, agency recruitment/manpower supply agreements, SLAs, employment agreements etc.
• Conducting SWOT analysis to develop strategies for company’s growth, variable pay plans, compensation packages, employee satisfaction and SOPs.
• Conducted TNA surveys and arranging training programs with Authorized institutes from clients (ADNOC etc).
• Supervised the whole process for ISO pre-qualifications and certifications.
• Conducted internal HR audits and represented in client Audits.
• Prepare & monitor HR Budgets
• Monitor and verify Talent profile activities if they are in place efficiently.
• Inspect Labor/Staff accommodation in liaison with HSE & Medic’s team and ensured it was of the highest possible standard of HSE as per UAE and client requirements.
• Manage grievances, disciplinary actions, and exit interviews.

HR OFFICER at DRAKE & SCULL INTERNATIONAL PJSC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2011 to December 2014

Responsible for the HR operations & services including Compensation & Benefits, Training & Development, Manpower recruitment, job
descriptions, and general administration. My key responsibilities were as follows but not limited to:
* Ensured efficient & effective best possible HR support to all the employees in the assigned domain and performed the operational HR
activities as per defined policies & procedures with utmost compliance with all HR processes.
* Handled complete recruitment process from liaising with agencies, posting vacancies online, shortlisting CVs, arranging interviews,
conducting interviews, providing feedback, mobilization of employees, flight details, visa status & onboarding etc.
* Develop, Update and monitor the mobilization reports, activity reports, status reports and submitting to higher management.
* Organizing all agency related data including contracts, MOU, security bank deposit details, Visiting cards, Profiles etc.
* Responsible for the onboarding process for new employees, orientation, training, placement, and documentation.
* Ensured and maintained the security of information related to customers, agencies, clients, and personnel.
* Coordinating with PROs for processing of Visa, Emirates ID, Medical, work permits, ensuring that immigration status of all staff is
monitored and correct records are in place.
* Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
* Monitor profile(s) of new joiners and update the same in staff payroll.
* Prepare all kinds of HR letters, Employment contracts, NDA, competence undertaking etc. Further, monitor documentation, files & log
numbers.
* Maintaining Employee(s) Database.
* Ensure leave management by maintaining/updating employee Annual, Sick, Maternity, emergency and other Leave Records.
* Maintain & Monitor employee(s) Attendance in order to process the Payroll in coordination with accounts department.
* Coordinate with HR Manager and preparing department budgets
* Preparing quarterly recruitment targets and plans to ensure smooth business operation flow.
* Worked closely with relevant departments to organize training venues, logistics, transport, accommodation as required achieving
efficient training attendance and delivery.

Admin Officer at Honda Atlas Cars Pvt. Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2008 to August 2009

• Handled fleet management
• Documentation and maintaining the files and keeping the record up to date.
• Stationary Handling
• Personnel data management

Education

Diploma, Human Resource Management
  • at CIPD
  • December 2021
Master's degree, Human Resource Management
  • at University of the Punjab
  • August 2011

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Specialties & Skills

Recruitment
Performance Management
Compensation and Benefits
HR Budgeting
HR Strategy
Payroll Management
Performance Management
Policy Analysis
Talent Management
Integrity
Team Management
Team building & leadership
Employee Relations
Communication & Negotiation skills
Planning & Organizing
Delegation
Business Acumen
Talent Acquisition
Competency Assurance Analyst

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Charted institute of personnel & development (CIPD)
  • Associate Member
  • October 2020

Training and Certifications

Certified Human Resource Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2016

Hobbies

  • Board games