Head of People & HR Advisory
Talent Dimensions Consulting
Total years of experience :31 years, 5 Months
Talent Dimensions Consulting (TDC) is a privately-owned company specializing in human resources advisory services. We offer total talent solutions packages focusing on organizational development, HR business partner and outsourcing, talent management and acquisition, HR communications, leadership and organizational assessment products.
• Lead the firm’s consulting practice for human resources, organizational development, people and talent management engagements
• Act as a thought partner to the General Manager and senior partners in the design and development of people/human resources product offerings and providing advisory services with regards to leadership, coaching, organizational design, culture and change, performance management, learning and development and talent acquisition.
• Establish partnerships and strategic alliances with global partners to position the company in becoming a relevant player in the HR consulting sector
• Generate business opportunities for the People and Human Resources Advisory practice and lead the delivery and implementation of its engagements
• Some of the most recent projects:
and within the targeted agreed timeframe
• Generated businesses and successfully delivered projects with local and multinational large-enterprise companies like Virgin Mobile SA, AEC, UCIC, Talgo, SICE and ELM
• Led the company in the design and successful launch of new services like “Flexible HR On-Demand Consultant”, “Workforce Efficiency & Productivity Solutions” among others
• Some of the most recent projects:
1 -SEERA (formerly Al Tayyar Travel Group)
• Design and development of HR Operating Model
• Develop HR Functional Unit’s strategy to align programs and initiatives
• HR Capability Assessment and Transformation Roadmap
• Development of Job Descriptions
• Design and development of HR Policies & Processes Framework
• Design and development of a comprehensive Employee Onboarding Program
• In-charge of HR Unit’s Strategy, Performance & Improvement Department owning and administering all its policies, business processes and services
• Primary accountability of the HR Budget
2-ELM
• Manpower Capacity Planning Study
• Development of Workforce Planning Framework
• Culture Enhancement
• Program Design and Alignment of HR Plans (Strategy Implementation)
• Contractors and Outsourcing Processes Framework
3-A. AL TUKHAIM & SONS COMPANY
Organizational Restructuring (Business Entities Consolidation)
• Development of Executive Scope of Authorities
• Development of Functional Process Descriptions
• Migration Implementation Plan for Transition
4-PURE BREED POULTRY (an Almarai Subsidiary)
HR Functional Assessment
• Development of HR Manuals
5-DARK BROWN HORSE RETAIL COMPANY
Organizational Development and Capabilities Assessment
• Market Re-Positioning Strategy
6-VIRGIN MOBILE SA
Development of Recruitment and Staffing Processes Framework
• Functional Outsourcing for Talent Acquisition
7-ADVANCED ELECTRONICS COMPANY
Productivity Improvement Project
• Leadership Development Plans (Executives & Senior Managers)
• HR Organizational Assessment and Re-Structuring
• Competency Framework and Integration
• The CROWN Project (Succession Planning & Talent Management Framework)
• Culture Evolution Initiative Pre-Project Activities
• Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study
• Development and Update of Job Descriptions (more than 500 jobs)
This Saudi Arabian company is a recognized industry leader specializing in the manufacturing and development of state-of-the art electronics in the field of defense and aviation, information & communications technology (ICT) and industrial business systems. With more than 25 years in service, AEC has earned an outstanding reputation both locally and internationally for its quality, commitment and social integrity.
• Strategic Partner to the VP of HR providing sound, world-class advisory in modern HR & OD disciplines and general effective business practices achieving about 50% improvement and acceleration of business processes through productivity solutions (resulting from the findings of the “Productivity Improvement Project” which I led)
• Identified organizational issues and delivered transformation initiatives resulting in a significant reduction in manpower and operating expenses
• Improved workforce optimization/utilization by 10% by establishing efficient service-level agreements, quality assurance and audit checks across the board, executive accountability mechanisms among others
• Provided solutions to reduce excessive and expensive employee turnover by 12% launching initiatives to create professional career opportunities, improve communications between leadership and staff, enhance work environment, improve organizational culture and promote employee engagement
The Company is a boutique management consultancy firm specializing in HR consultancy, employment business (local-international selection and placement), training and career counseling services. Established in early 2009, my role is to lead the company in order to establish its market presence and grow business through its service and product lines.
• Led the company to move from its vision to startup and achieve profitability within the first year of launch
• Successfully penetrated the management consultancy and HR advisory markets by developing the organizational frameworks and improving business processes of two (2) locally renowned chain of FMCG large-enterprise business (Java Time and Diet Watchers)
• Grew sales revenues by achieving 1st year targets and expand market base to more than 300x within a span of two (2) years
KPMG Al Fozan and Al Sadhan is the Saudi Arabian Partner firm of the world-renowned KPMG auditing (‘Big 4’) and advisory company. The Saudi office has an estimated 350 employees distributed in 3 regional office locations (Riyadh, Jeddah and Eastern Province). My role is to lead the HR Advisory team in handling its engagements in the Riyadh branch.
Huawei Technologies is a major telecom company with established presence in over 100 countries. The Saudi office had a workforce of about 700 employees (during my stint in the company). I was responsible for establishing the HR function from scratch (0 to 7 employees) in a span of two years to a fully developed and competent HR team of professionals.
Al-Anwa Establishment for Real Estate is a Saudi company and is under the Al-Anwa Group, the holding company, owned by Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Ibrahim. It has approximately 1000 employees (during my stint with the company) around the world engaged in different industries such as hotels, chartered aircraft, and construction among many others.
My stint at Lucent Technologies (formerly AT&T) was a part of my early working experience which built my professional career in the HR field. It allowed me to have the basic knowledge of the different functionalities, operations and activities within a Human Resource department.
This experience is my initiation into the corporate world. It provided me the proper platform to practice my professionalism, self-discipline and proper corporate decorum.
