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Bad Ragaz, St Gallen, Switzerland

Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany

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Berlin, Germany

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Business-driven HR partner for one of the 9 Global Operating Units with a focus on strategic issues that contribute to the growth and competitiveness of the business. Scope: 25 countries. Reporting to the President Eurasia Middle OU and functionally to the CPO.- Led Talent transformation initiatives to accelerate succession readiness, groom local talents, across our OU and deliver our DE&I agenda.- Led Employee centricity initiatives in Future of Work, Employee Engagement, Reward and Capability Building that led Eurasia Middle East to be recognized as the most Engaged Team (91%) and with the most positive experience at work (90%) in our Engagement Survey 2022.- Implemented transformative Reward initiatives in our high inflationary countries to support our employees in tough times and reduce staff turnover.- Built and led a world-class, high-performing HR organization (26 associates).

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Americana Group is one of the most successful organizations in the Middle East region. The group is the second largest food manufacturing and distributing companies in the region. The Food division has a diversified product portfolio including red meat, chicken products, canned beans, frozen vegetables, pastries, biscuits and cakes, chips and snacks.- Reporting to the CEO. Responsible for transforming the people and culture agenda within the Foods Division of this PE backed organization owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Dubai's Mohamed Alabbar. Scope: 2bn USD business, 10,000+ headcounts, 19 plants, main countries: Egypt, Saudi, Kuwait and UAE- Designed and implemented all the critical and basic HR processes (Talent and Performance Management, Annual Reward Cycle/Bonus Scheme, Learning & Development).- Brought to life the new Culture in line with the new Americana Foods vision (culture definition, matching HR processes and reward mechanisms to reinforce the culture).- Built and led a capable and fit-for-purpose HR Team - 80 associates (creation and hiring of a Center of Excellence to manage all key processes and redesign of the HRBP and Admin roles).

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

- Responsible for driving Kellogg's strategic and operational HR agenda across 30+ countries. Scope: 2,500 headcounts, 4 plants and 5 locations.- Supported the 20% year on year CAGR within MENAT over the past 7 years by developing the right resource planning, capability building and talent management agenda (from 30 headcounts to 2,500 headcounts).- Established Kellogg as an employer of choice in the region and reached No 1 Engagement Score internally in 2017 and 2018.- Revamped the Reward Strategy in Dubai and in Egypt to attract and retain the right talent while delivering on our financial commitments. - Built a first-class HR team within MENAT (26 HR professionals).

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsible for driving Kellogg's strategic and operational HR agenda across 45+ countries (Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Sub Sahara Africa and Central Eastern Europe). Reporting to the VP MedMEA and functionally to the VP HR Europe.- Led the Med, Middle East & CEE organization transformation post Pringles acquisition (HR workstream Lead in the Distributor Consolidation - rationalization from 50 distributors to 30).- Supported the integration of 2 companies within Kellogg’s: Bisco Misr, a local leading Biscuits company in Egypt and Mass Food, the Cereal leader in Egypt. Role ranged from due diligence, roadmap, compliance, Vision/Values/Capability Building/Ways of Working.- Led multiple cost optimization programs in Egypt reducing the organization by 1,300 headcounts (from 4,000 to 2,700 headcounts) with no business disruption and high acceptance by the impacted employees.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Reporting to the UK HR Director. Member of the UK Sales Leadership Team.- Delivered professional HR consultancy to the UK Sales Team (200 people) in all aspects of HR (people and organizational development strategy, recruitment and selection, talent management, training and development, reward, culture, engagement and employee relations).- Responsible for UK Commercial Recruitment Team.

Zaventem, Belgium

- Reported to the GM, Member of the Benelux Leadership Team.- Reached 82% engagement score (GPTW, Survey 2010) and rated No 1 in Advantage Group Survey (2010).- Supported numerous organization design initiatives in Sales, Marketing and Finance to support the business growth and facilitate career pathing.- Set up a competitive and tax-friendly bonus system in Belgium.

Antwerp Area, Belgium

- Acted as HR Business Partner for the Sales and Marketing organization of the Zone (100 headcounts, scope: Benelux, Scandinavia, UK). - Set up the role (new role), established HR priorities, designed and managed the HR processes including recruitment, training, performance management, compensation and benefits.

Belgium & Slough (Uk)

- Acted as the Communication Lead in a pan-European ERP implementation (British Plaster Board).- Led the headcount/cost analysis in the new European Organization Design (healthcare M&A).- Design and implementation of the Deloitte Consulting online Upward Feedback system for Partners, Senior Managers and Managers (Deloitte).

Auderghem, Belgium

- Designed and delivered Assessment Centers for graduate to top senior level in all sectors (more than 500 candidates); designed and delivered trainings (Competency-based interview, Competency Modeling, Assessment Center Design, SHL HR Tools).- Account Manager of a first class local and international client portfolio (incl. biggest account).

Chief Human Resources Officer Program

Post-Graduate (Des), Management

Master, Organizational Psychology, Magna Cum Laude