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My 20 years in HR leadership has been rewarding and diverse, working closely with executive teams, Boards and P&L leaders to drive growth and business innovation through People excellence. What unites my experience across varied sectors and geographies has been my ability to assess an organisation’s strengths and weaknesses and redefine its future, through inside-out HR transformation and executive partnering – and significant capability uplift. I am resilient in ‘making things happen’, and crucially manage the risks inherent in change and movement from the status quo. From national roles at Woolworths, to business-critical people and culture transformations with Wattyl, General Pants Co. and Bupa, I have combined my knack for relationship building with strategic foresight and a practical business mind-set to evolve businesses into the future.I’m genuinely interested in people, their careers and their goals. With a lifelong interest in psychology and how that can be leveraged in business transformation, my strength has been in influencing and building excitement for change encouraging people to think differently, while maintaining commercial focus and forward momentum.Beyond this, I apply knowledge of motivational and behavioural theory to build leadership capability and commercial literacy of HR teams, creating People capabilities primed to innovate and evaluate different perspectives in dynamic and constantly shifting business environments.
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People Director - Health Services AustraliaBupaSydney, Nsw, Au -
People Director - Bupa Hong KongBupa Jul 2022 - PresentHong Kong SarAppointed post integration of the ANZ and APAC business to transform and strengthen P&C service delivery for the HK insurance and health provisioning businesses. As a member of the leadership team, I am responsible for providing strategic direction and supporting the MD and local business leaders on all people and performance matters with ownership of the full employee lifecycle, learning and development and organisation development teams. Assimiliating cultural contexts and the uniqueness of the business, I have led a number of interventions that will help the business to achieve its ambitious growth goals, including two restructures, the appointment of new Non-Executive Directors and significant improvements in recruitment, retention and engagement. I am proud to say that the HK business has been nominated for and has won a number of awards including recognition as one of the Best Companies in Asia to Work for, Silver Best Hybrid Work Model and Finalist, Best Culture Transformation & Change Management at the Asia Employee Experience Awards.
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Head Of People - Bupa Dental Australia & New ZealandBupa Jan 2020 - Jun 2022Sydney, AustraliaJoining Bupa Dental in 2020, I am proud to be spearheading a people and culture agenda that is set to enable a period of ambitious growth. Leading the evolution of a proactive and contemporary HR function, we provide competent business partnering advice and solutions across the business, implementing a broad range of HR and organisational development (OD) strategies centred on the customer and aligned with macro trends. A trusted business partner, strategic counsel and coach to senior business leaders and their teams, I also played an active role in the development of top talent and leadership capability.
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General Manager HrGeneral Pants Co. Feb 2018 - Jan 2020Alexandria, Sydney AustraliaWorking with General Pants Co. at an incredibly exciting point in their growth story, my role was to develop and implement a transformative HR roadmap to embed company values across the people ecosystem, support rapid expansion and build a sustainable platform for high performance through best practice HR frameworks. A member of the executive team and leader of the HR function, in just under 2 years, I empowered the company’s disruptive vision by creating and implementing a strategy with 4 key pillars: Attract, Engage, Develop and Retain. -
National Hr ManagerSherwin-Williams Mar 2016 - Feb 2018NorwestReporting to the HR Director, I focused on supporting the business through a significant program of transformation. Leading a restructure of the HR team to align resources with the needs of a changing business, I’ve also been instrumental in leadership coaching, negotiating and streamlining national enterprise agreements, developing an integrated IR strategy and transforming HR from a transactional focus to a true business partner. -
Hr Business Partner - Small StoresWoolworths Limited Apr 2015 - Feb 2016NorwestAs a State HR Business Partner to the larger national states, my core mandate was to deliver value added people initiatives to the newly evolved Small Stores business area consisting of fuel, convenience and Thomas Dux. I stabilised industrial relations by redrafting agreements, coached line managers to elevate people management abilities, and built on the retention strategy by identifying pockets of high turnover and implementing targeted initiatives. • Successfully aligned 3 diverse businesses in a united people & culture strategy, developing a culture of high performance to deliver key business mandates;• Achieved almost total redeployment following the closure of 3 stores;• Nominated as part of a leadership development program which proposed business development projects. -
National Hr Business Partner - Fuel And ConvenienceWoolworths Limited Oct 2012 - Apr 2015NorwestFull HR Business Partner role supporting the Senior Executive Team and 11 area Managers across NSW, QLD and ACT in the achievement of sales and profit targets. I developed reporting metrics to address business critical HR issues such as labour turnover, embedded best practice frameworks to assist managers with team engagement, coached line managers up to C-Level in employee relations and drove a high-performance culture by clearly defining standards of excellence. • 93% success rate in resolving unfair dismissal cases with minimal cost to the business;• Delivered a 6% increase in engagement levels by using strategic data and insight to develop initiatives;• Reduced excess leave by 10% by monitoring accrual versus actual leave taken;• Implemented a targeted performance improvement program which saw 50% of the team promoted.
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Hr Business Partner - Big WWoolworths Limited Jan 2010 - Oct 2012ChulloraCovering 13 sites and 1800 employees in the NSW region, I provided generalist HR support to a team of Area Managers, assisting with the application of HR strategy at store level. I assisted with the opening of a new store, executed several restructures and supported the HR Operations Manager in EBA negotiations. • Introduced temporary contracts to manage fluctuating workforce demands during peak trade, reducing labour turnover levels and providing a pipeline of talent for permanent roles;• Selected to cover HR Manager relief periods, demonstrating the ability to operate at a more senior level;• Achieved a 10% reduction in employee grievances and performance issues by introducing robust processes and flawless record keeping.
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Hr Specialist - LogisticsWoolworths Limited Jul 2009 - Jan 2010Minchinbury Distribution CentreBeginning as a maternity cover position, my key aim was to strengthen IR capability by moving into the unionised logistics area. During my time in this role, I built the credibility of the HR function and strengthened relationships with the NUW Union by actively engaging leaders and staff in proactive discussions, working in partnership to resolve issues and build a culture of inclusion and transparency.• Avoided huge potential cost of strikes with no industrial action during my tenure in this role, a direct result of a significant improvement in relationships with the Union;• Built a better infrastructure for progression opportunities, resulting in more applications for team leaders moving through to managerial roles;• Reduced absenteeism by 13% in 6 months by improving reporting and a series of leadership interventions.
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National Training Specialist - Big WWoolworths Limited Nov 2007 - Jul 2009NorwestReporting to the HR Director, I was responsible for planning and delivering a learning and development strategy to support the store expansion program, building a framework to address short, medium and long-term objectives. I conducted detailed training needs analysis, partnering with the executive team to define and communicate organisational needs and implement a consistent standard of education. • Successfully designed and delivered a national training framework to drive consistent training standards across the business and support the company’s expansion plans;• Recouped considerable government funding for an apprentice scheme by creating a centralised process to facilitate tighter administration of the scheme;• Represented the L&D function to C-level, enhancing stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills.
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Hr OfficerWoolworths Limited Jul 2005 - Nov 2007In my final year of Undergraduate Study I was fortunate to translate my store and people management experience into my first HR role. In many ways this is still one of my favorite roles, as the lightness of being a beginner sparked my imagination and ability to innovate HR practices to deliver greater value. The purpose of this role was primarily to provide human resource advice on policy, procedure, staff turnover, performance management, succession planning, industrial and conflict resolution for 5 large Supermarkets with a total of 500 employees. I analysed various reports to inform short and long term human resource strategies and projects to develop new and innovative value; to tackle turnover and attraction issues; training completion rates and develop those around me.◆ Led the facilitation of Nationally recognised Certificate III and IV Retail Management training programs, identifying new and innovative approaches and methods which resulted in a 70% graduation rate◆ Trained and developed two Human Resource Officers in all facets of HR Officer role◆ Led the development and implementation of collaborative, structured and streamlined recruitment processes resulting in a 30% reduction of recruitment time by 30% and total employee turnover by 5%.
Alex Power Education Details
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Psychology
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Alex Power works for Bupa
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Alex Power's current role is People Director - Health Services Australia.
What schools did Alex Power attend?
Alex Power attended Macquarie Graduate School Of Management, University Of Sydney, University Of Sydney.
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Alex Power's colleagues are John Parr, Jim Fair, Tania Brown, Serah Thomas, Samantha Weston, Jamie Robertson, Melicia Clough.
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