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Retail (30+ shops) & Online (Sports / Casino / Lotto) with over 3000 employees:- Business Consulting- Business Development (B2B & B2C)- Business Process Improvements - Strategy, Optimisation and Implementation - Training & Development - Strategy Execution

- Managed the Talent, Engagement & Reward portfolio across 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with 9 business developers - Designed & drove go to market campaigns aligned to various industries and geographies - Created innovative solutions for various clients and sectors - Conducted market analysis and ongoing updates - Partnered with local and global leaders to drive African growth - Forecasted and monitored new business and revenue - Obtained double digit year on year growth from a client and revenue base

- Managed a portfolio across 9 countries with 4 business developers - Drove growth and innovation within the Southern African region - Worked with various lines of business to market, deliver and implement various initiatives - Built and delivered on various talent and engagement solutions across Africa, Globally and South Africa

- Launched the talent and engagement offering from scratch within a Reward driven African market - Worked collaboratively with various lines of business to grow portfolio - Rebranded and updated offering to market - Drastically grew footprint and revenue in Africa

• Built and rolled out an automated report writing system that provided integrated reports aligned to local and international assessments and client specific competency frameworks and assisted with 80% improvement on time of delivery• Designed and coordinated development of the JvR Online assessment platform that houses both local and international assessments• Designed, implemented and presented training programmes (e.g. Team Dynamics, Personal Wellness, Emotional Intelligence, Team Synergy, Performance Management and Interpersonal Effectiveness)• Created and managed leadership development programmes aligned to personal development plans, career laddering and succession planning• Assisted various clients within the talent and organisational development space (e.g. MTN, South African Breweries, Eskom, South African Reserve Bank, Productivity SA, AngloGold Ashanti, Santam and Business Connexion)• Built 360’s linked to leadership, personal effectiveness, client specific competencies and values• Built job profiles for various levels and industries• Designed various dashboard reports that link to competencies and assessments • Analysed business units to understand gaps and where improvement and efficiency were needed• Liaised with various business units to understand needs and requirements • Co-ordinated and designed specifications for products that external developers and designers needed to build • Designed intranet systems that services various areas of business (e.g. HR, Training and Development, Internal Business Processes and Knowledge Sharing) • Designed customer satisfaction surveys for various service lines • Designed managerial dashboard systems (i.e. Monitor invoicing, turnover, expenses, debtor days, work completed per service line and leave allocation) • Designed internal processes that linked to various business models• Implemented cost cutting initiatives

• Designed various innovative tools and programmes that have saved costs; contributed to revenue and made various processes more efficient. • Cross sales and implemented various consulting services• Client acquisition and management• Compiled tenders, proposals and quotes• Designed and coordinated assessment centres for managerial and executive levels• Project management of executive programmes• Designed assessment batteries specific to organisational levels• Designed Competency frameworks and their linkages to psychometric assessments that are in line with various client requirements (e.g. Mining, Transportation and Information and Communications Technology sectors) • Designed numerous dashboard reporting frameworks that assisted in succession planning, development and recruiting decisions• Integrated assessment results into individual and group reports and presentations • Formulate trend analysis between various levels and locations• Compiled integrated assessment reports• Provided feedback to all levels in an organisation• Assisted managers and executives with their personal development plans• Conducted coaching sessions • Designed training material and conducted workshops • Worked independently and within teams• Conducted quantitative and qualitative research and trend analysis studies for various client sectors • Obtained various international and national accreditations

• Worked as an internal consultant to 21 countries in Africa • Ensured alignment with broader HR processes• Designed, integrated and presented training programmes (Train the Trainer Workshops)• Assisted in the design of the assessment policy and processes• Assisted in the design of talent profiles and individual development plans• Ensured overall capability and competency assessment practices • Assisted in designing the leadership competency framework• Mapped the leadership competency framework to level specific psychometric assessment instruments • Designed 360 framework questionnaires • Co-ordinated the various psychometric assessment requirements for the groups leadership programmes • Provided feedback on integrated psychometric assessment results to managers and executives• Conducted trend analyses of business strengths and developments for past and present leadership programmes • Conducted succession planning initiatives• Liaised with external service providers