Ally Cochrane Fcipd Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Axalta provides performance coatings for a wide range of industrial applications; light vehicle and commercial vehicle coatings for original equipment manufacturers; and refinish surface preparation and coating systems for body shops globally.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Axalta provides performance coatings for a wide range of industrial applications; light vehicles and commercial vehicle coatings for original equipment manufacturers; and refinish surface preparation and coatings systems for body shops globally.

Wellingborough, Select State/Province, Gb

U-POL is a World leader in automotive refinishing products specialising in fillers, coatings, aerosols, adhesives and paint related products.Reporting into the Group CEO and being part of the Executive Team, my role involves the delivery of the HR Strategy for the 320 strong Global Business and leading and executing the end-to-end People Agenda for our growing automotive business. My responsibilities include leading the Group restructuring plan to drive efficiencies to improve shareholder value, a continued focus on Employee Engagement to improve communication, increase employee involvement and keep the focus on delivery of the 3 Year Business Strategy. Responsible for the evolution and ‘reset’ of the culture and improving collaboration and alignment across the organisation including increased awareness of H&S and its importance.My continued focus is on promoting the understanding of the U-POL Values, improving the capability of First Line Managers across UK Manufacturing and Head Office sites through design and delivery of Training and building awareness through Succession Planning to identify performance and potential of all employees in primarily Supply Chain and across the Business. I am also responsible for Org Design and Leadership Effectiveness and continually review the Global Organisation Structure, roles, responsibilities and resource requirements, to prepare for business growth and achieve success of 3 Year Business Strategy.

Working as part of the European Graduate Recruitment Team, I had overall responsibility for the design, implementation and management of successful recruitment methods and selection processes for the introduction of graduates and undergraduates across UK, Europe and Asia. Key responsibilities included:• Creation of recruitment tools for UK, European and Global HR professionals and Senior Managers• Provision of expert knowledge in interviewing and recruitment/assessment solutions and techniques • Introduction of Succession Planning methods and performance and potential measures using 9 box grid. Identification of talent within graduate population and increased focus on graduate attraction, development and retention measures and monitoring• Management of Candidate Management supplier and Applicant Tracking System, (ATS) ensuring successful adherence to set KPI’s and SLA’s to monitor and track performance

Working as part of the Senior team and reporting to the Global VP HR National Adhesives, this role was very focussed on culture, engagement, reward & recognition and communication.Key achievements included:• Redesigned and aligned policies across Europe, which lead to greater improvements to employee benefits being introduced. • Improvement in Employee engagement and staff turnover rate • Designing and delivery of HR KPI’S in alignment with overall business plans. • Designing and implementation of Employee survey • Development of financial incentive linked to annual earnings to improve ER • Conducted salary survey, gained local salary/benefit information from competitors, local comparisons and external salary providers. • Implementation of salary benchmarking tool across R&D function with the introduction of the ‘Technical Ladder’

Responsible for recruitment of 50+ strategic graduates across Europe and Asia including France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and China across varied disciplines including Commercial, Finance, R&D, Supply Chain, IT and Engineering within the required timescale and budget and to keep inline and support the overall business plan.

Post Graduate Diploma In Hrm (Cipd), Hr, Mcipd

Diploma In Personnel Management (Pds), Hr

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), Business Administration And Management, General

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