Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. We work with organizations to design their structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people to bring their strategy to life. And we advise them on how to reward, develop, and motivate their people. I am responsible for working with a range of clients across UK and Europe to advise and provide solutions on their Human Capital agendas. I specialise in maximising the value of the workforce by focusing on reward strategy, organization design, career frameworks, the link between reward and performance, and the creation of a compelling employee experience. Areas of expertise include organizational design and work measurement and the link to career progression, the design of sales and management incentives, the design of performance management processes and linkage to reward, and strengthening the link between reward strategy and employee engagement.

Responsible for leading the HR function across all UK businesses, including Head Office and two operational units, whilst also acting as a member of the Colfax Total Reward Centre of Excellence in the lead role for Howden. Specifically:To provide HR leadership to all UK based HR / business functions on the full range of HR Operational interventions, enabling the effective development and implementation of business strategies.To lead the UK HR shared service operation, leveraging efficiencies of HR transactions and maximizing these through systemization of core employee lifecycle processesTo execute Colfax HR strategy, Talent Focus and other major change and organisational design activities for all UK businesses in line with Howden Global HR plans.To lead the design and maintenance of a fit for purpose job framework which supports the systemisation of Reward practice across Colfax Corp and which allows comparison with external market trends in each of the global locations.To introduce a range of incentives within Howden and across Colfax which drive the required behaviours and levels of over performance and enable the organisation to make a direct link between individual performance and reward, and the overall success of the organisation.To ensure a competitive suite of benefits exists across the different geographical regions, delivered in a cost effective manner, and aligned to local legislative requirements.To manage the UK pension schemes, and act as Trustee to Final Salary Pension SchemeTo support acquisitions by carrying out due diligence on targets and then executing rapid integration of acquisitions into the parent company model.

A member of the HR Leadership team for Heineken in the UK, leading a team of professionals which oversees Performance Management, Compensation, Pensions & Benefits, Employment Policy, Employment Law, Global Mobility and HR Services (including Payroll, Domestic Re-location, 3rd party contracts, Contract Production, HRIS Reporting, HR Business Process Optimisation)

* Responsible for overseeing all Reward initiatives across global organisation, covering 16 countries. * Member of strategic HR team setting Global HR agenda.Specifically; implementation of Total Reward Strategy looking at the full range of the employment offering (including looking at traditional economic elements as well as wider employee engagement), preparation and delivery of papers for Remuneration Committee; management of global mobility; management (and trustee) of company pension scheme; oversee implementation of Reward processes to control job sizing and benchmarking, salary review out comes and their execution, variable pay scheme design and execution, selection and delivery of approriate benefits.

Responsible for the Reward and HR Back office functions of Scotland’s largest Business Process Outsourcer, providing Contact Centre support to a wide range of clients, and employing 2500 staff across 6 sites across the UK Specifically:• To review existing reward arrangements across the business and make proposals for improvements to approach, whilst ensuring the company maintains a sufficient net margin for profit against agreed client contracts.• To review salaries on an annual basis and manage the process for recommending changes to the pay bill, effecting those changes and communicating them to employees.• To oversee and re-design the management of all HR systems data to ensure that an accurate record of current practice exists for the workforce.• To implement a new integrated HR & Payroll system to replace existing systems, and review all associated processes to ensure best impact on the company when new system is introduced.• To oversee the reporting of all HR Metrics both for internal and client consumption, thereby delivering key performance metrics for the operations of the company.

Responsible for managing the UK Reward Team within UK utility company which had 9500 employees in Scotland and North West England and had a turnover of £6.5bn . The organisation was made up of three key divisions (Retail, Wholesale & Networks) and a corporate centre all of which were supported by this role. Specifically:• To define and create the non exec reward strategy for Scottish Power and to ensure a consistency of approach and alignment with overall business goals.• To design, adapt and communicate consistent Performance Management processes and approaches for all non exec personal contract staff, ensuring that there is a clearly understood year round process that links to development and reward.• To work with relevant stakeholders to shape appropriate reward structures and processes covering base pay design, benefits (health care, company cars, Sharesave, Employee Share Option Scheme and voluntary benefits), annual incentive plans, and communication plans, through project and stakeholder management.• To oversee the design and management of a variety of job sizing approaches for all levels of the organisation to ensure that consistent and accurate job evaluation takes place.• To oversee the identification and delivery of appropriate external sources of market data for all elements of reward packages to ensure that the organisation possesses suitable data on which to base reward decisions.• To support the negotiation and implementation of collectively bargained pay and conditions agreements through management of Trade Union stakeholders and provision of design principles against which agreements must be made.

Responsible for delivery of consultancy to a range of clients within the UK• Identify and develop client relationships to deliver revenue streams to support UK business plan.• Analyse and understand client issues and recommend appropriate solutions based upon Hay Group methodology.• Delivery of professional reward and performance management consulting advice to a range of clients across the UK.