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Recruited initially to serve as Global Operations and Quality HR business partner - additionally assigned the Global I&D unit in 2018. Partnered with senior executives of assigned functions, as well as providing coordination and functional leadership for site based HR.★ Served as strategic adviser on all departmental restructuring, workforce planning and business realignments.★ Conducted Talent Review and Succession Planning sessions globally, with input from Regions to determine… Show more Recruited initially to serve as Global Operations and Quality HR business partner - additionally assigned the Global I&D unit in 2018. Partnered with senior executives of assigned functions, as well as providing coordination and functional leadership for site based HR.★ Served as strategic adviser on all departmental restructuring, workforce planning and business realignments.★ Conducted Talent Review and Succession Planning sessions globally, with input from Regions to determine organizational deficiencies and built development plans to fill gaps.★ Spearheaded the annual employee performance appraisal process.★ Created culture of collaboration, fairness and mutual respect with labor representatives while upholding company standards - particulalry during period of restructuring and downsizing linked to the implementation of a new EPD operating model.★ Created sourcing strategies and led internal and external search and calibration process for key leadership positions.★ Built strong relationships with senior management, deparmental managers and HR Business Partners to enable systematic and coordinated decision making across the team.★ Tracked and reported metrics, identifying trends and establishing goals to meet business needs. Show less

★ HR integration/off boarding of Novartis Animal Health divestment; set up of Temporary Service Agreements with Novartis.

★ Member of senior leadership team, setting HR strategy to support business priorities and driving performance transformation and M&A activities.★ Oversaw delivery of HR services across a self-contained end-to-end global business which includes R&D, TechOps, and commercial functions. Managed 11 direct and 40 indirect reports.★ Set and executed talent management strategies to attract, develop, and retain the business’ top 100 strategic positions and specialist roles. Key… Show more ★ Member of senior leadership team, setting HR strategy to support business priorities and driving performance transformation and M&A activities.★ Oversaw delivery of HR services across a self-contained end-to-end global business which includes R&D, TechOps, and commercial functions. Managed 11 direct and 40 indirect reports.★ Set and executed talent management strategies to attract, develop, and retain the business’ top 100 strategic positions and specialist roles. Key Achievements✔ Led HR due diligence, integration planning and employee relations activities facilitating the successful divestment of the NAH business for $5.4 Billion to Elanco (Eli Lilly & Co.).✔ Co-designed & implemented a new Commercial Regional organization across all geographies, enabling greater business efficiency, quicker decision making & standardization of processes.✔ Embedded Learning Agility/Sustained Performance (LA/SP) assessment and development planning in Organization and Talent Review Processes – helping to identify high & mid potential GM, commercial and Technical talent and allowing for tailored development and succession planning.✔ Implemented training programs for all front line leaders to enhance capabilities to execute core people processes focused on performance, talent management, BBI & effective On-Boarding.✔ Designed & implemented a HR compliance self-assessment toolkit to track and ensure local audit readiness in all countries – improved overall compliance metrics by 40% over 2 years✔ Built and managed HR scorecard to track and improve people metrics relevant to strategic aspirations.✔ Conducted bi-annual Global Employee Surveys, leading to focused remediation action plans, consistently encouraging an inclusive, speak up culture & industry leading associate engagement scores. Show less

★ Gained business case approval for Phase 1 (14 countries) of a global HR SAP programme to drive change across process, organization, data, and technology metrics for all Novartis divisions. ★ Led, managed & represented programme through strategy & business case preparation, country planning and successful on-time execution. Key Achievements✔ Worked in collaboration with Finance & IT to develop the concept & business case, and successfully achieved board level approval for… Show more ★ Gained business case approval for Phase 1 (14 countries) of a global HR SAP programme to drive change across process, organization, data, and technology metrics for all Novartis divisions. ★ Led, managed & represented programme through strategy & business case preparation, country planning and successful on-time execution. Key Achievements✔ Worked in collaboration with Finance & IT to develop the concept & business case, and successfully achieved board level approval for project Phase 1.✔ Led an integrated HR and IT project team (consisting of global and local implementation teams) of 60+ specialists & external consultants – to deliver against the project plan, methodology and milestones.✔ Base HR SAP system was expanded to include online eComp, third party contractor management and links to Talent Management and HR reporting systems. This led to the decommissioning of 50+ local HR systems and tools during phase 1 of the project – and many more during phase 2.✔ Created new Shared Services organizations, reduced headcount and bureaucracy, gave line managers greater access to data and improved employee self-service capabilities. ✔ Successfully secured Project approval for Phase 2 (all remaining Novartis countries) before moving to NAH role in 2010 (overall project was completed globally in 2013 in line with Phase 2 business case). Show less

★ Played a critical role in the initial design, set up & staffing of the newly formed EGM Region ★ Built a new HR organization with a governance structure introducing clear roles and responsibilities.★ Led regional HR organization to identify, prioritize and implement critical people processes and initiatives which accelerated business performance and growth in Emerging Markets.★ Led talent programmes to build organization capabilities, with a major focus on commercial… Show more ★ Played a critical role in the initial design, set up & staffing of the newly formed EGM Region ★ Built a new HR organization with a governance structure introducing clear roles and responsibilities.★ Led regional HR organization to identify, prioritize and implement critical people processes and initiatives which accelerated business performance and growth in Emerging Markets.★ Led talent programmes to build organization capabilities, with a major focus on commercial functions.Key Achievements✔ Led the internal & external sourcing and development of key leadership & GM talent – all GMs were rotated or changed within 3 years.✔ Championed cross divisional talent brokerage to bring in experienced professionals to support the evolution of key emerging markets – at least 40% of internal transfers from outside the Region.✔ Developed tailored retention strategies for key talent – with a focus on Russia, India & China markets & achieved a reduction in voluntary turnover in Russia & China from +20% to single figures over 4 years.✔ Introduced a Regional Mentoring program, connecting senior & middle management to talent across the Region – personally mentored at least 4 mentees per year✔ Partnered with Beijing University to create China Leadership Development centre (still active today). Show less

✔ Co-designed and implemented a newly formed Global TechOps organization. ✔ Built and lead a global HR team (50+ professionals) through direct performance coaching and focused development – brought structure, alignment & cohesion to a previously disparate group✔ Introduced “Talking Talent” sessions where HR facilitated discussions in leadership teams focusing on talent identification, development and succession planning – later adopted across the Group.✔ Developed & led appropriate… Show more ✔ Co-designed and implemented a newly formed Global TechOps organization. ✔ Built and lead a global HR team (50+ professionals) through direct performance coaching and focused development – brought structure, alignment & cohesion to a previously disparate group✔ Introduced “Talking Talent” sessions where HR facilitated discussions in leadership teams focusing on talent identification, development and succession planning – later adopted across the Group.✔ Developed & led appropriate Industrial relations strategies and objectives.✔ Delivered standardized HR processes at local plant level to build and maintain competitive advantage. Show less

✔ Supported planning for site “rightsizing” to address over-capacity and achieve cost reduction targets. ✔ Coached line and HR resources to prepare for due diligence and plant sale or downsizing of plants in the US, Puerto Rico, Spain, Singapore, France, Germany and Ireland. ✔ Developed communication, retention, re-training, external job search and outplacement strategies to maintain morale and productivity and support affected workforce.

✔ As a development move spent a year as the Global Compensation Account Manager for the Global Supply Operations network - with an additional cross Pharma project focus on Global Mobility policy redesign.

✔ As a member of the leadership team provided direct HR support to the global Chemco Division, consisting of several Chemical production plants producing pharmaceutical active ingredients - UK, Singapore, Ireland, US, China, Puerto Rico, Belgium. Led team of HR professionals at the sites (7direct, 25 Direct + Indirect)

✔ Internally promoted to the position of HR Support Group Manager in the newly formed Global Supply Operations organization. Client groups (Global functions) included Finance, Technical Services, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Health & Safety

✔ Responsible for all HR BP support activities across 4 Fine Chemical Plants, Engineering and Site services. In this role had a major focus on Staffing, Employee Relations (Unionised environment), talent management and Graduate recruitment - total associates covered c600.

✔ Supported a toiletries manufacturing facility of c600+ associates - focusing on staffing, HR administration and training