Cathy Davin, Ma Hrm Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Mackenzie Jones Group is located in The Middle East and includes Mackenzie Jones, Mackenzie Jones Solutions (Project Recruitment) and Mackenzie Jones HR Consultancy.Working within the Mackenzie Jones Solutions division, which is our embedded client service to provide clients with a turnkey recruitment solution. Responsible for ensuring our clients receive the highest level of service business solutions.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Client Success is an outcome. It requires an integrated, structured approach focused on enabling customers to achieve maximum value from their investment into products and services. I am accountable for client success, delivery excellence and delivering customer value for a portfolio of Korn Ferry Digital clients.Through the Korn Ferry Digital platform, organizations gain direct access to our data, insights, analytics and digital solutions – enabling them to drive performance in a scalable way through their people, using one enterprise-wide framework and language of talent.Our digital solutions cover the whole talent journey. So whether you need to define talent strategy and reward programs, make smarter decisions about whether to hire or develop talent from within your organization, get the right people on board, or even hear feedback on how engaged your employees really are, right across your organization – Korn Ferry Digital provides the answers.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

As an EMEA TA Program Manager I was responsible for managing the recruitment life cycle and ensuring that all stakeholders requirements are met, analysing data and identifying opportunities/trends/issues to resolve, ensuring the operational effectiveness of the team and working with the COE to bring service excellence to recruitment.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

ABB is a pioneering technology leader with a comprehensive offering for digital industries. With a history of innovation, ABB is a leader in digital industries with four customer-focused, globally leading businesses: Electrification, Industrial Automation, Motion, and Robotics & Discrete Automation, supported by its common ABB Ability™ digital platform.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Takeda is a patient-focused, values-based, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future to people worldwide.

Dubai

• Manage the process of selection and placement of qualified candidates for all businesses and functions in Middle East, Africa and Pakistan for high level positions in the company.• Support the end to end recruitment process. Ensuring that best selection practices are centered around finding candidates that demonstrate capabilities that fit with the organization requirements and culture.• Conduct effective pre-screening phone and in-person interviews for qualified candidates.• Identify passive job seekers using full range of recruitment tactics and resources through various conventional and innovative methods.• Develop strong relationships with internal customers and work collaboratively with the HR team to ensure recruiting objectives are achieved• Support businesses in their expansion plans by initiating the sourcing and creating the talent pipeline.• Build strong pipeline of talents together with delivering key knowledge of the local marketProject Management Functionality:• Reviewing the current processes with the overall aim of improving the Talent Acquisition process • Core Team member of global project team to document the requirements for key countries who relocate internal and new hires. This will be an easy information guide for Hiring Managers and Business HR to address FAQs and resources needed for International and/or Cross Border Recruitment

Dubai

• Ensure first line support to employees and Managers in regards to HR matters. • Develop and implement local policies and processes to further promote organizational coherence and growth. • Ensure proper and accurate HR Data Management (employee job records, MIP, SIP, etc.).• HR systems super-user to support the business and functions locally and HR at a regional level. • Ensure that Medtronic adheres to relevant local employment legislation and that company and employee interests are safeguarded to deal with all legal issues relating to employment.• Coordinate monthly payroll activity with local external payroll provider.• Coordinate relocation efforts from employees transfered into and out of Dubai (liasing with Global Mobility Team, main contact with local reloaction companies etc) • Ensure proper induction for new employees. (Liasing with Admin team – visa process, hardware required etc) • Ensure that Employee files are up to date and organisedProject Management Functionality:• Creation of New Employee Orientation (NEO) Program for the Dubai office, to be rolled out regionally.• Roll out of the Performance Development process for Dubai.• Creation of Employee Handbook for the Dubai Office.• Implement and create a Total Rewards Statement for all Dubai employees to be issued yearly.• Work with the HRIS team in Holland to implement the Time Off system on Workday.• Creation and Implementation of the HR Intranet (MyResource) for the MEACAT region.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Partner with hiring managers and human resources to determine position needs, requirements, preferences, evaluation criteria, and interviewing teams for all levels of positions.• Develop robust and diversified sourcing channels to meet current and future recruitment needs within the MEACAT Region.• Conduct prospective interviews to ensure a constant contact with external applicants who may be considered for future open positions.• Evaluate employment factors such as job experience, education and training, skills, knowledge and abilities, personal qualifications, and other data related to selection.• Conduct screening activities and first-stage interviews. Provide the hiring manager with a shortlist of candidates.• Provide assistance or direction to the stakeholders involved in the recruitment process, particularly to the hiring manager.• Provide proactive and timely feedback to candidates and stakeholders during the selection process.

Galway

• Technical expert in the implementation and continuous improvement of the company recruitment management system• Liaise with HR Business Partner in the implementing and maintaining of a talent pipeline process• Managed high volume recruitment of direct and indirect workforce under tight timelines• Responsible for conducting highly effective face to face interviews as well as phone screening interviews and selecting top talent for relevant roles across multiple functions• Utilizing social media, job boards and more traditional recruiting methods to identify hard to find candidates• Training of Hiring Managers site wide in the use of Behavioural / Competency based Interviewing skills Project Management Functionality:• Core Team member of global project team to upgrade PeopleSoft to Workday (Cloud based system)• Team member of implementation of Talent Acquisition Cell Operating System• Team Member of “Great Place to Work” Committee for Medtronic Vascular, Galway Ltd • Coordinate an annual review of Medtronic’s Preferred Suppliers Listing for potential candidate recruitment• Member of project team responsible for the enhancement of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition policies and procedures. With an add on responsibility for the communication to the internal workforce• Supported Learning and Development Specialists in developing and rolling out relevant Learning and Development Program• Team member of a new Learning and Development measurement system (scorecard) for reporting purposes

Galway

• Process owner for all Talent Acquisition processes• Development of the selection policy and processes• Responsible for effective processes in regards to advertising externally and internally• Responsible for updating all current contracts to develop best practices• Ensure that all policies, procedures and best policies follow FDA requirements as outlined.• Optimizing TA systems to drive efficient and effective approaches to hire the best talent• Responsible for reporting weekly, monthly and quarterly metrics internally and internationallyProject Management Functionality:• Team Member of “Great Place to Work” Committee for Medtronic Vascular, Galway Ltd • Core Process Co-Ordinator of a Lean Sigma Project in Talent Acquisition (Awarded the Medtronic Talent Best Practices and New Initiatives Award 2008)• Prepared and coordinated a submission to Graduate Ireland for Medtronic Graduate Recruitment process• Core Team member for ‘Excellence Through People’ accreditation 2007• Management of the Company’s Annual Continuous Service Awards for up to 700 employees• Coordinated various “Community Involvement” projects on behalf of Medtronic Vascular, Galway

Havelock North, New Zealand

Managed the overall administrative operation management functions of this leading company engaged in the business of providing Security Solutions.• Managed the daily and weekly prioritisation of call outs for Security Technicians• Handled customer’s queries and complaints• Design of quotations for customers• Weekly and monthly report generation on stock levels and sales• Accounts receivable • Reviewed the Company filing system and implemented computerized customer management system• Updated and communicated company procedures

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Resources Management (Cipd Level 7 Accredited)

Diploma (Distance Learning), Project Management