Consulting assignments have included work on facilitating business strategy development and planning, people strategy, remuneration (bespoke salary benchmarking and variable pay scheme design), organisational design and effectiveness (capacity and capability review, structure and role review and redesign), team effectiveness, change management, communication (including the development of position statements, narratives, messaging and communication scripts) and employee relations.CLIENTS HAVE INCLUDED:Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC)TSIBADuke Corporation EducationConservation South AfricaRestitution FoundationWoolworths South Africa (Pty) LtdThe Woolworths Trust

Joined Woolworths SA in 1999 and played a crucial role in the development of HR within the organisation.This role was repositioned from Head of HR, SA & Africa in October 2016.

EXCO role reporting to the CEO of Woolworths SA and Africa, with full accountability for HR business partnering, operations and centers of excellence. Led a function of approximately 320 employees, with 8 direct reports at senior management level, servicing approximately 30,000 WW employees overall.ACTIVITY OVERVIEWAdvocate and custodian of the enterprise People Agenda at the Woolworths South Africa EXCO table.Partnered with the Woolworths South Africa CEO and the collective EXCO team on all strategic people issues at an enterprise level.Delivery of a commercially focused people strategy, with employee experience translating into customer experience (EX=CXn) and a reworded organizational strategy map putting customer and people at the heart of the business.Developed and delivered, in partnership with marketing and internal communications, a revised People Brand. This included the development of content and campaigns for people-related issues coming out of both the HR and Corporate Affairs offices.Review of store staff value proposition - including sponsoring and leading the implementation of the Woolworths Just Wage initiative.Development of WW Leadership Promise, embedding the key leadership meta-skill of empathy.Development of the HR team, shifting focus from process to experience in a commercially viable way, building the credibility of the team across the business.Overseeing of Future Fit HR systems – specifically, leading the implementation of the My Woolies App and the Learning & Development Digitalisation Journey.Leadership of the Business Crisis Management Team through COVID-19.Played a co-sponsorship and key leadership role (partnering with the Director of Corporate Affairs) in defining and evolving the business towards addressing marginalization through the WW Inclusive Justice Initiative. As well as a leading role in cost optimisation and driving efficiencies.

Reported to the Director of HR & Transformation, with 7 direct reports(The previous Organisation Effectiveness role was extended to include leadership of the Remuneration and Reward function in Woolworths, creating end-to-end accountability for all HR centres of excellence).ACTIVITY OVERVIEWLed project which managed the vesting of WW Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Employee (BBBEEE) share scheme and subsequent establishment of the BBBEEE bursary fund.Led evolution of the WW Values-Based Leadership Programme.Delivered a framework for a holistic employee value proposition that delivered an integrated experience across the employee lifecycle.Led conversations about a justifiable minimum wage, which resulted in the Just Wage programme.Thought leader on Store Careers Path programme.Subject matter expert on ‘variable pay for all’ – at the time a first in retail.

This role was with UPN (Woolworths Logistics & Supply Chain)