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Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer in Corporate Office, the Head of Human Resources and Employee Relations role oversees strategic and operational Human Resources activities across Oceania whilst also supporting the global Employee Relations strategy.

HR Consulting & Business Partnering

This role is the key contact for Heinz Australia, New Zealand and PNG talent acquisition and development needs, including strategic projects such as; onboarding and induction, talent pools, internal and external EVP, graduate development programs, training and development and social media.This role also included generalist Human Resources business partnering.Projects include:- Organisation development including business transformation, restructuring and reorganization- Generalist HR business partnering to senior management and executive team- Talent solutions for business stakeholders- Introduction of company-wide onboarding program- Establish internal and external EVP - Management and promotion of employee referral program - Implementation of Talent Pools and Talent pipelines- Implementation of recruitment dashboard- Review of current reporting tools and surveysIn this role I had the pleasure of representing the APAC Business units to present our Graduate Management Programs to MBA students studying at INSEAD Singapore.

In December 2008, H.J Heinz purchased the Golden Circle business and throughout this transition I have been working on the business intergration with particular focus on business partnering, working closely with the management and supervisory team coaching and supporting througout the change management process. The intergration also includes execution of structural and role changes within the company, re-alignment of policies and procedures and implementation of Heinz administrative systems and processes. Other projects currently in place include:- Labour strategy, including outsourcing- Implementation and Maintenance of the Heinz Performance Improvement Process - Warehouse / Despatch Restructure & Off site relocation- EBA Negotiations- Part of the project team to rollout the company Workforce Solution - Roster On, Time & Attendance system and Payroll solution – Aurion- Implementation of Culture Survey (Human Synergistics)- Implementation of Mission Directed Work Teams

Reporting to the General Manager Human Resources, I was employed as the Human Resources Manager based at Mill Park. This role was responsible for the Human Resources function of Mill Park, National Sales and Business Development and the New Zealand Operation. This was a true generalist Human Resourcers role and predominately a business partner role working with various General Managers, Departmental Managers, Line Managers, Field Sales Teams and Supervisors. Some of my achievements in this role include: - Implementation and Roll out of National Performance Management Program.- Care Take of OHS, Workers Comp and Injury Management role whilst educating managers and supervisor of safety responsibilities. - Coaching National Sales Managers and supervisors on Performance Management. - Negotiated the Mill Park site EBA. - Implementation of Front Line Management Training. - Roll out of new employment contracts in New Zealand.- Two National Sales & Marketing Restructures (Including numerous redundancies)- Implementation of Sales Reward & Recognition Program- Unlawful Industrial Action- Successfully migrated the NZ team into the National Sales & Business Development team, including aligning company wide HR practices.- National Remuneration Review- Mill Park – Change Management Process- In May 2008, I was awarded with the Employee of the Month AwardThis was a challenging role given the Golden Circle business was in turnaround mode. The focus for the Golden Circle business was to improve profitability, work processes, productivity and market share. This was done via numerous restructures, business rationalisation which resulted in a successful turnaround which ultimately led to the sale of the Golden Circle to HJ Heinz.

In this generalist HR role, I was responsible for the day to day Human Resources function at Grand Hyatt Melbourne. This was a hands on role which involved all aspects of HR functions, including recruitment & selection, separations/terminations, Industrial Relations and business partnering departmental managers on all facets of Human Resources. The Human Resources function comprised of approximately 9 full time staff which also included Workers Compensation/OH&S, Learning & Development and Human Resources.The hotel employed approximately 700 employees, including full-ime, casual and part-time employeesSome Key Achievements in this role include:- Remuneration & Benefits Survey- Budget Planning- HR Business Plan- EOWA Submission and Waiver- G20 Summit

Part of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Holiday Inn Darling Harbour is a 4/5 star hotel located in Sydney.This was a stand alone Human Resources Management Role reporting to the Hotel General Manager. Whilst I was in this role I was offered a contract role in Singapore to assist the two sister properties with Training & Development.In this generalist HR role I was accountable for all facets of Human Resources. As this was a start up role i was responsible for the implementation of HR policies and procedures.Additional duties in this role included, Regional training throughout NSW, Occupational Health & Safety, Workers Compensation, Return to Work Co-ordination and Industrial Relations.In March 2005 I was offered by the owners of the business to work in Singapore with two sister properties to implement and roll out numerous training and development programs for the hotel staff. This was a unique opportunity to further develop my professional HR skills and have international exposure.