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Reward lead, managing small team, accountable for: - partnering with board members (Chief IT Officer, Chief Finance Officer, Global Supply Chain Director) to forecast and resolve disruption through pay equity benchmarking and analysis, ensure equity within recruitment and long term stability within senior leadership team.- organisational design, utilising Hay and Mercer methodologies to manage positions and grade roles as needed- supporting TUPE, Merger and Acquisition activities- plus SME on projects led by other teams such as large-scale OD and TUPE activity providing analytical or advisory support.- designing and delivering the Reward strategy to maximize employee engagement, including setting up and shaping total rewards and incentives for circa 22,000 operational and support centre team members.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for designing and delivering the Reward and Wellbeing strategy to maximise employee engagement, including setting up and shaping all total rewards and incentives.• Identified opportunities to improve flex benefit plans, saving £157k employer contributions in the first three months.• Assessed and revised local bonus and variable compensation models, focusing on short term incentives to motivate commercial results.• Monitored engagement feedback to reshape rewards communication, building strong stakeholder relationships and wellbeing advocacy across the business.

London, United Kingdom

Proudly supported creation of the People strategy, whilst operated as a point of contact for advisory services, recruitment support and development for the commercial teams, concentrating on employee relations, improving time to hire, new hire turnover and employee engagement.In addition, I proudly acted as Diversity and Inclusion SPOC for the UK, founding a D&I Committee, Allies Network, and 3 Business Resource Groups to champion inclusivity and support our LGBTQIA+, Female identifying (Women in Beer) and Ethnic Minority employees. My goal was to be visible, challenge and change AB InBev, our marketplace, our community and beyond.

Bedford

Accountable for leading the people management related agenda, whist providing an efficient and effective value added HR service that aligns with the business objectives.• Responsible for managing all complex employee relations issues within the business, with the aim of establishing a consistent, transparent environment where all teammates are treated fairly.• Built valuable and productive relationships with stakeholders across 10 sites to identify and implement opportunities for positive change.• Coached and influenced managers to achieve people plans linked to the business strategy• Acted as a change agent for organisational change programmes, restructures, redundancy programmes and talent planning activities.• Supported a culture of best practice, high performance, and transparent communication to achieve the Companies vision.Reason for Leaving: End of Contract

Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Responsible for working closely with the leadership team in order to develop and deliver a people agenda that supports the overall vision and strategy for the business.• Built effective working relationships with all staff from line managers to senior management team, providing advice and guidance on a range of HR policies and HR related issues to support understanding and ensure effective communication of good HR practice• Partnered with line managers to identify opportunities for recruitment, plan resources and support the business plan to increase head count by 25% in 12 months.• Advised on employment relations issues including complex gross misconduct investigations, mediation of employee grievances, maternity and paternity leave, annual pay reviews, and occupational health issues.• Supervised the annual appraisal process for 220 staff, collated the data and then reviewed the results with management team to identify coaching and training opportunities.• Managed department restructures, including end-to-end supervision of TUPE (out), redundancy and relocation projects. This included collective consultation of a team of 30 staff, confirmation of employee liability data, selecting and notifying employees at risk, consultation meetings and communication timelines.• Created reports to collate HR data including absence and attrition metrics and support business decision making.• Collaborated with HR team to create employee handbooks with the aim of supporting a more employee-friendly business culture.Reason for Leaving: Company Restructure.

Luton, United Kingdom

Responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating employee relations and Human Resources policies, programs, and practices to support commercial growth.• Strategic organisation of staff by establishing and monitoring a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; performing on-boarding sessions focusing on company wellbeing and commerciality, conducting and analysing exit interviews; recommending department restructures, advising on TUPE transfers.• Pitched and sourced a HR MI module, project managing the commercial business case, procurement, assessment and install of CharlieHR, successfully used across the business. • Ensuring planning, monitoring, and effective appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counselling employees and supervisors.Reason for Leaving: Career Move

Luton, United Kingdom

B&Q is part of Kingfisher Plc, Europe's leading DIY home improvement retailer. The group employs over 78,000 people worldwide and has annual revenue of £10.5bn. Began as a Showroom Trading Manager but moved into the role of HR Manager after a short time.Responsible for providing advice and guidance on HR policies, employment legislation and HR related issues to staff at all levels.• Management of complex disciplinary cases and gross misconduct investigations including collusion, fraud and absence management.• Completed resource planning activities with stakeholders and department managers to identify deployment gaps.• Completed a monthly report to review allocation of staff based on store sales and plan cost effective deployment.• Managed the recruitment and selection process - devised and posted engaging role profiles, reviewed suitable applicants, facilitated selection activities and provided feedback to hiring managers to ensure that suitable candidates were sourced.• Produced monthly HR reports analysing absence and attrition trends.• Responded to staff retention concerns by increasing awareness of training opportunities, planning staff engagement events and supporting line managers with soft skill training.• Developed and delivered a successful 12 month talent management programme combining soft skill training and technical skills, creating a backfill of line managers to address resource planning concerns.Reason for Leaving: Redundancy of HR Team.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Responsible for designing tailor-made workshops and on desk sales training following needs analysis research, whilst building and maintaining strong internal relationships within the group. Established self as being dependable and responsible within a short time in order to encourage team spirit and effectively drive performance. Areas of speciality – Sales, Customer Retention, Treating Customers Fairly, Persuasion, Negotiation and Influence.Reason for Leaving: End of Contract

Milton Keynes

Accountable for recruiting and mentoring 16-24 year olds within the apprenticeship programme in order to provide continuous development opportunities and meet financial contractual requirements for both apprenticeship providers and employers.• Successfully filled 4 cohorts of 30+ recruits and retained 90% of apprentices over 12 month programme.• Provided employment relations and performance management support to tutors in order to support and retain apprentice recruits.• Ran development sessions and mentored apprentices to support education in line with the appropriate Apprenticeship Standards.• Developed a network of contacts and hosted open events to engage with young people, whilst promoting the programme to other training providers, schools and youth organisations.• Maintained appropriate apprentice tracking systems and procedures relating to quality, compliance, management and assessment in line with AO, Apprenticeship Standards and all other regulatory requirements.

Luton, United Kingdom

Responsible for working with a caseload of clients to support individuals to secure and retain sustainable work placements.• Provided a tailored service to address the individual needs and remove barriers with the aim of helping clients to grow, develop and find suitable employment.• Met with clients regularly to review their progress, plan additional actions, sign-post them to 3rd party provisions and support job applications.• Ran development sessions for groups of clients covering subjects including CV workshops, online job searching, confidence and motivation.• Ensured that targets, KPI’s, processes, procedure, quality benchmarks and compliance standards are met to ensure successful funding.

Luton, United Kingdom

Responsible for identifying customer service issues, investigating and reporting concerns and resolving customer complaints with the aim of retaining customer loyalty. Taking accountability of every customer problem or query and following through to resolution to ensure that the customer experience reflects the company well.Working in a busy, fast paced call centre environment working with both Travel Agents and customers on a direct basis.

Intercultural/Multicultural And Diversity Studies

Skills gained: - recognising the value of a diverse workplace and the potential benefits to both individuals and organisations.

Cipd Level 5, Human Resources Management

Cipd Level 3, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

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