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Cardiff, United Kingdom

Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom

Employed initially on a day-rate consultancy basis as Head of HR for Snows Timber. Offered permanent contract as Head of HR for Snows and for Crendon Timber Engineering, two separate companies within the Bradford Group. Both are SMEs (Crendon turnover £40m, 330 employees; Snows turnover £45m, 200 employees) so the Head of HR role was a hands-on operational role as well as a strategic one.• Ran all people aspects of change and transformation project for Snows. This involved closing one… Show more Employed initially on a day-rate consultancy basis as Head of HR for Snows Timber. Offered permanent contract as Head of HR for Snows and for Crendon Timber Engineering, two separate companies within the Bradford Group. Both are SMEs (Crendon turnover £40m, 330 employees; Snows turnover £45m, 200 employees) so the Head of HR role was a hands-on operational role as well as a strategic one.• Ran all people aspects of change and transformation project for Snows. This involved closing one Distribution Centre (DC) and introducing shift working at two other DCs to absorb additional capacity from the closing DC and all associated collective and individual consultation. Migrated internal sales function and credit control to new National Sales Office. Project realised £2.5m savings, turned loss to break even and made Snows ready for strong future.• Ran collective and individual consultation with elected representatives and with GMB union to change terms and conditions of employment (hours of work, reduction of overtime premiums, consolidation of historic allowances/bonuses) in Crendon. All agreed without any disruption. Benefit to Crendon of increased productivity (10%), flatter and more predictable staff costs. Benefit to employees of increased base salary so higher Company pension contributions and removal of seasonal variance in pay.• Increased return rate of Employee Engagement surveys in both businesses (Snows by 30%, Crendon by 16%) and introduced a range of engagement measures to directly address the feedback including ‘back to the floor’ by senior teams, employee helpline, salary sacrifice and ‘Team Talk’ monthly magazine.The Bradford Group sold Crendon Timber Engineering in June 2018 and having downsized Snows considerably, it did not need a Head of HR. After completion of change project for Snows, left the Bradford Group at the end of August 2018. Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

Engaged by Bristol Water’s Executive team to project-manage the closure of their ‘Final Salary’ pension schemes to future accrual. About 30% of Bristol Water’s employees were members the ‘Defined Benefit’ schemes. Project to control costs, reduce scheme volatility and provide consistent benefit provision across the whole workforce. The cost of contributions to the final salary schemes to Bristol Water had been around £2.3m per annum including deficit payments.Developed the business… Show more Engaged by Bristol Water’s Executive team to project-manage the closure of their ‘Final Salary’ pension schemes to future accrual. About 30% of Bristol Water’s employees were members the ‘Defined Benefit’ schemes. Project to control costs, reduce scheme volatility and provide consistent benefit provision across the whole workforce. The cost of contributions to the final salary schemes to Bristol Water had been around £2.3m per annum including deficit payments.Developed the business case, project plan, stakeholder and communications plans, contingency (heat mapping), governance and board papers. Ran consultation process (individual and collective consultation with UNISON and GMB). Both unions voted to accept the proposals. Two other Water Companies that changed their final salary schemes at the same time, have either faced strike action or a work-to-rule.Consulted with solicitors, actuarial partners, the Trustee, the Executive team and the Board.Project successfully delivered on time, on specification and under budget. Show less

Cardiff

A national charity with over 500 cafés, shops and trolley services in hospitals throughout Great Britain. It also runs a significant range of community-based services (Meals on wheels, Good Neighbours etc.) supporting over 100,000 older people each month. It has a turnover of around £80 million, 35,000 volunteers and 1,600 employees.Lead HR and Communications teams; managed transformation and change; chaired collective consultation; advised on all aspects of ER and TUPE; HR strategy;… Show more A national charity with over 500 cafés, shops and trolley services in hospitals throughout Great Britain. It also runs a significant range of community-based services (Meals on wheels, Good Neighbours etc.) supporting over 100,000 older people each month. It has a turnover of around £80 million, 35,000 volunteers and 1,600 employees.Lead HR and Communications teams; managed transformation and change; chaired collective consultation; advised on all aspects of ER and TUPE; HR strategy; reviews of reward and policy. Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

Restructured UK HR operations team. Manage team of 11 UK wide. Large change and downsizing projects. Employment law, all ER cases, review of all polices. TUPE transfers

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