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Adelaide, SA, AU

Adelaide, Australia

A people and solutions-focused HR leader with experience across a wide range of sectors including Financial Services, Pharmaceutical, Retail and currently Automotive. Leading the HR team to provide strategic and operational Human Resources support and drive HR initiatives which support organisational business strategy.Key aspects of my role include policy.

Adelaide, Australia

 Responsibility for a team of staff delivering strategic and operational human resource advice. Working closely with Pro Vice Chancellors; Directors, senior staff and managers, key deliverables are to lead people initiatives, drive the delivery of excellent, supporting change via effective people services for professional divisions/ business units..

Adelaide, Australia

 Responsible for the development and delivery of initiatives that build staff capability, engagement and cultural alignment, including:o Day to day leadership of the People and Culture Business Partners to provide direct service support to the business.o Managing complex employee relations issues. o Facilitation of the leadership and career development.

Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide, Australia

 Responsible for strategic planning, employee development, leadership, implementation and the direction of the HR team. Leading a team of People & Culture Leaders who have the responsibility for the effective management of the day to day operations of the HR department including:o Reviewing employment policies & practices, workforce planning, talent.

Adelaide, Australia

HR Business Partner to the Site Director. Member of the site SLT. Managing a cultural change from a R&D environment into Operations. Created, communicated and executed upon the annual people plan for the site. Delivered a site wide cultural transformation program with the main focus being responsibility and accountability. Implemented a new recruitment.

Adelaide, Australia

Head of HR (SA/NT & NW WA). My role covered three states, 64 stores and 7500 team membersLeading the HR team implementing HR Change across 64 stores across metro Adelaide and remote stores within SA, NT and NW WA.HR Business Partner to the Zone GM and playing an instrumental part in the zone’s senior leadership team.Driving key HR initiatives particularly.

Providing HR leadership on all matters including employee relations, compensation & benefits performance development, training & development and recruitment & retention.To provide fast, effective & robust management of all HR related matters to both the Head Office team and all staff based interstate and within New Zealand.Implementing HR related change.

Kuwait

• Responsibilities:
• Leading the HR team of twenty, providing specialist HR support to CEO and Senior Management team.
• Introducing HR best practices particularly within the areas of policy development, recruitment, employee relations and compensation & benefits.
• Setting and implementing HR strategy together with adopting a practical approach to support for the food manufacturing team, retail operations and Head Office teams.
• Coaching a large HR team to provide pro active HR services and to seek ways to achieve outstanding results.Achievements:
• Introduced direct recruitment best practice to decrease recruitment timescales by up to eight weeks for senior appointments. Saved recruitment expenditure in the region of $400k AUD by internet based advertising and.

Kuwait

NBK Capital, the leading investment management company in the region, focuses on offering a diversified range of innovative financial products and services to clients. Formulating and executing upon the resource planning and recruitment deliverables of the strategic people plan. Partnering with colleagues in Reward and Learning & Development to ensure a.

Kuwait

• Responsibilities:
• As this was a new role for the Company, I was instrumental in setting up modern HR processes and policies to particularly improve Recruitment, Compensation & Benefits and Employee Relations.
• Working closely with the Board team to proactively plan and implement HR strategies to meet current and future business requirements.
• Adopting a pro-active and inspirational approach by leading the company’s drive to become an ‘Employer of Choice’.Achievements:
• Conducted a complete review of HR policies & practices including rewriting the employee handbook’s and managing its re-launch.
• Built up a database of screened and acceptable candidates able to start work at short notice.

Kuwait

• 1. Group Resourcing Manager (Sept 04 – Jan 06)2. Divisional HR Manager (Jan 06 – July 06)Responsibilities:
• Managing a team of four HR Managers across eight countries within the GCC and providing HR leadership to the largest business unit which was approximately 75% of the total business.
• Formulating strategic HR goals to achieve diversity mix’s and localised nationalisation targets.
• Writing and embedding HR policies/processes to achieve business goals and to achieve fair play and consistency.
• Driving talent development programs and succession plans across the division.
• Managing all Head Office resourcing requirements and all management appointments to meet the increasing demands of the Business. Achievements:

Operating as a HR Business Partner to the Area Director. 4,500 employees.Implemented HR change including introducing a ‘shared HR service’ model, flexible benefits and succession planning and various restructuring strategies. Resolving a wealth of employee relations issues within a unionised environment.Managing the Area’s annual pay review.Line Manager.