Full responsibility for HR provision and service delivery to UK operations.

Project manager for the Tata Steel in Europe implementation of PeopleLink, a Success Factors SaaS (an SAP company) integrated people solution. • Leading a team of IT and HR experts to implement a self service software as a solution (SaaS) product to 32,000 employees across 28 geographies.• Managing the overall delivery of a £5 million Human Resources Capex programme (the largest HR investment in the company’s history) in line with key stakeholder expectations.• Ensuring the 18 month programme is delivering on time and within budget.• Managing the business process and cultural changes required to deliver the project.

• Adding tangible value to the business management team through strategic people interventions. • Managing and coordinating the all aspects of HR for a population of 2,500 employees in 7 geographies across 2 countries (UK & France)• Delivering cost benefits across all assets by developing and delivering people flexibility through variable employment cost initiatives• Creating people value through:• Ensuring the talent pipeline is robust through talent and performance and succession management processes• Delivering reward and recognition best practices across all level of the business through introduction of initiatives such as TW Global Grading• Ensuring that the Industrial Relations environment and relations are maintained to achieve all of the goals of the business

Working for the Executive HR director and the HR function in general, develop, implement and coordinate management processes and techniques that enable the function to meet its strategic goals. • Ownership and facilitating the annual planning process for the function, coordinating the provision of relevant information and suitable metrics to enable fast and effective decision making• Design and implementation of governance procedures for the HR operating model, monitoring their effectiveness and recommending improvements• Facilitating HRCo meeting processes, ensuring good communication of information, decisions and data between HRCo and other governing bodies• Organising, planning and delivering engagement events between HRCo, key groups in the function, and other groups in the business• Using continuous improvement and TBEM processes to analyse, identify and implement opportunities to improve existing processes while ensuring their effectiveness and sustainability• Ensuring the effective delegation, action and delivery of issues arising to the Executive HR director’s office, with specific focus on coordination of ExCo or Group level actions. Key Achievements include:• Implementation of budgetary processes, transparency and internal controls for the HR function resulting in YR 1 savings against plan of £3.7M and YR 2 saving against plan of £2.8M• Project management of support function review process to reduce Tata Steel in Europe support function overheads by 25% in a 3 year timeline saving c£50M vs. current spend. • Improvement and coordination of HR communications process to fully engage the HR population.• Project management of Tata Steel in Europe’s Speciality Businesses resulting in greater flexibility of the businesses downstream business activities delivering £25M yoy benefits. • PMO role for a small select group which addressed changes in the British Steel Pension fund leading up to and following the triennial valuation.

Improving HR processes throughout Tata Steel Colors, from design and implementation processes to design and implementation of job families.• Performance Management Process including redesign of annual appraisals, job analysis and creation of job profiles.• Introduction and roll out of Values System across the site.• Implementation of Visual Management process in functional areas.• Development and implementation of standardised site training plans and monitoring process.

Manage the HR activities for all Manufacturing and Engineering employees.

Provide HR advice, solutions and guidance across manufacturing and engineering areas which encompass 300 core employees and 100 contract / agency staff. Responsible for all human resource activities in these areas including Training & Development, Employee Relations including consultation and negotiation with Trade Unions, Absence monitoring & Control, Capability and Performance Management, Recruitment & Selection and Organisational Development. Key projects included:• Rationalisation of site contract and agency staff including handling complex TUPE scenarios.• Workforce reorganisation including handling 90 job redundancies across the site.• Restructure and redevelopment of site in house training structure and facility.• Flexibility and manning optimisation project.