• Lead enterprise-wide Talent and Performance Management initiatives to cultivate a high-performance culture at GEMS Education.• Spearheaded the launch of UAE's first Emirati Education Business Management Development program, promoting local talent development.• Programme lead for Organization Development, Professional Learning and Development, and culture initiatives, providing leaders tools and strategies to foster a positive work environment influencing superior employee experience and retention.

• Led P&O function for multiple business units, impacting 3500+ employees, implementing SAP #SuccessFactors for talent and performance management.• Spearheaded the development of GEMS Leadership Competency Framework, driving engagement and retention initiatives.• Managed post-merger integration and harmonization, applying compensation and benefits strategies for workforce planning.

• Developed attraction & selection strategies, led corporate recruitment for MENASA, and advised business unit heads on strategic workforce planning.• Conducted leadership mapping for a category of schools within the school businesses, implemented talent acquisition strategies, and managed executive compensation.• Led assessment & development centers, trained employees, and coached business unit heads on talent pipelining and development.

• Introduced teacher recruitment process and policy at GEMS Education in Dubai, UAE.• Spearheaded leadership recruitment and led a group-wide Rewards and Compensation survey with E&Y.• Designed and implemented recruitment processes, expanding into new markets for specialist talent acquisition.

As an an HR Specialist and Research Consultant I successfully placed numerous senior HR leaders in different capacities within Middle East and Africa. I was based in the MEA Headquarters in Dubai. Spenglerfox is an Irish Executive Search company with over 60+ Consultants, Researchers and Senior Researchers with a global spread, handling different areas of expertise such as Healthcare, Mining, Industry and Manufacturing, Technology and Human Capital Solutions. Based in Dubai Office, I specialized and delivered on Human Capital projects and HR related roles for the region. My industry specializations were FMCG, Pharma and Medical Devices, Oil & Gas and Heavy industries.The role entailed executive HR appointments, market research, compensation bench-marking, organisation design, global mobility and conducting assessment & development centers.

Human Projects, my freelance initiative, is established to provide total Human Capital Management Solutions by partnering with similar experts in the region and with the business houses as a Strategic Advisor, Change Agent, Employee Advocate and Administrative Expert. Headquartered in Dubai, we our wings are to the entire Middle East and Africa regions. We do cross border resourcing and manage turnkey international recruitment assignments for many prestigious clients based in the Middle East. Our sourcing capabilities are spread from Africa to Asia to the CIS region. We are constantly looking to expand and partner with many resourcing providers in each of these region. Our expert freelance Human Resource Consultants are well experienced in strategic, transactional, transformational Human Resource models and have worked with renowned local business houses and Government organizations. We have a pool of resources of freelancers who are qualified and specialized in various functions within Human Resources with global exposure and understand the core responsibility of efficient Client Account Management and Customer Service. Our continuous effort is to strive to achieve the objective and utmost client satisfaction thereby developing a long-term partnership. We believe in effective and diligent work and hence all our assignments are carefully project planned, managed and executed to achieve maximum results in a very cost effective method. We value our clients, their needs and their budget.

As the Head of Talent Acquisition & Manpower Planning, my role focused on Workforce Planning which is concerned with the processes of planning, developing, implementing, administering and performing ongoing evaluation of recruiting, hiring and orientation to ensure that the workforce will meet the organization’s goals and objectivesStrategic part of the role is to identify the staffing requirements of the organization (regional) through well-defined and approved manpower plans. Identify the external recruitment partners for specialized assignments, assign the roles and split the Workflow equally among the TA Specialists. Re-assigned work flow process amongst the team that created room for vertical and horizontal promotions. Operational activities such as generating monthly reports on team activities, ratios on placements against vacant roles, attrition against workforce hire etc are prime focus. Liase with top management to identify staffing needs.

As a Search Consultant the role demanded extensive knowledge of industries such as BFSI, Energy & Infrastructure, and Consumer Retail and service clients in each of these sectors in the region and outside. The key to the success in this role is the ability to headhunt and network within the sectors. Extensive industrial research across various functions and sectors are also vital in this role. My key result areas in the given role were:Executive Search (Business Heads, ‘C’ roles, Functional Head level positions), Extensive Head Hunting, Talent / Industrial mapping, Interviewing and Assessment, Drafting of detailed Assessment report, Competency Mapping, Networking. During this tenure I have successfully anchored assignments such as Compensation & Benefits Survey and Drafting and Implementing of Policies & Procedures.

End to end client relationship and candidate response management.

Mainly responsible for providing tactical leadership in all areas of HR services. Led and managed campaign and campus recruitment, management talent acquisition, HR operations, offered advise on compensation & rewards strategy and designed & delivered training and employee induction.