- Living and working within New Zealand at New Zealand's largest Insurance Brokerage. - Responsible for all generalist HR activities notably recruitment, sickness absence and engagement policy and process on a national basis. - Managed change through the business to develop and launch new HR initiatives- Managed and successfully delivered transition from existing HRIS to implementing Workday, with global collaboration to drive through to completion and thereafter, through stakeholder management and engagement.

International pharmaceutical company, based at European Headquarters in Surrey employing over 16,000 people worldwide and with combined global sales of over 7 billion euro. With almost 4,000 employees, Europe is a growing Astellas region with core therapy areas of Urology, Dermatology, Transplantation, Anti Infectives, Pain Management and Oncology.Responsible for planning and implementation of a Resourcing function, including strategy and process for contingent workforce with Astellas including temporary and fixed term contract staff- Established a full PSL from the ground up for the temp/contractor market- Major cost savings across the resourcing function through shrewd negotiation on rates- Collaborated with Senior MT's to establish the requirements of each department and enhance the resourcing offering- Successfully designed and delivered tools suite including new process and guidelines for contractors- Successful stakeholder management of key relationships, setting foundations for new workflow methodologies- Significantly reduced time to hire stats for contractors through new resourcing methodology, fostering positive working relationships and strict monitoring and analysis of resourcing data.- Implemented CBI with a core behavioural model to engage company values, coaching managers on best practice/interviewing techniques- Certified Thomas International Psychometric practitioner for testing and evaluation of Thomas International profiles.

GSK Link - Client Services Manager - FinanceResponsible for end to end recruitment, performance and strategy of contingent workforce- Managed two major EMEA Migration projects within Finance, including project managing a Finance Shared Services set up with contractors to a purpose built territory within the UK and a business change and Transformation project within a short space of time- Key Stakeholder Management, collaborating and delivering strategic guidance to management teams for targeted recruitment campaigns- 3rd party vendor management within a vendor neutral programme- Seconded to R&D specialism, which encompassed management of all clinical and pharma recruitment of contractors across sites- Handled performance management of all contractors within specialisms, collaborating with employing bodies and suppliers- AWR compliant, maintaining knowledge of contractor market, IR35 scope and Umbrella/Ltd and PAYE set ups and associated cost variances and discrepancy management- Financially - responsible for fee negotiation, bill rate and overall cost analysis, providing metrics to department heads, metrics and budgeting costs for key projects.

Resourcing Business Partner, recruiting for a diverse range of roles within various business units across Balfour Beatty Workplace.Balfour Beatty Workplace help complex environments: commercial enterprises, schools, industrial locations, hospitals, governments and institutions, define and then realise their strategic facilities management objectives in a world that is evolving at unprecedented speed.- Business Partner to specialism, coaching and offering guidance and expertise to hiring managers and business heads on recruitment policies and processes, ensuring best practice- Manage high volume recruitment for a diverse range of roles - Manage costs effectively, utilising variety of sourcing methods including social media- Tailor made recruitment campaigns for generic and niche roles- 3rd Party supplier management and negotiator

- Head office recruitment of Buyers and Merchandisers across UK & Europe within core behaviours competency model- Maintained vacancy reports & candidate database management (First Advantage)- Screened applicants, conducted telephone interviews and set up face to face and VC interviews with Hiring Managers- Use of HireVue, online interview system. Designed questions and screened videos

Provided a high quality, seamless HR support service to the UK business as an HR generalist- First point of contact for all employee queries, delivering sound, accurate advice on all HR policies and processes. - Database management (Snowdrop, JD Edwards & Oracle Business Intelligence), responsible for all employee records, reporting data and monitoring data integrity.- Designed New Starter Induction format, welcome pack and delivered up to 40 new starter inductions per month- Handled maternity, paternity, flexible working cases and all associated contract variations- Key project work included recruitment processes, flexible benefits program, visa tracking; data integrity, entry and exit surveys, HR intranet- Maintained up to date knowledge & information of HR legislation, policies and key trends

Responsible for regional recruitment of Debenhams store staff from Sales Advisor to senior Sales Management level including high labour turnover stores - Managed Christmas Recruitment campaigns, Graduate recruitment and represented Debenhams at key regional recruitment events- Weekly regional headcount reports to store managers and business partners, maintaining excellent rapport with key stakeholders- Maintained Recruitment & HR databases (Web-recruit, People Soft HR & Recruitment modules and internal Debenhams recruitment system)- Specialist projects/skills included: Specialist trainer in Web-recruit and call-handling, designed and delivered training manuals for HR admin processes, scripted assessment centre packs, telephone interview questions and CBI packs for interviewing managers.- Received Celebrating Success award nominations from stores