Chief Talent Officer | Vice President Hr
CurrentCurrently performing dual roles:Group Talent Director - serves as strategic partner to the CHRO, Executive Commitee and HRLT of the organisation to ensure Talent programmes and organisation structure aligned to business strategy. Works collaboratively with the senior leadership team (Top 200) to foster a culture of Innovation and Excellence, proactively identify skill gaps required to achieve Smiths strategy and successfully drive change as needed to ensure internal development and succession planning at enterprise level. Established a highly efficient in-house Talent Acquisition (TA) function placing over 2500 new employees each year in over 40 countries, reducing recruitment lead times by 20%, process assisted through the implementation of an applicant tracking system (ATS).HR VP for Group Functions - Business partner for the CHRO, CFO, General Counsel, Group Strategy Director and COO. Identifying external geopolitical, economic, social and technological factors that may affect the direction of business strategy.