James Bailey Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Supporting organisations in maximising value from their workforces, delivering workforce strategy and planning programs including Strategic, Operational and Tactical Workforce Planning, Resource Management, Contingent / Total Workforce Management, DE&I and People Reporting & Analytics. Supporting and leading projects workforce strategy and planning programs across multiple public and private sector environments including Defence, Health, Central Government, Blue light, Telco, Pharma, Oil & Gas, Energy and Retail.Key activities include:• Delivering workforce strategy and planning projects with organisations across both public and private sector including Strategic and Operational Workforce Planning, Workforce Management and Contingent Workforce Management. • Providing expert advice and guidance to project teams globally in the delivery of workforce related programs. • Developing products and services specialising in workforce strategy and planning convening technical and industry expertise from across EY globally to offer clients innovative and pragmatic solutions to their workforce challenges.• Key contributor to EY’s global standards and methods relating to workforce planning. • Lead and support sales and marketing activities to generate a pipeline of opportunities to achieve target sales and revenue >£2m per annum.• Launched and co-lead a community of practice in workforce strategy and planning that supported practitioners with knowledge sharing and networking opportunities for staff at all levels.• Develop and deliver training courses to colleagues to upskill them in strategic workforce planning and workforce management.

Project lead for strategic, operational and tactical workforce planning assignments in public and private organisations. Specialise in supporting organisations in getting clarity on their workforce needs now and in the future.Key activities included:• Deliver workforce strategy and planning projects including Strategic Workforce Planning, Workforce Management, Contingent Workforce Management, Flexible Resourcing, DE&I, and People Data & Analytics helping organisations to implement workforce programs that increases stakeholder value, optimises productivity and enhances worker experience. • Support and lead workforce strategy and planning programs across multiple public and private sector environments including Defence, Health, Central Government, Telco, Pharma, Oil & Gas, Energy, professional services and Retail,• Support and lead the workforce planning business establishing products, services and alliances, managing resource productivity and building the on and offshore delivery capability.• Lead and support sales and marketing activities to generate a pipeline of opportunities to achieve target personal sales and revenue of >£1m pa.• Write and deliver internal training on strategic workforce planning and people analytics. • Member of EY’s Mental Health and Wellbeing network supporting colleagues with advise and guidance on the programs of support available for those that need it.

London, United Kingdom

HR Advisory Consultant specialising in business transformation, system selection and implementation, workforce analytics, change management, workforce planning, resource optimization, talent acquisition and HR shared services.Key activities included:• Led and supported projects enabling HR functions to transform by rationalising operating models, technologies and processes including post-merger, multi country policy and process optimisation with SuccessFactors, SAP or Oracle implementations and managing change for launch of new HR services.• Supported business development activities to achieve sales and revenue targets.

Business Process and HR Transformation Consultant specialising in workforce planning, resource optimisation, talent acquisition and HR shared services.Key activities included:• Supported projects enabling HR functions transform including Oracle and SAP implementations, Shared Services and outsourcing.• Supported the delivery of workforce planning projects in retail and transportation.• Supported the development of the HR Transformation delivery capability through training and recruitment.• Supported sales and marketing activity to achieve revenue targets.

Operations Manager of a national multi discipline recruitment organisation. Redesigned processes to achieve ISO quality accreditation, evaluated and implemented an eRecruitment application, created an HR manual focusing on EEO and OHS policies and developed a comprehensive recruitment processes and training manual.

Hugh Francis was a premium brand specialist recruiter and recruitment training academy. Joined as the General Manager reporting directly to the majority shareholders accountable for growing the business in revenue and operational footprint. Changed the business model to aid faster growth and operational effectiveness, relaunched the company under a new brand and brought the company from operational loss to sustainable profit in 3 months. Responsible for all aspects of running the company from business strategy, financial performance, marketing, client development, workforce performance management and business operations.

Greythorn was a UK based specialist recruiter that launched its Asia Pacific business in Sydney. Joining shortly after its launch the business went through rapid expansion in size and geographical footprint. I was instrumental in that growth building teams of successful recruiters focussed on building strong client relationships and market expertise. Accountable for the financial performance of each consultant the team as a whole generating sustainable new revenue streams.

Mba, Strategic Human Resource Management

Humanities, Social Sciences, Global Politics And Political History

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