Human Resources Manager, Asia Pacific + National Office Manager
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cognos, global leader in Business Intelligence, headquartered in Ottawa Canada with global staff of 3,500+. In 2006 Cognos was acquired by IBM.As Head of HR, responsible for delivering across all facets of generalist and strategic HR requirements, reporting to the executive leadership in Australia and to the HR leadership team based in Canada. Major achievements include: • year on year high retention rate, some years at 95%, indicative of the excellent culture• involved in several successful acquisitions, with responsibility across the HR process and integration for Adaytum and Frango within Asia Pacific• personally involved with recruitment and induction of 100+ staff, migration and repatriation of multiple employees, and 70+ terminations (voluntary & involuntary)• implemented and launched multiple projects, including salary packaging system, performance management system, remuneration program (talent segmentation), benefits and insurances, induction program, employee surveys• managed a team of people, and a workforce of 215+ within Asia Pacific• responsible for a budget of $1M to complete a full Sydney office renovation, refurbished offices in Canberra & Melbourne• directly reported to 5 different Vice Presidents across 15 years, worked with C-suite & leadership teams; presented to and worked with the C level on multiple initiatives.Received multiple awards, and regular travel to multiple destinations in Canada, US & Asia.