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Macclesfield, England, United Kingdom

HR Site Lead for manufacturing operations at Macclesfield.

Macclesfield, England, United Kingdom

HR support to AZ’s Global supply chain including a Supply Planning transformation and vaccine supply during the pandemic.

Macclesfield

Macclesfield

Global HR Business Partner - Finance, Investor Relations, and Global ComplianceAstra Zeneca PlcJune 2012 - PresentRole: To provide HR Business Partnering to Finance, IR, and Global Compliance who are based in over 40 countries globally.

Alderley Park, Cheshire

Role: To ensure the delivery of a robust talent pipeline of future leaders to the R&D function and to successfully implement the outcomes of Talent Management and development related processes globally across the SET area.Achievements: • Project lead on the assessment and selection of a new Global leadership team for R&D with the objective of creating a world-class R&D business bringing 50 external senior hires into the company.• Introduced leadership development offerings with DukeCE and INSEAD.• Strengthened R&D talent pipeline depth, quality, and diversity.• Supported culture programme in R&D with OCI & LSI cultural surveys and analyses plus partnership with Axialent to drive individual and team commitment to Learner/Player concepts.• Leadership Team member responsible for the resizing of the T&D team to meet the new HR Operating model requirements

Alderley Park, Cheshire

Role: To provide full Business Partnering support to the Leadership Teams and functions of SPBD, Legal, IP, Global ARM, Global Compliance and Company Secretariat.Achievements: • Restructured the Legal function to a new global operating model and to reduce the reliance on external legal counsel.• Restructured the IP function and reduced the headcount by 30% and employment costs by circa $5m in less than six months whilst increasing productivity and employee engagement.• Key member of the Project Snowflake team responsible for generating the business case which led to the agreement to relocate the company HQ from Stanhope Gate to Kingdom Street.• Key member of the Workplace Strategy project team responsible for developing a single process for the creation of workplace solutions for new and refurbished AZ real estate.• Corporate functions representative on Project Bruce – pensions restructuring.

Knowsley, Merseyside

Role: To provide compelling people related business solutions to prospective clients as part of a virtual bid team ensuring that Vertex maintains a high bid win ratio through innovative and cost effective BPO propositions.Achievements: • Lead HR partner on a current Central Government bid in which Vertex have been selected through to the final 3 bidders – contract award due March 07.• Selected to be Offer Champion for a new proposition for Vertex to take to market in HR outsourcing – to be launched in March 07.• Project Lead on a corporate wide Knowledge Management initiative which has consolidated 80% of Vertex’s intellectual property and knowledge collateral in a secure Microsoft Share Point database.• Responsible for re-engineering the Senior Resourcing methodology by reducing the preferred supplier list, and recruitment spend.• Invited to be a ‘trusted advisor’ to Wigan Borough Council as part of their HR transformation program.

Walsall, West Midlands

Role: Full generalist HR role at Board level with responsibility for Employee Resourcing, Employee Development, MD and Board Development, Reward, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Internal Communications, Employee Engagement, Talent Management, Health & Safety, Pensions Trustee, Quality Management, Change Management, and FSA compliance. New-business acquisition responsibility as a Board member.Achievements: • Performance management scheme designed and launched linked to performance related pay award (2.72% pay drift in 2005 and 2.42% pay drift in 2006 versus 3% budget each year saving £15k in 05 and £25k in 06).• Reduction in indirect costs (15% circa £240K) by restructuring organisation and removing non-value adding managerial and support roles.• Secured a £150k p.a. bottom line saving from introduction of a recruitment partnership (@ £450 placement fee per hire).• Management Development programme designed and implemented• Culture change programme implemented (customer centric including internal customers, quality focused, managers as coaches, open communications). • Internal Communications strategy formulated and implemented with measured improvements in Employee satisfaction and engagement.

City Centre Manchester

Role: Senior management, generalist HR position in a 1,100 seat contact centre in central Manchester. Achievements: • Implemented a cultural change programme which included:o Migration to purpose built facilities (from Dale St. to M.E.N Arena). o Project led ‘People’ plan to integrate employees in new environment.o Led workshops on the impact of change.o Union partnership with USDAW and SATA superceding collective bargaining agreement.o Internal Communications programme linked to change programme.o Launched and lead ‘Have Your Say Day’ internal satisfaction survey.• £4m reduction in operating costs in 2 years.• Instigated a project with the Resource Planning Team to reduce number of shift patterns (650 to 32).• 3-year recruitment partnership with Adecco. • Formed partnership with Head of People Development to align leadership development with business vision and values.• Reduced attrition by 27% (from 65%) and absence by 2.8% (from 6.2%).

Field Based (Nw & Ne England & Scotland)

Role: Senior management position in a field based environment as a generalist manager to the House of Stirling division (a weekly-collected credit business) and 9 retail outlets in the North East (branded ‘X-Catalogue Stores’). Responsible for Business Strategy and adding value to the bottom line through effective deployment of initiatives in Organisational Development, Recruitment, Selection, Employee Development, Employee Relations, Communications, and Headcount & Employment Cost Accountability.Achievements: • Worked with, and coached MD to develop and implement a strategy to turn loss-making business into profit in 10 months:o £2.68m loss to £1.12m pre-tax profit in 22 months, increased active customers from 40,000 to 55,000 in the same period, increased net sales per Business Manager from 100 to 228.• Reshaped business – 25% reduction in heads (70 employees, from 280 to 210) with a 70% increase in productivity in field sales and cash collections performance.• Led a major fraud investigation over 18 months in the North West and dismissed 13 employees responsible for over £200k theft of products and cash collections.• Designed and facilitated senior management team strategic development events.• Cleared a backlog of Employment Tribunals (11) and successfully defended every one. • Launched and facilitated MD ‘road-shows’ to communicate vision and values to all employees.

Woodford, Cheshire

During this period I worked as an Aircraft Electrician for 7 months, then became a Technical Publications Author for 3 years, a Training Officer for 3 years and the remaining time in mainstream generalist Personnel/HR roles.Role: Working in a devolved personnel function providing a generalist HR service to approx. 900 staff in the Product Process and approx. 250 staff in the Supplier Process.Including: Union Negotiations, Employee Relations, External & Internal Recruitment and Selection, Reward & Recognition Implementation, Personal Development Strategy, Induction, Resource Reviews (inc. Succession Planning), Budget Planning for Headcount & Employment Costs, Line Management Support in all HR & IR Matters (inc. Employee Legislation).Achievements:• Facilitator for Leadership development programme (Manager as a Developer).• Trained deliverer of feedback for senior management population via 360-degree appraisal process.• Re-engineered the TU pay negotiation process.• Designed and implemented an appraisal monitoring system within the Finance and Spares Departments.• Created a promotions and salary mechanism within the Supplier Process and Finance Department.

Moston, Manchester

Experimental Work on M.o.D Projects involving electrical and electronic engineering and mechanical fitting work.48 weeks Basic Training and On the Job Training in the Experimental Dept.

Post Graduate Diploma, Human Resources Management

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management

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