Ken Ritchie Email & Phone Number

Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

Port Macquarie

Manage all facets of the Human Resources function.

Mid North Coast Nsw

Port Macquarie

• Senior member of the Organisational & Workforce Development (HR) team, leading the Workforce Planning and Resourcing functions • Collaborate with NCTAFE executive and business leaders to deliver on Strategic Workforce Planning outcomes and develop a competitive employee value proposition through providing specialist advice• Redesign and implement significant people, process and cultural change programs across the business• Provide leadership in re-engineering critical workforce management and resourcing processes to deliver high quality service outcomes

Working as an independent consultant, contracted to global drilling experts-KCA Deutag (RDS Engineering)Undertook root and branch review of recruitment function, culminising in the establishment of an autonomous recruitment division (ProRig).Responsible for the design and implementation of all governance, strategic direction and operational activities involved in setting up the"​in-house" recruitment function.Undertook audit, review and streamlining of Preferred Suppliers

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Reporting the European Human Resources Director and a member of the HR senior leadership teamOverall responsibility for Amec's resourcing and recruitment function across Europe and West Africa divisions (Natural Resources, Clean Energy, Asset Management, Nuclear, Environment and Infrastructure)- recruiting over 6500 staff and contractors annuallyHead up operations of 5 geographically and industry diverse resourcing teams (c.60FTE), including a wholly owned external recruitment agency- Primat - (generating in excess of c.£6m EBITA annually)Oversee operation, streamlining and current root and branch review of an RPO type model within specific division (Nuclear)Design and implement ground up restructure of Resourcing functionPersonally responsible for all executive level vacanciesHR representative for the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics platformEuropean representative for the open mobility of talent across the Amec groupMentor for 2 members of the Global talent pool

Reporting into the Director of Human Resources and a member of the Senior HR Leadership TeamGroup wide responsibility for all UK and International recruitment process, budget and policy across all areas of , over 150 locations within UK, Ireland, Continental Europe and ChinaDirect group wide responsibility for c.6000 hires per year including senior/specialist, volume sales, customer service, specialist, executive and graduate/development programmesDesign and implement the group resourcing modelOverall responsibility for centralised recruitment team- c.45fteHeavily involved in acquisition and integration of several high profile initiativesAchieved cost reduction of over £4.5m per annum in first 2 yearsPersonal responsibility for Director and Senior Management positionsDeveloped group Preferred Supplier Agreement for use of 3rd party agencies reducing agency usage from 157 to 18 agencies via preferred supplier agreementSelect and implemented recruitment specific software (Applicant Tracking and Vacancy Management System)Introduced numerous innovative and effective practices including hiring manager interview training programme, group wide “Excellence Awards” (staff recognition programme) etc.Design and implement pre employment screening process (vetting and verification)HR representative for group wide Oracle implementationChange champion across wider HR community

Lead Regional Manager for Operations Team specialising in high volume recruitment for the largest division within the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.Heavily involved in the design and implementation of the Manufacturing Operations Recruitment Team. Comprising c50 staff and responsible for the UK wide resourcing, assessment and recruitment of c4000 staff per annumBudget responsibility and control for attraction c £1.3 million/annumManage team of 6 Regional Sourcing Managers and Project Team of 3Member of the Group Resourcing Architecture process board – developing and implementing strategic resourcing solution for entire groupMentor for 2 members of team

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Exceed all agreed service levels with business areas pertaining to recruitment of volume, specialist, managerial and executive staffHeavily involved in expense management program, responsibility for policy development relating to large-scale redundancy and redeployment of staffRecruitment of all senior level vacancies including Head of Business Technology, Head of IT Infrastructure and Head of ProcurementManage and oversee large-scale volume recruitment including call centre and school leaver.Project Management of several high profile feasibility studies including on line recruitment and selection of IT database softwareOfficial mentor for 2 junior staff members