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Key Achievements at Keltbray: - Led the tender and implementation of IRIS Cascade IRIS networx- Led the business case and subsequent implementation of Zendesk to replace the central HR mailbox, introducing SLAs and performance metrics for the first time and opening up opportunities for AI development.- Inclusion in Top 100 Influencers at Keltbray 2020 and identified as future talent to attend the 2025 Leadership Programme.Key Responsibilities- Set People Team Digital Transformation strategy; 3 year plan to implement, optimise and integrate all people function systems including core HR, recruitment, L&D and T&A.- Project managed implementation of new HR system IRIS Cascade.- Partnered with the Head of IT & Business Systems to produce people system integration roadmap.

Key Responsibilities:- Set strategy for the HR Support & Systems team and as part of the People Leadership Team, actively contributed to the overall People strategy.- Led tender for new HR system including building relationships with providers, engaging key internal stakeholders, collating a PRL and issuing RFPs to providers and building a business case for Board sign off.- Led implementation of Zendesk to replace the central HR mailbox.- Led the HR Support & Systems team as a central support hub, managing all transactional activity for the HR team. - Project managed transfer of all employees to a new payroll within 6 weeks, creating the project plan, identifying risks and ensuring all stakeholders were engaged.- Owner of HR system (COINS HR) and internal integration system (KIS); chairing monthly internal committee calls to progress product development and maintain communication between integrated teams.- Led on project to configure COINS HR system for hosting of 3rd party people data; partnering with internal and external stakeholders to map agency processes, cleanse data, design system pages and integration with onward systems and futureproofing the 3rd party data and processes ahead of self-billing implementation.- Led on administrative onboarding of incoming TUPE (circa 120 people) with less than 24 hours’ notice between confirmation of acquisition and weekly payroll deadline.- Led on administration during global pandemic, including furlough tracking and furlough stats provided on a weekly basis to CEO and Board, collective consultation (circa 1,000 at risk), drafting and publishing of guides and info to employees.- Managed DSAR requests, partnering with IT, Business Systems, external lawyers and named parties to collate and redact within the given parameters by the required deadline.

- Led the final stages of implementation of COINS HR; migrated all live employee data, oversaw the integration of HR and payroll processes and launched to the business. - Implemented AdobeSign for HR correspondence, reducing employment contract turnaround time from 2 weeks to 2 days, on average.- Led tender to appoint external Immigration legal partner ahead of Brexit and managed subsequent relationship during and post Brexit.- Managed the HR Shared Services & Systems team; redesigning them to align to business divisions and the HR business partnering team and creating a new HR Project Coordinator role.- Partnered with the Group Payroll Manager to produce Gender Pay Gap data.

Key achievements at Cheil• Co-led on internal GDPR project; proactively managing external legal and senior internal stakeholders, delivered training to employees and ensured all HR documentation including contracts and policies were GDPR compliant.• Led on implementation of Docusign to streamline and digitise all HR paperwork and processes.• Led on implementation of wellbeing programme; organising Cheil's first ever Mental Health Awareness Week, implementing Headspace and ongoing wellbeing initiatives. • Devised a 9 box grid talent mapping process for the Leadership team; defining company attributes and performance measures for the business.

Key achievements at UKTV• Key member of the implementation team for a new HR system (CoreHR). Previous super-user and ongoing member of the development team, training colleagues on the system and championing the product to the company.• Partnered with an external provider to design and deliver a new employee engagement survey tool.• Designed and configured online tool to support new appraisal process. Collaborated with an internal team to launch the tool to the business through a Cillit Bang style advert and provided ongoing training.• Led rollout of a new Freelancer booking process to increase admin efficiencies for HR and Creative teams.