Lester Dmello Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for recruitment of Student Interns for Celestica’s internship program• Consulted with hiring managers to assess staffing requirements• Conducted behavioural based screening to screen candidates• Maintained an updated and accurate candidate status on SAP SuccessFactors throughout the selection process including making offers and initiating onboarding of interns• Responded to candidate queries and coordinated post selection processes for candidates

Bolton, Ontario, Canada

• Provided subject matter expertise to associates and leadership on people practices, systems and resources• Assist managers in employee relations matters and responding to associate queries• Escalated employee attendance corrections for resolution to centralised team• Coordinated and executed associate activities that created an inclusive environment• Liaised with internal HR teams for various employee query resolutions

North York, Ontario, Canada

• Point of contact for HR queries from employees• Assist in the transition to the new HR Information system (SAP Successfactors)• Guide and resolve queries from employees and managers on system processes• Liaise with other HR teams for employee query resolution• Provide employee information as requested

• Responsible for the HR Business operations of 15 hotels• Realigned HR processes like talent acquisition and talent management• Developed and introduced HR policies and culture change initiatives through employee feedback; this, along with realigned processes, reduced attrition by 6 percentage points• Led change management efforts by Human Resources within business• Worked with peers and teams to deliver cross-function projects within deadlines• Partnered with legal counsel on the identification, escalation, risk mitigation and resolution of employee relations issues

• Responsible for the HR operations for Inflight Services vertical of 500 employees • Identified new sources of talent acquisition to create a larger pool of potential candidates to meet monthly target of over 100 recruits a month• Partnered with business leadership to identify key problem areas experienced by employees and deliver resolutions for the same• Initiated and engaged in weekly employee interaction sessions• Supported operations, managed employee relations and conducted disciplinary enquiries

• Managed the compensation and rewards deployment across the organization using the Mercer compensation benchmarking• Responsible for the management and enhancement of the HR system infrastructure• Part of the project team to evaluate a new HR system, including defining requirements, creating the ‘Request for Proposal’ and evaluation of the short listed systems

• Managed the HR operations for over 1200 employees• Created and implemented the HR Guidelines document for HR policies and procedures• Evaluated and implemented a cloud based HRMS• Introduced employee grades & salary bands

• Managed the HR business operations for over 500 employees• Responsible for the recruitment and the onboarding process• Introduced efficient HR processes and streamlined existing processes• Implemented a Leave Management policy and system

• Lead for HR Operations of 1200 employees across multiple functions and responsible for all HR engagement with employees of these functions• Successfully engaged with function heads of multiple verticals as well as other HR verticals to drive HR initiatives• Managed the performance management, increments, compensation & benefits processes for employees across the organisation • Formulated the annual manpower, salary & HR cost budgets• Functional lead for HRIS and employee self-service system implementation• Responsible for change management for successful conversion from manual to automated processes• Formulated, reviewed and implemented personnel policies• Part of the core team responsible for the merger of Kingfisher Airlines with Air Deccan

• Lead for HR Operations of 1200 employees across multiple functions and responsible for all HR engagement with employees of these functions• Successfully engaged with function heads of multiple verticals as well as other HR verticals to drive HR initiatives• Managed the performance management, increments, compensation & benefits processes for employees across the organisation • Formulated the annual manpower, salary & HR cost budgets• Functional lead for HRIS and employee self-service system implementation• Responsible for change management for successful conversion from manual to automated processes• Formulated, reviewed and implemented personnel policiesPart of the core team responsible for the merger of Kingfisher Airlines with Air Deccan