Louise Rushforth (Beeton) Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Partnering with leaders and teams to create the optimum environment to achieve our mission.Leading a team to design, develop and embed organisational infrastructures and mechanisms that best support the health, culture and evolution of Google DeepMind.

Responsible for HR strategy and leadership of the people experience, people operations, local HR advisory and strategic HR business partnering teams (c.20) across the albelli- Photobox Group.

Strategic HR Business Partner to EVP, Product and Chief Data Officer. Managing a team of People Partners to deliver an incredible employee experience.

London, United Kingdom

Partnering the EU MD and leading the HR function and team for Europe (comprising France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Germany). Focusing on setting the regional people strategy and driving growth through our people.

London, United Kingdom

Reporting into VP of HR, I was the HR Business Partner and Director for various functions including Finance, Business Development, hayu (reality on demand SVOD service) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (DVD distribution, Content Strategy & Acquisition, Licensing). Partnering with the senior leaders and teams I provided strategic HR support, acting as a trusted business partner & led on the people strategy; helping each group scale for growth and change.

London, United Kingdom

Undertaking a broad International Business Partnering role with SVP, VP and Director levels and teams in Corporate Functions (HR, Comms, Legal, Finance, Tax, Business Development), Technology, NBC News International and Parks & Resorts (EMEA) across 10 different countries.

St Pauls

Partnering the Chief Network Architect and the Architecture and Capacity Planning group (c. 530), providing strategic and generalist HR support. Translating business objectives into a meaningful people plan with appropriate deliverables and work streams.

White City

Providing a generalist HR service to the News & Knowledge and Programmes on Demand groups of Future Media (c. 550)

London (Romford & Peckham)

• Undertook dual site HR role with 2 stores (combined annual turnover of over £36m & over 300 staff) partnering unit managers & senior management teams in store. Responsible for 2 HR reports • Conducted divisional training role (London & East Anglia) around auto pension enrolment & upgraded HR systems (secondment)• Regional appointed trainer for Employment Relations workshop-management/ supervisor level• Supported stores & regional team in hearing grievances/ appeals & provided ER advice & support• Responsible for controlling & processing payroll (combined £450,000 annual payroll budget)• Contributed to the development of regional HR strategy. Supported its implementation instore• Conducted regular deployment reviews to determine staff numbers, skills & experience needed for each area & job role• Responsible for interviewing Trading Managers/ Senior Managers for the regional talent pool• Prepared career/ succession plans for stores within my remit, feeding into the regional ‘bigger picture’ succession plan• Managed the annual employee engagement survey & worked with management teams to create their engagement plans• Implemented a full consultative process with all staff regarding a weekend working company directive & contract changes. Prepared a local business case & briefed/ coached the management population to deliver without a detrimental effect to staff engagement• Conducted periodic HR 'diagnostics' for each department based on financial figures & LFL, & assessing where the people strategy can add value & increase LFL• Regional sponsor for company’s new vision (‘The Helpful Home Improvement Company’). Engaged key stakeholders in vision, setting the scene, implementing key representatives in each store to drive the vision, regularly reviewed progress with HR population, Regional Manager & Unit Managers• Implemented recruitment strategy in store that included a government placement scheme

Colchester

• Member of the hotel senior leadership team. Responsible for providing HR services to 168 members of staff, including 7 senior managers & 10 department managers • Accountable for all recruitment, training, employee relation advice, appraisals, payroll, holiday planning, maintenance of policies & procedures, policy development & documentation• Responsible for processing payroll on a weekly & monthly basis, controlling an annual payroll budget of £2.1 million• Involved in all employee relation matters & guiding managers to make the right decisions. Tracked all grievances, disciplinary issues & their resolution. Implemented employee relation workshops with managers to up skill them. • Introduced new recruitment & retention strategy to hotel, including new interview process, new induction process & new appraisal process• Introduced new staff recognition program• Implemented employee involvement program which included setting up a staff consultative committee, a staff health & safety committee, an employee of the quarter incentive program & a hotel newsletter• Responsible for recruitment function within hotel. Held recruitment days, forged links with international catering & hospitality schools to do internships & worked with recruitment agencies to fill senior roles• Successfully helped to guide the hotel through a management takeover including the TUPE of housekeeping department to outside contractor• Aligned hotel training to the business plan

Managed £7- £9 million annual turnover stores, with responsibility for teams of up to 25. Responsibilities:• Delivering all key performance indicators (Inc. sales, profit, known and unknown loss, p’n’l, cost management including payroll and deployment, specific customer and people KPIs)• Carrying out all people management activities for the team• Ensured all processes, routines and systems were carried out effectively to enable business operations. Responsible for security and legal compliance and putting plans in place to address identified issues• Planned all seasonal, trade driving and promotional activities to achieve maximum sales, impact and presentation. Coached team to deliver exceptional service to the customerAchievements:• Proven success in increasing like for like and annual turnover. Turned a negative like for like into +2.5% over a 9 month period. Achieved this by undertaking a review of the shop and implementing changes. This included getting the right people in at the right time, increasing availability, conducting customer focus groups, improving the service, range and general offering. • Expert in reducing unknown and known loss costs, resulting in higher profit at year end. Achieved this by retraining staff, stringent adherence to processes, liaising with distribution centres and profit protection staff. Became champion for the group in delivering best practice• Expert in analysing absence trends and reducing absence rates in each store. Most notable achievement was reducing absence from 7.5% to 3% within 9 month period• Focused on talent and development. New and developing managers were sent to train with me in store. Good track record of taking people with me- developed 5 people into next role and coached trainee store managers on the graduate programme• Increased staff morale and satisfaction (based on yearly staff survey- 42% improvement within 12 months)

Level 7 Diploma, Executive And Senior Level Coaching

Cipd Level 7 Postgraduate Certificate In People Management & Development

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