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Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Responsible for determining the strategic direction of the HR, Organisational Development & Talent function, ensuring the delivery of the organisations HR, OD & Talent plan and service objectives. Providing expert leadership, coaching and mentoring to a function of circa 40 employees and 8 direct reports. Accountable for a service budget of over £2M / annum. Reporting to Deputy Chief Executive/HR Director.Accountabilities, Responsibilities and Achievements include:Operated as HR Director for 8 months following the previous incumbent’s departureDefined the organisations inaugural HR, OD & Talent strategy and plan to enable the delivery of the organisations emerging operating modelDefined and implemented the organisations people related corporate performance measuresDelivered a £200K (17%) staff cost saving in HR whilst delivering organisational priorities Migrated outsourced HR services back into the function delivering customer satisfaction scores of 95%, well above KPI targetSecured Trade Union agreement to and lead the implementation of the national pay award, a value above £2.5MLead the implementation of the organisations holistic approach to employee health and wellbeing, focussing upon prevention. Considered ‘best in class’ by peer organisationsProject Board member and HR expert for migration to a new HR Payroll solution, including self-service, to deliver wide ranging organisational efficiencies (circa £1.5M) and risk reductionIdentified and commissioned collaborative HR activities with peer organisation HR Directors to standardise approaches, improve service quality and reduce costs.

United Kingdom

Responsible for leading and coaching a large HR team (circa 30 HR professionals) and ensuring a positive organisational climate to facilitate business change. Responsible for setting and delivering HR strategy and a member of the Senior Leadership team. Reported to the HR Director and wider board.Accountabilities, Responsibilities and Achievements include:Defining all strategy and policy concerning IR, ER, reward, recognition and pensions.Negotiating all collective arrangements - including pay, redundancy, major change - with Trade Unions. Responsible for a remit of circa £4M per pay round.Transformed relationships between the Management and Union teams resulting in zero disputes over 3 years.Designed and implemented new approaches to Management and Executive pay and bonus – a pay bill above £11M per annum (excluding on costs)Introduced non-salary sacrifice Employee Benefits ensuring their availability to all employees, achieving a 40% access rate at a cost of £23K.Implemented the company’s Defined Contribution Pension Scheme - contribution values above £1M per annumLead the implementation solution for Pension Auto Enrolment - contribution values of £960K per annumSenior Project member and HR SME for the implementation of the company Payroll SolutionSME lead for migration of the company HR and Payroll System to SAPSecured Trade Union agreement to all terms and conditions of employment in support of the Payroll solution and SAP migrationImplemented new arrangements for the provision of employment related Legal Services resulting in a circa 65% / £50K cost saving

United Kingdom

Responsible for leading a team of 6 HR Business Partners and 1 Support Officer to ensure delivery of 1st class customer service and leading edge HR interventions to 4500 employees. Defined and delivered HR strategy to deliver business priorities. Reported to HR Director.

Responsible for the development and deployment of HR initiatives to support business strategy. Reported to HR Director.

United Kingdom

Responsible for delivering HR services to 1800 employees in the Western territory. Reported to HR Director.

Post Graduate Diploma (Pg Dip Cipd), Human Resources

B.A Honours 2:1, Psychology