Melanie Gardner Email & Phone Number

Zurich, Switzerland

• Establishment & development of a new HR Service Centre for Swiss Life Asset Managers Switzerland, Luxembourg & Norway
• Creation of standard operating procedure (SOP) handbook for CH, LUX & UK
• Collaboration & introduction of a digital personnel file & document management with Aconso & the implementation of a digital signature in all processes with Docusign
• Assisting with the handover & establishment of payroll & ensuring smooth data transfer
• Contact person for line managers & employees for administrative for system-related questions & contact person for external bodies (authorities, offices, etc.)
• Presenting the monthly Onboarding Sessions for New Hires & conducting interviews during the probationary period

Baar, Zug, Switzerland

• Advising & supporting employees in all personnel administrative tasks
• Responsible for all HR administration; internal & external customers, job advertisements, contact with applicants, contract executions, entries, exits, personnel files, personnel master data (SAP), work permits, etc.
• Ongoing review of administrative tasks with regard to necessity & possible rationalisation & implementation of appropriate measures
• Collaboration in personnel recruitment & applicant administration
• Maintenance of SAP SuccessFactors & SAP database

Zug, Switzerland

• Full responsibility for data administration (e.g. data entry, changes and updates) of approximately 4'500 employees within 14 Legal Entities across Switzerland
• Providing specialised & professional advisory support on HR administrative topics
• Responding to employee inquiries regarding HR issues & ensure uniform & equitable applicationof policies & procedures (Salesforce)
• Explaining HR policies, procedures & standards to new & existing employees
• Close collaboration with Regional HR Hub in Prague (Regional HR and Contact Center)
• Partnering with different HR stakeholders (Business Partners/Leaders, Payroll, Time & Attendance,ER/LR, Talent Acquisition)

Gstaad, Switzerland

• Responsible for data administration of approximately 200 employees during the summer season and 300 employees during the winter season
• Full employee cycle (Screening, recruiting, hiring up to exit interviews of seasonal & yearly employees)
• Applying for work permits, social security & health insurance for each new hire
• Creating contracts and relevant documents for seasonal and yearly employee hires
• Writing exit employee reference letters after completion of each season
• Responsible for applying for Family allocations / Pension funds (Familienzulagen / BVG mit Hotela)

Gstaad, Switzerland

St. Moritz, Switzerland

St. Moritz, Switzerland

London, United Kingdom

Aruba

Housekeeping Manager: October 2013 – February 2014Guest Services Manager: February 2014 – February 2015Overnight Manager (Internal Taskforce): May 2014 – August 2014

St. Thomas Virgin Islands (U.S.)

St. Thomas, Virgin Island (U.S.)

Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain

Personalassistentin, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration Degree, Sales And Marketing

Sha Associates Diploma

Education record

Activities and Societies: School Swim Team Captain: 2006-2008 First Seed School Tennis Captain: 2006-2008 House Mediator: 2007-2008 Head.