Neal Logan Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Responsible for product management activities, including assessing product performance in relation to recent customer, market and business insights and making recommendations to university partners and internal stakeholders for changes to optimise performance. I also collaborate cross-functionally to support the go-to-market strategy development for existing programs.

Melbourne, Australia

Core Responsibilities:• Tasked with establishing a new team responsible for leading the development and delivery of products and services to enhance the career development of a global member base.• Engage with stakeholders and conduct deep-dive analysis on industry insights, market research to lead the design of short and long-term product offers to support members.• Development of a new career success strategy, endorsed by the board, that defined the product roadmap and prioritisation of initiatives across the professional development team.• Oversee a high-performing team of 5 to deliver on strategic objectives, while supporting individual career growth. • Oversight for the delivery of the Professional Year Program for accounting including managing curriculum review and appointment of suppliers.• End to end vendor management through a variety of commercial means.Key Achievements: • Developed roadmap for a personalised career tool, My Career Compass, with target audience of 160,000 members.• Secured $250k in funding and successfully delivered Phase 1 of the My Career Compass project.• Roadmap for Phase 2 approved, $750,000 funding approved and secured project status as being a key business priority.• Developed and delivered a career suite of twelve (12) e-learning modules to aid in member upskilling; attaining 19,000 enrolments in year 1 after launch, growing to exceed 27,000 users in 2024. • Using member feedback conceptualised and secured Executive approval to pilot a peer-to-peer mentoring program.• Scaled mentoring program from 100 participants in a pilot to over 1000 global participants.• Mentoring program received exceptional feedback, with 95% of participants recommending the program to peers. • Partnered with LinkedIn in 2002 and 2023 to deliver a bi-annual webinar series on the Future of Work, receiving over 6,000 registrations.

Core Responsibilities:• Managing a suite of services provided by 3rd party supplier to support student engagement and performance.• Uplifting student visibility and uptake of the new service offering• Conducting end of semester performance reviews with vendor to identify new commercial opportunities and areas for improvement.Key Achievements: • Established an automated data feed and dashboard, from 3rd party supplier, to provide customer insights and enable better decision making in real time.• Directed the rollout of the guided learning tool to all students, delivering a 44% increase in the use of guided learning and a 9% increase in the pass rate.• Using the new data feed established a pilot intervention strategy to target a cohort of students at risk of failing upcoming exams. Interventions led to an 11% increase in pass rates for this cohort.

Melbourne, Australia

• Manage supplier contract to ensure the seamless delivery of CPA Program exams each semester• Forecast anticipated volumes of exam seats required across more than 350 sites and 90+ countries for each semester • Daily reporting during the exam period of incidents• Develop and review relevant policies to improve the exam process and the candidate experience• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to enhance the candidate experience and create a culture of continuous improvement• Lead and develop my team throughout the end-to-end employee lifecycle and deliver on the employee value proposition ensuring my team have engaging, challenging, and rewarding careers whilst achieving their potential• Ensuring my team are compliant with our ISO 9001 certification and that there is a culture of continuous improvement• Active member of the Special Consideration Committee, promoted from a case presenter to a voting position as a member of the Education Business Unit Leadership Team• Act as the interface between the Education and Commercial Business units to ensure a smooth process for all contract reviews within the company’s commercial framework• Regular reporting to the Executive Leadership team and BoardKey Achievements• Significant improvements realised in service provided by our exam delivery partner• Negotiated significant savings more than $30k per semester on contracts for the marking event• Drafted a “Security Whitepaper” to inform future policy and procedures for handling sensitive exam materials• Created and implemented an incident management plan globally to respond to interruptions to service during exam delivery window• Conceptualised and delivered a range of just in time training videos to upskill front line staff • Mentored and developed a direct report enabling her to secure an internal promotion

Melbourne, Australia

As the National Recruitment Manager for CPA Australia I was tasked with establishing a new RPO solution that would cover permanent recruitment, for all business lines across the globe. A key metric for the business was to realise cost savings via the RPO, while improving the calibre of candidates joining the business.• Recruit all permanent roles for the business from grade 1-4 across all of Australia and 8 international offices• Creating a strong value proposition to excite candidates about joining CPAA• Transition the business form being reliant on 3rd party agencies to an inhouse model for the first time in the companies history• Developed and rolled out a training program to upskill managers interviewing skills• Redesigned all interview guides to align with the businesses capability framework• Supported a large scale business unit restructure, ensuring robust decisions were made• Embedded and rolled out an EVP across all touch points of the recruitment process• Managed relationships with external suppliers globally for temporary recruitment• During peak periods was responsible for managing the workload of several contract recruitment resources• Producing and presenting quarterly and annual reports to the People and Culture Leadership team

Melbourne, Australia

RMy role encompasses the implementation of the solution, project and change management during the roll out phase and continuous improvement based on feedback and observations, as well as the end to end recruitment of a variety of roles nationally• Developed a road show to present the benefits of the new project to the dealer network• Roll out of a new assessment centre methodology for 5 key customer facing roles across a national dealer network• Promoting the brand to candidates currently outside the automotive industry • Implemented and configured Taleo ATS, including application process and reporting templates• Definition of KPI requirements and reporting for the solution • Regular reporting to client group, including the Senior Leadership Group of BMW Australia • Continuous improvement based on feedback from client group, candidates and my own observations• Creation and maintenance of talent pools across a variety of roles nationally • Direct targeting of passive candidates through LinkedIn, referrals from existing staff and placed candidates • Sole point of contact nationally for recruitment across a geographically diverse client group• Educating line management on the benefits of hiring on skills rather than basing decisions on previous experience • Worked closely with BMW Australia on a project to address ongoing issues with the attraction and retention of technicians. Project covered defining a strong EVP, developing sourcing strategies and assessment materials and subsequent role out to the network

Melbourne, Australia

Responsible for the delivery of Origin Energy's 2013 Graduate Program, within a competetive graduate market and within tight timeframes.- Managed a team of 5 recruiters to screen a large volume of applicants within a 4 week period- Successful completed screening of all applicants within agreed timeframes, and under allocated wage budget- Identified suitable candidates to progress through the various stages of the recruitment process- Identifiying areas to improve the recruitment process- Liaising with ATS provider to establish the recruitment process- Developing training to be delivered to the recruitment team

Melbourne, Australia

Sensis is Australia’s leading information resource. Our network of products and services helps people find, buy and sell. Sensis is the company behind leading brands such as YellowTM, White Pages®, Trading Post®, Citysearch® and Whereis®, and many of our products and services are available across print, online, voice, mobile and in-car.Hudson has a long standing RPO with the Sensis business, a partnership that has been in place for 9 years. Responsibilities: • Internal stakeholder management • Creative sourcing and talent pool management• Targeted recruitment campaigns• Managing internal candidates and their expectations• Post campaign analysis and reporting • Annual recruitment activity reporting and analysis • Project plans for key stakeholders• Co-interviews with internal line managersExample of roles recruited:- Senior Business Analyst- Business Relationship and Delivery Manager- Go to Market Manager- Technical Business Analyst

Recruited a wide variety of Permanent and Contract staff for the Victorian State Government under the SPC arrangement. Was responsible for pro-actively developing a wide range of loyal clients based on the ability to respond to their needs and source a wide range of candidates in short timeframes. Developed particularly strong relationships with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the University of Melbourne.Examples of roles recruited:- Indirect Tax Specialist- Senior Finance Manager- Manager Budgets and Reporting- Divisional Director of Finance and Planning- Senior Financial Accountant

Recruited all level of roles across the Retail Banking Sector in Scotland. Successfully developed relationships with existing clients as well as winning business from new organisations.Examples of roles recruited:- Regional Manager- Senior Branch Manager- Business Development Manager