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Asia Pacific HR Director at Sabbatical
Location: Greater Sydney Area, Australia 13 work roles 2 schools
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Sabbatical
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Asia Pacific HR Director
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Greater Sydney Area, Australia

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Phil Davidson is listed as Asia Pacific HR Director at Sabbatical, based in Greater Sydney Area, Australia. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at cbre.com, phone signal with area code 310, 213, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Phil Davidson.

Phil Davidson previously worked as Asia Pacific HR Director at Cbre and Director, HR Transformation at Amp. Phil Davidson holds Mba, Strategic Management from Agsm @ Unsw Business School.

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An international HR executive with very strong commercial skills and a pragmatic operational bias. I have extensive project management skills and a track record of developing and driving innovative change programs that deliver improved operational effectiveness and result in costs savings. As an international HR Director I delivered, cost efficient and effective, HR services to 14,000 employees in 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region, I also have strong European and US HR experience. I take pride in having built successful HR teams that worked effectively together to achieve common goals. Thriving on change, and having led HR teams in M&A, and significant outsourcing programs, I have made significant contributions to the business growth of the companies I worked in.Specialties: Deep and broad global HR experience. Excellent strategic vision. Pragmatic Operational experience. Strong commercial and financial acumen. P&L and cost centre management. Business case development and assessment. Business metrics and indicators. Extensive, large scale project management experience. Incisive analysis and decision making skills. Strong leadership skills. Team focused in order to get the best from everyone. Consultative in order to build consensus

Listed skills include Talent Management, Hris, Performance Management, Workforce Planning, and 20 others.

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Sabbatical
Sabbatical
Asia Pacific HR Director
13 roles

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Asia Pacific Hr Director

Current
Sabbatical

Sydney, Australia

I am taking some time to project manage the construction of my new house in Sydney - our Grand Design. Its long been a dream to build our own house and its proving to be a great experience working with the architect, engineers and builders to create something that will be very special. I hope to complete the project, and move in in early 2016.

Jun 2014 - Present

Asia Pacific Hr Director

Hong Kong

APAC Executive Committee member responsible for leading a team of 100 HR professionals delivering HR services to approx. 10,000 employees across 10 countries in the Asia Pacific region. Achievements: Established the role of APAC HR Director (this was a new role).Integrated country HR teams into a regional HR organisation fostering collaboration and cross-pollination of initiatives across teams.Reviewed HR leadership capabilities and refreshed key positions in critical markets. Specified and deployed PeopleSoft 9.1 to all business units in Asia Pacific including MSS/ESS for employees and manager.Revised the APAC Executive compensation system introducing KPIs into profit share schemes.Established rigorous KPI setting and monitoring systems for the executive team, culminating in matrixed KPIs to coordinate geographic and business-line leadership objectives.Deployed “9 Box” assessment and succession planning process for ‘Top 160’ leaders across APAC.Established regional HR CoEs and recruited key leadership talent in L&D, C&B, Recruiting, and Systems & Projects to deliver consistent cost effective solutions to operating units.M&A support including: the acquisition of ING’s Real Estate Investment business; CBRE affiliates in Vietnam and Thailand (ongoing); and support to CBRE’s corporate outsourcing business transitioning staff to and from CBRE.Structured migration of 3,000 contingent workers in China to permanent contracts as a result of legislative changes.Established the shared services concept to country HR teams in order to support multiple independent business groups cost effectively (regulatory authorities required the businesses to be run separately). Member of the Global HR Leadership team, which developed the “HR Strategic Roadmap” defining a five-year plan for the company’s HR team.

Dec 2010 - May 2014

Director, Hr Transformation

Amp

Reviewing and redesigning the HR function at AMP to deliver more efficient and effective HR services. Responsible for the tendering process, and the selection of a supplier to deliver outsourced "end to end" HR technology and administration services to AMP's Australian and global operations. A multi million dollar, 5 year contract, for these services was awarded in November 2010.

May 2010 - Nov 2010

Hr Consultant

My Own Company

Independent HR consultant advising a organisations on a variety of strategic and tactical matters.

Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

Hr Executive

Member of the European leadership team (EHRO is the HR Outsourcing division of EDS) with responsibility for developing HR outsourcing opportunities with large MNC clients with employee populations of 25,000+.Achievements Project managed, developed a “win-win partnership” relationship with the market leading technology vendor, including the negotiation of the contract to re-platform EHRO’s flexible benefits offering. Overall project NPV US$10 million based on current portfolio of clients. Positioned EHRO’s service offerings of outsourced multi-process HR underpinned by innovative technology with senior HR Executives and third party intermediaries. Evaluated business opportunities, and consulted with client’s HR leadership teams which resulted in being shorlisted for numerous major contracts (US$200 million plus).Consulted with clients to develop HR delivery and technology solutions (including ERP, Best in Class, and SaaS based models) to meet their business needs, including the evaluation of shared service and/or outsourced delivery models. Developed process and technology model that demonstrated a high level of cross-country standardisation is possible for common HR processes resulting in lower delivery costs and more competitive pricing.Developed the 3-year Business Plan and associated objectives and milestones to enabling senior leadership to objectively track progress.

May 2007 - Jul 2009

Hr Director

Relocated to Paris to establish the European HR outsourcing practice, worked with a small team to define the European offering and develop a marking strategyAchievementsLeader of European team that won EHRO’s first global HRO contract (estimated contract value US$500 million plus).Built strong working relationship with the European Principals of EDS’ JV partner (Towers Perrin) resulting in increased market penetration.Provided global HR expertise to the US product development team in order to develop a competitive HRO offering for multinational companies.

Mar 2005 - May 2007

Hr Director

A member of the team that formed EHRO, the joint venture between EDS and Towers Perrin.AchievementsProject managed and developed the organisational model for the new company, defining roles and responsibilities and interactions between the JV partners. Successfully “sold” the model to EDS and Towers Perrins executive leadership (CEO/COO level).Supported EDS Australia’s account start-up for the outsourcing of Coles Myer Ltd’s payroll and HR administration ensuring a smooth transition of responsibility to EDS.

Sep 2004 - Mar 2007

Asia Pacific Hr Director

Eds

Managed the Asia Pacific regional HR team of 150 FTE’s and US$15 million budget to deliver the full range of HR services to 14,000 IT professionals in 13 countries. This was during a period of rapid business expansion and change; the migration of client IT work to lower cost geographies (India/Malaysia); and the organisational realignment from a regional to global operating model.AchievementsIntroduced efficiencies, revised and standardised the HR delivery model across all countries to significantly reduce headcount and HR spend whilst continuing to delivering to SLA’s and SOW’s. Reduced budget to under US$10 million and headcount to fewer than 100 FTE’s.Migrated to a “total rewards” compensation model in a number of countries. This resulted in higher employee satisfaction with their remuneration, reduced company costs and limited the company’s exposure to increasing costs in areas such as health care and cars. Deployed major global HR policy changes to Asia Pacific in order to standardise HR polices and drive consistency across the organisation enabling a move to global team management and the elimination of significant cost.Investigated and deployed a variety of technology solutions to automate HR transactions and improve reporting.Managed significant IR changes in Australia and New Zealand providing an stable employment environment and a model that enabled EDS to successfully compete for, and win IT outsourcing contracts with government and commercial clients. Directed, and managed employee transfers from client companies to EDS in an environment of increased union activity enabling EDS to win significant contracts with major commercial and government clients.Led due diligence and integration teams for M&A and outsourcing projects to evaluate the risk and quantify the potential synergistic savings. Performed internal consulting projects including a full audit and evaluation of EDS’ European redundancy policy.

May 2000 - Aug 2004

Hr Director (Australia)

Responsible for the delivery of Payroll and HR services to employees across Australia.Negotiated and managed the transition of 1,400 Commonwealth Bank of Australia employees into EDS allowing the company to achieve the operational efficiency targets required of the US$1 billion landmark IT services contract.Negotiated and managed the transition of South Australian Government employees to EDS. This contract established IT outsourcing in the public sector in Australia and positioned EDS strongly to win Federal government contracts.Managed and/or led staff transitions within IT services contracts for Westpac, ABN-Amro, ATO, ACS, Colonial State Bank, and Telstra facilitating IT services contracts.

Sep 1999 - May 2000

Hr Manager (Australia)

Various HR leadership roles at EDS Australia.

Oct 1994 - Sep 1999

Hr Manager (Uk)

Various roles in the UK HR team delivering services to UK and European employees. Specialist in recruiting, learning and employee administration.Developed EDS’ European staff transition model and led major staff transitions that differentiated EDS’ from competitors and enabled the to win major contracts with the UK Inland Revenue, Midland Bank, Shell etc. Delivered various efficiency programs in recruiting that significantly reduced the cost per hire. Re-positioned EDS’ recruiting programs to make EDS and IT recruiter of choice for UK graduates.

Mar 1987 - Oct 1994

Recruitment Consultant

Mda

Recruitment services to the IT industry.

Oct 1986 - Mar 1987
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Phil Davidson is based in Greater Sydney Area, Australia while working with Sabbatical.

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Phil Davidson has worked for Sabbatical, Cbre, Amp, My Own Company, and Excelleratehro.

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Phil Davidson holds Mba, Strategic Management from Agsm @ Unsw Business School.

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Phil Davidson is listed with skills including Talent Management, Hris, Performance Management, Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, Succession Planning, Human Resources, and Hr Consulting.

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