SUMMARY Senior, commercially focused, HR professional with extensive experience in all areas of HR. Full breadth professional with extensive operational, and significant strategic HR experience. Pragmatic leadership qualities demonstrated by management experience and by the ability to challenge, direct, support, coach, develop and influence others at all levels. Collaborative and goal focused, with a passion for people and organisational development. KEY ACHIEVEMENTSDesign and delivery of Succession and Talent Management programmes based on an analysis of training needs aligned with business intentions, resulting in improved employee retention and a number of promotions.Led on numerous strategic projects including Organisational Design, Performance Management, HR systems, Talent and Engagement including reward and policy development to drive continuous improvement.Cultural development in the implementation of behavioural competencies linking corporate values to behaviours for recruitment, talent management, leadership development, succession planning and reward and recognition.Design and delivery of employee engagement surveys, production of feedback to employees and implementation of Board level action plans to achieve improvement in employee engagement and drive retention.Change programmes including the use of lean six sigma techniques and covering HR transformation, site and store closures and openings, TUPE and harmonisation of terms and conditions, providing significant cost savings.Specialties: Employee Engagement; Change Management; Talent Management & People Development; Relationship Management; Recruitment; Training & Development; Employee Relations; Strategy; Cultural Development; ; Communications; Coaching & Mentoring; Project Management