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Reading, England, United Kingdom

HR and People lead within Senior Leadership teams in the Technology and Engineering division of VMO2. Complex role operating in an environment of transformation, ambiguity and great pace across both UK and European client groups. Varied stakeholders, cultures and priorities required influential, robust and trust-based relationships with executives to enable People Strategy delivery as the business evolved to meet Joint Venture commercial objectives and priorities. Represented People Team at EC+1 and EC+2 Level with accountability for E2E People plan. HR lead and Conduit between European leaders from Parent Company of Liberty Global (Business and HR), and UK Virgin Media based leaders prior to VMO2 JV activity. Key activities and accountabilities in the below areas:Joint Venture Activity: Leading role through planning, discovery, design, implementation, launch and ongoing review as Virgin Media and O2 entered into Joint Venture impacting 35,000 employees.Transformation and Reorganisation: Agile methodology adopted through numerous OD and restructuring designs. Enabling business growth through Network, Engineering and Technology whilst identifying and navigating People impacts / risks and solutions.Talent & Workforce Planning: Identification of changing skill and capability requirements through effective resource planning and strategy. Proactive succession and retention approach enabling development and internal progression whilst balancing the need for internal and external capability. Employee Representative and Trade Union activity. People lead for UK Technology Employee Representative forum. Representing and communicating on behalf of HR and the business through a period of business transformation.Covid Response. Career Progression / Career Framework. Communications. Engagement. People Roadmap. Site Closures. Relocations. Financial Management and Budget. Recruitment. Reward. Employee Relations. Policy.

Maidenhead, London

Sitting as a member of the Infrastructure Services (MGIS) Leadership Team, tasked with instilling group people strategy within a newly formed, fast growing and delivery focused client group of 650 employees across 70 countries. Key emphasis on structural review, office relocation and governance. MGIS provide infrastructure services for all Maersk Group Business Units (BU’s) who are paying customers.Transformational strategy: Part of a team accountable for reviewing and designing appropriate structures as part of ‘right sizing’. Complexity and considerations around changing service requirements, IT Transformational agreements, near shore strategy, cross BU’s transfers and office relocations. Working with Gartner and McKinsey to produce a full proposal of organisation design, location strategy, role and service complexity, resources and delivery alignment. Project ready to launch.Talent and Succession Planning: Facilitated and supported a group designed full nine box review and succession planning exercise for all people leaders within UK IT for the first time. Considering the route of development opportunity for key talent against the departments operating model, location strategy and wider transformational IT programs within Maersk Group.Resourcing: Delivered a full UK PSL review to reduce agency spend (target decrease of 70% against 2014) and ensured accurate brand and culture positioning within the market to safeguard reputation externally.Governance and Policy: Introduced increased transparency, consistency and rigor amongst people leaders on all people related subjects. Strong relationships with LT member ensured improved ownership and accountability on apparently previously subjective items.HR Agenda: Building credibility and awareness of HR as a partnering tool. Acting as confidant for Vice President and advising on LT accountability, development needs, culture and performance.

Theale, Reading

Generalist role operating within this Joint Venture between Vodafone and Telefonica, supporting a varied client group with matrix reporting lines. Key deliverables include the introduction and facilitation of a formal talent review, undertaking a full review of employee reward offering and proposing 2015 benefit offering including flexible benefits. Responsible for delivering half year performance review, line manager education and embedding a performance culture and accountability.

Basingstoke / London

Business aligned role supporting a client group of 900 employees. Partnering senior decision makers to align people strategy with commercial objectives and deliverables. Change Management: Partnering, advising and influencing the design and implementing of new divisional structure to meet new service requirements and increased headcount of 15%.Employee Relations: UK D&G SME and policy owner; responsible for all aspects of performance, conduct and absence management. Resolution of complex ER cases within the UK and Europe. Adopting a pragmatic and commercially based approach with strong emphasis on protection of brand.Relocation: Project managed the closure and relocation of the Customer Data Centre impacting 100 employees from three independent teams. Leading HR strategy, planning, timelines, communication, and consultation process over an eleven month period. Project delivered a £1.3m saving through automation and identification of alignment to customer SLAs.Career Framework: Implementation of new Corporate Career Framework structure. Consultative approach to identification, design, deletion, requirement and deliverables of all roles whilst ensuring alignment to professional work streams. Standalone delivery of line manager training sessions.Budget /Financial: Ensuring all aspects of the employee financial life cycle are planned, considered and represented. Accountable for delivery of the annual salary review and incentive award process. Resourcing: Actively supporting third party in-house recruiters with the recruitment of a high volume of specialist roles. Responsible for approvals of all offers of employment with full awareness of divisional restrictions and cost implications. Divisional recruits were 160 during 2013.Well Being: Responsible for all aspects of UK OH including referrals, case management, budget, service review and SLA achievement. Delivered a cost saving of 22% in year one and a 38% reduction in referral times.

Reading, United Kingdom

Generalist and pro–active role with the world's largest independent Wine specialist. Adopting a HR business partnering model with responsibility for an onsite customer client base of 450 employees in a specialist and fast paced industry with three direct reports. Emphasis on strategic planning, implementation, prevention and issue resolution. Main responsibilities include: • Employee Relations: Control of all aspects of facilitating and resolving performance, conduct, capability and conflict issues. Ensuring resolutions are fair, reasonable and consistent whilst ensuring continued improvement and business learnings were applied / actioned. Author and owner of D&G, Equal Opportunities and managing Probation policies. • Restructure and Redundancy: Executing the business’ commercial and organisational design strategies by providing excellent guidance, advice and support while managing the process from start to finish. Ensuring legality and transparency throughout.• Compensation and Benefits: Implementation and management of a flexible benefits scheme with overall responsibility for design, content, delivery and administration. Production and delivery of all communications; project delivered to specific timeframes and specifications and budget.• Global Mobility / Relocation: Management of the entire process from engagement, consultation through to delivery. Advising business leaders on resources, C&B, legal implications, contractual obligations and ensuring relocation was in line with strategic goals and budgetary restraints.Other duties include TUPE, Absence Management, Occupational Health, negotiation, communication and delivery of Compromise Agreements, employee engagement, employee Induction and senior level recruitment.

Reading, United Kingdom

ER specialist in a leading Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) organisation. Ensuring that all people management strategies and practices were aligned with the company HR strategy. Providing support directly to clients within both the private and public sector. Key cases include ER mediation and conflict resolution at local Council, Royal Mail, Boots and NHS.• UK Promotion Development: Delivery of a new group policy and process to UK employees (including new TUPE and acquired groups). Review and final approval of UK promotion submissions whilst liaising with off shore service centre for admin, systems and contractual alterations.• Performance: Owner of UK appraisals / performance ratings process for a 5000 strong employee client base. Responsible for monitoring, communicating, systems, adherence, analysis and review. Reporting directly to all related internal business stakeholders. • Policy: Review to ensure adherence to new 2009 regulations and guidance. Roll out to UK management who use disciplinary, grievance and performance management tools and policies.• Training: Presentation and delivery of company policies and resulting HR strategy and approach. Positioning and delivery of all performance related policy with use of open workshops and employee participation to maximise understanding, confidence to cascade and participation.

Reading, United Kingdom

Diverse position within a global leader in the Telecommunications industry specialising in Internet and data services. Part of the Verizon group which employs over 250,000 employees worldwide. Strong operational involvement including employee relations, redundancy, training, relocation, global transfer and global policy. • Business Partnering: Acted as interim BP for UK department of Operations and Technology (circa 1500 employees). Provided direct support and advice to UK Director on strategic planning, operational delivery, organisational design and development, resourcing, performance, engagement and employee relations.• Employee Relations: Responsibility for Disciplinary, Grievance, absence and performance management cases. Manager briefings, documentation production, chairing of hearings, providing guidance and advising on resolution and outcome. • Redundancy: Delivering company strategy through the reduction process in specific business areas. Both cessation of activity and selection pool criteria process were practiced. Planning and chairing of all associated meetings throughout process ensuring legal compliance at all times.• Relocation: Movement of acquired employees (acquisition and TUPE) as well as office closure. Identifying and resolving all related employee relations issues, alterations of T&C’s, Responsible for all resulting redundancy and compromise agreements required.• Employee Communication: Project managed and overall responsibility for Employee Handbook Project consisting of 19 countries. Liaising with in-country HR contacts to ensure design consistency, content accuracy, delivery projections and roll out to client groups. • Global New Hire Induction Design: Development and communication of a four step induction covering a new hire’s first six months with the organisation.

Reading, United Kingdom

Generalist role in the IT Marketing Sector; providing HR support to a leading UK B2B call centre with 120 employees. High degree of autonomy and responsibility, reporting directly to the HRD.• Active role in the implementation and development of a new HR department. Design of HR process, policy and procedure. Creating credibility through deliverables.• Managing full Disciplinary process.• Recruitment of temporary and permanent employees (3/4 per month). Active involvement in organising, planning and the running of Job Fairs and student open days.• Design and delivery of induction for all employees. • Monitoring of headcount, absence and attrition rates. • Ownership of maternity and paternity cases.

Ba (Hons), Human Resource Management

Modules studied include: Strategic HRM, Managing Change, Strategic Management, Employee Development, Employee Relations, Marketing.

Nine Gcse'S Grade A, C; Including English, Science, And Maths

GNVQ Advanced Business and Finance, Merit grade. Chiltern Edge Secondary