Ross Walker Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Reporting to the Executive Director, People (CPO), Ross led a team of 23 across HR Business Partnering, Transformation + Change, People Experience, Talent, Workplace Relations, People Analytics and Workforce Planning. 1) Lead role in organisational transformation of P&C function inc. maturing business partnering, people experience and talent functions by introducing industry best-practice methodologies and building in-house systems resulting in 20% increase in operational productivity 2) Managed organisational wide change and transformation projects across various divisions and projects, working alongside Exec Leadership Team members 3) Led enterprise workforce planning strategy and system design and implementation4) Workplace relations lead, including escalation point for managing complex cases and witness (as Investigator) at Fair Work Commission, Workplace Injury Commission, VCAT and Magistrates Court5) Led design of talent development strategy including development of workforce and succession planning framework and talent management system (HiPo's)

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Reporting to the Executive Director, Governance and People - Ross led a team of 19 across HR Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Early Career Programs and HR Services.1) Project Sponsor & Control Board Member - SAP Successfactors (HCM/HRIS) system implementation2) Led Learning Management System (LMS) project procurement, design and implementation3) Transformed organisational approach to HR approvals and delegations, including leading design and build of mobile-friendly HR Approvals system resulting in 40% faster time to obtain HR approvals4) Designed workplace relations framework that improved case management and built HRBP capabilities5) Led development of Early Career Program for Graduates, Internships, Cadets and Career Seekers including successful development of 200+ participants

Reporting to the Executive Director, People and Culture, managed small team of workplace relations and talent professionals, partnering with corporate, asset management, customer service and project delivery teams. 1) Led Enterprise Bargaining negotiations including working with Executive Leadership team to develop bargaining strategy, log of claims and engagement with RTBU and CPSU unions 2) Principal investigator and workplace relations lead across organisation, acting as both escalated point of contact and investigator for highly sensitive cases 3) Ran organisational change program to transform structure and workforce strategy to align with new government policy direction4) Worked closely with Rail, Train and Bus Union (RTBU) on various employee and enterprise matters 5) Led development of workforce planning framework that was used to ensure projects have right resources at right time

Kew, Melbourne

Bachelor Of Commerce, Human Resource Management

Victorian Certificate Of Education