Shehzad Sultan Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Bull & Czar is an Executive search and HR consulting firm, arising from a need for a differentiated, partnership-driven approach to Executive Search. With a long-term background in Executive Search, Talent Management, and Organizational Development, and a combined experience of our Management team of more than 40 years in the HR field, we drive impact and influence positive transformation with our partners.Services:• Executive Search • Board Services• Talent… Show more Bull & Czar is an Executive search and HR consulting firm, arising from a need for a differentiated, partnership-driven approach to Executive Search. With a long-term background in Executive Search, Talent Management, and Organizational Development, and a combined experience of our Management team of more than 40 years in the HR field, we drive impact and influence positive transformation with our partners.Services:• Executive Search • Board Services• Talent Localisation• Organisational TransformationSectors:• Conglomerates • Technology & Telecom• Healthcare• Consumer & Retail• Insurance & Financial Services • Real Estate • Industrial • Professional Services • Education & Not-for-Profit Show less

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hiring senior executives at the group level.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities: • Overall recruitment and internal mobility responsibilities for: Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan • Taking responsibility for recruitment in other regions as required by the business, e.g. South Africa, Iran, etc. • Providing strategic support to both Business and HR from a TA (Talent Acquisition) perspective• Aligning business with diversity and inclusion initiatives• Building corporate-academia relationships both for increasing Schneider's visibility… Show more Responsibilities: • Overall recruitment and internal mobility responsibilities for: Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan • Taking responsibility for recruitment in other regions as required by the business, e.g. South Africa, Iran, etc. • Providing strategic support to both Business and HR from a TA (Talent Acquisition) perspective• Aligning business with diversity and inclusion initiatives• Building corporate-academia relationships both for increasing Schneider's visibility and for sourcing top talentAchievements: • Recruited critical and long standing open roles• Successfully trained ‘business managers’ on ‘interviewing techniques’ and on ‘what is recruiting bias, its negative impact, and how to avoid it’ • Worked with the Africa Talent Management team to build a Strategic Talent Pipeline for the continent • Worked with Pakistan HR team to restructure and verticalize TA function for the country• Spearheaded two new key initiates for EMEA region: 'Digital Profiles' and 'Selection Improvement'• In addition to increased participation/visibility in university related activities, enhanced Schneider’s level of participation in such events, by making sure that our 'business leaders' are invited as 'keynote speakers' in high-level panel discussions Show less

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

As HR Business Partner (Sales)Responsibilities:• Overall HR responsibilities for all Sales channels • Strategic partnership with Sales heads and Gulf Management team• Lead various change initiatives such as ‘mindset change’, organizational structures’ realignment, Succession Planning, Talent Mobility, etc.• Spearhead Performance/Talent Management, Workforce Planning, and Budget preparation • Act as an Employee advocate and provide counseling… Show more As HR Business Partner (Sales)Responsibilities:• Overall HR responsibilities for all Sales channels • Strategic partnership with Sales heads and Gulf Management team• Lead various change initiatives such as ‘mindset change’, organizational structures’ realignment, Succession Planning, Talent Mobility, etc.• Spearhead Performance/Talent Management, Workforce Planning, and Budget preparation • Act as an Employee advocate and provide counseling Achievements: • Fast acceptance and recognition by business as a trusted partner and a candid adviser• Organizational structure redesigns and streamlining • Aligned business with Diversity and Inclusion initiatives • Controlled headcount by utilizing performance management, organizational restructuring, and recruitment• Improved HR’s credibility in the Business by building relationships, providing expertise, and producing results• Trained existing and/or recruited external talent to have successors for Sales leaders • Successful and active contribution in the on-going global Employee Value Proposition (EVP) project • Resolved a number of employee’ grievances and increased their productivity and loyalty As Talent Acquisition ManagerResponsibilities:• Overall responsibility of Talent Acquisition for all levels and business areas for the Gulf region• Vendor selection and management • On-boarding and Induction session organization, content development, and delivery Achievements:• Setup the Talent Acquisition function from scratch• Recruited more than 100 employees during the last twelve months• Achieved very ambitious Emiratisation objectives: 20% of total headcount• Reduced the ‘time to hire’ from 70 to less than 20 days• Reduced the number of vendors as well as the dependency on them• Improved inter-departmental communications and coordination processes to streamline onboarding process• Improved and expanded the scope of new employees’ Induction to encompass the full probation period Show less

United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities:• End-to-end recruitment of Senior Level Executives across all GE businesses for MENAT region• Acting as business partner of the VP and above level hiring managers• Building relations with stakeholders to project a better image of Talent Acquisition (TA).• Participating in projects to improve TA processes and proceduresAchievements:• Inter alia recruited business-leaders/senior executives for difficult/new countries such as Iraq, Algeria and… Show more Responsibilities:• End-to-end recruitment of Senior Level Executives across all GE businesses for MENAT region• Acting as business partner of the VP and above level hiring managers• Building relations with stakeholders to project a better image of Talent Acquisition (TA).• Participating in projects to improve TA processes and proceduresAchievements:• Inter alia recruited business-leaders/senior executives for difficult/new countries such as Iraq, Algeria and Libya• Filled all positions without using agencies by extensively utilizing innovative recruitment strategies• Successfully mapped competitor companies—this was highly appreciated by the business Show less

United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities:• End to end responsibility for Recruitment in MENA Region• Engineering Leadership Program• Engineering Division of GE Energy• Executive (Senior Management) Level Recruitment for GE Energy• Across the board recruitment for Petrochemicals, Engineering, Finance and HR• Onboarding• Vendor management Achievements:• Utilized my engineering background to reduce agency dependency for technical recruitment. • Reduced agency… Show more Responsibilities:• End to end responsibility for Recruitment in MENA Region• Engineering Leadership Program• Engineering Division of GE Energy• Executive (Senior Management) Level Recruitment for GE Energy• Across the board recruitment for Petrochemicals, Engineering, Finance and HR• Onboarding• Vendor management Achievements:• Utilized my engineering background to reduce agency dependency for technical recruitment. • Reduced agency dependency to less than 5%• Recruited for Iraq before a dedicated Iraq recruiter was hired in October 2011• Presented innovative recruitment methods to the whole recruitment team• Localized a number of technical positions in the new Research Development Centre in Saudi Arabia.• Successfully acted as the overall Recruitment partner for setup of the new Global Petrochemicals vertical.• Successful hiring in North Africa which had been a difficult market—used LinkedIn and networking. Show less

United Arab Emirates

Execution of the whole (recruitment) executive search process:• Pre business development research and preparation• Extensive market research.• Attending business development meetings.• Discuss the (Recruitment) search methodology with clients.• Identify target companies and the relevant position holders' therein.• Contact and screen potential candidates.• Interview short-listed candidates in detail, write profiles, and present to the client.• Interact with… Show more Execution of the whole (recruitment) executive search process:• Pre business development research and preparation• Extensive market research.• Attending business development meetings.• Discuss the (Recruitment) search methodology with clients.• Identify target companies and the relevant position holders' therein.• Contact and screen potential candidates.• Interview short-listed candidates in detail, write profiles, and present to the client.• Interact with clients throughout the process: discuss project progress.• Help both client and candidates in benefits' negotiations. Show less

Msc (With Merit), Management (Corporate Advantage)

Master’s Project: Balanced Scorecard: ‘a priori’ Model for ‘Telenor’

Post Grad, Communications Technology & Policy

Bsc Engineering, Electrical (Telecommunications)

Fsc., Pre-Engineering

Matric, Science