Simran Bhatnagar Email & Phone Number

Dubai, Ae

Dubai, Dubai, Ae

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Developed the talent strategy and outlined the vision to strengthen organizational capability and support the achievement of short term and long-term strategic objectives through internal sourcing of talent.• Led the implementation of several training and development programs that emerge from the Talent Strategy aligned to the business strategy, overseeing and continually improving current talent initiatives and partnering with relevant stakeholders on the development of new ones• Partnered with the CHRO to launch two successful Senior Leadership development and Executive development programs. Led to 100% retention of Hi-potential talent and identified successors in 2022 and 92% retention in 2023. 40% leaders who completed the program grew into more senior roles through internal opportunities.• Worked with N-1 and N-2 leaders, coaching them and conducting 360 assessments for Senior Leaders to support individual development planning and development of Hi-potential talent.• Led and managed a large organization wide capability assessment study to identify skill gaps and key future skills required to support the five-year strategy roadmap. Recommended ‘Build’, ‘Buy’, ‘Borrow’ strategy to address these skill gaps.• Led and managed the design and implementation of succession planning programs in partnership with the SLT and HR Business partners. Designed programs to support development of high-potential leaders, resulting in 58% vacant senior management roles filled internally• Partnered with Director, Diversity Equity & Inclusion to embed DE&I into all talent projects and programs, practices and processes to build a diverse workforce and an inclusive environment.• Led the design and development of the Leadership Competency Framework including integration into other HR Frameworks including performance management, talent acquisition, Talent assessment etc.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Led the design, curation and implementation of a coaching and assessment strategy in support of talent development • Led the launch of three successful Executive Development and Senior Leadership development programs and curated the program design to support organizational and talent development needs• Led Talent Management across Canada for over 200 people managers, effectively conducting talent reviews and calibrating talent for over 400 Sales Managers, GSM’s and Store support centre teams and creating a healthy talent funnel for management roles.• Acting as a strategic business partner to senior leaders to align people strategy and achieve business goals through succession planning and leadership development.• Developing Individual Development Plans through 1:1 Leadership Coaching and debriefing 360 assessments for Senior Leaders• Partnered with people team functions including total rewards and performance, learning and development, HR business Partners and talent acquisition to deliver processes and programs to meet business objectives• Leading, managing and executing annual engagement survey as well as pulse surveys, sharing intensive data insights to inform talent decisions and driving targeted people initiatives and engagement programs such as focus groups, enterprise wide and store wide action planning, leadership development• Taking the lead to articulate the quarterly business review (QBR) presentations to be shared with the Top Management and board members, highlighting key data and insights and progress against key metrics

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Led the implementation of annual talent review and succession planning process, including process design, strategic planning of the process, timelines, communication and trainings.• Lead and manage enterprise-wide employee engagement programs through effective communication and change management. Some examples include ‘Engagement Success Stories Podcast’, ‘Discover Moneris: Power Up Your Career’ a two-day event for employees• Implement organization wide engagement survey, draft all communication for program rollout and design tactics for other enterprise communication channels such as intranet, locked screens, internal podcasts etc.• Develop, implement and continually enhance a multi-year Talent Program strategic plan through a 5-year strategic map including Succession Planning, Talent assessment, Career Management, Employee engagement• Prepare presentations and reports for ELT and Board and develop Talent program dashboards with data and insights to support decision making

Toronto, On, Ca

• Up With Women is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk women and children rebuild their lives. The program adheres to the ICF (International Coach Federation) Code of Ethics.• I volunteer as a Coach with Up with Women, my role involves enabling women who have experienced homelessness or are at risk of homelessness to move from survival to prosperity through the provision of high-level career coaching.

Dubai , Ae

• Developed and implemented the learning strategy and leadership strategy, led the implementation of several development programs, resulting in improved people management skills and higher engagement levels• Spearheaded the design and implementation of the Talent Framework including 9 box matrix, identifying high potentials and future leaders for critical roles• Strengthened the leadership pipeline by successfully managing a Succession Planning program leading to identification of future leaders• Independently managed a portfolio of Leadership Development and Succession Planning programs from inception to delivery• Successfully delivered a 5- year HR Transformation roadmap resulting in higher retention, higher engagement levels and reduced operations costs, won the HR award for HR Excellence• Designed the competency-based performance management framework, resulted in an improved understanding (60% improvement) amongst employees and managers and a cultural shift towards driving high performance• Achieved savings worth $250,000 through implementation of innovative learning solutions• Led and managed several organization design and Organizational change management programs

Dubai , Ae

• Defined the Talent Strategy for the organization by outlining the 4 key pillars and identified areas of focus for development of Talent at Middle management, Leadership as well as Graduate Trainee's/ Young national talent • Achieved savings worth $250,000 through implementation of innovative learning solutions that are cost effective and yet provide value add to the employees • Worked closely with the Leadership team and the strategy team to define Organizational Vision, Mission and Values • Developed and launched a new competency framework to align with organizational values and culture

Dubai , Ae

• Led and managed key strategic projects critical to the success of HR team and culture Transformation• Designed and implemented new frameworks aligned to key HR Strategic initiatives including performance management framework, new competency framework, succession planning, HR Scorecard, supporting HR system implementation such as Fusion and Taleo

Dubai, Dubai, Ae

Developed talent solutions for key clients, areas of focus in my role were Talent Assessment and Development, Succession Planning, Employee EngagementAssisted clients in developing HR policies and practices to enhance employee retention through HR advisory supportConducted over 20 assessment centre’s for clients to assess up to 120 employees across professional and mid management level, in addition conducted assessments to recruit top talent for the Graduate Program for a large airline Led an employee engagement survey for one of the largest airlines to evaluate factors impacting employee engagement and action planning to improve engagement results. Helped the organization identify top 5 factors impacting engagement Facilitated and led up to 30+ engagement action planning workshops for a client in the Real Estate Industry

London, Gb

Managed large scale projects with organisations across EMEA, providing HR solutions in areas such as organisation restructuring, competency framework design, performance management system design, HR policies design, HR audits, Job Descriptions and Job evaluation.Managed a pioneering research study, 'Qudurat', the first and largest workplace initiative of its kind in the Middle East dedicated to understanding local talent. Blending insights and findings from over 20500+ employees, 2000+ students and 150+ organisations. Independently managed key markets of Bahrain (public sector), Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Egypt during the Qudurat study and have established strong client relationships through my work in these markets.

New York, Ny, Us

Helped resolve customer disputes by investigating charges on card member accounts.As the Employee engagement champion, led and managed several Employee Engagement team activities, organized and conducted various events, competitions and team building events

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Human Resources

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Statistics