AVA is a consulting, coaching and development company committed to enabling clients realise sustainable business performance through the development of their people. AVA provides a comprehensive end-to-end service covering the full range of people development solutions.Accountable for supporting and executing global business strategies both at team and corporate levels performance through learning and development strategy, design and implementation, performance coaching and training delivery:• Associated Consultant: Undertaking work assignments on a global scale working within Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia with the world’s leading energy solutions and transport company and one of the UK’s leading public services providers - providing thought-leadership and the implementation of business requirements, values and capabilities into learning and development solutions. Significantly focusing on Safety Leadership, Understanding Human Behaviour, Coaching and Performance Management.• Consultant: Design and delivery of people development workshops across a diverse sector including Change Management, Effective Communication and Coaching Skills.

Accountable for employee performance, resourcing, engagement, progression and risk across the business by managing internal L&D teams:• Business Partnership & Ad Hoc L&D Solutions: Partnered with HR, business leaders and suppliers to improve development and performance in specific business areas and teams. Provided advice, created local L&D strategies, identified and met development needs, and ensured processes and best-practice were executed effectively. Designed and delivered development programmes, including a development framework, ad-hoc workshops and interventions, and facilitating team events. • Geographical, Technical and Cultural Diversity: Designed corporate-wide and local L&D interventions as part of a successful European change management team to achieve corporate alignment and collaboration goals and diverse local geographical, technical and cultural needs. Point of contact and partnership with divisions and offices across the business. • Team Strategy & Management: Made significant improvements to the L&D team ways of working, solutions offered and profile by working with the wider team to develop vision and strategy for continuous improvement. • Training Delivery: Met corporate, team and individual development needs through coaching, facilitation and performance management training and ad hoc workshops for leadership community. • Supplier & Stakeholder Management: Ensured effective partnerships with suppliers and internal stakeholders were built, maintained and utilised to increase effectiveness of learning interventions and minimise costs. Co-designed, delivered and evaluated work with partners.

Facilitated the achievement of workforce objectives through creating and managed training, talent management, recruitment, induction and on-boarding processes and standards across a complex matrix of operations.• Learning Transfer & Methodology: Refocused L&D activity on the achievement of transformational learning, behaviour change, performance improvement and business results, through designing and implementing new learning methodologies. Successfully ran new initiatives on leadership programmes including redesigned training activities, learning processes, pre-and-post-training. • Training & Development: Created, communicated and monitored training and development requirements for supplier/partner companies, reporting on and successfully managing achievement of standards.• Talent & Succession Reviews & Planning: Managed workforce forecasts across complex matrix of projects, professions & employers; identified critical roles & key people; reviewed capability, potential, succession readiness, career & development plans. • Induction & On-boarding: Managed the best practice induction programme and on-boarding processes.Previous Roles held within Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd 02/89 – 03/04 • Best Operating Practice Manager• Training Manager• Operational Shift Manager• Manufacturing Team Leader• Distribution Team Leader