Manager – Human Resources | IFFCO Group, Corporate Human Resources, UAE Aug 2009 – PresentIn this role I am accountable for handling activities relating to people management, including on-boarding, confirmation, transfer, appraisal, succession, increment, bonus, full and final processing and payment and record keeping. I am also involved in steering activities related to monthly payroll of UAE for 7000 employees (Shared Services Payroll). My major role in the company, includes serving as a subject matter expert and assisting in designing and aligning organisational structure as per hierarchy, accountability and authority. I am assisting in preparing annual HR budget while adhering to statutory requirements, such as WPS and Employee Pension. I have success in implementing process improvement initiatives.Instrumental in leading, planning and implementing HRIS (Oracle), including several modules such as Payroll, Core HR, Self Service HR and recruitment.Strengthened the HR infrastructure of company as well as leading teams towards accomplishing various processes of people management cycle with qualitative improvements in step and activities.Led and implemented HR projects, including Wage Protection system, Shared Services Payroll and On Line off boarding Process.Consistent record of minimising cost; saved over AED 3.68M by centralising payroll.

As a human resource manager, I undertook responsibility of managing and communicating vision statement of the organisation to various employees. My major achievement included initiation of ‘Train the Trainer’ sessions for HODs, resulting in streamlining the performance appraisal system of the company. By implementing and adhering to all statutory requirements, I have ensured smooth operations of the company. Additionally, I have also managed and led all HR operations of the company.Played an integral role in developing and implementing ‘Employees Manual’ while facilitating change management.Instrumental in implementing Performance management system (PMS) for the company as well as proactively involving in hiring talented employees for the middle and senior levels.Conducted HR audits, handled all HR issues in a professional manner and streamlined employee communication system.

In this role I was accountable for developing and implementing appropriate manpower plans in alignment with the business plan. I have success in evaluating skills and qualities of employees in addition to handling internal vacancy notification process, negotiating contract terms with vendors and coordinating with external agencies for recruitment purpose. With experience in implementing company pay structure, analysing variable payments, providing promotions/increments, updating salary structure and introducing performance related monetary benefit, I have acquired in-depth understanding related to payroll management. I was proactively involved in handling issues of employees relating to grievances and hindrances, also updated SAP-HR in terms of employee transfer, deputation, contract extension, contact end, confirmation, suspension and separation.Successfully met manpower requirements as per organisational priority by actively involving in recruitment.Developed and implemented comparative pay structure for engineering manpower section.Ensured successful completion of Performance Management System (PMS) for the first time in across all the business units.Played a focal role in managing the transition of staff from Sahara Airlines to Jetlite (I) Ltd.

Manpower Planning /Recruitment and Selection-Control of Approved /replacement vacancies of Engineering Department -Organizing induction programme for the new employees.Compensation and Benefits-Involved in conversion of Net Salary into Gross Salary for the company.-Designed a new more competitive pay structure and promotion policy for Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and implemented the same..-Advising change in salary of the staff on the basis of qualification (Licences/Approvals etc).-Computation and co-ordination of release of annual increments and various performance bonuses.-Issuance of free of cost ticket / ticket booklet to the staff as per their entitlementTraining and Development-Organizing training programs includes all activities like training need identification, compilation & classification of training and development needs, approval from the top management, designing of annual & monthly training calendar, administering training program, evaluation of training effectiveness etc.Employee Engagement-Initiating creative activities and programs to generate excitement among the employees-Supervising Employees satisfaction survey.-Counseling of employees for any personal grievances / issues.Major Achievements:-Restructured the Salary of General staff through “ Broad Banding”-Developed and utilized Job Description format for Sahara Airlines Ltd.-Developed Exit interview form and utilized the same for Sahara Airlines Ltd and provided the data collected trough them for decision making.-Set up HRD Helpdesk for quick query response and Grievance Handling.-Formulated and implemented a policy for “ Employee of the Month Award”-Played a major role in acquiring SA-8000 ( Quality Certification )-Designed and implemented new compensation structure in Sahara Airlines Ltd. on CTC model basis.