Wendy Taylor Email & Phone Number

Banbury

Interim HR Director working with the CEO and board to develop a global business strategy, building an aligned People strategy and implementing the key aspects to support business growth. This was a broad based delivery role in a complex global growing business.

York, United Kingdom

I am Interim HR Director at Costcutter overseeing a transformational change agenda to enable new operating model to be implemented in summer 2014.

Bradford, United Kingdom

I am a commercially focused HR director with specialist capability of delivering major programmes. As HR Director for Central Services for the fourth largest food retailer in the UK, my current position oversees employee relations, industrial relations, employee benefits, systems and system strategy across all four business divisions. Leading a team of 50 HR specialists, our work encompasses 135,000 employees in the UK.In addition, I've acted as Programme Director for major corporate initiatives including; payroll integration, harmonisation of terms and conditions, strategic review of reward proposition and final stages of an accountability framework. More recently, I am acting as HR Programme Director for Morrisons response to pensions auto enrolment - which includes an innovative financial education programme - Save your Dough with leading expert Alvin Hall and a new cash balance pension scheme.

I was an interim HR consultant brought into the business to develop and manage a major downsizing programme required as consequence of the global financial crisis.

Harrogate, United Kingdom

Developed and implemented all aspects of the HR and organisational development strategy. Working in partnership with the executive team to improve overall business performance by successfully implementing that strategy.- Development of all HR strategies regarding key employment matters.- Responsible for providing a full operational service to include fully supporting all line managers, development of all policies and management of all associated employee matters.- Strategic HR input into the board and responsible for the remuneration and nomination committee- Working with JV partners to ensure the successful implementation of the business plans. These relationships varied in structure, but always required significant support as new ventures.- Ownership of the organisational resourcing requirements. This included development of the resource plan, approval of the plan, managing the implementation and an annual budget of £38million.- Internal organsational communication plan- Organisational development, including training and development, succession planning and performance management.

Joined this joint venture company delivering business support services via contracts for government as the HR manager, reporting directly to the CEO.Managed the TUPE transfer of 130 employees which created a new business in November 2000; TUPE-ed four contracts into one.- Three-year growth; turnover - £9million to £25million; profit - 0 to £300k- Responsible for developing and implementing all aspects of of a HR strategy- Full harmonisation of all employees terms and conditions with zero cost increase- Between March 1999 and December 2001 I rand and managed my own consultancy business providing HR and organisational development support to a range of private businesses.

Reporting to the regional HR Director my role was to provide a professional service to senior managers responsible for 500 betting offices in the north of England and 14 head office department managers responsible for 450 head office employees in Leeds.

My principal role as a member of the store senior management team was to provide guidance and advice to line managers relating to all HR matters. I was promoted to the flagship store in Nottingham and undertook a couple of secondments to Head Office.