GOALS

Create value for my stakeholders through innovative and cost effective compensation and benefit solutions.

Enhance current compensation and benefit policies, procedures and processes; be sustainable and provide fit for purpose.

Utilise my experience and expertise to design, develop and implement total reward programs that are beneficial to the stakeholders at the right cost, and the employee at the right value.

Obtain a challenging position where I will grow professionally and use my problem solving skills to contribute to the company.

PROFILE

Certified Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) with over 18 years of compensation, international compensation/mobility and benefits experience across different industries and sectors including banking, financial services, manufacturing, petrochemical, information technology and healthcare.

Global experience spanning many countries: Belgium, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, Hong Kong, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Wide ranging and depth of experience in the full spectrum of total rewards (base salary, variable pay, executive compensation and employee benefits).

Especially proficient in the design, development and implementation of salary or total reward structures.

Sound background in market benchmarking and translating analysis into workable solutions for the company.

Well experienced in drafting Board papers for the Compensation Committee of the Board and attending Compensation Committee meetings.

Sound experience in salary structuring for Global Employment and developing international mobility policies, processes/procedures and benefits.

Extensive background in development of training materials and delivery of training sessions to up skill Human Resources and Reward staff in the following:

oreward principles

olegislative and governance requirements

ofixed compensation structures

obenefit structures

oimpact of grading methodologies,

obenchmarking,

osurvey methodologies, interpretation and analysis.

Drafted union scripts for the negotiation team to engage with unions relating to negotiable terms and conditions and increases.

Experienced in vendor sourcing and vendor relationship management.

Robust presentation skills.

Effective client relationships.

Trusted advisor.

Strong work ethic with good problem solving and communication skills (written and verbal).

Highly analytical and big picture thinking.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Schindler Elevator Corporation, Morristown, New Jersey Aug 2015 – Present

Manager Compensation and Mobility

Manage, in conjunction with the Director of Total Rewards, the overall compensation strategy and policies, including integrating a number of pay and incentive programs and ensuring the appropriate level of competitiveness to support the talent attraction and retention strategies.

Manage the design and administration of the variable pay programs including sales incentive plans, bonus programs, long-term incentive programs and other plans that support the Total Rewards strategy.

Manage the centralized compensation programs, including salary structures and recognition programs, including the communication initiatives associated with these programs.

Manage and report on the analytics associated with the compensation programs with regards to internal requirements and participate with external sources/resources in order to ensure access to current competitive data.

Serve as one of the key consultants to the businesses and internal HR business partners in all aspects of compensation matters including job evaluations, pay proposals, regional pay analysis, integration of pay practices, etc.

Manage all aspects of the domestic relocation program and managing all vendor relationships.

Manage all aspects of the international assignee program including serving as the expert on visa issues, home country/host country offers and balance sheets tied to compensation.

Manage the annual merit cycle and coordinate the annual compensation process for the assignees with the Group, home/host countries and the responsible managers.

Remuneration Project Management i.e.:

oDesigned, developed and implemented a broad based recognition plan for the organization

oDeveloped a new relocation process with robust quarterly financial reporting

oDeveloped a new mobility process and procedures, streamlining administration and integrating vendor management

oDesign and developed compensation guidelines

oDeveloped pay principles, merit matrix (striking a balance between performance and market position), robust managers communication plan and merit recommendation guidelines and calibration templates

Ansell Healthcare LLC, Iselin, New Jersey Mar 2015 – Jul 2015

Global Compensation Project Manager

Responsible for managing the activities of a 20+ person project team including Ansell staff and consultants, functional and technical

Transformed the global compensation platform from a manually intensive process to the Oracle Fusion Compensation application – implemented in 46 countries

Identified and managed risks and issues associated with the project

Prepared and maintained work plans, risk and issue logs, progress and status reports

Conducted project team meetings and reported results to the Senior Director for Global Compensation and the Chief Human Resources Officer for the Corporation

Total project budget of over 900,000 USD

Primary point of contact for systems integrators, team subject matter experts, and change management personnel

Barclays Capital, New York City, New York Apr 2014 – Feb 2015

Barclays Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa Mar 2012 - Apr 2014

Barclays Bank Plc, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Nov 2010 – Feb 2012

Regional Reward Lead

BP Southern Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa Feb 2009 –Oct 2010

Reward and Benefits Manager - Sub Sahara Africa

Development Bank of Southern Africa, Midrand, South Africa Feb 2008 –Jun 2008

Principal Officer and Reward Specialist

Discovery, Sandton, South Africa Nov 2007 –Jan 2008

Remuneration Manager

Sappi Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa Aug 2003 –Sept 2007

Group Compensation and Benefits Manager

Comparex Africa, Midrand, South Africa Oct 2002 –Jul 2003

Advisory Practitioner: Remuneration & Reward

Nedcor Bank Limited, Sandton, South Africa Jun 1995 –Sep 2002

Remuneration Manager

MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATION

WorldatWork - Arizona, United States Aug 2000

Certified Global Remuneration Professional (GRP)

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

Enterprise Software:

SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP

Desktop Applications:

Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio

EDUCATION

Rand Afrikaans University - Johannesburg, South Africa

Bachelor Degree Humanities (majors Industrial Psychology and Psychology)

Hoërskool Stoffberg - Brakpan, South Africa

High School Diploma

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