Zia Shakir

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Irving

Texas *****

Email: adbwtr@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 630-***-****

CAREER PROFILE

More than 20 years of experience in HR Strategy, People Development, Culture and Talent Acquistion

Expertise in building and scaling organizations from infancy to maturity with emphasis on people strategy

Experience in implementing HR systems and processes to improve employee engagement

Strong in multi-cultural remote people management and cross-cultural expertise

Experience in IT and technology enviroment leading teams and building relationships at all levels

Certified by Human Capital Institute on Strategic Work Force Planning

Certified by Prosci on Organizational Change Management EDUCATION

MBA (Strategy & Leadership) - Duke University - Fuqua School of Business 2014 – 2015

M.S (Management - Strategy & Organizations) - University of Texas at Dallas 2009 – 2011

B.E (Electrical Engineering) - University of Madras 1989 - 1993 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Onyx Centersource – Texas 2018 – 2019

Senior Vice President

Formulated and executed people strategy to achieve annual incremental sales from $10M to $27M

Served as a strategic advisor for C-suite on scaling organizational capabilities and hiring needs

Championed efforts on aligning diverse teams to company’s culture, values, mission and vision

Built key strategic deliverables for c-suite to communicate with board of directors and investors

Re-aligned the organizational resources and processes based on performance and accountability

Utilized proven global frameworks (RACI/RAPID) and governance models to provide viable solutions

Chaired and promoted improvements in organizational culture through employee engagement

Instituted training and people development programs to achieve business targets and improve culture

Coached and provided feedback on performance and growth to team members and peers Slalom Consulting – Texas 2017 – 2018

Principal Consultant

Redesigned organizational capabilities focused on growing annual sales from $7M to actual $17M

Established competencies, employee development, and succession planning for high-performers

Led and cultivated a performance-based culture with capability assessment for current and future growth

Conducted performance reviews and feedback sessions on regular basis to foster employee growth

Created capabilities, competencies, roles, and job description to stand-up customer-centric organization

Developed performance measurement framework along with development and succession planning

Led strategic workforce planning efforts to bring overhead costs of over $48M in savings

Championed organizational and operational assessments uncovering $6M savings in inefficiencies

Created internal learning and development programs through structured training and playbooks

Built highly effective team through coaching and training to improve team culture and performance Levi Strauss & Co – California 2016 – 2017

Practice Leader

Identified initial savings of $8M through enterprise-wide financial and operational assessments

Implemented HR Shared Services organization that improved employee engagement and retention

Developed roles, job descriptions and performance metrics for scaling organizational capabilities

Provided thought-leadership towards total rewards and compensation alignment

Assessed organizational-wide processes, conducted competitive analysis and benchmarked key metrics

Led strategic-action team and assist steering committee on Net+ focused on employee wellness

Represented Levi’s at global conference on employee welness at Harvard University Walmart – Arkansas 2014 – 2016

Senior Manager

Led key functions of the largest corporate restructuring and gained financial savings of $60M

Developed strategy, capabilities and organizational model to invest into new Health & Wellness business

Revised overall strategy for Global Talent Acquisition teams to optimize and scale key capabilities

Partnered with Compensation and Benefits team to evaluate positions based on Hay Point Analysis

Conducted in-depth research on industry trends for executive leaders on organizational strategies

Worked directly with the CEO to build competencies for renewed C-suite and senior leadership

Optimized span of control, eliminating duplicate organizations and re-aligning resources to strategic needs

Championed and partnered on strategic workforce planning as an input to organizational design Additional Professional Experience 1998 – 2014

Management Consulting & Technology Architect

Renewed existing IT organization from “Waterfall” to an “Agile” to improve speed to market – IBM (Texas)

Implemented stakeholder management & communication to increase adoption rate by 20% - IBM (Texas)

Improved organizational efficiencies by 25% through PMO restructuring – IncCode (Texas)

Implemented organizational strategy, structure and processes for analytics organization – Cognizant (Texas)

Developed job descriptions and role definitions for new SQM organizaation – Cognizant (Texas)

Led a team of of application developers and analysts for retail IT systems – US Cellular (Illinois)

Partnered and led talent acquisition and hiring functions for scaling team of the team – US Cellular (Illinois)

Developed software solutions for warehouse management systems – McHugh Software (Wisconsin)

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