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Human Resources Director

Personal profile

Human Resources professional with 20+ years of experience at multinational firms across diverse industries; proven ability in developing strategic plans, and leading teams to achieve organization’s goals and objectives.

Proven track record in Strategic Talent Acquisition, People Development, Performance management and Rewarding, Policy Development, Compensation & Benefits Development & Management, Organization restructuring, and Strategic Planning. Main tasks throughout my career

Lead HR part of the organization development plans, e.g., talent acquisition, organization capability development, and compensation & benefits.

Develop HR strategies and plans in alignment with the organization strategic business plans.

Advise and consult leadership team on development of strategies, action plans, and measures to achieve company objectives.

Lead negotiation with leadership team on organization plans, budget. Address issues and resolve conflicts to achieve common objectives.

Develop and implement organization resizing plans.

Help leadership set priorities, assign resources, and track performance to achieve set goals.

Partner with leadership team to develop and implement talent management and succession plans.

Review and assess HR policies in comparison with market competitors; develop plans and recommendation to update ours if needed to improve organization capability, and employees’ retention.

Conduct salary and benefit survey, develop recommendations, and manage implementation.

Successfully manage a wide area of responsibility across 14 countries in Middle East and Africa.

Lead recruitment plans, conduct interviews, and select top candidates to build organization team

Conduct job design, analysis, and performance evaluation.

Develop HR policies; gain alignment, develop recommendation and secure approval.

Develop HR procedures and lead implementation.

Develop and manage account budget.

Lead staffing, recruitment, and retention plans.

Work as main contact with the local governmental authorities; ensure full implementation of HR policies in accordance with local legislations.

Work as center of expertise on Health and Safety; develop plans and lead implementation to address issues and apply company HSE standards.

Lead internal control plans, conduct regular audits, and address issues.

Provide coaching, training, and lead career development plans of direct reports. Experience profile

Talent acquisition strategic planning

Organization Development Strategies

Compensation & Benefits Development

Recruitment, Orientation, Training

Organization resizing design & implementation

Talent management, succession Planning

Performance Evaluation/Management

HR Policies and Procedures Development

Job design, analysis and evaluation

Organization Retention Planning

Focus Groups

Internal Control

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57 Hadara st. Maadi, Cairo

Skills profile

Leadership

Vision Development

People Empowerment

People Management

Strategic Planning

Effective Communication

Negotiation

Analytical Troubleshooting & Decision Making

Budget Forecast & Cost Analysis

Professional Experience

2019- Present Human Resources & Facilities Director ASG

Develop and implement human resources and facilities management strategies and processes. Partner with department heads to identify their human capability needs and develop set action plans to satisfy their needs. Partner with Finance leaders to develop human capital budget and upload it to the AX system for tracking and control. Develop and implement facilities management strategies and processes to achieve agreed business targets for the department. Lead restructuring project to optimize department headcount and develop succession plan for the organization.

2015- 2019 Human Resources & Admin Director

Contact Group

Partner with business leaders to develop business OGSM strategies and set strategic action plans. Lead the human resources function to develop and strengthen organization capability through assessing the organization skills bank and systems; addressing the organization gaps; leading plans to fill in these gaps. Develop and lead HR strategies to support business strategies to double the revenue in three years; this covers rebuilding HR systems, policies, and processes; and support the business expansion plan of opening two additional manufacturing facilities.

2010- 2015 Human Resources Director

La Perla for Food Industries

Developing and implementing a human resources strategic plan that aligns with Company's mission and ensures the highest quality of service to our clients. Manage Human Resources operations by recruiting, selecting, training, and disciplining staff; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing staff job contributions; maintaining compensation; determining production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies; designing systems; resolving problems; and implementing change.

Selected Accomplishments:

Managed a project to build and start up a new food processing plant from grass root.

Participated in developing and implementing strategic plan to penetrate the European market.

Developed staffing plans and led candidate selection processes.

Developed job description for each operating role and trained employees on job success criteria.

Contributed to developing raw material suppliers and negotiated best prices at startup.

Acted as plant representative with European clients to effectively present company products and standards.

2004-2010 Regional HR & Operations Manager, Middle East & Africa Jones Lange LaSalle

Building the organization capability in the region; hiring training, and managing operations team in the region. Managing teams in client offices across 14 countries in Middle East and Africa. Proven record of success in building new organizations; talent acquisition, developing teams’ skills, succession planning, managing sophisticated customer needs and keeping up with high standards of service and customer satisfaction.

Selected Accomplishments:

Achieved the business objective of building the organization capability in the region in 2 years.

Recruited & developed a regional team across 14 countries to manage facilities services in each country.

Developed potential team members’ skills to assume wider responsibilities.

Developed a succession plan to manage the region key resources over 5 upcoming years.

Contributed to developing regional suppliers to improve client service satisfaction level.

Negotiated vendor contracts to reduce cost and improve service level creating over 10% saving across the region.

2002-2004 HR, Compensation & Benefits Policy Manager International Monetary Fund “IMF”; Washington DC.

Evaluate and modify benefits policies to ensure that programs are current, competitive and in compliance with the “IMF” requirements. Update job descriptions, job levels and families in different business units. Conduct job matching and market pricing of promotable jobs within the “IMF” business unit; apply job evaluation techniques to establish equitable compensation rates based on internal and external data. Prepare written communication to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies. Identify and implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees. Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations. Selected Accomplishments:

Created new HR policies to cover needs of IMF staff on external assignment.

Contributed to development of a new medical insurance company which resulted in better coverage at less cost to the organization.

Updated old HR policies to reflect recent work environment needs.

Led a training program to train expats families on several governmental legislations. 1991-2002 Procter & Gamble Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia HR, Compensation & Benefits Manager

Design, oversee and implement the company’s compensation and benefits programs. Monitor salary structures, and ensure that compensation and benefits policies, procedures and programs are in alignment with the organization’s overall strategic objectives and HR vision. Stay on top of changing governmental regulations. Evaluate competitors’ compensation and benefits packages and update the company packages to improve employees’ satisfaction and reduce turn over. Selected Accomplishments:

Contributed to the company retention program and achieved an improvement in employment turnover from 23% to 3.5%.

Upgraded the company car plan and accomplished higher employee satisfaction, eliminated capital car budget, and eliminated benefit car fleet service cost.

Changed the company food service policy to reflect market changes, improve employee satisfaction, and reduce cost.

Contributed to the launch of a new retirement plan linked to the company stocks.

Conducted several salary and benefit surveys to position the company compensation package among the top employment competitors in the market which contributed to reduce our employment turn over to 3.5%.

Achieved superior internal control rating three times which were conducted by external regional auditors.

Project Startup & Operations Manager

Manage construction of the new production line facilities, recruit new operations team member and supervise their on-boarding plan. Coordinate with marketing and sales teams on product launch plans. Supervise the new line shakedown in the USA and installation in Morocco. Lead the start up of production until launch of the new product in the local market. Selected Accomplishments:

Developed a team to start up a new production plant.

Led the team to drive test the production line in the USA.

Participated in a team to launch the new product in the Moroccan market.

Accomplished the start up plan at each success criteria. Attended Courses

Leadership skills

Negotiation strategies

Interviewing skills

Presentation skills

Written communication skills

Compensation and benefits strategies

Project management

Health, Safety, and Environmental

Strategic planning

Analytical troubleshooting

Internal Control

Academic Background

B.Sc. Engineering

Cairo University

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