Manager Management

Human Resources Professional

Areas of Expertise and Skills:

• Ability to build and maintain strong relationship within business groups at all levels

• Comfortable with any business change and challenges

• Ability to translate HR programs and policies into simple communication delivery

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills

• Ability to build separate HR Business Units that can function, facilitate and resolve HR issues independently.

• Ability to influence and resolve Problems and challenging issues

• Experienced in all HR specializations and Managerial Disciplines

• Ability to handle with a successful track record tough recruiting assignments, business priorities and complex business issues.

Employment Experience:

HRD-Operations Manager (Temp)

Safari Grill Canada (www.safarigrill.ca) Canada Jan, 12 – Present

• Run and manage daily operations of the outlet

• Assist in recruitment at the store level

• Supervise and manage Bi Weekly Payroll

• Manage controls and budget plans of the store

• Implement all company’s promotions policies and procedures and provide overall final recommendation for change within area of responsibility

• Provide training workshops whenever needed at the store level

HR Manager

Ascorp Holdings (www.ascorpholdings.com) UAE 2009 – 2010

• Negotiated a medical plan for 2500 employees and their families by introducing a coverage that saved the group $900,000 yearly.

• Rebuilt trust, integrity, and respect for the Human Resource Department by exhibiting an outstanding level of professionalism, commitment and support to management and employees.

• Built a (learning & Development Employee Passport) tracking tool for the entire group.

• Successfully, organized and supervised recruitment campaign was urgently required for 2 awarded major projects, failure to start on schedule would have resulted high penalties would have caused major loss to a multi- Million Dollar project

• Built successfully a network of Associates in different Continents to secure major recruiting assignments

• Designed and implemented a Pay scale and Grading Structure for 4 companies within the group using HAY Methodology, which helped retaining more than 10% of qualified technical staff.

• Improved the HRD various operations performance more than 35% by establishing small HR Units in the existing workflow to increase service efficiency to operations

• Managed the Annual Performance Management Development process, determined the payout of the Incentive Program and Merit Increase Program for all Salaried employees

• Assisted successfully the Chairman on special assignments in establishing Franchisee company in UAE

HRD Manager (Project Basis)

AL Wazan Holdings (www.wazzangroup.com) Kuwait 2008 – 2009

• Supervised all local HR functions within the Group

• Planned and managed a recruiting campaign to recruit almost 700 technical staff for $600 Million Project, of which over 350 were fully hired in one week (securing visas, admin works and permits)

• Led a team of 18 covering various HR operations of GCC Countries, Egypt, Sudan and Morocco

• Implemented all policies updates and provided overall final recommendation to management for change.

• Resolved performance related and goal achievement issues by providing team training that emphasized team management, meeting facilitation, decision making, and visual management tools.

• Led a workforce reduction plan involving restructuring and mobilization of more than 1200 employees by thorough analysis of identifying redundancies and providing program model for productivity improvement

HR & Training Manager

KEO International Consultants (www.keoic.com) Kuwait 2005 – 2008

• Provided forecast and analysis of compensations and benefits to top management with suggestions for improvement

• Managed a recruiting assignment which led to hiring a top C&B position using my network channels in Europe and America

• Supervised all financial transactions related to Local Nationals payments and pension plan programs and coordinated with Social Affairs Authority in providing annual updates and status changes

• Reviewed current HR manuals and processes, redesigned and implemented updates to all manuals in various countries.

• Led challenging assignments with high performance achievement across various HR functions

HR & Training Manager (Contract)

Al Sayer Group (Toyota & Lexus Dealer) (www.alsayeronline.com) Kuwait 2004-2005

• Created, implemented and managed job evaluation committee and process that improved the company's ability to attract and retain human resource talent and reduce the time to complete an evaluation.

• Trained Technical Professionals in Business Units to handle recruitment assignments which saved the group time and money as well as shortened the hiring process.

• Led a team of 26 staff including 3 HR Business Partners examining current processes and took appropriate corrective actions towards developing Hr Practices and services to various operations as directed by BSC (Balance Score Card) system.

• Led and supervised the Training Center and developed program budgets and reduced expenditures by inviting other companies to share the cost of international trainers and consultants which turned the training center to a profit generating unit.

• Supervised the implementation of grading system and liaised with HAY Group in UK as required to ensure that the system reflected up to date required standards

• Provided Management with detailed monthly reporting on all development Activities and liaise with Japan on all learning tools given through Synergy System

HR Superintendent (Contract)

Kharafi National (KBR, Hatch & Parsons) (www.kharafinational.com) Iraq 2004

• Established an HR Department in Kirkuk, Iraq managing HR operations of for Technical Units and Equipments with staff of over 4000 covering evaluation, assessments, performance as well as other HR formalities and administration works.

HRD Manager

Al Hazem Building Contractors UAE 1999 – 2004

• Managed and supervised a team of 5 handling all HR and Admin operations of 225 staff, and controlled all company’s hiring and firing, negotiated and approved all contracts related to new staff.

• Designed, controlled and implemented company’s general manuals and approved all policies and procedures

Recruitment Manager

Jobtrack-ME UAE 1996 – 1999

• I was the first to build a full bilingual databank in the Gulf and the first to recruit successfully local talents in Citi Bank and HSBC, which other banks copied later, and led to an invitation from Clarendon Parker- ME (Manpower) to join their team and lead the Arabic Division.

• The only representative to be asked to represent Recruiting Firms in the Middle East to in an international gathering planned for hiring local talents in private sector including international banks.

• Successfully, recruited a top Financial Advisor to handle a major private business of Oman Royal family

Membership and Certifications:

Member at HRPA Since 2011

Member at the Chartered Institute of Professional Managers, Jersey, UK Since1987

Member at the Society Human Resource Management (SHRM), USA Since 2005

Affiliate member at (Chartered Institute of Personnel Development), UK Since 2005

Certified on Job Analysis & Competency Design SHL (Saville & Holdsworth Ltd), UK 2004

Education:

• SHRP passed and designation is in progress (ID No. ON599376), and CHRP (in progress)

• Completed an intensive 9 modules program on Canadian latest updates on legislations, Industrial Relations, Labor Law, Canadian Work Essentials and H&S organized by Sheridan College

• Institute of Professional Managers, Jersey – UK 1987

Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations, Major in HR & Personnel Management

• Damascus University, Syria 1986

BA of English Literature & Language, Major in American Literature & Studies

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