Saudi Arabia
A seasoned strategic Organizational Development leader with global experience in the UK and Saudi Arabia, specializing in organizational restructuring, culture transformation, leadership development, capability building, and performance management. Expertise in designing and implementing competency frameworks, succession planning, HR systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP SuccessFactors), and data-driven decision-making to drive efficiency, engagement, and business success. MAIN ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT FROM 1996 TO PRESENT Strategic HR Leadership: Collaborated with CEOs, company chairmen, and department heads to develop and align business strategies. Integrated HR strategies with organizational goals, ensuring alignment with the company’s vision, mission, values, and culture to drive both short-term and long-term success. Organizational Restructuring: Optimized strategy, structure (chain of command, span of control, role profiles), systems, staff, leadership style, and culture to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. HR Transformation & Centralization: Led HR department centralization, achieving $1.5M in cost savings, and built HR functions from inception to full operational capacity. Talent Management: Led talent acquisition, workforce planning, competency frameworks, career paths, and succession planning. Performance & Change Management: Implemented performance management systems, KPIs, and change initiatives across organizations in different regions Compensation, Benefits and Payroll: Evaluated job, designed and implemented merit increases, and pay structures across multiple organizations. HR Systems & Policies: Implemented HR ERP systems (PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP SuccessFactors), managed payroll, and developed comprehensive HR policies. Training & Development: Conducted training needs analysis, created course materials, and delivered training on performance management, compensation, and L&D. Governance & Operations: Established HR dashboards, Delegation of Authority Matrix, and SOPs to streamline processes.
Al Muhaidib Groups, Saudi Arabia (July 2019 to 31-Dec-2019 Mayar Foods, 1-January 2020 to December 2022 -Al Muhaidib Group Corporate Office, January 2023 to present Masdar ) Significant achievements: Work with CEO & Head of Departments and developed business strategy. Aligned HR strategy with business strategy to support vision, mission, values and culture of the organization to achieve short term and long-term objectives (exercises included: SWOT Analysis, Risk Assessment, plan to mitigate risk, setting long term goals, annual departments’ objectives with KPIs and performance measures.) Centralized human resource department and saved SAR 1.5 million per annum Implemented Success Factor and Employee Central (standardized departments, cost center, jobs, position, locations, grades and developed standard reports) Develop annual workforce plan and participate in interviewing management positions. Develop career path, succession planning for key positions and conducted training needs analysis (TNA) and provided training. Manage end to end performance management systems (setting departments’ objectives and KPIs with performance measures, measure the performance, calculate annual merit increase and bonus) Developed and implemented: organizational structure, policies and procedures, job descriptions, job benchmarking, evaluating jobs (applying Korn Ferry methodology), established grades and pay structure. Conduct opinion survey and market research, evaluate jobs, update grades and pay structure and compensation and benefits schemes. Conducted Great Place to Work Survey, listed as 87% ranking score in Saudi Arabia, identified areas to improve and implemented plans Developed course material and imparted training on KIPs, Performance Management, Compensation and Benefits modules HR Dashboard: Developed HR analytics, digitized KPIs and monitored progress and proposed actions to achieve set objectives.
• Established HR Department and managed HR function end to end.
• Established HR Department and managed HR function end to end.
Major Accomplishments: Won scholarship for MSC Human Resource Management degree course (full time) from Nottingham Trent University, pursued for academic qualification. Completed Master’s degree in Human Resource Management. Represented the class as Class Representative. Made suggestions to improve the MSC in Human Resource Management course and well appreciated by the class students and Module Leader. Taught MSC in Human Resource Management students and developed lectures on compensation and benefits, Performance Management and placed on YouTube.
• Developed and implemented Performance Management System • Developed Leanring and Development programs.