Mission Summary

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Ability  in delivering results straight to the business to enable forward savings to the client’s bottom line implementing sustainable change management consultancy and managed services.     

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• Training - E2E process, Supplier & Contractor Training, Interview Skills and Tools - Competency and Behaviour, Psychometric Testing Qualified (Thomas International and SHL)

• Supplier Relationships and PSL Management                                               

• Recruitment Design, Selection Review & Assessment Centres

• Talent Strategy Planning working hand in hand with HR and the business leaders

• Working to budget & recognising the longer term financial impact of retention

• Contractor Attraction & Management 

• Pipeline Management

• Key Stakeholder Management        

• Process Analysis/re-Mapping

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Prior to Pivotal Connection founded October 2016, my career took me to.....

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Hitachi Consulting Ltd                                                                                                  Oct 2008 –  Oct 2016   (3 years) 

(Previously Celerant Consulting Ltd)                                                                           Oct 2008 –  Nov 2013   (5 years)

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Hitachi Consulting  - Contractor Manager EMEA 

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A leading Professional Services organisation delivering results straight to our client’s bottom line, implementing system integration, managed services and change management consultancy. My role is to ensure a robust and effective talent solution for a complex and highly skilled virtual European stakeholder matrix.

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Following the Celerant acquisition in Hitachi my immediate role was to integrate the recruitment of Operational Change Managers and Analysts in EMEA into the HC centralised team.    Afterwards managing associates  from  2015, full-cycle subcontractor process with challenging deadlines operating across the practices delivering resources required in UK, Germany, France, The Nordics, Belgium and additional International support, ME and ASIA.    

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Ability to provide tactical and creative experience to central Resourcing, to the hiring VP’s and Project Managers in identifying appropriate resources for open and forecast project roles;  Partnering with the Senior Team,  sourcing external suppliers and working with my developed network/subcontractor team to ensure delivery for all requirements are met.  Managing the logistical, pre-onboarding, procedural, contractual and financial aspects;  Produce utilization reports for Staffing and Finance;  Maintain resource data in all systems;  working closely with Finance and Central Operations  teams to ensure contractors are set up for invoice/billing; Serve as point of contact for recruitment and resourcing, building relationships with internal business partners, managing compliance across the process, liaising constantly with Legal, HR, IT and Finance as part of the end to end process of contractor management.

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For both permanent and contractor requirements sourced and reviewed resumes, scheduled interviews with project managers, negotiated pay rates, initiated purchase orders and processed subcontractor documents; Collaborated with Legal team and Mobility to ensure visa and work permits were requested and processed where necessary

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Taking an active role with T&D; delivered the strategic roll out and continued program in UK and EMEA geographies  of training Hitachi's competency interview element of their 7 stage process. 

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• Recruitment &Talent Acquisition –  generating direct aquisition as a focus 

• Key Stakeholder Management – VP’s, Senior Managers and Project Teams

• Full Recruitment Lifecycle Perm & Contract Hires across European Matrix (Identifying new talent pools)

• Breadth of business streams – Manament Consulting + languages, FMCG, Engineering, Lean/6 Sigma + Oracle, Microsoft, IT Managed Services 

• Assessment Centre design, management & support (Internal Promotion and External Hire’s)

• Competency Based Interviewing - training plus assessment, scoring, wrap up and analysis.

• Management Reporting:  Utilisations, ratios of Hire

• Proposal & Bid Team Tender Support 

• Extensive usage of Applicant Tracking Systems 

• Reduced attrition with relevant recruitment training, succession planning and internal mobility.

• Capacity planning  & skills matrix (pipeline, sector & language)

• Work with Legal, HR  Finance & Functional partners to deliver staffing solutions.

• Supplier & Contractor Management - PSL framework, Supplier Sourcing, Engagement & Financials

 

 

COMPETENCIES

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Customer orientation, strategy delivery, relationship building,  influencing, information share, analysis, results oriented, coaching , change leadership

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Connect Mortgages Ltd                                                                                                                              2005 – 2008

Lewes, East Sussex

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Mission: As General Manager, recruit, train and enable the service offering executed to the subscribing mortgage broker clients for quick and clean mortgage offers working with partnered lenders across the UK.​

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Accomplishments:

• Built the processing centre's talent pool and recruited key managers across sales and finance.  Worked closely with a capital investment organisation to secure funding at the off set of the recession.

 

BOC Gases Ltd                                                                                                                                      2001 – 2005

(Linde Group)

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Mission:  Overall responsibility for managing 4 business streams across UK and Eire.  PSL Management, Talent Aquisiton and Training of recruitment skills.

 

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Blue Arrow Recruitment                                                                                                                      1991 - 2001

  

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PRE 1990:  IT Recruitment, Sales, Training and Account Management