Experience

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  Victrex

  • Remote

  • HR & Talent Consultant - Projects (Digitalising & Creative Talent Par...

    • Aug 2021 - Present
    • Remote

    Victrex plc is a FTSE 250 Company - an innovative, world-leading, high performance materials group. My Consultancy Achievements:Transformational digitalisation of all Talent, Recruitment & Attraction business requirements.Designed & Created all new transformational end to end digitalisat...

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  Innov8 Human Resources Ltd

  • Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

  • Freelance Senior HR Consultant

    • Apr 2020 - Aug 2021
    • Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Freelance Senior HR Consultant

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  Diamic Edge Ltd - HR & Business Consultancy

  • North West UK

  • Managing Director - Diamic Edge Ltd - HR Consultancy (Incorporating Travel Co...

    • Feb 2015 - Aug 2021
    • North West UK

    Diamic Edge HR Consultancy & Business Services provides pragmatic HR consultancy for both SME's and larger organisations requiring experienced and practical solutions for all business needs.With decades of experience within the HR and commercial business sectors of both corporate and SME...

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  Saica Group - Natur

  • Carrington,Manchester

  • HR Business Partner (HR Director) - Consultancy

    • Sep 2012 - Jan 2015
    • Carrington,Manchester

    SAICA Natur UK brings together the strengths of a wide range of UK recycling and waste management providers to give our customers the best possible solutions for all their recycling and waste management needs. We are a major recycler in the UK and part of one the largest recycling groups in Europ...

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  HR Professional

  • North West UK

  • Human Resources Consultancy

    • Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
    • North West UK

    Call +44(0)7799646486. Experience includes: General HR Advice, Policies & Practices, OD & Change Projects, Recruitment, Talent Management, Training & Development, Redundancy, TUPE, Disciplinary and Grievance, Employee Benefits, Employee Surveys etc...

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  Diane Kimberley Business & HR Consultancy

  • United Kingdom

  • Project, Interim, Assignments + HR Provision (Your outsourced HR Dept.)

    • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012
    • United Kingdom

    Do you need cost effective professional help, advice and guidance for your business and HR issues?Then turn to someone with multi-national experience ...who translates global expertise, into pragmatic and relevant solutions ... whatever the size of your enterprise!Tel: +44(0)7799-646486Recent Ass...

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  Trelleborg Offshore

  • North West UK

  • Vice President Human Resources - UK/ UK HR Champion

    • Jun 2010 - Jan 2012
    • North West UK

    Achievements Include:o O.D. Change & Continual Functional Excellence: Strategic Planning + implementation top quartile HR processes, procedures and HR best practice across US, Norway and UK - integral part of the global OD Change. Creation and Implementation of Best Practice redundancy progra...

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  Shell International Ltd

  • Interim HR Account Manager - Strategy & Planning + Financial Controllers

    • Jan 2010 - Mar 2010

    Undertook this interim role whilst working towards my exit from Shell End March, 2010 due to redundancy. Moved back to Cheshire in May, 2010.

  • HR Advisor (HRBP)

    • Jun 2008 - Dec 2009

    § HR change and communication lead on a number of key strategic global projects, including organisational change§ HR Lead and Line Manager to head teachers and staff during £4.5m divestment of the Dutch Shell School in the UK. Successfully completed over 8 months. Awarded special recognition bonus§ Legislative and operational management of local and expat severance and redundancy processes§ Talent Management, including job title alignment, evaluations, succession planning, career ladders, leadership and competency development and analysis § HR mentoring and executive development coaching for a number of individuals at all levels, including senior leadership § Resourcing including planning, management of selection panels, process and policy on a global basis§ Remuneration and benefits management, including peer comparison and pay dispute resolutions§ Co-ordination of annual global individual performance review process§ Grievance/complaint management, including performance issues and resolutions including mediation § Redundancy and resignation process management (UK, NL, Germany, Norway, Middle East, US, Canada, Asia-Pac), including garden leave, repatriation and exit interviews§ Long term sickness and reintegration management for UK and NL populations§ Contract development, advice and problem resolution§ UK Employment Policy Committee (EPC) Member: Business representative for policy and process creation and implementation in the UK

  • Global Compliance & Standards Manager - Central HR - Recruitment

    • Jul 2006 - Jun 2008

    § Successful implementation of EU/UK Age Legislation - biggest change in employment law for 36 years – applied to a global landscape, balancing regional variances. Including copywriting of all materials, website, advertising copy, awareness training, creation of focal point team for ongoing monitoring, process review and improvement, risk analysis and resolution. Awarded special recognition bonus§ Creation of global framework of recruitment standards and policy; to segment and prepare the global market for a leading edge, complex, recruitment franchise and alignment model § Instigated, designed and project managed a new model to enhance the partnership with a pool of global business Interviewers and Assessors (an asset worth an annual value of in excess of $11.5m)§ Researched and developed business case to lead ’Contract and Procurement’ process to outsource Shell recruitment’s global background and reference checks, ensuring compliance, quality and worldwide consistency (annual contract value >$6.5m)§ Creation of Compliance & Standards Training Workshops and material, plus and supporting website, including e-learning training modules for SOX, EO, D&I and Data Protection legislative compliance

  • EMEAR Operations Manager - Central HR Recruitment

    • Jan 2004 - Jul 2006

    § Succession planning and re-organisation of EMEAR infrastructure, including creation of global leadership team structure, roles and ways of working § Reduced Operations costs (‘Cost per Hire’ reduced 5% year-on-year)§ Instrumental in progressing change projects to improve and simplify selection and assessment, including introduction of e-Assessment, and subsequent training and measurement§ Establishing alternative ‘in-house’ application screening process, reducing costs by 50-75%§ Introduced HR 'Core Periphery' resource model to increase flexibility and reduce costs, by building a ratio of flexible contractors to safeguard against Shell redundancies. Resulted in <5% redundancies during global reorganisation, mitigated by contractor reduction of 70%.§ Creation and implementation of organisational split of EMEAR, to include successful virtual teams and process improvements § Creation of career development ladder for Operations staff, including job descriptions, mapping skills to competencies to ‘grow your own’ talent and ensure succession planning and continuity§ Core Team member to develop a candidate experience survey and global onboarding programme § Led and instigated SMART documentation process flow to onboard and knowledge share on processes and ways of working§ Part of a team to evaluate the global experienced recruitment process to pave the way for Recruitment to become a top quartile competitor in the industry. Awarded a special recognition bonus.§ UK staff forum representative for large scale reorganisation project, transitioning senior management from UK to NL

  • HR Project Manager

    • Oct 2001 - Dec 2003

    § Legal research, procedural auditing, business and process analysis, recommendations for remedial operational proposals and implementation of legislation and performance improvements and training§ Ensuring all relevant UK/EU law changes are translated and implemented into best practice policies, procedures and practices for Recruitment§ Production and delivery of EO & Diversity and Data Protection all-staff training course plans and content § Post-employment HR adviser from contract terms to GEC countries, with specific emphasis on DP, EO and discrimination legislation, policies and standards§ Development, delivery and subsequent audit of policies and practices for EU legal compliance§ Successful delivery of created training course to other Shell businesses, generating approx $35-45K additional revenue for Recruitment during 2003. End of course evaluation results 4.5/5§ Creation of disability focal point team, including provision of reasonable adjustments for all applicants, including Braille recruitment brochures§ Interviewing and final assessment of global technical and commercial graduates § Successful creation and implementation of RHU 'HR Sensing' Project to enhance working environment to coach and assist new management team achieve financial overhead reduction.

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  Mentor - Diane Kimberley

  • Freelance Business Consultant

    • Apr 1992 - Jul 2001

    § ‘Freelance Consultancy work’ within HR projects, Executive & Career Coaching, Talent Management, Recruitment, Marketing, Advertising, Communications, Business Consultancy, Copywriting and Training workshops & materials including Distance Learning

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  Dutton International Ltd, Recruitment Agency

  • Various Positions

    • Jan 1992 - May 1995

    Recruitment Business Development Manager/Co. HR Manager/Regional Manager/Branch Manager/Technical & Commercial Recruitment Consultant + Consultancy (Freelance)

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  The Staff Agency

  • Branch Manager

    • Jan 1991 - Dec 1991

    o Upon relocation from London to NW England for family reasons. o Responsibilities included, overall responsibility for total branch success. Including: Personnel management, recruitment, key client account handling, training, budgeting, marketing, advertising, brand awareness generation, revenu...

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  Various Companies

  • London, Advertising Agencies. (Brand Awareness &amp; Direct Marketing Agency)...

    • Jun 1981 - Dec 1990

    (Including:Y&amp;R,O&amp;M,MSW,Dorland,Sutch Webster WMGO Direct)Main corporate clients: included Virgin Atlantic, RAC, Norwich Union, Heinz, Bradford &amp; Bingley (Now Santander), American Express, Royal Mail, Rank Xeroxo Overall responsibility for creative department personnel, creative produc...