Experience

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  Airtel Telecommunications

  • Ghana

  • Director of Human Resources

    • Jul 2010 - Apr 2013
    • Ghana

    • Talent review process in country, including 100% compliance with completion of performance management discussions, talent profiles, performance and potential charts, succession planning pools, summary department reports, • Partner with VP HR and Functional Business Leaders to create accelerated development plans for high potential leaders identified in talent reviews; monitor progress against plans and report progress to VP, Talent Management• Create company strategic recruitment and selection plan. • Create company strategic training and organizational development plan to meet personal, professional, and organizational needs of company employees. • Manage compensation programs to ensure regulatory compliance and competitive salary levels. • Manage the implementation of performance management system. • Develop and coordinate grievances and mediate workplace disputes. • Evaluate procedures and technology solutions to improve human resources data management. • Recommend and maintain an organizational structure and staffing levels to accomplish company goals and objectives. • Evaluate company culture and provide recommendations on changes to accomplish company goals and objectives. • Evaluate and recommend business process outsourcing opportunities and identify potential vendors. • Develop and manage annual budgets for the division and perform periodic cost and productivity analyses.

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  Holiday Inn Accra Airport

  • Ghana

  • Human Resources Project Manager - Contract

    • Jun 2009 - Jun 2010
    • Ghana

    • Design and deliver talent management processes including talent review (assessment and identification) and succession planning. Supporting management in developing and executing the succession plan.• Develop the hotel’s Human Resource strategy in conjunction with the mission, goals and objectives of the hotel.• Develop staffing policies in line with African Sun guidelines• Develop a reward and recognition system• Perform the role of advisor to management and staff• Develop strategies to correct operational problems relating to staff (including absenteeism, turn over, retention, morale etc)• Manage industrial relations issues of the hotel • Establish relationships with external organizations including government training agencies; training consultants; private training providers and professional associations • Provide advice to the General Manager in meeting hotel strategic objectives• Manage the legal issues of the Hotel• Plan bonus, commission and incentive schemes for relevant staff • Ensure comprehensive and regular staff communication sessions

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  Newmont Ghana Limited

  • Ghana

  • Regional Talent Manager

    • Mar 2008 - Jun 2009
    • Ghana

    • Lead the day-to-day management of the annual talent review and succession management process providing the appropriate education and training to managers and HR Business Partners• Build relationships with Business, Functional and Human Resource leaders to drive the embedding of the core processes into the business cycle and ensure there is a focus on building and maintaining a high performance culture by accurately assessing talent, crafting development plans and actions and following through on the outcomes of these assessments and actions• Manage HR Business Partners to ensure action plans are in place to address talent management issues and provide regular progress reporting• Co-lead, with the Total Rewards CoE, the Annual Performance Cycle, directing the delivery of the performance management components, assessing performance at mid-year and year-end, providing regular reporting as the cycle progresses, ensuring global deadlines are met• Identifying, aligning and developing top talent to critical leadership positions• Deliberately closing performance and developmental capacity gaps• Succession and Organizational Planning. Alignment of organizational talent with business plan• Talent Acquisition and Internal Movement. Ensuring short and long term supply of Talent for the organization • Lead competitive market research to establish pay practices and pay bands that help to recruit and retain superior staff.

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  Maersk Ghana Limited

  • Ghana/Bukina Faso

  • General Manager Human Resources

    • Sep 2002 - Feb 2008
    • Ghana/Bukina Faso

    • Create company strategic recruitment and selection plan• Coordinate company equal opportunity programs to achieve diversity goals• Create company strategic training and organizational development plan to meet personal, professional, and organizational needs of company employees• Oversee compensation programs to ensure regulatory compliance and competitive salary levels• Oversee the design and development of compensation strategy and programs• Direct the administration of benefit programs to include: health, retirement, death, disability and unemployment• Evaluate and recommend improvements to benefit programs• Coordinate the administration and negotiation of union contracts• Develop and coordinate grievances and mediate workplace disputes• Evaluate procedures and technology solutions to improve human resources data • management• Recommend and maintain an organizational structure and staffing levels to accomplish company goals and objectives• Evaluate and recommend human resource outsourcing opportunities and identify potential vendors• Develop and manage annual budgets for the division and perform periodic cost and productivity analyses• Recommend and establish company policies and procedures• Work with departmental managers and corporate staff to develop long term business plans for the company

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  SG SSB

  • Ghana

  • Senior Human Resources Specialist

    • Aug 2001 - Sep 2002
    • Ghana

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  Celltel Telecommunications

  • Ghana

  • Head, Human Resources and Administration

    • Feb 1997 - Jul 2001
    • Ghana

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  Deloitte &Touche Ghana Limited

  • Ghana

  • Human Resource Consultant

    • Mar 1992 - Jan 1997
    • Ghana