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Karen Beavan

HR Consultant at KB Consulting
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Karen Beavan, a seasoned HR professional with 15 years of experience, is a skilled Talent Management and Business Strategy expert, holding degrees in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and HR systems.
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Location
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, ZA
Skills
  • Talent Management
  • Hr Consulting
  • Succession Planning
  • Business Strategy
  • Microsoft Office
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Karen Beavan is a seasoned HR professional with over 15 years of experience in talent management, change management, and business strategy. As a Human Resources Lead at Marriott Holdings Group, she developed an integrated HR function, designed people-related policies, and led the acquisition by Old Mutual. Prior to this, she held various roles at Old Mutual Property Group, Project Spice, and Standard Bank (SA) Group, where she successfully implemented HR systems, managed payroll, and provided counsel on company restructuring. Karen holds an Honours degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from UNISA and is proficient in Microsoft Office and HRIS systems.

Experience

  • KB Consulting
    • Durban
    • HR Consultant
      • Jan 2009 - Present
      • Durban

      Provide HR support to clients. Functions include recruitment, payroll, HR administration, industrial relations, counselling, organisational design.Reviewing of existing HR systems, policies and processes. Designing and implementing HR systems, policiesna and processes. Implementing and running...

  • Project Phoenix (Mutual and Federal)
    • Durban
    • Human Resources Lead
      • Jul 2008 - Oct 2008
      • Durban

      Seconded from Old Mutual from 1 May 2008 - 30 June 2008Mutual and Federal became the new project sponsor and Project Phoenix was launched.Employed by Mutual & Federal on a contract from 1 July 2008 to finalise the project.HR requirements for the business remained the same as for Project Spice...

  • Old Mutual Property Group
    • Durban
    • Human Resources Manager
      • Jan 2007 - Jun 2008
      • Durban

      Old Mutual bought Marriott and took over the running of the company in January 2007. Once the Marriott/Old Mutual merger was complete, I was approached for a secondment to Project Spice which began in January 2007.

  • Project Spice (Old Mutual)
    • Durban
    • Human Resources Lead
      • Jan 2007 - Apr 2008
      • Durban

      Project Spice was an Old Mutual strategic initiative to launch a direct financial services business with a Home Loan and Short Term Insurance product (Old Mutual was the project sponsor)This was a Greenfields business that we were building from scratchAs part of the leadership team, responsible f...

  • Marriott Holdings Group
    • Durban Area, South Africa
    • Group Human Resources Manager
      • Jul 1999 - Dec 2006
      • Durban Area, South Africa

      Strategic HR role which formed part of the business ExcoNational responsibility for all people related activities in three separate entities - Marriott Asset Management, Marriott Property Services and Marriott Merchant BankDesigned people related policies and processes that met the business needs...

  • Standard Bank (SA) Group
    • Durban Area, South Africa
    • Provincial Human Resources Manager, Stannic KZN
      • Jun 1992 - Jun 1999
      • Durban Area, South Africa

      Responsible for the provincial Human Resources department

Education

  • 1994 - 1995
    UNISA
  • 1988 - 1991
    University of Port Elizabeth
  • 1983 - 1987
    Queenstown Girls High School

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