Global HRD / HRVP who has also worked in business line management roles

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Primary specialism: HR Business Partner

Markets with deep expertise: Strong market and cultural understanding of Northern Europe having led large teams across the Nordics in both General Management and HR Leadership positions.
Deep understanding of Asia Pacific region having effectively partnered Executive Leadership Teams through exponential business growth in three different industries.

Languages : English (native), Norwegian (conversational)

Salary expectations: equivalent of USD200,000+ plus package

Workforce types directly supported: All employee types inclusive of Advanced Engineering, 'shop floor' Manufacturing, Customer Service & Service Delivery, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Sales & Marketing, Retail & E-Commerce, IT & other supporting functions.

Mobility Considerations: Able to be based from Europe or Hong Kong - UK Citizen with current working visa in Hong Kong and spouse with EU citizenship.

Team management: Significant experience leading both business and HR teams across Europe, Asia and Americas, including direct management of a team of 70+ managers and professionals working across 7 different countries.

Current/recent employer: Experience working in both early stage as well as well-established global organisations ranging from 2,000 to 40,000 employees, with turnovers ranging from $100m to $12bn.

Remits of particular interest: I would be attracted to dynamic HR leadership roles which involve partnering a mission-led executive team who are excited by future growth potential and recognise the criticality of driving people and culture development in enabling successful strategy execution. I thrive in organisations that serve a higher purpose and environments where change is considered 'the norm'.

Unique expertise: Having undertaken line leadership roles within the business, requiring direct customer management, full P&L accountability and leadership of large global teams, I bring unique commercial expertise which makes me a highly credible and empathetic HR partner to senior business leaders. Having worked in best practice blue-chip HR environments as well as start-ups undergoing exponential growth, I am uniquely positioned to diagnose talent, organisation and leadership development requirements and subsequently co-create and execute a transformative people agenda that fundamentally serves the core purpose and strategic goals of the organisation.

Commerciality:

Led a leadership capability transformation programme combining exceptional talent acquisition with targeted leader development plans resulting a 2X improvement to Executive Succession Plan bench strength, and a 33% increase in HiPo talent retention.
Led global business leadership teams to establish and roll out global employee experience programmes that delivered a 21% improvement in overall people engagement.
Led a global business process digital transformation programme leading to a 3% margin improvement, 15 day leadtime improvement and 8% increase in customer satisfaction.
Stabilised a challenging and complex ER environment resulting in zero industrial disputes and 2% improvement in absence rate.
Built a world-class HR system in a start-up environment 'from scratch' tailored to the strategic goals of the organisation.
Achieved 20%+ year-on-year global cost reductions across a global product training business resulting in $3m+ increased profit whilst in the same period, objectively doubling the technical capability levels of both internal and external customers.

Strengths: Proven track record of building high-performing leadership teams capable of driving exponential growth. Business-minded People Leader able to influence and contribute significantly towards the wider business and strategic agenda. Avid learner with a strong aptitude for quickly adapting to new business environments to design impactful people change programmes that serve organisational purpose and help drive exponential growth.

Need to know: Purposeful leader able to bring an innovative 'outside-in' approach to design a people agenda that leverages core competencies and serves as a future talent magnet. With a relentless passion for perpetual improvement both as individuals and in the collective, I inspire teams to 'think differently' about how we lead and enable teams to 'connect' with organisational goals and reach performance levels beyond their potential.