Dual Role: Senior HRBP/HR Transformation & Integration Manager at Algeco UK (part of Modulaire Group) (2024-01 – 2024-12)
As well as the Senior HRBP duties, led the people integration and transformation workstream following a major acquisition, aligning two businesses under a unified culture, policies, and people framework.
- Directed post-acquisition integration of 350 employees, overseeing TUPE alignment, contractual harmonisation, and cultural onboarding to ensure smooth transition and engagement continuity.
- Scoped and managed multiple workstreams spanning benefits, pay, pensions, policies, and systems, ensuring alignment with employment legislation.
- Acted as change lead, identifying bottlenecks, managing stakeholder communications, and ensuring leadership visibility through all phases of transformation.
- Managed external suppliers and budget to deliver high-impact, sustainable outcomes across multiple workstreams.
- Led a 12-month companywide harmonisation and transformation programme, delivering on time and within budget across all business units.
- Delivered a full benefits review and redesign, introducing a new health cash plan, bonus and pay harmonisation, and pension plan optimisations, driving both cost savings and enhanced employee value proposition.
- Partnered cross-functionally with HR CoEs (Reward, ER, L&D, Comms, and Change) to embed consistent processes and compliance frameworks across the newly combined organisation.
Strategic HR Business Partner at Algeco UK (2022-04 – 2024-12)
Partnered with MD/Executive Team in a standalone business within a wider group. (Engineering, Product, Design, Sales, Customer Service, Finance, IT)
- People Strategy & Business Performance: Developed and implemented people plans with functional leaders, improving attraction, retention, performance and employee experiences.
- Sales & Commission Scheme: Co-designed a sales/operations commission scheme, improving sales and fostering collaboration.
- Employee Engagement: Launched initiatives like 'listening' forums, MD roundtables, and awards, driving year-on-year engagement growth.
- ED&I Leadership: Established an ED&I forum, leading to measurable improvements in engagement survey results.
- Talent Management: Developed and implemented a transparent talent management, performance management and succession planning process and career pathways.
- Benefits Optimisation: Led a companywide benefits review, introducing enhanced offerings (health cash plan, pension savings), achieving cost savings.
- Restructures & Change Management: Managed multiple restructures and integrations, guiding employees through consultations and creating redeployment opportunities where possible.
- Wellbeing Focus: Led wellbeing initiatives, improving work-life balance and supporting mental health in the construction sector.
- Coaching: Formally coached 2 Directors and 1 colleague from an international sister company, supporting their professional growth and development.
HR Business Partner at Breedon Group (2020-10 – 2022-04)
Partnered with a MD/Executive Team in a standalone business in a wider Group. Engineering, Product, Design, Sales, Customer Service, Health & Safety, Finance
- People Plans: Created and implemented the company's first people plans, focusing on talent attraction, engagement, and retention.
- Talent Management: Designed and launched talent management and succession planning tools, supporting employee development and performance.
- Absence Management: Implemented a new absence management process, reducing sickness-related costs by £360k in year one.
- Wellbeing Initiatives: Led wellbeing programs that reduced absenteeism and increased the use of onsite physiotherapy services.
- Recruitment Overhaul: Improved recruitment processes, creating inclusive job adverts and strengthening agency relationships, as measured by new starter feedback.
- Graduate Program: Developed a Graduate Trainee Management Program, including rotations and learning objectives for future leadership pipeline.
- Restructure Support: Managed consultation processes during restructuring initiatives, ensuring clear communication and employee support.
- Process Optimisation: Overhauled onboarding, offboarding, absence and more processes, streamlining workflow and improving efficiency, compliance, and data accuracy.
- Employee Engagement: Delivered employee engagement training and led listening workshops, driving improved communication and employee satisfaction.
HR Business Partner - UK & International at Cromwell Group (part of Grainger) (2014-05 – 2020-10)
Partnered International Sales Directors, Regional Sales Directors & Sales Managers - throughout the years also partnered Marketing, Customer Service, IT, Finance, Legal, PMO
- People Plans & Sales Performance: Partnered with International Sales Director to create and implement people plans focused on driving sales performance across 500+ salespeople.
- Talent, Engagement & Culture: Improved engagement from 30% to 80% (2016–2020), achieving GPTW and Glassdoor Top 20 status; drove 17 promotions and 3 secondments through robust succession planning.
- Restructures & ER: Managed major restructures affecting 500+ employees and led complex ER cases, including discrimination claims, sexual harassment, and tribunal preparation.
- Recruitment & Cost Efficiency: Led executive/sales recruitment and reduced agency spend by 67% via process redesign and recruitment toolkits.
- D&I & Inclusion: Introduced the company's first D&I policy and forum, embedding inclusion into cultural transformation.
- Performance & Coaching: Collaborated with Sales Trainer to foster a high-performance culture, coaching managers to improve sales results.
- Change & Integration Projects: Delivered HR projects including onboarding, offboarding, and TUPE (Rolls Royce), ensuring smooth people transitions.
- Covid-19 Response: Owned communication and process during the furlough period, providing weekly inclusive comms for 1,000+ furloughed employees.
Employment Law Manager at Lloyds (2010-02 – 2014-05)
- Team Leadership: Managed a team of employment law solicitors/HR professionals, ensuring high performance and compliance.
- Complex Case Management: Led on complex restructure and TUPE projects, managing high-stakes legal and HR matters.
- Employment Law Consultancy: Delivered expert consultancy services to clients across various industries, advising on ER, tribunal, and legal compliance.
- Training & Development: Created and delivered employment law training sessions and workshops for clients.
- Tribunal Support: Prepared ET3 responses, casework, and tribunal bundles.
