Fiona Barker

Experienced, professional, organised and proactive Rewards Manager with expert knowledge.

Business

Partnership approach, with ability to build relationships and communicate at all levels. Analytical with strong attention to detail and dedication to upskilling others. Proven ability to lead and manage multiple projects to implement global improvements.

EMEA Rewards Manager at Zebra Technologies (2016-01 – Present)

Design and implementing Reward programmes across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and launching global programmes across North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

• Defining and implementing strategies to enhance the employee experience and inclusion and diversity efforts e.g. global employee wellbeing, new global recognition programme and new parent leave.
• Identifying market trends and legislative changes, undertaking cost benefit analysis, recommending and implementing changes e.g. Netherlands salary sacrifice scheme and UK Bonus Exchange scheme. Ensuring handbooks and policies are up-to-date following employment law changes e.g. Flexible Working policy.
• Established a Governance Committee for reviewing key benefit and policy changes for UK and currently expanding this in the Netherlands.
• Supporting acquisitions and harmonisation of terms and conditions post acquisition, legal entity rationalization and onboarding.
• Annual compensation planning for merit review and the annual bonus scheme, including system testing and improvement, advising managers and payroll submission.
• Annual renewal of benefits, negotiating cost efficiencies in conjunction with brokers, undertaking full market reviews and RFPs e.g. UK pension and risk benefits.
• Lead for analysis of compensation including UK and EMEA gender reporting and preparing for the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
• Global co-lead for the Quarterly Bonus scheme for Front Line Employees across NALA, EMEA and APAC.
• Providing expertise to the business in job design, job levelling and evaluation, peer assessment, benchmarking and competitive analysis.
• Training new members of HR team e.g. onboarding, offboarding and payroll processes and development of the graduate and internship programmes.
• Member of the HR Advisory Council, advising the Chief People Officer on strengthening and advancing the HR function, including introducing of job rotation programme.

HR Manager at Zebra Technologies (2012-06 – 2016-01)

HR Manager for the 2 main sites (EMEA HQ & Manufacturing)

• HR Business Partnering – advising and coaching managers on all HR-related issues, including absence management, performance issues, talent management and development.
• Managing the recruitment process from benchmarking salary data, building relationships with recruitment agencies to online advertising, interviewing candidates and providing feedback.
• Compensation planning specialist for EMEA for merit planning and benchmarking.
• Benefit renewals, benefit plan design changes and implementation e.g. UK pension salary sacrifice.
• Project managed auto-enrolment for the UK pension scheme.
• Supporting HR activities in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
• Keeping abreast of statutory changes and best practice to ensure policies and practices are compliant and communicated within the business.

HR Officer at Zebra Technologies (2007-05 – 2012-05)

Generalist HR role

• Advising managers and employees on HR policies including flexible working, maternity leave and employee relation issues.
• Policy design, ensuring legal compliance e.g. established and implemented redundancy, grievance and disciplinary procedures for UK.
• Recruitment activities including benchmarking salary information, interviewing and managing relationships with recruitment partners. Launched i-cims (an online vacancy requisition system) and online offer pack throughout EMEA.
• Established the industrial placement student scheme, ran assessment centres and coached the interns, trialed a new apprenticeship scheme.
• Managing the starter and leaver processes – creating offer documentation, holding HR inductions, conducting exit interviews and co-ordinating the Company Induction week.
• Submission of payroll changes for 19 countries across EMEA.
• Benefit scheme administration including responding to employee queries and communication. Improved employee take-up of UK pension scheme. Launched new benefits e.g. Cycle to Work, Employee Assistance Programme and implemented Wellness Programme.
• UK compensation benchmarking survey submission.
• Headcount and statutory reporting and introduced HR metrics to analyse trends. Also supported the HR Director in managing the HR department budget.
• Key member of the global ERP project implementation.

HR Administrator at Ultra Electronics (2006-04 – 2007-05)

Full range of HR administration responsibilities

• Absence monitoring and analysis
• Payroll submission
• Managing the annual flexible benefits renewal
• Recruitment advisory and administration service from advertising and briefing agencies, scheduling interviews, producing job offers, arranging pre-employment checks, acquisition of references.
• Coordinating performance reviews, identifying training needs and sourcing training courses to implement the company's Training and Development plan.
• Project work including employee surveys and bonus scheme administration.

HR Coordinator at St Gregory the Great (2004-06 – 2006-04)

Stand-alone HR role for a newly established secondary school

• Co-ordinated the recruitment process – from advertising and writing job descriptions to obtaining references, drawing up interview schedules and undertaking CRB checks.
• Liaising with payroll regarding new and current staff changes.
• Responsible for the administration of the Governor's Staffing Committee.
• Development and implementation of policies and procedures and consulting on best HR practices.
• Key achievements in this role were: establishing a new absence reporting system, helped gain Investors in People status, introduced online recruitment, exit questionnaires and an employee handbook.

MCIPD (since 2012)

MA in Human Resource Management – Bucks New University (2008-01 – 2010-12)

BA Joint Hons in Industrial Relations & HR Management – Kent University (2001-01 – 2004-12)

A Levels in Sociology, Economics, German – Lord Williams's School, Thame (1999-09 – 2001-06)

GCSEs in Multiple subjects – Lord Williams's School, Thame (1997-09 – 1999-06)