Shona Young

A trusted Senior HR professional & HR Leader with deep expertise spanning all areas of the employee lifecycle:

• HR Leadership
• HR Strategy
• Company Core Value Implementation
• DEI
• HR Metrics
• HR Operations Management
• Recruitment & Retention
• Talent Management & Succession Planning
• HR Compliance
• Reward Management
• Employee Relations
• Performance Management
• Employee Mobility
• Global HR Project Management
• HRIS Management
• Employee Engagement
• Global Policy & Process Development and CI
• TUPE
• Learning & Development
• Trade Union Negotiations
• Change & Supplier Management and Offboarding. A commercially astute professional, with 11 years of line management experience, and a proven record of accomplishment of working at pace in a fast-moving global multi-site arena utilising advancing AI technology. Fostering collaborative relationships within & out with HR to understand and deliver stakeholder needs at all levels. Passionate about applying HR Strategy & best practice to deliver the overall business strategy, objectives, core values, and deliver consistently outstanding customer service by continually learning. Passionate about AI led software solutions.

Industry experience: Global Manufacturing & Engineering

• FMCG
• Oil & Gas, Aviation & Construction.

HR Leadership

• HR Strategy
• Company Core Value Implementation
• HR AI Technology
• DEI
• HR Metrics
• HR Operations Management
• Recruitment & Retention
• Talent Management & Succession Planning
• HR Compliance
• Reward Management
• Employee Relations
• Performance Management
• Employee Mobility
• Global HR Project Management
• HRIS Management
• Employee Engagement
• Global Policy & Process Development and CI
• TUPE
• Learning & Development
• Trade Union Negotiations
• Change & Supplier Management and Offboarding.

• Valid UK Drivers Licence and Right to Work in the UK (British Citizen)
• Postgraduate Diploma in CIPD (P/T), Aberdeen College – Level 7 CIPD qualification
• BA (Hons) 2:1 in Business Studies, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen 
• Chartered Membership of CIPD from December 2021
• NCFE Cache Level 2 Certificate in understanding mental health first aid and mental health advocacy in the workplace
• LinkedIn courses inc:
  • Time Management; Mediation; Leading with emotional intelligence; How to make strategic thinking a habit, AI