Lead HR – Leading Central HR Team at ASA International (2023-10 – 2026-03)
- Lead central HR Operations and aligning HR strategy with organizational goals.
- Act as a strategic partner to senior management - manpower planning, budgeting and data analysis with the consultation of Departmental Heads.
- Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning - Streamline and ensure talent acquisition strategies, enhancing efficiency in candidate shortlisting and onboarding.
- Oversee payroll coordination, attendance and system-based compliance.
- Designed and implemented HR policies, SOPs, and KPI frameworks, enhancing governance and accountability.
- Employee engagement activities and exercises that increase employee understanding, motivation and positive feelings about their jobs and work environment.
- Manage employee relations, discipline, and grievance management, improving workplace harmony and compliance.
- Organizational development - Culture and Values, Change Management, Redefining job roles (JDs) and departmental structures to enhance productivity.
- Drive performance management cycles, ensuring alignment of individual KPIs with departmental and business targets.
- Foster a learning culture through structured Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and targeted development programs.
- Additionally led ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 implementation project and surveillance audits, ensuring continuous compliance and audit readiness.
Manager HR (HRBP) at Feroze1888 Mills Limited (2017-06 – 2023-05)
- Ensuring best practices are used for effective and efficient talent acquisition by analyzing the recruitment process, cost per hire, time to hire etc.
- Continuous working on change management; restructuring departmental dynamics by conducting job analysis & redefining JDs.
- Monitor HR operations, related controls & compliances performed by team.
- Organize and attend job fairs and recruitment drives.
- Develop & implement KPIs of all related departments including production and services departments.
- Plan & lead the bi-annual & annual Performance Management (KPIs/Traits) process.
- Evaluate & review Departmental & Individual KPIs linking with the company targets.
- Ensure and review cascading business targets to Individual KPIs.
- Creates and manages individual development plans for potential employee to define their career path.
- Implement succession planning process to proactively fill any vacancies.
- Employee engagement activities and exercises that increase employee understanding, motivation and positive feelings about their jobs and work environment.
- Disciplinary management and code of conducts.
- Contact leads for HR related matters regarding any sort of grievance.
- Support C&B Team in reviewing/updating compensation & benefit structures of the organization through market surveys.
- Review HR trends such as attrition, job market demand & salary surveys.
- Administration of mid-year & annual performance management (promotion panel, calibrations, salary reviews & adjustments and analysis).
- Assess all candidates for L&D programs & conduct detailed Training Need Analysis for soft skills and technical skills.
- Develop and finalize the skill matrix activity to identify the skill gaps.
- Monitor technical training programs to ensure that training objectives are met.
- Conduct orientation sessions for new inductions.
- Conduct post training analysis to review the outcome of training.
Manager QHSE at Feroze1888 Mills Limited (2002-04 – 2017-05)
Integrated Management System (IMS) Planning, execution and implementation of ISO Standards for continuous improvement that includes Quality Management System (ISO 9001), Environmental Management System (ISO 14001), Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001), EnMS ISO 50001, GRS/RCS, FSC CoC, STeP by Oeko-Tex Audits at different locations.
- Plan, review and promote QHSE policies, procedures and management systems within the Organization, seeking improvement of such systems in moving towards as best practice environment.
- Planning & execution of QMS, EMS & O&HS Surveillance/Internal audits and prepare report/ action plan and ensure/follow up for implementation.
- Plan to build a motivated HSE Team within the Organization; Assessing, motivating and developing staff including HSE Team members.
- Periodically execute inspection plan regarding HSE, highlight issues and recommend possible controls for compliance and provide regular feedback to management.
- Review departmental KPIs related with QHSE and prepare report / trend analysis.
- Conduct Risk / Impact Assessment periodically to identify hazards/aspects and identify required controls as per hierarchy of controls. Also, perform RA on occurrence to disseminate lessons learned from incidents/accidents/injuries.
- Organize and conduct MRM meeting at management level, prepare minutes and ensure follow-ups.
- Coordinate/support compliance team for the smooth execution of Byers' Audit.
- Plans and executes trainings/awareness sessions regarding Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental requirements following train the trainer concept.
- Coordinate for on-floor awareness sessions for workforce regarding Quality & HSE requirements at workplaces.
Office Coordinator at TESSAG Industrie-Anlagen GmbH (1998-03 – 2000-03)
Worked with Kloeckner-Krebs-Consortium as an Office Coordinator on a Project of FFC-Jordan Fertilizer Complex, Bin Qasim. Assistance not only to German boss but also many Expatriates/ Vendors from different countries i.e. Germany, Canada, France, USA, UK etc.
- Ensure that the commercial documentation, Minutes of Meeting and all related papers are prepared and distributed as necessary or as directed by the Consortium Site Management (CSM) and the Client.
- Organize meetings and ensure that venues and times are made known well in advance of meetings.
- Dealing with day-to-day administrative matters to facilitate foreigners visiting a site.
- Ensure that the filing system is kept up to date and all items for filing are carried out.
- Ensure smooth Travel Arrangements and Accommodation of all Expatriates.
- Take other responsibilities as and when required such as look after of local purchase, vehicle management, handling of petty cash etc.
- Liaison with the Client - FJFC.
