Louis Dreyfus Company

Responsible for Louis Dreyfus Company's Global Talent Acquisition strategies and incremental implementation of best practice and innovative solutions.
2020 - To Date: $9m+ OPEX Cost optimisation, 58% Cost-per-Hire reduction, 57% increase in Commercial hiring & ~90% 1st Yr Retention. 
- Global Talent Acquisition Model across 6 regions and 52 countries enabling business value chain operations including Commodity Trading disciplines, Graduate recruitment, Finance, Information Technology, Supply Chain and others.
- Global deployment of new Applicant Tracking System (SmartRecruiters) into 6 regions and 49 countries; reduction of applicant leakage from 80% to .5% and increase in applications by 73% with end-customer satisfaction 100% meets/exceeds expectations.
- Operational recruitment management and multinational recruitment projects for C-Suite, confidential, sensitive, hard-to-fill hiring and for new business stream initiatives such as Corporate Venture Capital, Plant Based Protein R&D function, Ingredients, Food & Feed Solutions and Trading Platforms.
- Developed and deployed international 'Assessment and Selection Skills' development training program.
- Ongoing collaboration with Global Communications to strengthen market's EVP positioning to enable direct sourcing channels. 
- Strengthened assessment & selection hiring decision making by implementing Psychometric, competency based and Information Technology specialist assessments.
- Implemented global KPI reporting Cost-per-Hire, OPEX management and Quality of Hire plus Global Recruitment operational SLA indicators such as recruitment lifecycle tracking, D&I, applicant process effectiveness and ROI.

Global Talent Acquisition Manager

Chevron

- 2009 - 2019: Offer/acceptance Av. 97%, Direct Sourcing: Av. 93%; Cost Management: £11.5m+ / $15m+. 
- 2015 - 2019: 1st year retention Av. 97%, ROI: Av. 75%.

Chevron Group Recruitment and Europe HRSS Leadership Team Member reporting to Global Head of Recruitment. 
EMEA Recruitment Team lead; responsible for team of 5 for hands-on operational, tactical and strategic recruitment across all disciplines.

Highlight Projects/Initiatives
-	Brexit Strategy Project addressing strategic resourcing and workforce planning.
-	Gender Pay Reporting project. 
-	General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) project team 
Diversity in International Resourcing
-	Data analysis, identification and workforce planning recommendations of internal diversity covering 33 countries. 
Quality of Hire, Statistical Sourcing & Selection. 
-	Initiative reduced recruitment lifecycle duration by 37%; offer/acceptance increased from 88% to 96%

Chevron Client Groups: 
- EMEA Upstream: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 
- Midstream & Development: Supply & Trading and Chevron Shipping
- Downstream & Chemicals: Lubricants, Finished Products & Additives 
- Technology, Projects & Services: Information Technology Company, Energy Technology Company and HES.
- Corporate: Back office / corporate across all disciplines.

Recruitment & Selection Team Lead

Mott MacDonald

Recruitment Manager for the Transportation Unit. 

Global, multi-disciplinary engineering business functions. Unit 3100+ employees globally. Operational and strategic multi-disciplinary resourcing management and alignment for junior to senior individuals UK wide, South Africa, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore and across Eastern Europe. 

Implemented graduate recruitment and development in Czech Republic and South Africa aligning national and global requirements. Overall resourcing alignment to long-term succession, retention and work force planning objectives.

Recruitment Manager

HRBP for Building & Infrastructure Division.

Dealt with compensation & benefits changes, maternity, paternity, applications for flexible working and adoption leave as necessary. Support and advise managers on performance management including running disciplinary and dismissal meetings.

Meet reguarly with Divisional Directors and Divisional Managers UK wide to discuss and strategise existing and potential resourcing challenges and issues.

Human Resources Business Partner

31E Cellular

Solely responsible for the company’s Human Resources and Recruitment function reporting directly to company directors. Provide company directors, senior management and decision makers with relevant HR information and consideration.

Implemented company HR procedures such as a salary sacrifice scheme, exit interviews, correct disciplinary procedures, training structures and other ad hoc requirements.

Recruitment/HR Officer

Finance Professionals

(Senior) Recruitment Consultant June 2004 - June 2005
Headhunter Jan 2004 - June 2004

Senior Recruitment Consultant

Michael Page

Recruitment Consultant

Human Resources professional specialising in Recruitment / Talent Acquisition for British, European and American Blue-chip multinationals. Experienced working in Centre of Excellence, HR Shared Services matrixed environment with excellent team work and partnership relationships with all stakeholders. Depth of experience in headhunting globally from C-Suite, confidential and sensitive to managing Graduate hiring program and wider recruitment campaigns.

Level A&B, Neo PI-R Qualified
FCIPD

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