Haikal Souidi
Poland
Summary
HR Professional with a solid HR strategy development, talent acquisition, and team leadership background. Expertise in overseeing recruitment, performance management, and HR policy implementation. Led the restructuring of businesses, managed redundancy processes across multiple countries, and developed employee engagement programs. Adept at implementing KPIs and measurement points to ensure the effectiveness of talent acquisition functions.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Head of HR/VP of People(SaaS/Private Equity)
SALESmanago
09.2022 - Current
- In partnership with the CEO and executive leadership team (ELT), drive leadership and employment transformation across the entire employee lifecycle to create a high-performance team and culture to achieve ambitious business targets.
- Manage and implement best practices across the entire employee lifecycle, including talent acquisition, onboarding, development, performance management and rewards.
- Partner with the ELT and management team to enhance a positive, engaged culture that assimilates all employees' interests, talents and contributions in a high-growth environment. Define ways to identify and reinforce the behaviours that exemplify company values. Strive to advance people and implement organizational strategies to shape a hip and excellent culture.
- Lead and support a comprehensive talent acquisition process to attract, develop, retain, and engage a high-quality workforce. Build strategic people programs, including university relations, to promote employer branding in support of these objectives through social media and innovative methodologies.
- Partner with the Head of Learning to develop and implement long-range strategic plans to build human capital through performance management, coaching, training and development, thus motivating individuals to achieve their maximum potential. Successfully identify and address gaps in competency, knowledge, and skill sets
- Assess coaching and leadership development needs and partner with members of the senior leadership team to bolster the leadership skills of managers and supervisors. Direct the creation and administration of individual development plans and identify resources to deliver these programs.
- Establish organizational performance management programs that align with the values and mission of the company. Coach management to set clear, meaningful goals and objectives and use metrics to measure performance. Identify key performance indicators for people and talent management functions and assess the success and market competitiveness based on these metrics.
- Partner with the COO/CFO to develop and lead a best-in-class total rewards program. Maintain all benefit-related relationships and programs. Continuously evaluate the market to maintain competitive benefits programs. Partner with consultants to design and administer all compensation programs. Provide leadership around aligning and developing performance-based compensation programs to drive employee performance and engagement.
- Ensure that HR technology is in place to meet current and future prospective business objectives. Ensure compliance and maintain knowledge of regulations and best practices in employment law, human resources, and talent management. Manage internal communications for all HR-related activities.
Talent Acquisition Lead
PRA Health Science
12.2021 - 08.2022
- Led an EMEA TA Team across 13 countries, including leading people managers
- Partnered with senior leadership across regions to establish TA CoE, meeting 100% of resource demands on time
- Collaborated with senior leaders to forecast hiring demands, understand the impacts of attrition, new business wins and anticipate significant changes in demand, all whilst ensuring TA strategies were fit for purpose and successfully executed
- Ensured EMEA Talent Acquisition CoE team was right-sized, appropriately levelled and structured to meet the demands of the business
- Led an agile TA function to ensure scalability and readiness to deliver against unforeseen demands
- Managed the Talent Acquisition CoE team to develop ongoing and bespoke recruitment strategies that effectively responded to internal demand requirements and external market forces
- Ensured specific focus on innovative candidate attraction strategies to address talent-short markets
- Implemented of KPIs and points of measurement across the EMEA TA function
- Provided updates on strategic TA initiatives at quarterly business reviews with key stakeholders
- Provided bid defence and pricing support.
Health Sciences Manager of Project Administration
Pra
09.2020 - 11.2021
Talent Acquisition Operations Lead
Accenture/Avanade
05.2019 - 06.2020
- Owned delivery and operations
- Led 70+ staff in 14 countries, in addition to talent acquisition activities
- Travelled extensively to sites across EMEA
- Managed Europe recruitment operations
- Identified needs, determined solutions, and integrated tools and processes
- Liaised with vendors to create an optimum recruitment experience for candidates and hiring managers
- Drove KPIs including diversity recruiting metrics, cost per joiner, candidate and hiring manager experience, offer acceptance and employee referral hires
- Led regular All Hands calls to create a sense of community
- Recognised and rewarded high performing team members
- Owned all TA processes, technology, projects, budgets and reporting
- Continuously improved these to support all staff and facilitate organisational growth
- Led a project to structure and support TA operations across Europe, the Americas and APAC
- Utilised resources in Accenture Shared Services Centres in China, Romania and Argentina
- Created new roles and a new support team
- Improved service quality and reduced complaints within the first three months
- Conceived, built and launched a sourcing hub
- Trained teams to use the new system and maximise their efficiency
- Monitored and refined the hub to ensure its effectiveness
- Cut average cost per hire within the first two months
- Designed, delivered and rolled out a learning and development programme for global TA teams
- Developed learning paths and needs matrices for all roles
- Collaborated with providers (Social Talent and LinkedIn) to create customised learning content
- Improved team engagement across TA.
EMEA TA Operations Manager
Rolls-Royce/Teva Pharmaceutical/Smith & Nephew/Anantara Hotels & Resorts
09.2014 - 01.2019
EMEA HR Advisor
Shell Oil and Gas
11.2012 - 05.2014
Various Hospitality and Customer Service Roles
Savoy Hotel/the Gleneagles/Trump Resorts/Starwoods Hotels/Fairmonts Hotels
05.2007 - 01.2012
Education
CIPD Certificate in HR Practice -
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
01.2011 - 12.2011
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Business Development
- Client Services
- HR Implementation
- Talent Development
- Startup
- Shared Services
- Scale up
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Strategic Planning
- Global Projects
- Team Leadership
- Leadership
- Talent Acquisition Expertise
- Team Development
- Systems
- Avature/ Taleo/ Workday / HiBob/ Kissflow/ SuccessFactors/ Brass Ring/ CRM/ IQN/ Procurment Plus/ Power BI/ ICIMS/ SAP/ Databisics/ Cornerstone/ Google Workspace/ MS office/ Happeo/ BaseOn/ Organimi E-recruiter
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Languages
English
French
Arabic
Personal Information
Title: VP of People | Talent Acquisition Expert | Strategic HR Leader
Timeline
Head of HR/VP of People(SaaS/Private Equity)
SALESmanago
09.2022 - Current
Talent Acquisition Lead
PRA Health Science
12.2021 - 08.2022
Health Sciences Manager of Project Administration
Pra
09.2020 - 11.2021
Talent Acquisition Operations Lead
Accenture/Avanade
05.2019 - 06.2020
EMEA TA Operations Manager
Rolls-Royce/Teva Pharmaceutical/Smith & Nephew/Anantara Hotels & Resorts
09.2014 - 01.2019
EMEA HR Advisor
Shell Oil and Gas
11.2012 - 05.2014
CIPD Certificate in HR Practice -
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
01.2011 - 12.2011
Various Hospitality and Customer Service Roles
Savoy Hotel/the Gleneagles/Trump Resorts/Starwoods Hotels/Fairmonts Hotels
05.2007 - 01.2012
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