Zakhir Zaid Yousuff

• Lead Human Resource practices and coordinated HR functions across Africa, the United States, the United Kingdom, India, South-East Asia and Middle East. • Mentor Emiratization initiatives, internship programs and meeting all resourcing mandates according to agreed-upon SLAs. • Foster inclusive environment for equal opportunity, diversity, and competitive advantage. • Held yearly 1-on-1 meeting with the underperforming staff, improving productivity by 27%. • Led the recruitment process which included writing 30+ job descriptions and advertisements which increased the number of job applicants by 15%. • Oversee significant variances to support effective performance, cost control, and budget analysis while paying close attention to detail • Advised managers on human resource issues by following company policies and best practices, such as disciplinary, grievance, performance planning and improvements, redundancy, succession planning, and absence management. • Ensured adherence to 100% compliance on HR initiatives viz Leadership development, timely closure of Appraisal process, Development review • Act as the site point of contact between board and employees for local HR processes, monthly payroll arrangement for 500+ employees, Government compliance, Bonus, employee Benefits and retention, handling investigations and escalation cases and other strategic HR planning • Manage the company’s global Talent Pool database or HRMS, Talent management, employee annual leave, employee counseling and TOIL process. • Overlooks Human Resources disciplines such as organizational effectiveness, recruiting, strategic workforce planning, group induction, onboarding, reward programs, change management, exit interviews, and employee relations. • Sound working knowledge of UAE and KSA labor laws. Stay abreast with changes • Keep track of the financial impact of key recruiting metrics like turnover rates, sources of hire, learning and development and so on. • Facilitate the identification, recruitment, and orientation of board members • Provide strategic oversight and direction on anticipating litigation risk, compensation & benefits policies and analysis, change management strategies. • Established relevant metrics, KPI's and objectives to drive business results • Analyze talent data to drive actionable insights and action plans. • Implement diverse in-house and external training programs for holistic employee development and growth. Manage costs to budget and take feedback surveys • Liaised with insurance companies and brokers to improve employee benefit programs such as Health Insurance and other plans. • Coordinate board meetings, including agenda development, annual reviews, forecasting and meeting logistics • Drive innovative sourcing strategies for a strong candidate pipeline. Mass recruitment and decreasing onboarding time by 39%. • Systematize ad-hoc HR projects like Mergers, grading system, subcontracting, wellness campaigns, employee surveys, employee referral program, employee relations and engagement, team management and manpower planning

• Administered executive level leadership and guidance for employee benefit policies, organization wide Learning and development plans, meeting KPIs, and achieving business objectives. • Partnering with executives to drive key strategic processes to align board activities with organizational goals, performance management, recruitment life cycle, procurement, maintaining operational consistency, grievance • Orchestrate Invoicing, Expenditures, Performance reviews, tracking vendor pricing, negotiation, contract review and streamline employee data • Handled 400+ staff payroll, Appraisal, Bonus, and welfare programs. • Overlook HR and client audits, competency gaps, assists quotation compliance check and certificate validity prior mobilization • Revamped job descriptions, forms, and branding whereby boosting qualified applicants by 40% and drive the recruitment for Full time and contractors across business units coordinating with the department head. • Fostered new onboarding technique, resulting in 91% pre-employment form completion. • Forecasting annual budget for workforce development, progression, to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives. • Maintained Saudi Aramco Compliant Employee Safety Standards, HSE, Incident Reports, Journey Management Policies, staff Training and career development • Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance • Lead HR projects to meet corporate group strategy, performance goals, KPIs and formulating current and long-term strategies and workforce incentives