Experience

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  British gas

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1995

  Personnel officer

  This role provided generalist support to line managers in order to achieve departmental objectives. Whilst employed at British Gas, I was sponsored to complete my professional examinations in the Institute of Personnel & Development.

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  Woolworths

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1999

  Personnel officer/business partner

  Working as a strategic partner to the business, the role provided a pro-active HR consultative opportunity to enable key merchandising departments to optimise their efficiency and effectiveness of the people/teams. In addition, identifying any forthcoming hotspots to problem solve in advance for avoidance of issue arising, ultimately supporting the retail departments in achieving its operational objective. Not only was the role reactive to business performance and people issues, it also required the provision of key people trend data and analysis. Show less

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  Swinton group

  Feb 1999 - Oct 2014

  My role was to enhance, interpret and ensure effective implementation of Swinton’s people strategy across the Head Office, call centres (both Manchester, Halifax & Norwich) and Senior Management in addition to ensuring issues relating to people’s performance, behaviour and employment terms were addressed in a manner consistent with the strategy, employment legislation and with FCA regulations. Regular review of the organisation was required alongside function leaders to ensure the structure of the roles met the required demands of the business and where necessary re-alignment of roles was carried out, on both a small and large transformation scale. Show less

  • Business Partner/ HR Relations Manager / Employee Relations Executive

    Nov 2001 - Oct 2014

  • Service Team Manager

    Feb 1999 - Oct 2001
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  Solutions for hr

  Mar 2015 - Aug 2020

  Senior hr consultant
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  Greggs

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2024

  People manager (supplies)