Levon Nathan

Experience

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  Turfco/ACT Global Sports

  Jan 2005 - Jul 2007

  General Manager/Installer

  Project management of artificial turf installation sites in countries including Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya and Sierra Leone.

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  Act Global

  May 2007 - Jun 2009

  Installer

  Project Management of artificial turf installation sites in countries including Kenya, Sierra Leone and Israel and South Africa

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  Turfworm

  Aug 2009 - Apr 2010

  Sole Proprietor

  Freelance project management for installation of artificial turf for soccer fields in various countries including Israel, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa.

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  21st Century

  Apr 2010 - Jun 2012

  Senior Rewards Analyst

  Lead reward analyst in a team of 3, consulted to numerous organisations inside and outside of South Africa. The role covered salary benchmarking, pay scale design, participating in the evaluation of new and existing jobs, income differentials, payout models, developing and refining HR policies.•Operated in HR consulting and business partnering role which included salary benchmarking, pay scale design, job evaluation, income differentials, payout models, job profile writing, and numerous others in the field.•Improved client experience by adding to and constantly updating salary benchmarking database to keep it accurate and moving forward. Show less

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  Emergence Human Capital

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2013

  Products & Services Manager

  Hired in a dual role of marketing and developing electronic HR products and consulting to numerous organisations inside and outside of South Africa. Fulfilled a business partnering role which covered salary benchmarking, Job evaluation, pay-scale/range design, income differentials, bonus payout models, job profile writing, remuneration strategy, developing, revising and maintaining job descriptions and numerous other areas in the HR field.Key achievements:•Broke new ground in the electronic HR product market by co-developing, marketing and offering training for an online job evaluation system based on Paterson job grading, an online job profiling system and an online competency gap analysis system.•Expanded on consulting knowledge and served more than 200 clients in South Africa, including some based in Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Show less

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  Sappi

  Jul 2013 - May 2021

  Senior HR Consultant: Remuneration & Benefits

  Overhauled and automated processes for annual increases and bonus payouts, resulting in 5+ years of consecutive deliveries with 100% accuracy. Compensation contact for 6 business units across South Africa (Approximately 5,000 employees). Liaison to North America, Brussels and Hong Kong compensation counterparts. Researched, co-developed, implemented, and administrated complex compensation programs in South Africa. Guided and built high-trust relationships with executives and managers with complex compensation issues and decision-making, using HR and compensation data.Key achievements:•Massive improvements in accuracy (up to 100%), management and employee confidence in Sappi’s long-term incentive share allocation, short-term incentive payout scheme and annual increase processes by redesigning payout models, streamlining processes and educating employees on how these work.•Added value by keeping abreast of current trends then creating and streamlining and implementing salary benchmarking, pay-scale design, headcounts, salary structuring processes and models.•Designed automated salary package calculation tool in Excel that calculates Cost-to-Company and net salary at the click of a button.•Regarded as a Subject-Matter-Expert in the Compensation field Show less

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  Royal HaskoningDHV

  Jun 2021 - now

  Reward and Recognition specialist

  Translated Total Rewards strategy into tactical approach. Improvements in efficiency, via automation of for salary review and bonus payouts. Business partnership and guidance for counterparts in numerous countries across the globe. Policy development, salary benchmarking in 6 countries, variable pay scheme review and Total Reward philosophy and strategy.Key achievementsAdded value by keeping abreast of current trends then creating and streamlining and implementing salary benchmarking, pay-scale design, headcounts, salary structuring processes and models.Achieved a successful launch of newly developed salary review tool in 2022.Successfully redeveloped a KPI input system and distributed to management layer for incentive scheme. Show less