Experience

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  Salford university students' union

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1999

  President
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  Royal mail

  Jun 2008 - Apr 2017

  Responsibility for the development, integration and execution of Royal Mail Group’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Managing Occupational Health & Wellbeing suppliers within a £16m budget. • Creating a five year Group Health and Wellbeing Strategy.• Identifying and securing a £2m saving achieved out of a £15m Occupational Health and Wellbeing contract whilst improving service levels.• Innovating a new approach between an Occupational Health supplier and the internal HR team that has led to a saving of £155k in the first 3 months. Customer satisfaction measures up by 10% and annual projected business saving of £1.5m. • Operations Executive Committee endorsement of Absence Management Initiatives paper.• Increasing employee rating of Health and Wellbeing by 5%. Show less Was asked to cover this role on a temp basis (due to a planned absence) to manage the annual employee survey. Responsibility for improving Engagement across the Group. Managing the annual Employee Survey cycle distributed to 147k employees across 1500 sites nationally. Influencing Directors to deliver the Group Corporate Action Plan.• Successfully achieving the Group scorecard target of a 1% increase in Employee Engagement and stretch target of 2% for Customer Engagement.• Achieving a 7% increase in employee survey participation resulting in a response of 75% by engaging senior leaders and implementing a robust communications plan.• Project managing both the 2013 and 2014 Group employee surveys. Show less Responsibility for £7.4m L&D supplier spend. Working closely with key stakeholders to ensure correct supplier base to meet business objectives.• Implementing a new managed service model for the purchasing of external learning, resulting in a cost avoidance of £1.3m per annum. • Realising a saving of £455k per year and achieving a 42% headcount reduction by restructuring 35 roles. Part outsource of activity, taking into account TUPE regulations. • Successfully managing the closure of an L&D Conferencing Centre saving £1m per year. Show less

  • Head of HR

    Jul 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Senior HR Programme Manager

    Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Head of Health and Wellbeing

    May 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Interim Group Head of Engagement

    Dec 2012 - May 2013

  • Learning Supplier Manager

    Feb 2011 - Nov 2012

  • Recruitment Development Business Manager

    Jun 2008 - Feb 2011
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  Network rail

  Jul 2017 - now

  • Programme Manager

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Head Of Human Resources (North & East Route)

    Jul 2020 - Jun 2023

  • Senior Human Resources Business Partner

    Jul 2017 - Jul 2020