Emma Cox

Experience

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  Asda

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  SPM

  As a Store Personnel Manager, I was responsible for the welfare and development of up to 500 employees. No day was ever the same- I could be training supervisors in the morning and interviewing Managers in the afternoon, or dealing with health and safety matters, which were obviously very high priority. I was responsible for the management of the payroll, sickness and absence management and employee communications and engagement.

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  Specsavers

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Director of Group HR- International

  With offices in Guernsey, across the UK and in Scandinavia, my role involved providing a lean, pragmatic HR business partner service for circa 800 Head Office & Field based support staff, who serviced our retail stores in a range of areas including:Finance, Legal Services, Marketing, Business Development, Estates Management, IT support, technical and management training and merchandising.

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  Appleyards Groupe Artelia

  Mar 2008 - Jul 2012

  Head of HR

  Reporting to the Board, I was responsible for all HR and L&D activities within Appleyards. This included:* Recruitment and selection* Talent management* Employee engagement* Reward and remuneration* Organisational design* Employee relations, including TUPE* Policies and procedures* Learning and development- design and delivery* Coaching and mentoringAdditionally, I also project managed ISO9001 accreditation as well as operated as a fee earning HR consultant for a range of public sector and private clients. Show less

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  3gHR

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

  Client Director

  My role was to work alongside existing clients to ensure that 3gHR continued to develop mutually beneficial, sustainable and longterm working relationships. I also supported the development of new business, as well as provided HR services both to the company and to clients. In this role, I carried out a lot of facilitation and coaching too.

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  Represent

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2015

  Senior Consultant

  My responsibilities include Executive Coaching, Facilitating Workshops including those based around Insights Discovery, HR Consultancy and 360 feedback. Clients are typically "high end" and include financial institutions, construction & infrastructure and specialist member organisations.

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  Wentworth Consulting and Executive Coaching

  Dec 2013 - Mar 2015

  HR Consultant & Executive Coach

  I am now working with clients to support them in tailoring their people strategy to meet their current and future needs. I bring a pragmatic approach to what can be very complex people issues, as well as provide value adding learning and development solutions. Whether it is increased employee engagement that you are looking for, or support in a leadership dilemma that keeps you awake at night, I can provide a bespoke, cost effective service. Think of me as your outsourced HR Department.

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  Ben Ainslie Racing

  Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

  Head of Resourcing Interface Management (Contract)

  This role was about getting the right people to talk to each other at the right time during a period of intense activity as the organisation sought and won planning permission for its Team Base in Portsmouth. I turned my hand to a range of things in the role, including co-ordinating and minuting design team meetings and then ensuring agreed actions were carried out. I was also fortunate enough to meet with the Duchess of Cambridge at the launch of BAR's America's Cup Challenge in Greenwich in June. Show less

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  INGERSOLL-RAND UK LTD.

  Apr 2015 - Jun 2018

  International HR Business Partner

  I work as part of the leadership team of a district of 4 countries, as well as provide HR Business Partnership to the EMEA corporate Finance function.In this generalist role, I cover everything from organisation design to talent management, policies and procedure to TUPE and internal compliance to leadership coaching.I also have an active role in corporately strategic projects, including M&A activity and global deployment of learning and development tools.

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  Dynniq

  Jul 2018 - Apr 2020

  Head of HR - UK & Ireland
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  Strix Ltd

  Apr 2020 - now

  Group Human Resources Director