Dag Holand

Experience

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  Royal Norwegian Navy

  Jul 1984 - Apr 1996

  Officer

  Head Personnel Administration at Sea Defence District of Rogaland (1994 - 1996).Head of the Petty Officer Course at The Norwegian Navy Recruitment School (1991 – 1993).Head Instructor at the Petty Officer Course (1990 – 1991) responsible for the leadership courses and entire training schedule.Company commander at the Norwegian Navy Recruitment School (1989 – 1990).Platoon Commander at Roedbergodden fortress, Coast Artillery (1986 – 1988).

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  ABB Offshore Systems AS

  May 1996 - Dec 2000

  HR Manager

  HR generalist supporting the Maintenance & Modification division of ABB Offshore Systems.Recruiting engineers and project resources from a demanding employee market to support the project business by having the right resources in place.Labor relations by negotiating with the different labor unions.

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  ABB Norway

  Jan 2001 - Dec 2004

  HR responsible for corporate functions in a time where ABB Norway divested their two largest businesses and went down from 10000 employees to 2200 employees.Managing ABB Norway’s Trainee program.Member of the Norwegian HR leadership team.Responsible for the implementation of the e-recruitment system locally being used globally in ABB.Member of the global e-recruitment team. HR responsible to facilitate the organization of moving all people in functional services to establish shared services in its own legal entity.HR Manager for the newly-established shared services organization.Member of Group Processes Management team.Leading the HR process of outsourcing the IT infrastructure to IBM as part of a global initiative.

  • Assistant Vice President HR, Corporate Functions

    Jan 2003 - Dec 2004

  • Assistant Vice President, Head of HR Group Processes Division

    Jan 2001 - Dec 2002
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  ABB

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  Global HR Project Manager – HR transformation

  Leading globally the transformation of the HR function going from a very local fragmented based HR organisation and systems to establish HR Service Centers, standardizing processes, building up the HR Business Partnering role and a standard system (SAP) in the 24 largest ABB countries.In the PMO, managing 3 HR project resources and in the countries 24 HR project leads reporting into the project.As a member of the overall Project Management Office for the project which included parallel projects undertaken by the Finance and IS functions, was responsible to ensure delivery for 8 countries in the overall progress of the project across all areas of Finance, IS and HR.Member of the Group Talent & Learning Management team. Show less

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  ABB Egypt

  Feb 2009 - Aug 2011

  Hub HR Manager, Egypt & Central Africa and HR Excellence Manager India, Middle East and Africa

  Operational leadership in the whole area of HR supporting the Country Manager and his leadership team as well the Country representative in the key countries of Senegal, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.Leading the HR team of 20 employees including the payroll administration.Leading the Health and Safety function including medical staff.Re-structuring by reducing the number of employees, based on performance.Implementing HR Group Tool (SAP) to connect with local SAP system.Building up and implementing an HR organization based on HR Center Services and HR Business PartneringDriving and coordinating the HR Excellence agenda within the region with focus on efficiency and effectiveness through standardization of processes and tools and building up clear roles and responsibilities. Show less

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  ABB

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2015

  Senior Vice President Human Resources, Group Functions

  Strategic and tactical leadership in the whole area of Human Recourses supporting key managers and employees in ABB’s Group Functions.HR Business Partner to the Group CFO and the Group CHRO.Leading a small corporate team with 4 employees and virtually a global team with HR Business.Partners who support Group Functions locally in the respective countries and regions.Member of ABBs HR leadership team which develops and drives the `People Strategy` for the overall ABB organization.In particular, for the Finance and HR function, lead and facilitate the talent management agenda through building up talent pools, succession plans based on performance development appraisal data and people reviews.Overall general HR operational support to executive managers and key employees in Headquarters, Divisions and Regions. Show less

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  Sabbatical

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  Father
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  HR Consultancy

  Sept 2016 - Jan 2018

  Human Resources Management Consultant
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  Carlo Gavazzi Automation

  Feb 2018 - Sept 2020

  Group Head Human Resources
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  Self-employed

  Oct 2020 - now

  Self Employed

  Strategic HR, Change Management, HR Business Partnering, Leadership Development, Talent Management,