Ruth Miller

Experience

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  Retail Human Resources

  Jan 1997 - Feb 2001

  Divisional Manager

  May 2000 to Dec 2000 Senior Consultant – Executive Search & Selection Management of retained assignments up to £250K salary level recruiting for roles from marketing, buying and operations to property and HR. May 1998 to May 2000 Team Leader – Human ResourcesGrowing the HR business by 400% and recruiting and developing a team of five consultants.Jan 1997 to May 1998 Consultant/Senior Consultant – Buying and Merchandising

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  Debenhams

  Mar 2001 - Dec 2007

  Head of Resourcing

  Headed up the Debenhams resourcing function for Retail and Head Office to recruit circa 1000 employees p.a. in Head Office from graduate to director level and 9000 across retail stores.

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  Currys plc

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2009

  Head of Resourcing

  Currys plc are a retail group who own the Carphone Warehouse, PC World, Dixons and Tech Guys brands.Accountable for leading recruitment for UK operation, in Retail, Head Office, Services and Supply Chain to hire approximately 12K people per annum.The purpose of this role was to develop a strategy for the newly centralised Recruitment team supporting the UK businesses.

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  HSBC

  Oct 2009 - Mar 2010

  Consultant, Resourcing

  Consultant employed through own business as a Project Manager for both retail and investment banks to introduce a new managed service to control all UK temps. Introduction of a new recruitment system and negotiation of contracts with the managed service provider.

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  R M Associates Ltd

  Mar 2010 - now

  Trainer & Consultant on Management Development, HR, Talent Acquisition and AI, Diversity & Inclusion

  Director of own consultancy partnering with global clients on training and projects to support their senior leadership boards, HR & management teams. Experienced with designing and delivering training face to face and through live webinars, as well as designing content for e-learning, with courses designed specifically around each client’s training needs.Training & coaching - recent examples are:- Training for Senior Leadership teams, Managers and HR teams: Creation of HR content using generative AI, Optimising the use of AI for HR ethically and fairly, Consciously inclusive recruitment, Managing great development conversations, Interviewing & assessment and Stakeholder management.- Workshops on technology & AI in recruitment such as CRMs, chatbots, video interviewing software & how to assess potential as well as a wide range of applicant tracking and contingent hiring software.Projects - recent examples are:- Leaver analysis reviewing hiring source, demographics and other data to make recruitment and retention recommendations.- Consulting on people development strategy, and delivery of training to managers, for a start-up digital business going through a period of growth- Partnering the Senior Leadership Team for a major public sector client to advise on their approach to diversity & inclusion.- Advice on new organisational structure for a global FMCG client, designing job descriptions, competencies & creating new assessment materials.- Recruitment audit for large NHS trust group with recommendations on transforming the recruitment organisation structure and strategy.- Market intelligence and research to identify talent for a senior leadership role within a global airline.Recent clients include: British Airways, BBC, Nestle, Westminster City Council, Ambitious about Autism, Octavius Infrastructure (civil engineering), NHS, Volkswagen, Abcam (Biotech), London Early Years Foundation (children’s nurseries) & smaller technology & online start ups. Show less