Saeed Salem Mohammed
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Summary
Strategic HR leader with a strong track record in organisational transformation and employee engagement. Proven ability to enhance corporate culture, manage change initiatives, and align HR strategies with business objectives. Committed to advancing corporate social responsibility while ensuring compliance with Saudi labour laws.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
6028
6028
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Human Resources Director
Arla Foods
Riyadh, Riyadh Region
04.2023 - Current
- Responsible for leadership of corporate support service functions including human resource management, and Corporate Affairs:
- Strategic HR Partner to Business Leaders: – with business acumen to integrate & execute people agenda in business strategy.
- Leading delivery of Arla Foods External Communication, Public Affairs, Community and Sustainability strategies through excellent team of professional associates.
- Develop business plans for each function and team and ensure adherence to those plans in line with overall direction and aims of organization
- Team Builder and Leader: building strong and resilient leadership teams.
- Operational Executor: establishing & delivering the right organisations for business success.
- Change Driver: implementing change processes with the management courage to deliver results.
- Development Champion: driving the talent development agenda to secure future-proof competitive advantage.
- HR Operational Expert: leading the HR Function to manage the People Cycle and deliver business plans within the strategy.
- Lead and deliver on major corporate projects and change management programs
Human Resources Head - Senior HR Business Partner
Arla Foods
10.2019 - 03.2023
- Proactively drive HR initiatives for KSA from MENA HR Business Plan in close collaboration with KSA management team
- Identify and drive key local HR initiatives in KSA as part of overall KSA Business Plan
- Identify organizational and people dev. needs to support execution of business plans
- Shape, own and drive HR agenda in Saudi Arabia
- Support and partner with Saudi Arabia management team members to support with the development of their organizations
- Assess, design and implement structural changes to create an effective organization
- Execute workforce plans in alignment with business leaders to ensure an organization fit for purpose
- Deliver key Arla HR processes e.g. Performance Management, Employee Engagement Compensation & Benefit reviews, Talent & Leadership Management
- Diagnose the need and define the path for change
- Drive change through skillful implementation via a systematic approach
- Challenge and support business leaders in business discussions
- Lead, manage and develop KSA HR team and resources, incl. creating direction and coaching team members towards mastery of Arla HR competencies.
- Actively participate in and contribute to MENA HR team – and continuously develop and share knowledge within own HR functional expertise e...
- Collaborate with, coordinate and manage internal and external stakeholders
Recruitment and Saudization Manager
Arla Foods
09.2018 - 10.2019
- Participates in the Recruitment strategy to ensure the alignment with company strategy
- Assists in the development and implementation function policies, processes and procedures to ensure all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled.
- Establish recruiting requirements by studying organization plans and objectives; meeting with managers to discuss needs.
- Developed and managed internship program, including budget determination, hiring candidates, and conducting training and performance evaluations.
- Full knowledge of recruiting cycle, and requirements for locally and international procedures.
- Conduct interviews using various reliable personnel selection tools/methods to filter candidates within schedule for Senior level and above
- High knowledge of employer Rights, Labor Office law and Saudization matrix.
- Develop and update job descriptions and job specifications.
- Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process.
Assistant Manager Manpower Planning & Recruitment
Chemanol
04.2015 - 08.2018
- Handle all the sourcing activities related to domestic & international manpower requirements to achieve the annual objectives.
- Applies the day-to-day operations assigned for the section to ensure compliance with the established standards and procedures
- Ensure the E-rec Portal is up to date and all hiring shall be thru E-rec portal. Act as an administrator of e-rec portal and ensure the portal is running efficiently without interruption.
- Keep the Recruitment Plan Master Sheet updated
Manpower Planning & Recruitment Specialist
Raashed constructing Co
01.2010 - 10.2012
- HR Planning:
- Develop and predicts the future jobs needs after analyzing the current human resources and the external labour market.
- Raising staffing plan and providing assistance to concerned departments in filling out their man power plan.
- Developing relationships with various departments to understand their respective departmental needs and provide feedback and guidance on the most suitable recruitment activity.
- Preparation of yearly recruitment budgets and provide helping hand to personnel and administration department for the preparation of same.
- Preparation of annual action plan for recruitment.
- Develop the most suitable hiring implementation plan in order to ensure complete hiring.
- Facilitate inter- departmental hiring committees in order to ensure smooth and seamless hiring activities between all interested stakeholders.
- Assist in the planning for all future visa requirements by technical designation and by country.
- HR Recruitment:
- Sourcing: Building associations with various search and other agencies (online and offline) for sourcing candidates for all levels (Senior Middle and Junior).
- Screening: the CV’s of potential candidates and coordinating with concerned departments for arranging interviews.
- Conducting HR round interviews of candidates after qualifying on technical parameters.
- Making decision on salary scales and negotiating it with selected candidates and preparation of job offer letters.
- Ensuring the essential documentations is complete as per the requirements of the company policy.
Recruitment Administrator
Al Jomaih Automotive
09.2006 - 12.2008
- Assisted in the development of comprehensive strategic recruitment plan.
- Assisted in the implementation the recruitment plan
- Provided assistance to concerned departments in preparing annual manpower planning.
- Prepared Annual Action plan for recruitment in accordance to the manpower planning of each department
- Prepared salary scale by category
- Assisted in visa planning for future visa requirements by designation and nationality
- Prepared multiple recruitment reports for the HR Director
- Monitor different recruitment agency from Outside Kingdom
- Receive and screen CV’s from different agencies.
- Conducted interviews to qualified candidates based on the criteria set by the requesting department.
- Ensure that the recruitment process is aligned to the company policy.
Education
CIPD level 5 - HR
Victory Training And Development Institute
Bahrain Bachelor of Business - Human Resources
Unitec Institute of Technology
AucklandDiploma - Human Resources
Chamber of Commerce And Industry
Riyadh Diploma - Business Administration
King Saud University
Riyadh Skills
- Corporate culture development
- Employer branding capabilities
- Learning and development implementation
- Corporate social responsibility
- Knowledge of employment law
- Compensation and benefits strategy
- Succession planning experience
- Strategic hr business partnering
- Change management capability
- Expert in hr metrics
- Experience with restructuring
- HR metrics understanding
Personal Details
Arabic
Native
English
Advanced
Timeline
Human Resources Director
Arla Foods
04.2023 - Current
Human Resources Head - Senior HR Business Partner
Arla Foods
10.2019 - 03.2023
Recruitment and Saudization Manager
Arla Foods
09.2018 - 10.2019
Assistant Manager Manpower Planning & Recruitment
Chemanol
04.2015 - 08.2018
Manpower Planning & Recruitment Specialist
Raashed constructing Co
01.2010 - 10.2012
Recruitment Administrator
Al Jomaih Automotive
09.2006 - 12.2008
CIPD level 5 - HR
Victory Training And Development Institute
Bachelor of Business - Human Resources
Unitec Institute of Technology
Diploma - Human Resources
Chamber of Commerce And Industry
Diploma - Business Administration
King Saud University
Similar Profiles
ALHASSAN, SADIATH REBECCAALHASSAN, SADIATH REBECCA
Accountant- Supervisor at TG Arla Dairy Products (Arla Foods, Nigeria)Accountant- Supervisor at TG Arla Dairy Products (Arla Foods, Nigeria)
Ahmed AbdelazizAhmed Abdelaziz
Senior sales supervisor at Arla FoodsSenior sales supervisor at Arla Foods
Peter MikolajczykPeter Mikolajczyk
Frontline Operator / Machine Operator at Arla FoodsFrontline Operator / Machine Operator at Arla Foods
Mahmoud Ahmed Abd EllatiefMahmoud Ahmed Abd Ellatief
Environmental and sustainability consultant at Aloula Company for Environmental consultsEnvironmental and sustainability consultant at Aloula Company for Environmental consults
Azzam AlbadiaAzzam Albadia
Integration Engineer at Ericsson ABIntegration Engineer at Ericsson AB