Syed Abdul Gafoor
HR Professional
Riyadh - Mobile 00966 509679094,Saudi Arabia
Summary
A result-oriented professional with 30 years’ working experience (12 years in India + 8 years in Bahrain + 10 years in Saudi) with proven ability in handling end-to-end people management activities. Results-oriented with broad experience in all areas of HR, including policy development, performance management and benefits administration. Accustomed to analyzing HR functions and procedures to execute change management and drive corporate objectives.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
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1
English
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Tamil
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3
Hindi
4
4
Urdu
5
5
Spoken Malayalam
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6
Basic arabic
Work History
OD /Lead HR Consultant
Warehousing & Logistics Service Company - LSC
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10.2019 - Current
- Total employee strength around 500.
- Reporting to the CEO.
- Contributed to business and HR functions by identifying, prioritizing and building organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures and processes.
- Coordinated implementation of people-related services, policies and programs through departmental staff.
- Assisted senior management with making key decisions by developing and submitting performance and compensation reports with status updates and improvement recommendations.
- Facilitated onboarding sessions and on-the-job training for new hires, bolstering employee job position knowledge and skillset.
- Assisted and guided clients on HR procedures and program development by devising performance evaluations, job descriptions and industry-standard salary ranges.
- Devised hiring and recruitment policies for budgeted head count.
- Liaised between multiple business divisions to improve communications.
- Structured compensation and benefits according to market conditions and budget demands.
Head of Sourcing
Ekal Manpower Company
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
05.2019 - 09.2019
- Employee strength around 1000.
- Was reporting to the Head of Outsourcing Division.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to all customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
- Delivered exceptional level of service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions.
- Developed various recruitment agencies across the globe for betterment of the company in countries like Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal, India and Bangladesh.
Head of Human Resources
Agility Logistics Company
Riyadh / Dammam, Saudi Arabia
07.2015 - 03.2019
- Total employee strength of 400.
- Was reporting to the SVP of Bahrain, Oman & Saudi Arabia.
- Devised hiring and recruitment policies for budgeted head count every year and achieved the target successfully both within Saudi and outside based on availability of visa.
- Streamlined HR efficiencies, coordinated new hire orientations and provided onboarding and training for 400 new employees.
- Accurately prepared monthly payroll and tracking data using Oracle system.
- Improved team morale by resolving various inquiries and employee workforce matters.
- Worked with managers to achieve compliance with organizational policies, providing clarifying information and recommending necessary changes.
- Provided guidance on policies and procedures to harmonize responses, provide appropriate investigation actions and reach resolution of grievances.
- Assessed and aligned compensation packages to market to attract highly qualified applicants for organizational vacancies.
- Maintained current knowledge of industry regulations and legislation to amend policies as needed and promote compliance.
- Recruited top talent to maximize profitability.
- Worked as effective team member while contributing to local and regional HR projects.
- Visited Nepal twice and successfully recruited more than 100 Trailer Drivers and Warehouse Personnel on cost effective manner.
- Interacted with lot of recruitment agencies in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanan, Philippines, etc. for stamping visas and successfully on-boarded the key personnel.
Head of HR
Apparel Group
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
04.2013 - 07.2015
- Employee Strength oof 850.
- Was reporting to the Saudi Country Manager and Group HR Head - Dubai.
- Setting up of HR department in Saudi to handle people related issues independently as it was handled by Dubai HO directly.
- Designed and coordinated new hire orientations and provided onboarding and training for around 500 new employees.
- Liaised between multiple business divisions to improve communications such as Fashion Retail brands and Coffee chain Tim Hortons.
- Devised hiring and recruitment policies for around 500 employees.
- Devised lot of employee engagement initiatives to achieve the bottom line of the sales budget continuously.
- Visited Philippines / India / Nepal and successfully recruited personnel for Tim Hortons and fashion retail brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Skechers, BHPC, Dune, Aeropostale, etc.
Head of HR & Administration
Kooheji Contractors
Isa Town, Bahrain
03.2012 - 09.2012
- Total employees around 1500.
- Reporting directly to the Owners / Management Members.
- Developed robust processes in all employee related issues and communicated to the employee for better productivity.
- Conducted various employee engagement events for keeping up the employee morale high and resultant achievement of desired results.
- Enhanced team workflows and employee job satisfaction by coordinating communication between managers and employees.
- Designed the proper Reporting Structure and resultant JDs for Construction / Real Estate Divisions.
- Educated management on successful policy implementation and enforcement actions to prevent employee legal entanglements.
Head of HR & Administration
Jawad Business Group
Khobar, Saudi Arabia
06.2010 - 03.2012
- Total number of employees around 600.
- Was directly reporting to the Group HR Manager in HO Bahrain.
- Successfully processed 508 Iqamas through local sponsor in Saudi. within 6 months by close follow up and exemplary personal rapport with the sponsor office / personnel.
- Head hunt the market and bought visas in various model - one time payment / monthly service charges at rock bottom price and recruited Barista level people for Costa Coffee stores.
- Take stock of all Costa Coffee stores and successfully obtained Baladiya licences to run the stores without then and there closures.
- Did the branch wise frisking exercise across Riyadh Region and eliminated the bad apples who were eating company money and got management appreciation for the outstanding efforts.
- Developed succession plans and promotion paths for all key staff.
- Developed a better understanding between Owners and local partners which paved way for higher sales turnover.
Assistant Manager - HR
Agility
Mameer, Bahrain
05.2003 - 05.2010
- Total employee strength of 300 around.
- Was reporting to Group HR in Bahrain and CEO of Bahrain.
- Setting up of HR department independently as it was handled by the local partner previously.
- Liaison with Corporate HR in Kuwait to deploy companies overall HR policies and procedures after fine tuning it with the local laws in Bahrain.
- Successfully completed the Bahranization % in order to obtain the expatriate visas.
- Got award from MOL for successfully utilized the training budget on local talent.
- Systematic budgeting exercise for people requirement every year and proper adherence in recruiting within the agreed timeline.
- Head Hunted key positions in GCC for business continuity.
- Devised proper MIS for monthly reporting.
- Assisted corporate HR on Job Evaluation / Job Leveling / Grade & Designation / Compensation & Benefit exercises and deployment in Bahrain.
- Visited Palakad, Kerala, India alone & successfully recruited Trailer Drivers and Warehouse Personnel.
Trainee / Junior Manager - HR
TVS Tyres
Madurai, India, India
07.1991 - 12.2002
- Total employee strength of 2000 including all divisions - Tyre / Rubber / Auto-molded components.
- Was reporting to VP - HR & Admn.
- Assisted the Head of HR in all policy making process.
- Recruited people for all divisions including head hunting for key positions from the competitors.
- Successfully on-boarded all personnel and designed and implemented the proper required induction sessions.
- Developed local suppliers / manpower contractors to meet out the required manpower requirement at a cheaper cost.
- Designed proper manpower budget process every year and implemented.
- Organized Management members trips to various parts of India for senior level recruitment process / head hunting process.
- Integrated HR team of different divisions within TVS for better networking efforts including monthly meetings
- Successfully implemented TPM / ISO 9001 / ERP processes from HR pillar.
Education
CPP – Certificate in Personnel Practices - CIPD – UK – Bahrain -
PGDPMIR – Post Graduate Diploma - Personnel Mgr & IR
M.Com – Master’s - commerce
MBA) – Master’s - Business Administration
Skills
Strong Communication
undefinedAdditional Information
- Driving License - India, Bahrain & Saudi.
- Available on local release.
Timeline
OD /Lead HR Consultant
Warehousing & Logistics Service Company - LSC
10.2019 - Current
Head of Sourcing
Ekal Manpower Company
05.2019 - 09.2019
Head of Human Resources
Agility Logistics Company
07.2015 - 03.2019
Head of HR
Apparel Group
04.2013 - 07.2015
Head of HR & Administration
Kooheji Contractors
03.2012 - 09.2012
Head of HR & Administration
Jawad Business Group
06.2010 - 03.2012
Assistant Manager - HR
Agility
05.2003 - 05.2010
Trainee / Junior Manager - HR
TVS Tyres
07.1991 - 12.2002
MBA) – Master’s - Business Administration
M.Com – Master’s - commerce
PGDPMIR – Post Graduate Diploma - Personnel Mgr & IR
CPP – Certificate in Personnel Practices - CIPD – UK – Bahrain -
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