Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Currently leading eight team members whilst reporting into the VP - People.
• Supporting our noon core business across Growth & Digital Strategy, Brand & Creative, Commercial Strategy, Fashion Marketplace, Commercial & Content Ops while working closely with Seniors, Head of Departments and VP stakeholders.
• Also supporting our Namshi business across Buying & Merchandising, Brand Partnerships, Growth & Onsite, Commercial, Analytics, Studio and Brand & Creative working closely with Seniors, Head of Departments and VP stakeholders.
• Handling Talent Acquisition & People Operations for UAE, KSA, Egypt, Lebanon, Sri Lanka & India.
• Provide HR expertise in the areas of feedback, employee relations, compensation, and organizational development.
• Support in creating a performance management system to enable team member growth
• Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale and increase productivity and retention
• Working together with management and personnel to solve conflicts and help facilitate positive employee relations, maintain a good working environment, build morale, and decrease unwanted turnover
• Organize quarterly and annual employee salary and performance reviews
• Implement the HR plans ensuring alignment with business strategies and priorities and the guidelines established at corporate HR.
• Working closely with various departments, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Currently leading eight junior team members whilst reporting into the VP - People.
• Supporting our noon core business across 26 different departments while working closely with Seniors, Head of Departments and VP stakeholders
• Handling Talent Acquisition & People Operations for UAE, KSA, Lebanon & India.
• Provide HR expertise in the areas of feedback, employee relations, compensation, and organizational development.
• Support in creating a performance management system to enable team member growth
• Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale and increase productivity and retention
• Working together with management and personnel to solve conflicts and help facilitate positive employee relations, maintain a good working environment, build morale, and decrease unwanted turnover
• Organize quarterly and annual employee salary and performance reviews
• Implement the HR plans ensuring alignment with business strategies and priorities and the guidelines established at corporate HR.
• Working closely with various departments, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures
• Continuing to work towards our Emiratization quota by providing support to the business to source, attract, select and facilitate retention of UAE Nationals with a view to integrate them into the organization smoothly. Also includes networking with Universities & Government Entities to maintain a database of UAE Nationals to keep alongside of the business requirements and provide suitable opportunities.

Mar 2023 – Jan 2024 · 10 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Led three junior team members whilst reporting into the People Director
• Supported our noon core business across 26 different departments while working closely with Seniors, Head of Departments and VP stakeholders
• Handled Talent Acquisition & People Operations for UAE, KSA, Lebanon & India.
• Provided HR expertise in the areas of feedback, employee relations, compensation, and organizational development.
• Supported in creating a performance management system to enable team member growth
• Worked closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale and increase productivity and retention
• Worked together with management and personnel to solve conflicts and help facilitate positive employee relations, maintain a good working environment, build morale, and decrease unwanted turnover
• Organized quarterly and annual employee salary and performance reviews
• Implemented the HR plans ensuring alignment with business strategies and priorities and the guidelines established at corporate HR.
• Implemented the organizational development initiatives across the business, in line with corporate objectives and requirements.
• Analyzed business structures, procedures, processes, and the utilization of resources.
• Worked closely with various departments, increasingly in a consultancy role, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures
• Actively working towards the Emiratization quota by providing support to the business to source, attract, select and facilitate retention of UAE Nationals with a view to integrate them into the organization smoothly. Also includes networking with Universities & Government Entities to maintain a database of UAE Nationals to keep alongside of the business requirements and provide suitable opportunities.

Sep 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Noon is a technology leader with a simple mission: to be the best place to buy and sell things. In doing this we hope to accelerate the digital economy of the Middle East, empowering regional talent and businesses to meet the full range of consumers' online needs. Starting in 2017 with noon.com, the region’s homegrown e-commerce platform and leading online shopping destination, noon is now a digital ecosystem of products and services such as Noon.com, Noon Daily, NowNow, Noon Pay, Noon VIP, Noon Food & SIVVI.
• Responsibilities:
• Working alongside the Special Projects Talent Acquisition team and managing the complete recruitment process and life-cycle across all Noon.com verticals - mainly focusing on hiring for our FinTech department including Information Security, Payment Gateway & Tech roles.
• Currently leading one junior team member whilst reporting into the Talent Acquisition Manager -Special Projects.
• Designing and implementing progressive sourcing strategies, including networking, social media, professional associations, and organizations to provide top-tier applicants access
• Communicating with managers and employees regularly to promote referral programs and internal mobility opportunities
• Partnering with TA Managers and Business Unit Leaders to identify staffing requirements and execute appropriate hiring strategies
• Handling and working closely with Senior, Head of Department and VP stakeholders
• Stakeholder Management by providing recruitment reports and TA updates in effortlessly comprehensible formats, managing expectations on project delivery and educating them on the recruitment process whilst building positive, credible relationships with them.
• Providing weekly reports on candidate status and proactively come up with ideas on how to improve processes working with all the recruitment team.
• Attending career fair events to attract young talents to join our company across multiple roles and teams.