Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the HR Business Partner and business leadership in delivering effective people solutions through data-driven HR insights, workforce analytics, reporting, and business partnering.
• Analyse employee and workforce data, develop meaningful HR dashboards and reports, identify trends and risks, and translate data into actionable insights to support business and people decisions.
• Partner with the HRBP and Business Units on day-to-day HR matters, manpower planning, employee movements, performance, engagement, and employee relations.
• Manage end-to-end manpower budgeting and forecasting, including headcount and cost analysis, budget vs. actual variance analysis, and workforce recommendations.
• Analyse workforce data to identify trends and provide actionable insights on headcount, attrition, absenteeism, vacancies, manpower cost, and workforce productivity.
• Support workforce cost analysis, including salary costs, overtime, incentives, allowances, and other employee-related costs.
• Develop and maintain HR dashboards and management reports using advanced Excel, Power BI, and HR systems such as Oracle HCM/People Hub.
• Develop workforce forecasts and support business leaders with manpower planning and scenario analysis.
• Conduct attrition and retention analysis, identifying key drivers and recommending appropriate HR interventions.
• Support workforce planning and manpower budgeting by analysing current headcount, vacancies, business requirements, and cost implications.
• Analyse recruitment metrics including time-to-fill, vacancy ageing, offer acceptance, and joining ratios to improve hiring effectiveness.
• Support analysis of performance, employee engagement, talent, and employee movement data and provide meaningful insights to HR.
• Support people management initiatives, including employee engagement, performance management, talent development, and employee relations.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of HR data across HR systems and reporting platforms.
• Automate recurring HR reports and improve HR reporting efficiency through data visualisation and analytics.
• Prepare data-driven presentations and recommendations for HR and business leadership.
• Support HR projects, system enhancements, UAT, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Advanced MS Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, Power Query, and dashboards.
• Good understanding of HR metrics, workforce analytics, and data interpretation.
• Working knowledge of Oracle HCM/People Hub or other HRIS.
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• Lead the Group-wide HR strategy, governance and HR operations.
• Manage HR across multiple entities, sectors and jurisdictions.
• Drive talent acquisition, workforce planning and manpower budgeting.
• Lead Emiratisation and other GCC nationalisation programmes.
• Ensure compliance with MOHRE, WPS, labour laws, visa and immigration requirements.
• Manage large blue-collar workforces, accommodation, mobilisation and employee welfare.
• Oversee performance management, compensation, succession planning and talent development.
• Manage employee relations, disciplinary matters, grievances and HR governance.
• Lead HRIS implementation and HR process automation.
• Provide strategic HR reporting and people insights to the Board.
• ✅ Employee strength should be minimum 2,000.

✅ Strong experience within a diversified group, conglomerate or family holding company.

✅ Strong GCC experience with hands-on knowledge of Emiratization, MOHRE, WPS, visa/immigration and labor disputes.

✅ Experience managing large blue-collar workforces and worker welfare.

✅ Working knowledge of UK employment law and at least one European jurisdiction, including TUPE and GDPR.

✅ Experience implementing HRIS and developing HR policies and processes.

• ✅ Excellent English communication skills.