SHAMS TABRAIZ

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing full cycle hiring process for both Tech & Non-Tech roles for 12 markets across MENA region.
• Take lead in sourcing, identifying talents and strategic sourcing of candidates locally, regionally, and internationally using different channels to meet the manpower/staffing requirements.
• Directly managing and interacting with multiple stake holders to ensure smooth closures.
• Participated in job fairs to recruit potential candidates.
• Successfully handled and closed several senior roles (C-Level, Sr. Director, Director levels).
• Collaborating with HRBPs and Hiring Managers to conduct complex offer negotiations and finalize the hiring process.
• Counselled and mentored members of recruiting team to develop strong leadership skills.
• Supporting business in creating, reviewing, and analyzing job descriptions in line with business requirements.
• Builds, maintains, and fosters external relations with employment agencies ensuring that AMERICANA’s recruitment requirements are formulated and communicated in the effective manner.
• Developed employee referral programmes to assist in discovering new employees.

Projects Handled:

• Actively involved in the design discussions and process flow for the implementation of the new recruitment system (Oracle Recruitment Cloud) to streamline the recruitment process.
• Designed and Implemented Internal Career Progression Guidelines.
• Designed framework for Executive Hiring and Onboarding.
• Designed Emiratization Hiring Strategy.
• Formulated employee satisfaction surveys to gather feedback on the hiring process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively handled end to end recruitment cycle from sourcing to onboarding for positions across UAE & KSA regions for both Tech / Non-Tech roles.
• Designed talent acquisition strategy to find ideal candidates.
• Conducted interviews to screen potential candidates suitable for job.
• Adhered to organization’s Saudization guidelines, successfully closed all KSA based roles by hiring Saudi national candidates.
• Generated recruitment related reports on weekly basis.
• Counselled and mentored members of recruiting team to develop strong leadership skills.
• Executed procedures to improve candidate experience and maintain employee retention.
• Created a highly positive and welcoming onboarding experience for all new hires.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively and efficiently managed all aspects of the recruitment process for all Tech & Non-Tech roles at all levels, including sourcing, screening, hiring, reference check and on-boarding.
• Developed and implemented a talent sourcing strategy, using non-traditional methods as LinkedIn, Google, Facebook.
• Identified and attracted talents from UAE, KSA, Kuwait, India, and Middle Eastern and European regions.
• Designed, developed and maintained a database of available talent, thereby decreasing the sourcing time for advertised positions
• Provided day to day support and guidance to the hiring team and ensured all recruitment policies were adhered to.
• Spearheaded market mapping and researched for key positions.
• Simultaneously recruited for 20+ positions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnered with clients across various industries and regions to understand their hiring concerns and challenges and helped them overcome by providing talent advisory consulting services.
• Handled end-to-end recruitment processes, ensuring smooth and swift transactions from initial advert to job offer.
• Delivered the numbers within agreed timescales, service levels and budget. (time to hire /time to offer/Fulfilment/Quality of hire/candidate experience).
• Registered new candidates, developing wide-ranging database to meet client recruitment needs.
• Developed strong understanding of client companies' values, work culture, and environment.
• Expertly negotiated salary requirements and finalized arrangements between client and candidate.