Ad van der Rest
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- http://www.changeboard.com/profile/advanderrest/
- Location
- Maidenhead
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- http://uk.linkedin.com/in/advanderrest
- Website
- http://www.visiblegoal.com/
About Me
Interim Human Resources Director,
Senior HRBP & HR Consultant
Senior HR Generalist * Employee Relations
Restructure M&A * Performance & Talent
HR Expertise:
Senior HR Generalist, addressing HR crises, HR stewardship and HR gap assignments. A commercially focused and practical HR ‘fixer’ stabilising HR functions and issues, designing & implementing good HR practice and planning & hiring a long-term ‘permanent’ HR solution. Recent generalist and ‘crisis’ successes at SunGard, SAP, Affinion International and Misys.
Employee Relations specialist, resolving redundancy, tribunal claims, grievances, works council and sickness/absence issues. Strong interpersonal skills allow for meaningful and respectful negotiation and resolution with all parties. Service offered Interim and by ad-hoc Consultancy. Recent ER & Tribunal successes at SunGard, SAP, Orange and Affinion International.
Specialist in restructure, mergers and acquisition, supporting transition, acquisition, merger, restructure, upsizing and downsizing projects. Handling acquisitions / restructures & TUPE between 500 and a handful in size, from due diligence stage through to implementation & mop up. Recent restructure successes at SAP/Business Objects and particularly SunGard.
Specialist in performance and talent management, from performance management vendor selection and implementation to succession planning, employee engagement and talent management. Focused on elegant, straight-forward and commercially effective processes. Recent performance & talent successes at SAP and SunGard.
Employment history
- Organisation
- SAP
- Job Title
- Interim Senior HR Business Partner
- Level - Status
- Chief executive / Owner
- Dates
- 15/07/2009 - 15/07/2009
- Work Description
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- Global
Software business (1,300 UK, 51,500 Global employees). Held operational
responsibility for c.250 Business Objects employees in Support, IT and
regional sales.
- Successfully
supported the UK acquisition of Business Objects into SAP (450 people). Project-managed
the successful acquisition of one small software business and the TUPE out
of a small team (20 and 5 employees respectively). Coached HR colleagues
in acquisition.
- Added
HR stability at a time when the SAP HR team was almost entirely replaced.
Advisor activities were migrated to the SAP HR Operations team in the UK
and Prague.
- Successfully
project managed re-brokering process to identify and select Pension and
benefits providers for SAP UK going forward. HR ‘guru’ on aspects of SAP
HRIS.
- Performance
management ‘cases for concern’ 100% resolved in supported business areas.
- Primary
appeal facilitator for cases & ET claims arising from significant
redundancy activities.
- Broad
HR expertise applied ranging from Talent Management to Benefits
Harmonisation.
- Coached
new permanent HR recruits and both Senior and Line Managers in a range of
HR and management disciplines. Maintained a close commercial relationship
with Unit leaders.
- Facilitated
the Business Objects Employee Consultative Forum for SAP.
- Initial
3 month assignment extended to 12 months.
- Global
Software business (1,300 UK, 51,500 Global employees). Held operational
responsibility for c.250 Business Objects employees in Support, IT and
regional sales.
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