Karen Lounds
Business Service Director (HR, IT and Procurement) @Tata Chemicals Europe
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Business Service Director (HR, IT and Procurement) @Tata Chemicals Europe
Tata Chemicals Europe is one of the leading producers of Soda Ash (Sodium Carbonate), Salt and Sodium Bicarbonate in Europe. The Company\'s products are manufactured at 3 sites in Cheshire, UK, to international quality standards, and are used in a wide range of industry applications.We are a diverse company, working with general chemicals, plastics materials, food production, chemical preparations, chemicals wholesalers, chemical manufacturing, environmental issues and more. We provide materials for a wide range of industries including biotechnology, agriculture, healthcare, food, energy, packaging, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, medical equipment and many more.Reporting to the Managing Director and part of the Board, the role is responsible for delivering the HR, IT and Procurement strategy within the business.Key focus is to deliver pragmatic business solutions with a constant focus on ROI, automation and stakeholder and employee engagement.Key achievements:Successful Transformation of HR that now delivers excellent back office automation, delivers true business partnering to sites, and has built an excellent reputation for data analytics to drive best practice decisions around the employee life cycle.Improved engagement results from 27% to 65% within 5 yearsSuccessfully launched Employee Value Proposition (New brand guidelines, Induction, recruitment and Manager Toolkits).Delivered HR system with dramatically improved self service and HR analytics.Delivered outsourced IaaS and reduced cost to serve for IT.Driving the agenda for change in Procurement to service and success.
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ABOUT KAREN LOUNDS
An outstanding Human Resources professional with a wealth of commercial skills gained across a range of demanding roles within the Manufacturing, Utilities and Retail sectors. Particular expertise in building strong relationships with internal and external Stakeholders and ensuring the commercial direction of the business is delivered through conceptualising and delivering innovative people strategies. Business and customer oriented, with the ability to identify, analyse and solve complex challenges. A strong leader of people during major organisation change, ensuring any vision is communicated clearly and priorities reflect commercial business needs. Areas of expertise, in addition to extensive operational experience are Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Partnering, out-sourcing activities, and restructuring and redundancy programmes. Practical experience of employment law, policy writing, employee relations (inc Trades Union negotiations to National officer level) TUPE transfers, developing strategic HR-Business Partnerships, and implementing HR Shared Services.A strong blend of strategic and operational HR delivery that supports corporate objectives. Ability to develop tailored best practice initiatives, add value to the bottom line and champion continuous improvement.
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