Kerry Weir
Director, HR Partnering @Centrica
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WORK HISTORY
Director, HR Partnering @Centrica
Windsor, CA
EDUCATION
Kingston University
Post Graduate Diploma, Human Resources
Technikon Natal
Bachelors Degree in Technology, Human Resources
SKILLS
ABOUT KERRY WEIR
Commercially focused senior HR professional with a strong track record of leading HR teams in companies undergoing transformational change on both a small and large scale, as well as internationally in unionised and regulated (OFGEM and FCA) environments. Significant experience in a wide variety of HR topics including generalist HR; employee relations; change projects; policy development and implementation; succession and talent management and HR strategy. KEY SKILLS & CORE COMPETENCIESHR Business Partnering Development of HR Policies & ProceduresBusiness Change ProgrammesCapability Analysis & Development PlanningRecruitment and RetentionCollaborationEmployee experience & EngagementProject ManagementOrganisational DesignTeam LeadershipTalent & Succession PlanningNegotiations & ConsultationsMentoringKEY ACHIEVEMENTS:*Strategic HR Partner to Functional Leadership teams, providing advice and challenge in delivering several successful business change programmes, e.g. Finance Transformation achieving a saving of c£15m year on year, transformation projects across EMEA initially to take €20m savings out the organisation, pan-European IT Transformation achieving a saving of £3m, efficiency programmes achieving £8m savings*Led restructuring programme across Group Finance, Corporate Affairs and Legal & Compliance resulting in a reduction of 70 FTE, 40 FTE and 20 FTE respectively, resulting in £15m saving; and relocated Finance workforce UK wide to Windsor, which required handling of complex challenging industrial relations situations*Delivered growth strategy from a people perspective for a face-to-face sales channel, growing from 20 to 100 sales employees*Led the people stream element for offshoring Finance Operations to an India shared service model*Led several policy and scheme changes improving cost effectiveness to the business e.g. pension scheme to reduce a deficit of £52m*Post-acquisition integration at Avis on national and international basis
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