Khaled Kayal, People Experience Lead - Talent Aquisition & Onboarding

Khaled Kayal

People Experience Lead - Talent Aquisition & Onboarding

M. H. Alshaya Company

Lieu
Koweït - Al Koweït
Éducation
Master, Management (Dissertation in HR & Organizational Psychology)
Expérience
8 years, 5 Mois

Partager Mon CV

Empêcher usager


Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :8 years, 5 Mois

People Experience Lead - Talent Aquisition & Onboarding à M. H. Alshaya Company
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • Je travaille ici depuis mai 2024
Lead Recruiter à M. H. Alshaya Company
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • novembre 2022 à avril 2024

Experienced and entrusted with more complex and higher-level recruitment projects. I also work with Senior Leaders to determine hiring needs and develop a hiring plan for several markets.

Divisions: Hospitality / Food & Beverage, Logistics & Supply Chain, Finance, Property Development & Projects, People, Central Operations, Sustainability, Audit & Asset Protection.

Key accountabilities, but not limited to:
Agreeing on a recruitment mandate with the divisions.
Searching for and approaching suitable candidates.
Working closely with the Attraction team to run job ads to attract applicants.
Managing the interview, assessment, and shortlisting processes.
Maintaining a lead database.
Coaching and mentoring junior recruiters.

Recruitment Officer - Corporate Functions à M. H. Alshaya Company
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • juillet 2019 à octobre 2022

Responsible for handling end-to-end recruitment processes from sourcing to selecting across several corporate functions. Review, analyze and advise Group Recruitment on hiring trends and changes relevant to candidates’ career interests, talents, and supplies.

Partner with hiring managers and key stakeholder to identify hiring needs, frameworks, and strategic direction. Create and maintain positive relationships with selected candidates to improve the company’s employer branding and proactively build talent pool. Liaise with Learning & Development department, as well as educational institutions to arrange recruitment events, summer programs and short internships.

Currently I look after all the Corporate Functions divisions except Digital & IT - These are Corporates Logistics, Finance, Human Resources, Property, Audit & Safety, and CEO Office.

Achievements: Rolling out a new project “Train the Recruiter” to upskill the current Recruiters with tailored learning courses sourced from various MOOCs platform (e.g., Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, Future Learn and CIPD’s Knowledge Hub).

I have been nominated as an “Engagement Ambassador” to come up with engagement practices and activities. Currently, I am implementing a new engagement activity named as The Lot. Further details can be discussed.

Recruitment Coordinator à M. H. Alshaya Company
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • juin 2018 à juin 2019

Responsible for handling end-to-end recruitment processes from sourcing to selecting across
several corporate functions. Review, analyze and advise Group Recruitment on hiring trends and
changes relevant to candidates’ career interests, talents, and supplies.

Partner with hiring managers and key stakeholder to identify hiring needs, frameworks, and
strategic direction. Create and maintain positive relationships with selected candidates to
improve the company’s employer branding and proactively build talent pool.

Liaise with the Talent & Development function, as well as educational institutions to
arrange recruitment events, summer programmes and internships.

Recruit for all Corporate Functions such as Corporates Logistics, Finance, Human Resources,
Property, Audit & Asset Protection, Digital Marketing, and CEO Office.

Ensure that all roles are advertised on the company ATS.

Ensure that all costs and paperwork associated with vacancies are recorded accurately within the
ATS and that all candidates are captured and managed within the ATS throughout the recruitment
process.

Required to devise and implement the best attraction strategy deciding on an appropriate mix of
local, Middle East and Overseas activity.

Required to recruit against agreed profile for roles and use selection tools that relate to
competencies. Required to manage those recruited through the joining experience to ensure they
have all the necessary information and that they arrive to start work on time.

Ensure department complies with company, local market and legal, policies, procedures and
guidelines.

Complete all required administrative tasks on time to ensure the successful implementation of
manpower planning and vacancy advertising.

Achievements: Rolling out a new project “Train the Recruiter” to upskill the current Recruiters
with tailored learning courses sourced from various MOOCs platform (e.g., Coursera, LinkedIn
Learning, Future Learn and CIPD’s Knowledge Hub).

HR Student Recruiter (volunteer) à University of Lincoln
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • janvier 2018 à mars 2018

-Gaining experience though real interview panels by hiring new University staff.
-Helping to choose the members of staff working in the university.
-Being an official member of interview panels, making sure they have the right people in place to develop and impact student experience.
-Being at the core of the decision-making process, and developing a wide range of work ready skills.

Student Advisor à University of Lincoln's Student Union
  • Royaume Uni
  • décembre 2017 à février 2018

-Greeting and booking appointments to potential students within the university.
-Writing case-notes and submitting cases on the Student Union Management Student system.
-Providing academic, finance funding, welfare and accommodation support.
-Maintaining full and formal records covering aspects of guidance work undertaken.
-Co-operating with the members of the Student Union Advice Centre in the pursuance of the guidance aspects within the university.

Sales Consultant à Al-Tayer Group
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • janvier 2014 à janvier 2016

Éducation

Master, Management (Dissertation in HR & Organizational Psychology)
  • à University of Lincoln
  • mars 2018

Award classification: Merit. The University of Lincoln prides itself on the quality of its teaching, which is reflected in its Gold award in the national Teaching Excellence Framework. The University is also ranked in the top 20 universities in the UK in the Guardian University Guide 2020.

Baccalauréat, Business Administration (Systems Practice)
  • à The Open University
  • juin 2013

The systems track deals with company's messes and complexities and find solutions and suggestions using models, methods and diagrams. The Arab Open University is in partnership with the UK Open University, a world's leading university in blended and open learning systems. Therefore, AOU graduates obtain two certificates, British and Kuwaiti. The British degree is triple-accredited by the the professional business bodies (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS), and the Kuwaiti degree is accredited by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education.

Specialties & Skills

Attractions
Onboarding
Human Resources
Recruitment
Administration

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Arabe
Expert

Adhésions

Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development
  • Associate Member
  • June 2020

Formation et Diplômes

CIPD Level 7 Advanced Certificate in Human Resources (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
June 2020

Loisirs

  • Travelling
  • Reading