Katie Davies

• Wrexham is Magellan's largest UK site with circa 500 employees across 5 sites.
• Coordinated annual employee engagement surveys leading to improved participation and overall engagement.
• Supported with succession planning securing the future leadership of the organisation.
• Established effective communication channels between staff and management enhancing mutual understanding.
• Collaborated with managers to understand staffing needs, facilitating efficient recruitment drives.
• Boosted leader capability through effective coaching and advising.
• Served as point of contact to offer expertise on employee relations.
• Advised managers on compensation decisions based on benchmark data, job analysis and external competitiveness.
• Partnered with senior leadership for strategic workforce planning, enabling company growth projections.
• Guided managers through recruitment process to filter talent and select high quality candidates.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills whilst managing the HR team at Wrexham.
• Managed complex employee relations caseloads to resolve disputes effectively.
• Built trusted relationships with trade union representatives, facilitating smoother negotiations

Starting as HR Administrator I progressed into the HR BP position in March 2020

• Provide HR support and guidance for 4 business units across 3 locations working closely with site management
• Support line managers to control absence levels and ensure time and attendance policies are adhered to at all times
• Manage the recruitment needs of each business site and drive large recruitment campaigns in a challenging labour market
• Ensure a thorough onboarding process and that all required checks are complete with relevant documentation
• Provide guidance to management whilst overseeing all grievances and disciplinaries
• Conduct high level grievance and disciplinaries
• Monitor labour turnover by site and conduct exit interviews to identify ares of improvement and provide positive feedback
• Administer monthly payroll for up to 500 employees
• Regularly issue reports and present data in a concise format to senior management
• Experience of working as part of a change management team with directors to strengthen the business and implement better working practices and processes
• Identify and conduct training with line managers regarding managing absence and performance management
• Implement strong Covid-19 controls and absence reporting

Originally joining as an Administrator before progressing to Recruitment Consultant

• My daily duties included candidate and client management through strong communication and negotiation skills
• Use of job boards such as Indeed, Totaljobs, CV Library and Reed
• Candidate screening, arranging interviews, diary management and issuing feedback post interviews
• KPI driven regarding volume of calls, interviews and placements each month
• Business Development through proactively increasing my client base to ensure maximum vacancies