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Louise STEADMAN
Lee-on-the-Solent,Hampshire
Summary
Strategic HR leader skilled in collaborating with executives to drive transformative people strategies that boost business performance. Expertise includes organisational design, culture change, and innovative workforce solutions. Influences decision-making in complex environments, focusing on talent management and workforce planning. Leads large HR teams and advances significant change initiatives, including diversity and inclusion programmes.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior HR Business partner, Inclusion & Diversity Lead
EVELYN PARTNERS
08.2024 - Current
- Led strategy development and execution for inclusion and diversity initiatives, enhancing organisational inclusivity and diversity
- Business Partner and subject matter expert to the Chief Operating Officer, COO leadership team and Central Functions
- Line Manager and Leader to the HR Business Partnering team for Central Functions
- Working in collaboration with our outsourced Talent Acquisition team to ensure our strategy for attracting, developing and retaining high performing and expert talent is current, human centred and aligned to our future growth strategy
- Designed and implemented a clear colleague journey that provides support, meaningful work, and opportunities for growth within the organisation
- Created and implemented organisational design frameworks to align with business growth trajectory
- Supporting the compliance of all SMCR and regulatory restrictions and regulations
- Managed private equity ownership structure
Senior HR Business partner
Quilter
05.2021 - 08.2024
- Business Partner to Group CIO, COO, Transformation Director and Change Director, acting as strategic HR partner, influencer and confidante.
- Designing and delivering HR strategies and initiatives that will support our organizational values, drive high performance whilst retaining top talent in a hybrid and remote setting
- Successfully designed and delivered Quilter’s approach to hybrid working– Leading the full project cycle from scoping to delivery on the Hybrid Working Strategy for Quilter Group. This initiative saved £5.2m in Workplace Strategy and is our top scoring engagement factor
- Led overhaul of Employee Value Proposition programme, aligning it with organisational goals and enhancing employee attraction and retention
- Workstream lead for Culture Transformation at Quilter, driving an ambitious and high performing culture
- Successfully delivered the Organisational Design for Corporate Functions, saving £4.9m in 2023, ensuring the Operating Model is enduring and high performing
- Creation and implementation of organizational design, to best ensure our operating model is future proof, efficient and at the optimum level for great customer outcomes
- Created clear colleague journey that supports meaningful work and provides opportunities for growth within organisation, enhancing employee engagement and satisfaction
- Working in collaboration with our Talent Acquisition team to ensure our strategy for attracting, developing and retaining high performing and expert talent is current, human centered and aligned to our future growth strategy
- Supporting the compliance of all SMCR and regulatory restrictions and regulations
- Developed Menopause Awareness training and policy, facilitating establishment of Menopause Support Group and partnership with Stella, improving staff awareness and support resources
HR Change & Transformation Consultant (APMG Qualified Change Practitioner)
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
01.2018 - 05.2021
- As an HR Change Manager for Group HR, I work throughout the whole change lifecycle, including but not limited to;
- Supporting the initiation and scoping of key change projects, inclusive of large-scale organisational Design, process and procedural overhaul and behavioural/people focused change
- Led end-to-end organisational design for HR function, creating internal service that embraced digitalisation and self-service methodology.
- Supporting and developing business leaders through the successful implementation of change programmes
- Engaged with Trade Unions (USDAW & Unite) to ensure transformation programmes considered employee perspectives and maintained fairness and transparency.
- Focused on thorough attention to detail during change implementation, applying all change tools and methodologies to achieve excellent outcomes and gather extensive PIR data for future projects.
- Digitalisation of in-store processes – Web app roll-out across retail stores for improved efficiency, cost reduction and better customer outcomes
- Large scale TUPE projects within the logistics division of the business, improving efficiency, reducing cost and creating better customer outcomes (Argos & Habitat into Sainsbury’s)
- Group wide management restructure, spanning across retail, corporate functions, bank, logistics, Argos & Habitat, including cultural transformation to harmonise the M&A
- Developed business case for change by utilising technology and MI data to enhance project support.
- Writing and coordinating comms and engagement activity, removing complexity and ambiguity and developing a compelling case for change
- Provide technical, specialist and general HR expertise and act as a trusted adviser to stores across all business channels nationally
HR Business partner
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
Hampshire
11.2016 - 01.2018
UK HR Manager
1Insurer
Whiteley
05.2016 - 11.2016
Regional HR Business partner
Caffe Nero
South East England
08.2015 - 05.2016
Multi-Site HR Manager
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
Surrey
11.2010 - 08.2015
Prison Officer & Case Manager
HM Prison Service
Feltham
10.2006 - 10.2010
HR Advisor & Trainer
Bracknell Berkshire
09.2003 - 10.2006
Education
CIPD Diploma in human resource management & Development - CIPD Level 5
Farnborough College of Technology
Farnborough07-2013
APMG Change Management Foundation Certificate -
APMG
04-2021
APMG Change Management Practitioner Certificate -
APMG
04-2021
Skills
- Organisational Design
- Change Management
- Strategy development
- Project Management
- SMCR & Regulatory Compliance
- Stakeholder engagement
- Leadership
- Inclusivity
- Cultural change
- Engagement Initiatives
- Workforce Restructuring
- Employee Transfer Strategies
- Complex Employee Relations
- Comfortable with ambiguity
- Resilience and collaboration
- Senior leadership influence
- Commercial acumen
http://www.linkedin.com/in/LouiseSteadmanHR
Interests
Timeline
Senior HR Business partner, Inclusion & Diversity Lead
EVELYN PARTNERS
08.2024 - Current
Senior HR Business partner
Quilter
05.2021 - 08.2024
HR Change & Transformation Consultant (APMG Qualified Change Practitioner)
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
01.2018 - 05.2021
HR Business partner
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
11.2016 - 01.2018
UK HR Manager
1Insurer
05.2016 - 11.2016
Regional HR Business partner
Caffe Nero
08.2015 - 05.2016
Multi-Site HR Manager
Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
11.2010 - 08.2015
Prison Officer & Case Manager
HM Prison Service
10.2006 - 10.2010
HR Advisor & Trainer
09.2003 - 10.2006
CIPD Diploma in human resource management & Development - CIPD Level 5
Farnborough College of Technology
APMG Change Management Foundation Certificate -
APMG
APMG Change Management Practitioner Certificate -
APMG