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Matthew Dodd

Birkenhead,SKP

Summary

Accomplished Talent Attraction Manager with a proven track record at Whitbread plc, enhancing resourcing team performance and implementing recruitment strategies across 800+ UK sites. Expert in stakeholder management. I have led significant projects, including a transformative onboarding process that boosted team operational team retention by 7.9%. Skilled in project management and team leadership, I drive operational excellence and strategic talent development.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Attraction Manager

Whitbread plc
08.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for all hourly-paid recruitment for Premier Inn across more than 800 sites and an Ops team of more than 30,000 team members in the UK.
  • Directly managing a team of six Talent Attraction Partners based across the UK.
  • Working with key stakeholders to understand candidate attraction issues and leading the team to implement appropriate solutions.
  • Using data to qualify sites as being "in crisis" (trade impacted) due to recruitment issues, and leading the team through a "Full Support" process in order for the site to resume trading optimally as quickly as possible.
  • Designing bespoke local attraction plans, in partnership with key stakeholders in order to boost attraction.
  • Streamlining communication channels, improving information flow and decision-making speed in line with Time to Hire metrics
  • Led team meetings and one-on-one coaching sessions to continuously improve performance.
  • Established and monitored KPIs to evaluate Team performance and identify areas for improvement.
  • Enhanced team morale and retention through recognition programs and career development opportunities.

Resourcing Lead/Manager

Whitbread plc
08.2021 - 08.2024
  • Worked with senior stakeholders (Operations Directors) across the UK to implement the Salaried Manager recruitment strategy across Whitbread Group.
  • Lead a team of six resourcing partners, regionally aligned across the UK.
  • Established and monitored KPIs to evaluate team performance and identify areas for improvement.
  • Held regular one-on-one meetings with employees to review performance and priorities and provide feedback.
  • Analyzed business performance data and forecasted business results for senior management.
  • Developed and maintained robust and influential relationships with senior stakeholders across the business.
  • Lead the team through a large restructure, where we played a key role in redeploying up to 1,800 team members and 60 salaried managers.
  • Inducted three high-performing new Resourcing Partners.
  • Created new interview toolkits and scoring matrices for all operations teams to bring consistency into the recruitment process across the UK.

Learning & Development business partner (Field Based – National)

Whitbread plc
03.2017 - 08.2021
  • In the role of L&D / Capability and Skills Trainer, I was aligned with both the Premier Inn and Whitbread restaurant brands, covering the whole of the UK.
  • Encompassing every element of Learning and Organizational Development, from the creation and delivery of training to the analysis and evaluation of training.
  • Leading a number of key business projects, focusing on organizational development.
  • Managing and maintaining key learning and development workstreams aligned to key operational priority areas.
  • Partnering with other support functions and key stakeholders to deliver priority Learning and Organizational Development interventions that are aligned with functional and organizational objectives.
  • Creating innovative and engaging learning content, where learning can be measured across multiple metrics.
  • To evaluate learning and development interventions.
  • Collaboration with different audiences to gain insight to inform on the correct content to create.
  • Delivering training to different groups aligned to different areas of the business.
  • Design and deliver Training Needs Analysis to identify future focus areas.
  • Co created new and award-winning (LPI) induction and onboarding process to the business driving improvement in Team Retention by 7.9%.
  • Delivered innovative new Fire Evacuation training solution partnering with Kallidus.
  • Qualified CIPD level 5 learning & Development Practitioner.

Recruitment & Talent Business Partner (Field Based – Northern Regions)

Whitbread plc
06.2012 - 03.2017
  • Initially aligned to our restaurants division, with a remit to fill 96 vacancies across the business after a reorganization.
  • Re assigned to look after all Premier Inn Salaried Hiring in the North of the UK
  • Lead brand projects such as the Operations Graduate Program, Social Media Branding, Employer Branding, as well as the implementation of a new ATS system.
  • Partner Operations Directors and Area Managers, in order to execute an effective resourcing strategy.
  • To manage the end-to-end recruitment process.
  • Ensuring operations teams have functional succession plans, and an effective talent pipeline in place.
  • Working with L&D to ensure the development of potential at all levels.
  • To reduce and eliminate agency spend where possible.
  • Initiating coaching conversations with internal talent to drive development and engagement.
  • To network with the external candidate market, identifying the best talent.
  • Leading half-year and end-of-year managerial performance reviews.

Education

Assoc CIPD level 5 - Learning & Development

CIPD

CDOL - Certificate in designing online learning

Learning Performance Institute

Skills

  • Recruiting and interviewing
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Goal setting
  • Task delegation
  • Decision-making
  • Expectation setting
  • Project management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Team leadership
  • Performance management
  • Networking strategies
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Employee onboarding

Other Employment

  • IPS Recruitment - Account Manager- Jan 11 - Jun -12
  • RHR Recruitment - Account Manager - Oct 09 - Dec 10
  • R3 - Managing Consultant - Feb 08 - Aug 09

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Talent Attraction Manager

Whitbread plc
08.2023 - Current

Resourcing Lead/Manager

Whitbread plc
08.2021 - 08.2024

Learning & Development business partner (Field Based – National)

Whitbread plc
03.2017 - 08.2021

Recruitment & Talent Business Partner (Field Based – Northern Regions)

Whitbread plc
06.2012 - 03.2017

Assoc CIPD level 5 - Learning & Development

CIPD

CDOL - Certificate in designing online learning

Learning Performance Institute

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