Patrick Poonye

• Heading HR function for Germany, Austria, Switzerland. • Leading turnaround of a $116M+ revenue region after 8 years declining in a row. Functioning as a Business Planning Team member, developing and executing HR strategy in support of the business objectives and building organizational capability.

• Fulfilling role as Global Steering Committee member, coordinating a team of circa 100 direct and indirect HR professionals, owning HR strategy design according to business needs. • Masterminding agile structures, processes, and policies for HR, Sales and Operations, supporting the organisation’s strategic objectives in rapid growth.

• HR team of 29 professionals, and oversaw a workforce of 22,000 employees across the DACH region, guided outsourced service partners across Eastern Europe. • Directed the organisation through a major HR transformation, by implementing Workday and AI HR technology, agile HR processes, and operating model. • Established leaner and high-performing teams, which resulted in the Talent Acquisition Team reducing from 4 FTE, to 2.5 FTE, whilst improving performance of time to fill from 89 days, to 21 days.

• Functioned as a Business Planning Team member, controlled a team of 16 HR professionals, managed HR operations for more than 2,400 employees, also led change initiatives across the HR, Sales, Finance. • Steered negotiations with 5 work councils to define agile structures and processes, which reduced organisational overhead costs by 3.5%, whilst propelling profitable growth by 27.8%. • Pioneered various HR technologies into the organisation; including Workday, ServiceNow, AI.

• Operated as a Business Planning Team member, directed a team of 15 HR professionals, also oversaw all HR operations for more than 1,600 employees. • Mitigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the organisation, by implementing a remote work concept before the pandemic. • Design, national union negotiation and implementation of industry leading CBA Portugal. • Creating inclusive culture of learning and career growth thanks to the design and roll-out of performance management cycle.

• Acted as HR Lead to ensure robust HR procedures and policies were in place to support all HR activities; this involved Total Rewards, Employee Experience, CSR and Remuneration Committee. • Digitalised the approval system for total rewards requests, which led to enhanced customer experience, efficiency, transparency, in addition to reduced resource allocation due to automation and paperless workflow. • Implemented Global Mobility; this involved guidelines, and a company healthcare scheme.

• Ensured staffing fulfilment and continued growth, reinforced and enhanced the company's culture and values. • Promoted from HR Management Trainee, to Lead for HR Services and Talent Acquisition in 2015. • Implemented 360 feedback and development plans to up-skill organisational staff, which resulted in significant talent growth.

Construction and ministration of online recruitment tool, analyzing and screening of applications, organization of and participation in job interviews, public relations, re-structuring and modernization of recruitment process via bachelor thesis after the finalization of the internship

Human ressources and leadership

Leadership theories, organisational development, human ressources, innovation