Carly French

I am a CIPD qualified human resources manager with 15+ years wide-ranging expertise working for a large organisation with 1000+ employees. I specialise in policy development and implementation, difficult employee relations, data analysis and reporting to key stakeholders as well as project leadership and delivery. I resolve operational and strategic challenges through innovative policy, solutions, systems and process improvements proven to increase efficiency, employee satisfaction and save money. I pride myself on establishing relationships built on mutual trust, personal integrity and credibility. Key achievements and skills: • Designing and implementing a new absence management policy saving £240k on one quarter alone • Managing all staff communications and policy during the pandemic • Drafting, negotiating and implementing HR policy to meet organisational requirements and react to changes in legislation • Building and implementing an HR Information System (HRIS) to manage key processes and payroll • Extensive experience in difficult ER cases • Post-merger pay transition and pay benchmarking in line with market analysis • Advanced skills in data manipulation and reporting for SMT • Developing efficiency-enhancing workflow/process improvements to accommodate increasing responsibilities necessitated by staff reductions