Dawn Amos

Current

European Regional HR manager at Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Associate Director HR EMEA at Stiefel Laboratories
Associate Director at EMEA Stiefel Laboratories

Head of Human Resources, Eurasia Head Quarters at Stiefel Laboratories
Head of Human Resources, UK Business Partner at Stiefel UK
Head of Human Resources, Eurasia Head Quarters at Stiefel Laboratories
Associate Director HR EMEA at Stiefel Laboratories

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Past

Business Partner at Stiefel Laboratories
Hr Process Improvement Manager at BAA, Heathrow
HR Process Improvement Manager at BAA Heathrow Airport

HR Process Improvement Manager at BAA Heathrow
HR Change Manager at BAA Heathrow
HR Business Partner at Airside & Fire Service
HR Business Partner - Maintenance Function at Heathrow
HR Account Manager- Property at Grd. Ops BU's - Heathrow
HR Account Manager BAA Heathrow at Brake Brothers
HR Account Manager at Baa Heathrow
Regional HR Manager at Brakes
Regional HR Manager Brake Brothers at Brake Brothers
Human Resources Manager at Groupe Schnieder
Store Training Manager at Asda

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Education

Thames Valley University

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Industry

Airlines/Aviation

Dawn Amos’s Summary

An excellent technical HR Generalist with wide and deep experience in change managment in it's broadest sense. Ability to work at strategic and practical levels within organisations.Expereience includes multi union negotiation and extensive employee relations background.

Proven track record of relationship building and adding value to many organisations. Deadline driven with quality & quantity elements for all projects

Dawn Amos’s Specialties:

Union negotiation, change management, coaching and developing teams of managers and own HR Community

Dawn Amos’s Experience

European Regional HR manager

Panasonic Avionics Corporation

(Public Company; MC; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

October 2009 — Present (3 months)
Associate Director HR EMEA

Stiefel Laboratories

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year )

Responsible for Managing a team of HR professionals across EMEA and the Human Resources Business Partnering of our People Leaders based within the Eurasia Headquarters in Maidenhead
Associate Director

EMEA Stiefel Laboratories

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

January 2009 — Present (1 year )
Head of Human Resources, Eurasia Head Quarters

Stiefel Laboratories

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Head of Human Resources, UK Business Partner

Stiefel UK

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Head of Human Resources, Eurasia Head Quarters

Stiefel Laboratories

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

HR Business Partner to all Business Units and employees based in Eurasia Hedquarters Maidenhead berkshire
Associate Director HR EMEA

Stiefel Laboratories

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Internal promotion Jan 09

Responsible for the HR team across EMEA with HR manager presence in; Ireland and commercial operational presence in the following countries too; and distribution presence in many other areas in EMEA. Built relationships with General Manager's in the key Countries. Completed the closure from all HR perspectives for the Nordic operations working closely with the finance team on the closure of the legal entity. Assisted with the set up of 2 tupe operations within EMEA functions. Key liaison for all of EMEA to the US parent company.

Head of HR, UK Business Partner - achievements including; Quickly established credibility with the commercial divison within the Company, Pharmaceuticals being a new industry for me. Set up and created business partner relationships with the Stiefel UK leadership team and key Functional leaders for EMEA in areas of IT, R&D, Finance, Procurement, Communications. Initiated with the Managing director of SUK a complete change of the business operational model to match market needs resulting in a reorganisation of structures, process and systems - selection, assessment, redundancies and creation of transition planning tools to help embed the new model for the business.

Picked up the management of the HR team in the UK, and successfully relocating 2 sites into one with formal consultation processes being followed. Introduced preferred supplier process for recruitment reduction of 58 agencies to 6 and cost savings achieved. Rolled out SAP to HR Teams across EMEA, Rolled out performance review Processes linked to annual salary reviews across EMEA and coordinated across EMEA for this to Senior leaders approval stages, chosen as key link for EMEA with initiatives from US, attending training in Atlanta then cascading to EMEA teams.
Business Partner

Stiefel Laboratories

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

April 2008 — January 2009 (10 months)
Hr Process Improvement Manager

BAA, Heathrow

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

2001 — 2008 (7 years )
HR Process Improvement Manager

BAA Heathrow Airport

(Airlines/Aviation industry)

September 2001 — April 2008 (6 years 8 months)
HR Process Improvement Manager

BAA Heathrow

(Airlines/Aviation industry)

September 2001 — April 2008 (6 years 8 months)

Introduction of the Business Partner model into Heathrow HR Community involving set up of the shared service for all transactional processes

Project management initial scope of shared service, set up, stakeholder engagement and involvement, transition program contract management, measurement against service level agreements and process improvement of a shared service for all HR Transactional activity

Establishment of a Programme Office for HR & the Business community, incorporating headcount to budget reconciliation across 5,000 employees, 9 business units across two Operational Directors.

Set up of HR IT infrastructure to support business requirements.

Provision of a suite of HR data and information, following best practice techniques and working in partnership with shared service departments. Delivery of cyclical data and content for Heathrow board reports

Project management of Annual reward and recognition cycle and associated bonus transaction coordination for the whole of Heathrow.

Act as main HR Link to Central Crisis Management Team at Heathrow at Gold level for threat management. Ad hoc process improvement projects - current projects include Airline relocations, T5 resource planning
HR Change Manager

BAA Heathrow

(Airlines/Aviation industry)

October 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 4 months)

To deliver the largest change programme at Heathrow Airport - Project Plan to delivery.
This included creation of the HR master schedule, covering the following work streams:-
Organisational design
Stakeholder management
Branding & communications
Employee relations strategy & associated trades unions consultations
Learning and development
Selection process design
Assessments and appointments
Management of redundancy
Redeployment, outplacement

Set up & management of HR Change Implementation Team.
Design of associated monitoring and tracking processes
Delivery of daily dashboards for circa 2,500 employees who were in scope of the programme
Design of a suite of HR processes to enable delivery of programme

All key performance indicators for the Business case were achieved and delivered under budget, including staff reductions total 468 savings/benefits of £25.7 million and under spend on budget of £2.8 million
HR Business Partner

Airside & Fire Service

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

April 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 6 months)

Strategic HR Business Partner for circa 1,500 employees, supported by 2 HR Advisors. Major achievements during this time included introduction and acceptance of annualized hours and no strike clause in Heathrow Fire Service. (The first at any of the 7 UK airports across 2 trades unions)
HR Business Partner - Maintenance Function

Heathrow

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

March 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Strategic HR Business Partner for circa 600 employees & 150 apprentices. Supported by 1 HR Advisor and 1 HR Administrator.
Major achievements
Maintenance Change Programme delivery at Heathrow
Organisational design working with BAA Group Director
Senior population of the new organisation structures through to delivery
One KPI to deliver which was achieved was manager to staff ratios a move from 1:2.5 to 1:15
Negotiation and introduction of skills based pay model across South East Airports (circa 900 employees across 3 trades unions)

The business requested I support Scottish Airports with the implementation of their Maintenance Change Programme after the success at Heathrow.
HR Account Manager- Property

Grd. Ops BU's - Heathrow

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

August 2002 — March 2003 (8 months)

Generalist HR service for 3 business units within Heathrow circa 600 employees, through the whole life cycle of an employee.
HR Account Manager BAA Heathrow

Brake Brothers

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

September 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 7 months)
HR Account Manager

Baa Heathrow

(Airlines/Aviation industry)

September 2001 — August 2002 (1 year )

Terminal 2 Grd. Ops BU's -; Generalist HR service for 2 business units within Heathrow circa 1,000 employees, through the whole life cycle of an employee.
Major achievements:
Reduction of absence levels from 13.4 days per employee per annum to 4.5. Reduced cycle time for cause management - grievance & disciplinary by 3 weeks.
Established effective working relationships with all key representatives of the 4 recognised trade unions at Heathrow.
Introduction and upgrade of Oracle 11i to the business
Acted as relationship manger on behalf of HR team at Heathrow for areas of BAA expertise in Resourcing, Reward and organisational design.
Regional HR Manager

Brakes

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

September 1996 — September 2001 (5 years 1 month)

HR Business Partner for the South east & West Regions covered locations as diverse as Montgomery in Wales, Bermondsey - London and Bodmin in Cornwall Full HR generalist role
Operating in Business Partner model
Regional HR Manager Brake Brothers

Brake Brothers

(Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

September 1996 — September 2001 (5 years 1 month)

5 years

Manufacture,distribution and Logistics - Major achievement

Design and implementation of new pay system for LGV qualified drivers across 90 depots.
Planned consolidation of multi temperature delivery hub and spoke logistics network including closure and relocation of 10 depots within the UK.
Introduction of safe driver training programme working with advanced school of motoring for 900 drivers across the UK.
Design and development of CD Rom based NVQ accredited training programmes for all locations in the UK across 4 key employee groups

HR Roles within Groupe Schnieder - 5 years
Electrical Engineering & Manufacture - Major achievements included

IIP Accreditation
Achievement of ISO9001
Introduction of TQM across manufacturing division
Self managed teams
Reconsolidation of 4 operating units and product ranges into one location Scope to purchase of HRIT System for whole of group in UK.
Human Resources Manager

Groupe Schnieder

(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

July 1991 — August 1996 (5 years 2 months)

Full HR Generalist role . Whilst with Schnieder consolidated manufacture into 1 site from 3 locations, introduced Total quality management programmes self managed teams, kanban and JIT mtethodology, committed to and achieved IIP stataus for one location in 9 monts also expereinced green field set up for HR
Store Training Manager

Asda

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

August 1992 — August 1994 (2 years 1 month)

ASDA
Retail
Worked with ASDA and followed their management training scheme originally starting with them as a Catering Manager then moving into training and personnel type roles. Projects involved new store openings and store conversions following takeover of Gateway hypermarkets.

Dawn Amos’s Education

Thames Valley University

IPD , 1993 — 1995

Activities and Societies:

Specialisation in Pshychometrics level A & B qualified
Dissertation in " Change management in practice"- manufacturing