1. SAMRA KANWAL QURESHI
Email: samra.kq@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://tr.linkedin.com/in/samrakanwal79
Contact #: +90 530 660 76 32
Date of Birth: 01 May 1979
Nationality: Turkish, Pakistani
Languages: English, Urdu
I am a team player with good interpersonal skills, excellent communication and presentation abilities. I have strong sense of ethics and integrity and
am a performance-driven individual, committed to results, confidently able to meet deadlines and work under pressure are few of my key strengths.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Philips Electrical Industries of Pakistan Limited
HR Manager Dec 2012 – 2013
Overall responsibilities
Responsible for all HR related matters (Compensation & Benefits, Learning & Development, Assignment/Succession Planning, Talent
Management & Development, and Culture Development etc.)
Major projects:
Leading the HR function for Philips Pakistan of ~ 15 individuals (10 permanent)
Designing and implementing Performance Management System & Salary Appraisal system, Secession planning, Assignment
planning, Identifying Top Talent and performance evaluation systems for the company.
Streamlined the rating calibration process to incorporate the employee annual evaluations
Developed Action Plans for individuals identified as successors including identifying international assignments for individuals with
the top/right potential.
Analyzing and restructuring all areas of Compensation and Benefits benchmarking with Mercer and Prolink annual survey.
Initiated quarterly review of systems with Lead Team like Assignment Planning, Salary Band Index, Team Effectiveness, Employee
Wellness, Top Talent Database & Development Plan, and Leave Management.
Leading the organizational diversity efforts with a gender diversity network and other platforms for all women employees.
Managing all employee relations cases within issues of employee performance, legal, internal controls, police cases, and security
with zero exposure for the company.
Leading companywide simplification effort for all work processes in all business units of the company.
Introduced and implemented a new process for all recruitment (fulltime, Interns, management Trainee, and Contractual Hires)
efforts to attract the best talent in Pakistan.
Managed all organizational Development & Excellence activities including employee-manager 1-to-1s, coaching assessments,
annual employee satisfaction surveys, performance appraisals & ratings, and annual Organization Strategy Meetings.
Developed and Implemented Rewards and Recognition program.
Procter & Gamble Private Limited
HR Manager AP&P – SNO and F&A / Organization Excellence Site Leader (based in Dubai, UAE) 2009 – 2012
Overall responsibilities
Responsible for all HR related matters (Compensation & Benefits, Learning & Development, Assignment/Succession Planning, Talent
Management & Development, Culture Development etc.) for the entire Arabian Peninsula & Pakistan (AP&P) F&A and SNO (Supply
Chain) departments.
Responsible for improving Organization Excellence for Dubai Office
Major projects:
Conducted the OPM (Organization Performance Model) for the Supply Chain organization to develop the right organization structure
in line with the global structure across all three sites. I led, planned and executed the restructuring with the lead team and
implemented the new structure with new roles and responsibilities.
Streamlined the rating calibration process to incorporate the employee annual evaluations.
Developed and led department specific trainings calendar by identifying the trainers and the trainees based on Training Need
Analysis.
Improved the annual Employee Satisfaction scores for both departments to be the best in class for CEEMEA region through various
employee engagement activities. Supply Chain increased by 20 points and Finance increased by 5 points for AP&P (highest
improvement in past 10 years).
Led the implemented the Mentorship Program for the Finance Department.
Led the quarterly organization & business review with site leader for the Dubai based employees as part of my Organization
Excellence role.
Streamlined the rewards and recognitions program for the Dubai site.
Led, analyzed, and put forward action steps for improvement after conducting annual Coaching Assessment Tool for Dubai site
managers. Specifically for Supply chain and Finance Department across AP&P.
Address
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Aksoy Sokak, Camlik Mah, Etiler,
34337, Istanbul, Turkey
2. Planned, organized, and led the annual Organization Strategy meetings for Dubai site.
HR Manager AP&P – CBD (Sales) / Compensation & Benefits Manager (based in Karachi, Pakistan) 2008 - 2009
Overall responsibilities:
Responsible for all HR related matters (Compensation & Benefits, Learning & Development, Assignment/Succession Planning,
Culture Development etc.) for the entire Arabian AP&P CBD (Sales) department
As Compensation & Benefits Manager Pakistan, I was responsible for ensuring that employees were being managed within salary
band index. Also, updating local policies in-line with regional/global guidelines.
Major projects:
Developed and led the CBD Department restructure across AP&P (Arabian Peninsula & Pakistan) to have the right organization in
place to deliver business results.
Led the efforts of inclusion of the new distributor system with the existing sales team structure.
Led the staffing (300+ employees), building policies, and set up for the new distributor exclusively working for the company.
Successfully integrated sales employees of the company with positions in distributors at the same levels and same salary structure.
Updated 30+ policies for the company and approximately 10 polices related to sales employees to simplify and better reflect
economic changes and provide business tools to help deliver results.
HR Manager Pakistan – Talent Practice Leader 2007 - 2008
Overall responsibilities
Identify the human resources need by department to ensure business results while ensuring the current organization is diverse and
true representative of our customers.
Identify the organization’s learning gaps, develop and deploy strategies to close those gaps by building Training capability within the
senior management and arranging training sessions for employees.
Major projects:
Develop and execute recruitment strategies to maintain a health pipe line of candidates to meet the organization’s future needs.
Developed the Best in Class Internship Program, reapplied in the CEEMEA Region.
Led the L&D training calendar every year through P&G L&D Week for the organization.
Dawn Group of Newspapers
Advertisement Executive 2003 - 2007
Overall responsibilities
Responsible for meeting the marketing and advertisement targets for the magazine section which included Young World, Images,
The Review, Aurora, Spider and Herald. This required understanding of the correct readership profile and assisting clients to
advertise where they can get the right visibility
Major projects:
I led the bi annual “All about DAWN Lifestyle” event for both the clients and the organizers. I was responsible for planning and
execution of both nationwide and Karachi based exhibition. This exhibition that attracted approximately 250 companies nationwide.
Managed all advertising responsibilities of the above mentioned sub publications on daily biases.
EDUCATION
Master of Computer Science (MCS), CGPA 3.68 – Bahria Institute of Management & Computer Sciences Karachi 2001 - 2003
Majors in Software Engineering; Scholarship holder
Post Graduate Diploma in Statistics, 1st
Division – Karachi University, Karachi 2000 - 2001
HONORS, INTERESTS & PROFICIENCIES
Honors: Received “Special recognition shares” in my very 1st
year at P&G which are globally awarded only to top 1% of employees.
Languages: Fluent in English and Urdu, taking Turkish language classes
Computing skills: Proficient in all major computer software applications
Interests: Travelling, Surfing
3. TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS
REFERENCES
Ghazala Nadeem
HR Director EMEA Region
Email: nadeem.g@pg.com
Tajammul Shaiftah
GM Marketing ATV Private Limited.
Email: tajammul.shaiftah@atv.com.pk
Contact #: +92 3002037161
Saad Amanullah Khan
Ex CEO Gillet Pakistan
Email: saadxyz@gmail.com
Contact #: +92 3008292385
Qaiser Shareef
Ex GM Procter & Gamble Pakistan
Email: shareef.sq@gmail.com
Contact #: +1 012487193125
Interviewing Skills
Time Management
People & Communication Skills
Presentation Skills
Giving & Receiving Feedback (360 model)
People Management /Coaching
Compensation & Benefits (Salary Management System)
Talent Development
Leadership & Leadership Development
HR College 1 & 2
Organization Restructuring
Organization Performance Model