Anum Abdullah

Leading the Human Resources function across Pakistan while also overseeing the management of all facilities nationwide. Our workforce is spread across multiple key locations, including the Head Office, Experience and Care Centers, Warehouse, and CBU Yard in Karachi; Experience and Care Centers in Lahore and Islamabad; and the manufacturing Plant in Gharo. Mega Motor Company (MMC) is the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of BYD vehicles in Pakistan. Established in 2024, MMC is the result of a strategic partnership between Mega Conglomerate (Private) Limited and BYD Auto Industry Company Limited, China. The company is driven by a shared vision of promoting greener, more sustainable mobility solutions in Pakistan. The Hub Power Company (HUBCO) is an associate of Mega Motor Company (Private) Limited, with Mega Conglomerate (Private) Limited holding a majority stake in HUBCO

As the Head of the Center of Expertise for Talent Acquisition, Rewards, Learning, and Organisational Development at The Hub Power Company Limited, I led strategic HR initiatives impacting over 800 employees across various locations in Pakistan. My efforts in organizational design, diversity, equity & inclusion, and employer branding significantly contributed to fostering a more engaged, inclusive, and high-performing workplace culture.

• Leading the HR team for mainstream functions such as talent acquisition, rewards, organizational development, and employer branding. • Responsible for managing total headcount of 550+ permanent staff and 250+ third party staff in head office, 2 plants, and 9 sales regional offices spread across Pakistan. • Responsible for proposing, developing, managing and delivering on the annual manpower budget. • Carrying out an in-depth rewards study with mercer for evaluating our current manpower cost for assessment of base pay, long and short-term benefits and variable pay plans to design benefits baskets concept for attractive rewards offering. • Participation in total remuneration survey (TRS) of mercer to benchmark current base pay and benefits with basket companies on yearly basis. • Accountable for performance management through SAP from objective setting, mid-year review, appraisal, performance improvement plan closure with appropriate actions. • Successfully led the job evaluation project with mercer ensuring smooth completion of role analysis of all unique positions and revamping the grading structure and organograms. • Talent Mapping of all Manager and above employees based on their performance and potential for succession planning. • Talent Acquisition of all new and replacement positions with complete life cycle management to develop talent pipeline on active and critical roles for smooth continuity of business. • Lead the employer branding agenda and carry out Management Trainee (MTs) & Internship Program across the top business, engineering, legal, finance, information and food technology schools in Pakistan.

• Responsible for rewards and talent management function along with facilitation to all departments to resolve issues and implementing best HR practices in the organization. • Manage the performance management from objective setting, mid-year review, appraisal and performance improvement plan for permanent staff. • Launched timely objective setting exercise based on S.M.A.R.T criteria and trained all employees for better learning across the board. • Audited all employees’ objectives with sharing detailed reports with HODs with highlights on insights and focus on areas of improvement. • Proposed and rollout out mid-term review for all employees along with performance improvement process for all employees who have partially or not met expectations for the year. • Took lead in all initiatives as a HR business partner for best-in-class performance management cycle and timely reporting of all cases to HODs and Management. • Developed all performance management processes on SAP with our in-house advanced business applications team with all forms and reports automated. • Worked with my leaders for managing annual increment budget of salary increases, promotions increase, market catches and special adjustments in line with management approvals. • Assist in carrying out Job Evaluation exercise for all the unique positions in the organization to streamline the job descriptions, job grading and organization structure. • Talent mapping and succession planning by assessing potential of employees on critical roles of the business.

- Responsible for all HR core functions such as Talent Acquisition, Training & Development, Compensation & Benefits, and Performance Management. - Facilitate all departments to resolve issues and implementing best HR practices in the organization. - Lead the trainings function as country coordinator for all cross functional trainings of the company. - Deliver trainings on Certified International Supervisors, New employees’ induction program, Code of Conduct and Compliance, Quality and Security awareness programs. - Identify the training and development needs from performance appraisal and facilitate department heads in arranging internal / external trainings for employees. - Plan and budget costs for training programs for the entire year with joint planning of the departmental development manager. - Facilitate in house Certified International Managers program delivered by the Senior Management of the company. - Timely resolution of issues in light of HR policies and interacting with legal advisor on HR related legal matters as and when required. - Manage recommendations for staff promotions and salary adjustments in coordination with concerned department heads in line with institutional policies and budgetary provisions. - Evaluating offers by reviewing the comparative analysis of on board staff to ensure internal pay equity. - Prepare and Analyze data for strategic human resources decision making and its implementation. - Monitor payroll processing and reconciliation on monthly basis of management and non-management staff of corporate office and regions. - Oversee new HR projects and assignments as and when required.

- Oversee Recruitment process of all management and non-management positions of the company. - Identify & Acquire Talent for key clients focusing on hard to fill positions. - Conduct regular interviews to ensure induction of appropriate talent pool for respective clients. - Conduct In house training on regular basis for clients to address the needs identified in TNA. - Deliver and facilitate trainings programs for all level of staff.-Conducting General, Special and Volunteers Orientation for new appointees. - Prepared and delivered modules on Compliance and security awareness etc. - Maintain training records to ensure compliance with fulfilling the training needs. - Meeting with department head for addressing Learning & Development requirements identified through TNA and also help in developing succession plans based on yearly performance. - Regularly develop and review Job descriptions for partnering clients as per organizational needs.

- Lead the recruitment process of candidate screening, profiling forwarding with recommendations to the concerned department heads. - Managed the performance appraisal activity and develop the action plan for successful implementation of the appraisal activity, - Ensure smooth operation of confirmation of employment, contract renewals and conclusion processes - Coordinate pre-employment and on-boarding activities in line with institutional policies. - Oversee document verification of educational documents and employee credentials, along with employment references. - Monitor and control probationary period evaluations confirmations. - Oversee administration of leaves, loans and medical entitlement. - Lead the annual promotions, performance review and merit increments to the employees this includes developing and delivering communication and guidelines to regions.

- Receiving duly filled and approved job requisitions and Job Descriptions from the concerned department - Searching and screening the CVs against the required / open positions - Arranging for the recruitment advertisement in daily newspapers, if required) - Monitoring the recruitment budget and the vacant positions - Developing and maintaining the data bank for all sorts of incoming CVs on MS Excel - Making phone calls for interviews, after finalization of schedule from the concerned HODs - Handling all sort of administrative issues related to interviews - Preparing Appointment Letters and all benefits details - Facilitating the new comer(s) on the date of joining

- Develop training content and plan activities for the lead trainers to deliver the public programs for participants of leading companies. - Arrange material, logistics, pre-work and training manuals of all trainings. - Propose training costs and manage budget of the companies to conduct in-house programs. - Plan training calendar and customize training programs as per the company and trainer requirements. - Study Clients Company, industry and participants profile to develop activities and program flow for productive learning program