Farris B.

• Led the recruiting process for IT, Sales, Purchases, Supply Network Operations, HR, and Legal across the US & Puerto Rico. Hired 83 interns & 87 full-time employees while maintaining or improving our quality & overall ethnic/gender representation. • Revamped our salary survey process, resulting in improved decision making & significant changes to our entry level salaries.

• Led the successful hiring of 10 new hires and 20 interns for the IT function while simultaneously improving the diversity & technical mastery of our talent pool. • Led the right-sizing of our non-management intern program to a 62% reduction to align it with business needs. • Achieved savings of approx. $45,000 across the organization through adjustments to the non-management intern program.

• Led the successful hiring of 65 experienced hires/rehires across multiple levels & businesses in the organization. • Achieved savings of over $100,000 on external recruiting agency fees.

• Partnered with the 3rd party vendor that provided in-store sales staff to help revamp the recruitment process. Co-created a new process that minimized co-employment risk, increased the talent pool, and could potentially save the company over $3 million. • Partnered with the Fekkai & DDF marketing team to help improve team effectiveness. Provided the team with an offboarding document to facilitate upcoming transitions within the team.

• Created a formal and professional recruitment process for the Financial Services division of the Group. The new process allowed expanding the hiring pool, standardized applicant scoring, and gave a more professional & transparent recruitment experience for applicants. • Led recruitment expeditions throughout Saudi Arabia by making over 15 recruitment trips to different parts of the country. Hired approximately 350 people countrywide, with most hires being frontline collectors. • Created, launched & analyzed the division’s first official Staff Opinion Survey. Presented results to the board along with recommendations that were approved by senior leaders.

• Managed recruitment for the Information & Logistics Services Company of the Group. Hired 16 highly specialized IT & supply chain vacancies simultaneously. • Led preparations for the largest career fair in the country less than a month before the event. Successfully placed 8 interns group wide , the largest number ever required from a single career fair in the Group’s history.

• Led recruitment for the Management Trainee program throughout the Arab Gulf countries. Managed 2 assessment centers for new graduates in Saudi Arabia & the UAE with 4 Management Trainees hired. • Managed relations with colleges across the 6 Arab Gulf countries. Represented the company in 5 college career fairs in 3 countries within 6 months.

• Handled HR generalist affairs for all Unilever employees, including recruitment, payroll, and employee relations. Successfully executed 2 major corporate events with a joint attendance of over 300 people. • Led a cross functional team in clearing out the company warehouses which housed unusable and obsolete items. Successfully achieved approximately $25,000 in savings.

• Joined on a temporary 3-month contract basis to test and complete SABB’s recruitment site. Successfully completed the recruitment & onboarding modules fully operational. • Joined a cross functional team to improve employee satisfaction. Created an onboarding booklet for all new hires in Arabic & English that was implemented.

• Joined as an MIS intern to launch & test Unilever Arabia’s graduate recruitment site within 6 weeks. Launched the fully-functional site successfully before deadline. • Initiated a project to automate the safety department’s paper-based hazard reporting system. System was successfully launched across Unilever Arabia.