Linda Mallik-Laroch

Director of Human Resource and Learning @ Pfizer

About

As trusted partner to C-level management, I have a proven track record of designing and delivering successful Change & HR strategies to support sustainable business growth, particularly for B2B industries with strong technical content (Telecoms, IT, Chemicals, Energy & Transportation) and on emerging markets mainly across Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa. Multilingual, with extensive international experience and outstanding cultural sensitivity, I strongly believe that leading socially responsible businesses will grow and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with local communities. I am creative, energetic and focus on delivering both proven and innovative People solutions that bring measurable results and long term local benefits to all stakeholders. With unique problem-solving skills coupled with an executive presence and coaching skills at leadership level, I am at my best in complex environments with a real talent for building high performing multicultural project teams and driving strategic transformation initiatives ranging from organization turnarounds and top talent attraction/retention initiatives to mastering due diligence and critical HR operations. My areas of expertise include: ► Business Transformation & Change Management: led a Company Sales Transformation program embedded today in sales practice ►Turnaround Management: turned around organization in Algeria. In 2 years: +35% local talents, expatriates cut by 50% ►Organization Design and Restructuring: Established Group Shared HR services in Maghreb. improved HR/employee ratio by 30%

Country

Algeria

City

Sidi M'Hamed District

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Skill

Experience

Director of Human Resource and Learning

Pfizer

2020-2 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

Algérie

International Law and Human Resources Management

Associate Manager Human Resources

Saudi Networkers Services

2013-11 - 2019-12 · 6 yrs 2 mos

Served as a critical partner to executive teams in re-designing/adapting country organizations and installing brand new HR Services for the region consisting of four countries with 5000 employees and reaching €600 million in sales. As a member of four Country Executive committees and Human Resource Director of Algeria, I am in charge of providing daily direction and HR leadership to Operations and Business Units leaders. Main achievements: ▪ Boosted the development of North Africa talents, which divided by 3 the number of expatriates in two years, launched and executed compliance initiatives, led severance programmes for non-performers, identified existing local talents and implemented accelerated leadership learning and development initiatives which led to retention of 100%of key local executives. ▪ In Algeria : built in strongly unionised workforce environment, sns subsidiary employee representative solutions including the innovative “Common Interest Zone” deploying co-developed “products” such as legal learning/compliance workshops or complementary health insurance. Ensured work council relations were compliant with local regulations. ▪ Started the SNS Shared HR organization in Maghreb, built on the Group strategies, processes and tools consisting of three centers of expertise (Talent, Compensation & Benefits, Process & Tools), optimized personnel administration in each country, while diagnosing local and national situations and driving compliant and innovative local HR solutions. Re sized and grew regional HR team, optimizing the HR ratio per employee by 30% in 2 years.

Global Human Resources Business Partner

Unilever

2008-2 - 2013-10 · 5 yrs 9 mos

Algérie

Strategic ORG/ HR Transformation through Senior Interim Management ,Time sharing & Volunteering for large and medium sized international companies in EMEA including auditing, action planning, sustainable Organization and HR strategy development

Chief Human Resources Officer

Siemens

2002-7 - 2007-12 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Alger, Algérie

Led Global Talent Management & Communities function: designed and animated people management processes and initiatives to support business talent strategies particularly in emerging countries. Managed staff of six Hr Bps support functions and professional communities. Main achievements: ▪ Reorganized and brought stability to Talent Management function by leveraging Group Talent processes and tools and dedicating Hr Bps to strategic professional communities (Sourcing, Sales, Projects, Industry. ▪ Created global fast-track talent pool and its specific “exploration interviews for professional mobility” that resulted in boosting employability and internal mobility, as well as promotions by 12%