Katherine Watson

Generalist role with a team of 8 based in Liverpool (CMA CGM Group) and two (CMA CGM (UK) Shipping Limited and APL Co. Pte Ltd) supporting 120 staff based in London and Ireland. The role started as a HR Administrator role and progressed to Junior HR Advisor tasks.

• Thomas International PPA trained (completed October 2017). Conducting HR interviews in line with the Thomas

International PPA behavioural reports and sharing with the manager

• Systems used: PeopleSoft, SAP, ANiTO, C&Me, CCM Livepay, Activ Absence
• Employee life cycle - recruitment, new joiners, probation, maternity, paternity, sickness, annual performance review assistance, leavers. Note taking for disciplinaries, performance development plans and redundancies
• CMA CGM Group and APL merge - TUPE, HR processes and policies and forms
• Processing relevant HR invoices and benefit payments for season ticket loans, gym loans and contributions, eye tests and employee expenses via SAP system
• Recruitment - processing approval to hire with management, adding to the system, contacting agencies and advertising via LinkedIn, interviewing shortlisted candidates, offering to candidate and completing offer documentation and setups prior to new joiners arrival
• Assisted in the Company separation of APL Logistics and APL Co. Pte Ltd
• Management reports - monthly absence report to CEO UK, quarterly exit interview report to CEO UK, weekly recruitment spreadsheet, headcount reports, annual performance review data review
• Payroll - complete monthly payroll report for any payment changes, new hires, leavers, benefit changes, collation of annual P11D employee data
• Projects including creation of internal HR process manual, charity events, updating all job specifications for employees, set up of new absence system and all training to staff and members. Employee wellbeing for staff including 5 minute meditation meeting and 'tea & talk' project
• Completed the Fire Warden and First Aider test and course to become a qualified Fire Warden and First Aider
• Ad-hoc Reception cover

Singapore, Germany and Oslo. Started as HR Trainee and promoted after one year to HR Coordinator.

• General HR administration for the control and support business units - Operations, Risk, Finance, IT, Legal &

Compliance, Pro-Trader, Legal Secretary and Internal Audit

• Duties including maintenance of the HR Support inbox, recruitment, offer documentation, on-boarding, referencing, note taking for Employee Relations, updating and distributing monthly Company organisational charts to Head of HR and CEO
• Attended and assisted a Graduate fair day to promote the Company with the HR Advisors
• Co-ordination and point of contact for work experience, annual flu vaccinations and annual professional photos
• Assisted with charity events
• Completed the Fire Warden test to become a qualified Fire Warden

• Systems used: Profile 2000 R7.14c, Northgate Arinso, Experian and URU
• Responsibility to manage/prioritise own work load for a team of recruitment consultants
• Duties such as updating in-house database including scanning of documents, taking messages, diary management, obtaining written references incoming and outgoing, dealing with client and candidate referencing queries
• Arranging candidate meetings to sight original documentation such as education certificates, right to work documents and supporting documentation
• Meeting client deadlines
• Persuasive calling to ensure references arrive within the deadlines
• Using internet, telephone and other means to source contacts for references
• Completed the Fire Warden test to become a qualified Fire Warden

September 2010 - July 2011

Havering Sixth Form College

ILEX Legal Secretarial Level 2

September 2005 - to June 2010

St Edward's C of E Comprehensive School and Sixth Form Centre

GCSEs:

English Language

B

Drama

A

English Literacy

C

Religious Studies

C

Mathematics

C

Media Studies

C

French

C

Science

E

BCS (IT)

C

PE

D