Mariz Alaa Mikhail
Cairo,Egypt
Summary
Dynamic HR professional with a proven track record at Al Ahram Beverages Company, excelling in talent acquisition, benefits management, and expatriate administration. Leveraged analytical skills and a team-oriented approach to enhance recruitment strategies and employee satisfaction. Fluent in Arabic and English, adept in MS Office, demonstrating exceptional communication skills and the ability to thrive under pressure.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
2008
2008
years of post-secondary education
Work History
HRBP Associate - Talent Acquisition - Supply Chain
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
Cairo, Egypt
01.2025 - Current
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, tools, and technologies in talent acquisition.
- Collaborate with recruitment and HR professional to achieve hiring goals.
- Search for qualified job candidates using computer databases, media advertisements or employee referrals.
- Conduct interviews starting from initial phone screening of potential candidates to assist management in selecting most qualified candidates and refer to managers to make hiring recommendations.
- Manage internal referrals programme encouraging employee participation in talent acquisition process.
- Organize skills assessments or competency tests for applicants when necessary.
- Negotiate offer packages effectively ensuring mutual satisfaction between candidates and organisation.
- Blue-Collar recruitment program.
- Establish Females Blue-Collar recruitment program.
- Review Manpower plan with each Manager.
- Attended job fairs and recruitment events, promoting company as an employer of choice amongst potential hires.
- Implement diversity and inclusion practices within hiring processes fostering a balanced workplace environment.
- Collaborated closely with hiring managers for understanding specific role requirements and ideal candidate profiles.
- Provided detailed feedback after interview rounds, leading to improved candidate experience.
- Identified hiring needs, contributing to the creation of comprehensive job descriptions.
- Build candidate pipeline with proactive outreach to potential applicants.
- Attract, engage and nurture top talent using different recruitment methods including LinkedIn, social media and online job boards.
- Track long-term metrics to measure recruitment process, monitoring quality of hires, time to hire and cost.
- Identify skills and knowledge gaps, organising succession planning to meet organisational needs.
- Positively influence hiring leaders to apply best practices and talent acquisition tools.
- Recommend possible improvements to recruitment process, helping to reduce applicant drop-off rate.
- Improve business HR policies by guiding and collaborating with managers.
- Create succession plans and promotion paths for staff.
- Designed industry-leading employee engagement and recognition programmes.
- Managed business relationships by establishing and maintaining partnerships with stakeholders.
- Streamlined HR processes to improve overall efficiency and productivity.
- Coordinated with department managers for successful succession planning efforts.
- Conducted comprehensive recruitment drives for efficient talent acquisition.
- Devised competitive compensation packages to attract top-notch talent.
- Collaborated with leadership team to develop and implement organisational change initiatives.
- Ensured compliance with HR policies by conducting regular audits and updates where necessary.
- Championed wellness programmes, contributing towards better employee health and well-being.
- Implement diversity and inclusion practices within the workforce, promoting a harmonious workplace culture.
- Design effective onboarding programmes, facilitating smooth integration of new hires into the organisation.
- Perform exit interviews, gaining useful insights to improve employee retention rates.
Benefits & Expats Specialist
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
Cairo, Egypt
08.2019 - 03.2025
- Ensures that all expats are settled in new houses and villas that match Heineken's policy and guidelines.
- Ensures that the children of expats are enrolled in schools that match Heineken's policy and guidelines.
- Processes all payments for expats, including tuition, accommodation, medical insurance, and work permits.
- Issues purchase orders and monitors payments until they are finalized.
- Keep a track record of house rent, start/end dates, security deposit return, termination letters, deductions, and schools' refundable deposits.
- Follow up on the work permit schedule and regular updates.
- Conducts annual research on the travel budgets of expats.
- Maintains a record of all trip budgets up to date.
- Conducting the annual plan AP for expat expenses.
- Conducting and following up on monthly expense reports: expats (budget track).
- Manages the employment clearance of expats, including club membership, housing, medical insurance, and school tuition.
- Establish a record of in/out/cost updates regularly.
- Follow up on payment on a weekly basis – payment within 2 weeks from the date of the invoice.
- Follow up on reimbursement for clear payment with no outstanding issues for more than a month.
- Distribution of certificates to employees in locations.
- Introduce new active, complied perks to employees, such as shops, travel, and different offers.
- Search for new offers and suppliers on a daily basis.
- Coordinates corporate discounts for store and non-retail floors with external stakeholders.
- QR code activation for all our discounts to be accessible to all employees, everywhere.
- Responsible for occasional benefits such as back to school, Prophet's Birthday, etc.
- Responsible for having occasional benefits in our premises, such as Colors Beauty Store during Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, ice cream, coffee, and breakfast in the office.
- Conducting the annual plan (AP) for perks, along with new proposals on a yearly basis.
- Update corporate arrangements with hotel directories so that employees can receive discounts.
- Update the portfolio on a regular basis.
- Prepares all documents needed in terms of salaries, accommodation, transportation, and travel budget.
- Organize meetings with HR Business Partners.
- Communicates with global.
- Communicates with employees and managers who will start their assignments.
- Establishing the Rewards and Recognition Program.
- Implementation of different recognition programs to suit different job grades, blue-collar and white-collar employees, based on Heineken standards.
- Encouraging directors and all managers to recognize their employees frequently.
- Reporting the budget utility reports frequently, quarterly.
- Assist and revise compensation policies with the Rewards Senior Specialist.Ensures that all Expats are settled in new houses and villas matching with Heineken policy and guidelines
- Ensures that the children of expats are enrolled in school matching with Heineken policy and guidelines
- Processes all payments for expats, including tuition, accommodation, medical insurance, and work permits
- Issues purchase orders and monitors payments until they are finalized
- Keep track record of house rent start/end/security deposit return/termination letters/deductions & Schools refundable deposit
- Follow up on work permit schedule and regular updates
- Conducts annual research on the travel budgets of expats
- Maintains a record of all trip budgets up to date
- Conducting annual plan AP for Expats expenses
- Conducting and following up on monthly Expenses Reports: Expats (Budget Track)
- Manages the employment clearance of expats, including club membership, housing, medical insurance, and school tuitions
- Establish record in/out/cost update record regularly
- Follow up payment on weekly basis – payment within 2 weeks from date of invoice
- Follow up reimbursement clear payment with no outstanding more than a month
- Distribution of certificates to employees in Locations
- Introduce new active complied perks to employees such as shops, travel & different offers
- Search for New offers & Suppliers on daily basis
- Coordinates corporate discounts for store and non-retail floors with external stakeholders
- QR code activation for all our discounts to be accessible for all employees everywhere
- Responsible for Occasional Benefits such as, Back To School, Prophets Birthday…etc
- Responsible for having Occasional Benefits in our premises such as; Colors beauty store during valentines and Mother’s Day, Ice-cream, coffee and breakfast in office
- Conducting annual plan AP for Perks along with new proposals on yearly basis
- Updates corporate arrangement with hotel directories so that employees can receive discounts
- Update Portfolio on regular basis
- Prepares all documents needed in terms of salaries, accommodation, transportation, and travel budget...
- Organize meetings with HR Business Partners
- Communicates with Global
- Communicates with employees and managers who will start their assignments
- Establishing the Rewards & Recognition Program
- Implementation of different recognition programs to suite different Job Grades Blue and White Collars employees based on Heineken standards
- Encouraging Directors & all Managers to recognize their employees frequently
- Reporting the budget utility reports frequently quarterly
- Assist and revise compensation policies with the Rewards Senior Specialist
Associate HRBP – Talent Acquisition
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
05.2024 - 01.2025
- Assists the HRBP in the Main Power Plan.
- Work closely with the HRBP for different functions on recruitment, selection, and talent management (based on the needs for each department).
- Sourced, screened, interviewed, evaluated and recommended qualified candidates for open positions.
- Conducting the HR first interview with the shortlisted candidates.
- Coordinates interviews between the candidate and the line manager.
- Managed the full-cycle recruitment process from job posting to offer negotiation, and communicated with candidates after internal alignment with all related stakeholders.
- Selected qualified job applicants or referred to managers to make hiring recommendations.
- Conducting interviews to assist management in selecting the most qualified candidates.
- Maintained accurate records of all applicants in applicant tracking system.
- Reviewed referral candidates and contacted qualified individuals to request applications.
- Sourced, qualified and conducted screening interviews with job candidates.
- Negotiated job offers and terms of employment to secure top candidates.
- Drafted employment offers and negotiated terms with successful candidates.
- Responsible for the recruitment cycle on MyHR.
- CBI knowledge and feedback templates.
- Headhunting procedures.
- Developed or implemented recruiting strategies to meet current or anticipated staffing needs.
- Coordinated and participated in job fairs and recruitment events to promote company brand and opportunities.
- Posted positions on job boards, media and alternate sourcing channels to attract diverse talent pool.
- Analyzed recruiting trends and metrics to identify areas of improvement in the talent acquisition process.
Benefits & Expats Specialist
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
Cairo, Egypt
01.2019 - 08.2019
- Ensures that all expats are settled in new houses and villas that match Heineken's policy and guidelines.
- Ensures that the children of expats are enrolled in schools that match Heineken's policy and guidelines.
- Processes all payments for expats, including tuition, accommodation, medical insurance, and work permits
- Issues purchase orders and monitors payments until they are finalized
- Keep a track record of house rent, start/end dates, security deposit return, termination letters, deductions, and schools' refundable deposits.
- Follow up on the work permit schedule and regular updates.
- Conducts annual research on the travel budgets of expats
- Maintains a record of all trip budgets up to date
- Conducting the annual plan AP for expat expenses.
- Conducting and following up on monthly expense reports: expats (budget track).
- Manages the employment clearance of expats, including club membership, housing, medical insurance, and school tuition.
- Establish a record of in/out/cost updates regularly.
- Follow up on payment on a weekly basis – payment within 2 weeks from the date of the invoice.
- Follow up on reimbursement for clear payment with no outstanding issues for more than a month.
- Distribution of certificates to employees in locations.
- Introduce new active, complied perks to employees, such as shops, travel, and different offers.
- Search for new offers and suppliers on a daily basis.
- Coordinates corporate discounts for store and non-retail floors with external stakeholders
- QR code activation for all our discounts to be accessible to all employees, everywhere.
- Responsible for occasional benefits such as back to school, Prophet's Birthday, etc.
- Responsible for having occasional benefits in our premises, such as Colors Beauty Store during Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, ice cream, coffee, and breakfast in the office.
- Conducting the annual plan (AP) for perks, along with new proposals on a yearly basis.
- Updates corporate arrangements with hotel directories so that employees can receive discounts.
- Update the portfolio on a regular basis.
- Prepares all documents needed in terms of salaries, accommodation, transportation, and travel budget.
- Organize meetings with HR Business Partners
- Communicates with global.
- Communicates with employees and managers who will start their assignments
- Implementation of different recognition programs to suit different job grades, blue-collar and white-collar employees, based on Heineken standards.
- Encouraging directors and all managers to recognize their employees frequently.
- Reporting the budget utility reports frequently, quarterly.
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
Cairo, Egypt
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Assists the Talent Acquisition Manager in telephone screening interviews.
- Prepares a list with candidates for interviews.
- Coordinates interviews between the candidate and the line manager.
- Facilitate onboarding sessions for smooth transition of new employees into the company culture.
- Build strong relationships with potential candidates through professional networking events and career fairs.
- Achieved efficient hiring pipeline with thorough candidate screening.
HR Benefits Coordinator & General Administration
Al Ahram Beverages Company
Cairo, Egypt
02.2012 - 01.2019
- Prepare, review, and summarize miscellaneous reports, memos, financial statements, and other documents (Courier, water supply, electricity, and all invoices, etc.).
- Handle requests for information and data.
- Manage calendars for conference room and waiting area bookings, collect and prepare materials for use in meetings.
- Follow up and review car requests and schedule on a daily basis.
- Follow up with car operation, maintenance of lease cars.
- Provide Administrative Services: Compile statistical information, photocopying, faxing, mailing, and filing.
- Communicate and handle incoming and outgoing electronic communications.
- Maintenance follow-up (A/C, W/C, elevators, etc.)
- Expats' payments (rent, school, medical insurance (BUPA), and work permit planner)
- Timely issuance of PRs and follow-up on payment until completed.
- Keep a track record of house rent, start/end dates, security deposit return, termination letters, deductions, and schools' refundable deposits.
- Follow up on the work permit schedule and regular updates.
- Monthly Expenses Reports: Expats (Budget Track)
- Up-to-date filing.
- Keep the Travel Budget report up to date.
- Establish a record of in/out/cost updates regularly.
- Follow up on payment on a weekly basis – payment within 2 weeks from the date of the invoice.
- Follow up on reimbursement for clear payment with no outstanding issues for more than a month.
- Distribution of certificates to employees in locations.
- Introduce new active, complied perks to employees, such as shops, travel, and different offers.
- Search for new offers and suppliers.
- Update the portfolio on a regular basis.
Administration & Front Desk Officers
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
Cairo, Egypt
09.2007 - 02.2012
- Handling clients and telephones (external and internal phones).
- Solving complaints over the phone.
- (Administrative work)
- Receiving the walk-in caliber and applying or submitting their CVs for different jobs.
- Organizing any event within the company.
- Helping in the ABC commandos.
- Updating the employees on everyday news.
- Supporting the marketing team during the UEFA Champions League.
- Organizing the conference room for meetings.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing, Finance
Misr International University
Cairo, Cairo Governorate 09.2003 - 06.2007
High School - High School
Ramses College for Girls
Cairo, Cairo GovernorateSkills
- Fluent in Arabic
- Fluent in English
- MS Office Applications
- Internet skills
- Analytical skills
- Observation skills
- Presentation skills
- Time management
- Ability to deliver results
- Team player
- Communication skills
- Working under stress
Personal Information
- Date of birth: 11/19/85
- Nationality: Egyptian
- Marital status: Married
Custom
furnished upon request.
Timeline
HRBP Associate - Talent Acquisition - Supply Chain
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
01.2025 - Current
Associate HRBP – Talent Acquisition
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
05.2024 - 01.2025
Benefits & Expats Specialist
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
08.2019 - 03.2025
Benefits & Expats Specialist
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
01.2019 - 08.2019
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
01.2019 - 05.2019
HR Benefits Coordinator & General Administration
Al Ahram Beverages Company
02.2012 - 01.2019
Administration & Front Desk Officers
Al-Ahram Beverages Company
09.2007 - 02.2012
Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing, Finance
Misr International University
09.2003 - 06.2007
High School - High School
Ramses College for Girls
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