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Maryan Fayez

Maryan Fayez

HR Professional
Madinaty

Summary

A results-oriented and data-driven HR professional with extensive experience leading operations across the MEA region (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and UAE). Proven ability to streamline processes, ensure compliance, and foster a positive work environment.

Passionate about building a strong employer brand and fostering a culture of engagement and productivity. Skilled in communication and collaboration, adept at working effectively with diverse stakeholders.

Optimized departmental capacity , and restructuring a 50-person team in a Saudi Arabian government entity, resulting in processes efficiency and improved employees performance through process streamlining and change management initiatives.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

People Operations Analyst MEA

Skillsoft
10.2023 - Current

Handling HR operations across the MEA region, ensuring a smooth operations for Egypt, Saudi, and UAE.

Led the development and implementation of a data hygiene project for employee data in the HRIS, to be the preliminary database for Workday, ensuring flawless data processing accuracy and enabling efficient payroll processing

Recruitment:

  • Collaborated with the Talent Acquisition team to streamline the screening process by identifying qualified candidates, including facilitating technical interviews when required. This approach contributed to a reduction in time-to-hire
  • Proactively ensured hiring managers were informed about recruitment progress through regular updates, keeping the entire process on track and efficient.

On-boarding:

  • Facilitating a smooth on-boarding experience for new hires by collaborating with HR and IT teams to ensure seamless access to systems, accurate benefits enrollment, and timely processing of all legally required onboarding documents.
  • Developing face-to-face orientation program for new hires, covering essential company policies, procedures, and skills to accelerate their integration and knowledge base.
  • Coordinating with departmental managers to identify specific talent needs, ensuring recruitment efforts targeted the right skill sets.

Compliance & Data Security:

  • Ensuring adherence to complex and diverse labor laws, payroll regulations (including minimum wage, overtime, leave entitlements, termination policies), and social security contributions across the MEA region.
  • implementing comprehensive payroll policies and procedures, strengthening internal controls and minimizing financial discrepancies.

Compensation & Benefits Administration:

  • Maintaining meticulous employee data and payroll records, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations and safeguarding confidential information.
  • Ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing for employees across diverse locations in the MEA region, including calculations of all salary components and deductions.
  • Streamlined end-of-service compensation calculations for all MEA employees, ensuring smooth transitions and compliance with local regulations.
  • Effectively managing medical insurance processes for the MEA region, handling enrollment, claim processing, and ensuring timely reimbursements.

Personnel :

  • Conducting proactive HR audits to ensure data accuracy and compliance with legal requirements for personnel files, employees` contracts, payroll records, and benefit enrollments. This proactive approach minimized potential risks and penalties.
  • Leveraging data analytics to monitor compliance, identify trends of non-compliance, and address them promptly, ensuring a consistently compliant work environment.
  • Ensuring workplace health and safety, contributing to a secure working environment that adheres to local labor laws.

Senior HR Specialist

Brand Vision MENA
06.2023 - 10.2023

Recruitment & On-boarding:

  • Managed the entire Talent Acquisition (TA) process, including job posting, interview scheduling, pre-screening assessments, and candidate selection.
  • Developed a comprehensive on-boarding program for new hires, resulting in increased productivity and successful probation periods.
  • Briefed job applicants on company culture, responsibilities, and benefits packages.

Talent Management & Development:

  • Established a successful internship program that provided valuable learning experiences for interns and fostered a talent pool for future full-time hires.
  • Implemented succession planning strategies to identify high-potential employees for leadership roles.
  • Cross-trained existing staff to enhance team agility and performance.
  • Created on-the-job training programs
  • Partnered with a training vendor to implement an e-learning portal, facilitating skills development and improving overall performance.

HR Compliance:

  • Developed and maintained human resource policies and SOPs.
  • Collaborated with internal teams to design and implement effective HR systems and processes.
  • Conducted routine HR audits to ensure data accuracy and compliance with legal requirements in personnel files, payroll records, and benefit enrollments.

Benefits & Employee Relations:

  • Managed monthly process of benefits administration.
  • Managed Medical insurance process, in terms of agreement, enrollment and timely claim processing.
  • Planned and implemented a "Happy Workplace" model to enhance employee motivation and engagement.
  • Served as a trusted advisor to employees at all levels, providing guidance on career development, workplace policies, and conflict resolution.

Communication & Collaboration:

  • Maintained clear communication with employees and stakeholders, keeping everyone aligned with established business goals.

HR & Administration Assistant

Minapharm Pharmaceuticals
5 2019 - 06.2023

Assisted with the execution of HR functions such as:

  • Budgeting, supervising, and monitoring health & life benefits for 1.5 K employees, and conducting periodic check-ups, all while adhering to business regulations and compliance requirements, resulting in a 15% reduction in utilization and the annual rate increase.
  • Member of the corporate employees' events committee on 2022, and 2021; Budgeting, organizing, and planning employees' internal events in terms of annual theme, separate occasional events, employee’s gifts, and the required supplies purchasing, resulting in an increase in employees engagement and satisfaction.
  • Assisting in recruitment process by developing a database for potential candidates through screening, and conducting phone call interviews.
  • Reviewing on-boarding and off-boarding documents.
  • Organizing the remodeling of staff workstations at five different locations, resulting in saving money and space.
  • Creating an automated and paperless vacation system, and collaborating with the IT team to improve HRIS features.
  • Contributed in formulating employees handbook and code of conduct, and developing candidate's application form.
  • Distributing transportation, medical, and other benefits to employees.
  • Updating human resources policies and SOPs as assigned, and maintaining data filing system.
  • Designing, implementing, and monitoring an automated system for meeting rooms reservation.
  • Verifying and reporting employees issues, problems and complaints. Conducted admin duties which include:
  • Planning the annual budget, and monitoring semiannual expenditure of the HR department.
  • Monitoring department inventories and fulfilling department purchase requests and expense reports.
  • Created an adequate budget tracking system that decreased expenditures.
  • Cutting deals with vendors that will benefit the company's needs

CEO Personal Assistant and Office Manager

Solotex for Textile
12.2018 - 05.2019
  • Conducted admin duties such as scheduling business travels, organizing meetings, cutting deals with travel agencies and expo organizers, composing confidential correspondence, managing facility maintenance and office supplies, distributing expat benefits
  • Assisted with HR initiatives, coordinated purchases, monitored warehouses, handled customer complaints, organized exhibitions.

Executive Secretary

Orascom Development
06.2018 - 12.2018
  • Conducted admin duties such as organizing office processes and procedures, facility maintenance, arranging travel, planning routes of messengers
  • Assisted with financial letters, purchase orders, contracts and agreements, filing system, supplier database, offers magazine, samples inventory, exhibition schedule
  • Screened applications and conducted phone call interviews.

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director

Volvo Egypt Sub-dealer
04.2016 - 06.2016
  • Conducted admin duties such as preparing correspondence and presentations, facility maintenance, coordinating meetings and travels
  • Assisted with recruiting, assessing KPIs, developing annual business plan, leading audits, participating in business analysis committee, preparing warranty handbook, marketing and E-Marketing efforts, handling customer complaints.

Executive assistant

Petra for designs and licences
01.2014 - 01.2014
  • Conducted administrative duties, followed up and negotiated with vendors and construction team.

Insurance consultant

Metlife Alico
01.2007 - 01.2008
  • Designed and sold life insurance & investment programs.

Education

MBA - Human Resources Management

Aambfs
10.2019 - 05.2024

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American university in Cairo, School of continuing education
01.2016 - 04.2016

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American university in Cairo, School of continuing education
01.2017 - 04.2017

Bachelor's degree - Tourist Guidance

Faculty of Arts, Ain shams university
01.2003 - 04.2007

Skills

HR Operations

Communication Skills

Positive Employee Relations

Happy Workplace

Creative Thinking

Regulatory Compliance

Certification

Using AI to Improve the Employee Experience

Timeline

Using AI to Improve the Employee Experience

12-2023

People Operations Analyst MEA

Skillsoft
10.2023 - Current

Senior HR Specialist

Brand Vision MENA
06.2023 - 10.2023

MBA - Human Resources Management

Aambfs
10.2019 - 05.2024

CEO Personal Assistant and Office Manager

Solotex for Textile
12.2018 - 05.2019

Executive Secretary

Orascom Development
06.2018 - 12.2018

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American university in Cairo, School of continuing education
01.2017 - 04.2017

Executive Assistant to the Managing Director

Volvo Egypt Sub-dealer
04.2016 - 06.2016

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American university in Cairo, School of continuing education
01.2016 - 04.2016

Executive assistant

Petra for designs and licences
01.2014 - 01.2014

Insurance consultant

Metlife Alico
01.2007 - 01.2008

Bachelor's degree - Tourist Guidance

Faculty of Arts, Ain shams university
01.2003 - 04.2007

HR & Administration Assistant

Minapharm Pharmaceuticals
5 2019 - 06.2023
Maryan FayezHR Professional