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Alice Davidson

Te Puke,BOP

Summary

Enthusiastic and passionate HR professional with expertise in employment relations, change management, culture transformation, team leadership, development, and coaching. Proven track record of building credible and long-lasting professional relationships across all career levels. Skilled in developing high-performing teams and maintaining an organized, detail-oriented, conscientious, and people-focused approach.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Human Resources Business Partner

Wise management services
06.2022 - Current
  • Work within portfolios to deliver HR advice to multiple different organisations within the Group
  • Partner with entity Chief Executives and General Managers to influence and deliver people strategy
  • Guide leaders through all areas of employment, including employment relations, performance, development, engagement and remuneration
  • Conduct job sizing and ensure remuneration practices are fair and equitable
  • Conduct employment investigations and processes
  • Respond to personal grievances and attend employment mediation sessions as a company representative
  • Ensured advice was relevant, timely and in line with legislative changes
  • Analysis of engagement survey results and facilitation of engagement planning sessions
  • Gallup Strengths coach, facilitation of team and one-on-one strengths coaching. Transformational coaching.

Compliance manager

AFFCO Rangiu
01.2022 - 06.2022

Store Manager

Countdown Supermarkets
07.2021 - 01.2022
  • Reported to the Group Manager and responsible for the overall management of the store
  • Led a team of staff and managed12 direct reports who are department managers
  • Lead all staff recruitment, rosters, training, performance management and HR matters
  • Managed and oversaw weekly planning, stock ordering, customer service, budgets, reporting, health and safety, Merchandising, relationships with key stakeholders and overall performance of the store
  • Managed relationships with a range of community groups that the business supports
  • Successful in building staff morale in the store and in lifting team performance
  • Successful in leading profit growth in the store and have consistently met all KPI's

Store Manager

Countdown Supermarkets
10.2019 - 07.2021
  • Successfully completed relief roles across the Waikato including a9-week relief in the new smart store Countdown Rototuna
  • As well as additional reliefs across the Waikato including, Countdown Bridge street, Countdown Te Rapa and Countdown Te Aroha
  • Achieved top results in the Group (12 stores) including top store for Stock loss and Scorecard, and top of the Zone (68 stores) for Voice of the team and Voice of the customer
  • Rest as above

Store Manager in training

Countdown Supermarkets, Group201 (Waikato)
08.2019 - 10.2019
  • Training program that included Store Management Reliefs and training associated with store management- a yearlong role that I graduated in when receiving my permanent contract after a secondment of Store Manager in Matamata

Business Manager

AWF
09.2018 - 08.2019
  • Ensured effective leadership across all aspects of administration, staff and operations and business development reporting to the area manager
  • Grew branch profit by obtaining new and retaining existing clients, successfully built relationships to ensure that continued placements were made, and reputation was in accordance with the AWF brand
  • Was aware of market trends and opportunities to increase profit and placements
  • Always operated within compliance
  • Managed health and safety for candidates and clients and operate with efficiency
  • Responsible for all finance and reporting requirements of the branch including P&L, Margin growth and budget management
  • Effectively communicated with stakeholders, clients, and candidates to grow business
  • Managed the branch in accordance with the Health and safety act as well as provide training and achieve good results in audits
  • Incident management and investigation
  • Managed all development and training of team

Fresh foods Manager

Countdown Supermarkets
11.2017 - 09.2018
  • Provide coaching and guidance to five direct reports (Department Managers) as well as their reports
  • Ensure high level of Food Safety compliance across the store
  • Lead the store in the absence of the Store Manager including all responsibilities associated to the role
  • Conduct Store Manager Reliefs across multiple sites
  • High level of understanding of Profit and Loss reporting
  • Quality training and development of team
  • Ensure compliance to processes and tasks including inventory management
  • Ensure high level of merchandising in store to drive sales and maintain store presentation

Education

Certificate - Health science

Eastern institute of Technology

Certificate - Certified Transformational Coach

Coach Masters Academy
10-2024

Skills

  • Employment Relations
  • Human Resource management
  • Team Management and Development
  • Recruitment and Training
  • Performance Management
  • Business Partnering
  • Culture transformation
  • Change Management
  • Team Leadership & Development
  • Coaching
  • Large format Retail Management

Certification

  • Certified Transformational Coach
  • Gallup Successful Strengths Coaching Certification
  • HRNZ Transforming HRM in Aotearoa completion certificate.
  • Korn Ferry Job sizing Certifiiaction
  • Certificate in Retail level2
  • 167 and168 Food Safety Certificate
  • Employment Relations Course modules1-6 through Countdown
  • Drug screening certification

Timeline

Human Resources Business Partner

Wise management services
06.2022 - Current

Compliance manager

AFFCO Rangiu
01.2022 - 06.2022

Store Manager

Countdown Supermarkets
07.2021 - 01.2022

Store Manager

Countdown Supermarkets
10.2019 - 07.2021

Store Manager in training

Countdown Supermarkets, Group201 (Waikato)
08.2019 - 10.2019

Business Manager

AWF
09.2018 - 08.2019

Fresh foods Manager

Countdown Supermarkets
11.2017 - 09.2018
  • Certified Transformational Coach
  • Gallup Successful Strengths Coaching Certification
  • HRNZ Transforming HRM in Aotearoa completion certificate.
  • Korn Ferry Job sizing Certifiiaction
  • Certificate in Retail level2
  • 167 and168 Food Safety Certificate
  • Employment Relations Course modules1-6 through Countdown
  • Drug screening certification

Certificate - Health science

Eastern institute of Technology

Certificate - Certified Transformational Coach

Coach Masters Academy
Alice Davidson