Briana Gately

Partner with Executives and Senior Leaders in the Business to provide strategic advice on People & Culture initiatives, with a key focus on transformational change and integration post the merger of the Newcastle Permanent and Greater Bank.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach a Business Support Partner.
• Partner with a workforce of over 950 employees, to provide strategic advice and insights on People & Culture cyclical activities and initiatives.
• Develop and execute Strategic People Plans aligned to the Organisational Strategy and Business Unit priorities.
• Lead complex Employment Relations and Health, Safety & Wellbeing matters including investigations, grievances and psychosocial risks.
• Coach and develop leaders on People & Culture cyclical activities and initiatives.
• Use data and analytics to identify trends and insights and create fit for purpose and strategic initiatives.
• Develop and implement Employee Lifecycle projects.

Achievements

• Successfully lead and executed a large volume of restructures to support integration and alignment of teams and functions.
• Successfully lead and executed a number of organisational design initiatives resulting in simplification, growth and cost efficiency.
• Created and implemented an organisation wide Performance Framework and system implementation.
• Created and implemented a Talent Management Framework.
• Year on year growth in Employee Engagement (achieving higher than the global norm).
• Built trustworthy and value add relationships with key stakeholders.

Partner with Senior Leaders in the Business to provide strategic advice on a range of Human Resource initiatives, supporting a heavy manufacturing workforce across Australia.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with a workforce of over 500 employees, to provide strategic advice and insights on People & Culture cyclical activities and initiatives.
• Lead and manage complex Employment Relations matters including investigations and Bargaining of Enterprise Agreements.
• Lead and engage in relationships with relevant unions.
• Coach and develop leaders on people related initiatives.
• Develop and implement Employee Lifecycle projects.

Achievements

• Developed and launched Performance Training for Leaders.
• Developed and launched an Employee Engagement Survey.
• Built trustworthy and value add relationships with key stakeholders.

Part-time role supporting transition back from Parental Leave.

Partner with the Founders and Leaders to build a People & Culture function within a SaaS environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build a People & Culture function within the business from scratch.
• Build out functions and teams within the business, with a strong focus on recruitment and organisational design.
• Coach and develop team to build a high performing culture.

Achievements

• Introduced People & Culture ways of working and functional structures.
• Brought approximately 75% of recruitment internal.
• Implemented a Health & Well-being agenda and culture.

Lead the People and Safety agenda across NSW/ACT, including coaching a team of three People and Capability Business Partners and supporting a headcount of over 4,000 employees.

Key Responsibilities

• Coach and lead a team of three direct reports.
• Partner closely with the State Manager, Regional Managers, Store Managers and support functions to identify and implement strategic people and safety initiatives, aligned to business objectives.
• Create and implement the NSW/ACT People & Safety Key Priorities.

Achievements

• Lead the implementation of a new management roster project across NSW/ACT.
• Lead the implementation and roll out of SAP Success Factors across NSW/ACT.
• Recruited and onboarded a People & Capability Business Partner.

Lead the People and Safety agenda across headcount of over 1,500 employees.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Regional Managers, Store Managers and support functions to identify and implement strategic people and safety initiatives, aligned to business objectives.
• Promotion of engagement and culture initiatives to assist stores in increasing team engagement and culture (inclusive of Employee Engagement Survey and Diversity Initiatives).
• Support in building capability of leaders to improve leadership and commercial performance and productivity.

Achievements

• Conducted complex people investigations with strong outcomes.
• Conducted complex safety investigations leading to efficiencies.
• Promotion and significant improvement of store safety and health and wellbeing culture.
• Created and implemented a Development Program to build the leadership and commercial capability of Business Leaders (rolled out across the state).
• Relief opportunities in the State People & Capability Manager role.

Lead the Human Resources function and agenda across the APAC region, including coaching a team of one Human Resource Officer and supporting a headcount of over 250 employees.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, deliver and promote the Human Resource strategy across the APAC region in accordance with the APAC strategy and global business strategy.
• Manage the strategic integration of acquisitions, including the integration of employment terms and conditions and Human Resource policies and procedures to support the growth of the business.

Achievements

• Management of organisational change programs including restructuring and redundancies.
• Development, communication and maintenance of Human Resource policies in accordance with applicable international legislation.
• Management of the APAC Learning and Development Budget. Including liaising with external training companies and creating courses to build internal capability.

Provide Human Resources advice and support to Business units across Australia supporting a headcount of over 700 employees.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing Human Resources advice and support to the business on Employment Relations, Recruitment, Learning and Development, Performance Management and payroll.
• Supporting with the development and negotiations of Enterprise Agreements with the Transport Workers’ Union.
• Providing advice and support on the interpretation of Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements.
• Supporting organisational restructures and change management projects.
• General Human Resources administration including personnel file management, business correspondence, recruitment, payroll liaison and ad-hoc support as required.

Achievements

• Completion of higher duties in the role of Human Resources Manager on two occasions.
• Creation of a national Human Resources Report (including analysis of data and subsequent actions).
• Development, communication and maintenance of Human Resource Policies.