Mandy Lipschitz

Founder of Talent Management consultancy providing HR services and special HR projects

Services include:

Recruitment

• Understanding clients' requirements, source appropriate candidates, conduct interviews, management of recruitment process
• Facilitated and administered psychometric testing
• Recruitment roles included: CEO, CFO, HR Professionals, Blue-collar workers, BDMs
• Learning and Development
• Development and facilitation of training programs. Courses included: Managing People and Performance; Leadership Skills; Providing Feedback; Conflict Resolution; Team Building; Negotiation Skills; Dealing with Performance Issues

Generalist HR

• Held CPO position on executive team
• Industrial relations issues
• Performance management
• Salary benchmarking
• Developing and driving culture and engagement

Some Clients include:

• Mirus Group – Aged Care Consultancy; Bay Travel – Travel Management company; Metro – Government Department; WalkMe – International Software Company; KPMG – Professional Services; One51 Consulting
• Developed strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and drive organizational goals.

• Advise clients on aspects of HR and Leadership, including training and development programs, succession planning and workforce planning and coaching
• Facilitation of senior leadership programs clients include: QBE; Suncorp; Estee Lauder
• Consult to various clients included Coca Cola, QBE, Suncorp
• Executive Coaching clients included: Caltex; ANSTO; Marsh

• Drive and maintain designated portfolio
• Provide Strategic advice and decision making to the organisation
• Adhere and advise on governance required
• Private, Independent School in Sydney

• Internal Role (25%)
• Involvement in Management Team including coaching and advising
• Workforce planning and participate in recruitment and selection process
• Contribute to management and maintenance of organisational culture
• Review and update of HR policies and procedures
• Organisational Development Consultancy

Provide Consulting and HR services to various clients

Services include:

Recruitment

• Understanding clients' requirements, source appropriate candidates, conduct interviews, management of recruitment process
• Facilitate and administer psychometric testing
• Recruitment roles included: CEO, CFO, HR Professionals, Blue-collar workers, BDMs
• Learning and Development
• Development and facilitation of training programs. Courses included: Managing People and Performance; Leadership Skills; Providing Feedback; Conflict Resolution; Team Building; Negotiation Skills; Dealing with Performance Issues

Generalist HR

• Industrial relations issues
• Performance management
• Salary benchmarking
• Developing and driving culture and engagement

Some Clients include:

• CanTeen – Not-for-profit; Bay Travel – Travel Management company; Metro – Government Department; WalkMe – International Software Company; KPMG – Professional Services

• HR Management for NSW staff covering all functions of HR, including:
• Consulted to external client, Virgin Mobile on strategic and operation HR matters
• Professional Training – developed and facilitated various management programs including recruitment and selection workshops, performance management
• Performance Management - Developed and implemented online system. Consultation and facilitation of performance management issues
• Career Development – counselled and helped plan professional development
• Salary Benchmarking – market-focused to ensure that salaries were competitive
• Graduate Programs – managed recruitment of graduates, including involvement as sponsor in various university cooperative programs. Ensured work experience programs were valuable and meaningful, Included orientation and induction
• Developed and facilitated induction and orientation program for experienced hires
• Employee Satisfaction Surveys – interpreted data received from surveys
• Australia’s Best Employer – participation resulting in Second Best Employer
• Retrenchment – managed and advised large staff retrenchment program
• Specialist IT services and solution provider

• Responsible for the coordination of all human resources functions
• Day-to-day activities included:
• Training needs, job scheduling, annual performance reviews, transfers, relocations, career development, performance appraisals and the promotion process.
• Large global consultancy, employing more than 100,000 people. Formerly known as Andersen Consulting

• Responsible for the coordination of training needs for consultants, including management of a training budget of $2 million for internal and external training courses, both local and international
• Development and implementation of induction programs (2 week course)
• Editor of monthly newsletter for Asia-Pacific region
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance project delivery and client satisfaction.

• (VIP Services – directly managed by the Managing Director)
• Responsibilities included staff training and development as well as management of various projects nationally
• Identified training needs, developed and implemented training programs as well as administrated the budget. Ensured consistent standards in 220 retail outlets
• Training programs included: Personal development and skill enhancement programs; Senior and middle management induction programs; Retail-specific programs delivered to frontline staff and store managers
• Awarded the 1996 Managing Director’s Citation for Best Spirit, awarded for the motivational and inspirational impact I made across the company.
• “There is a spirit that we seek to foster here at Truworths – the spirit that is professional and committed but never self-serving; warm and friendly but never overbearing. Mandy walks this spirit and epitomises all we stand and strive for at Truworths” (excerpt from the Managing Director’s speech)
• A Blue-Chip company and a major contributor to the international Wooltru Group. At the time Truworths employed approximately 3500 people

• This was a 6-month maternity leave position
• Involved personnel administration and various other Human Resource functions
• Facilitated induction process and scheduled training programs

• Provided with extensive retail training
• Project managed various projects
• Editor of internal 20 page quarterly magazine

• Lectured Economics, Business Economics, Criminology and Ethnology.
• Responsibilities included educating within the realms of a syllabus, setting and assessing tests and preparing students for final national exams
• Privately owned college in South Africa