Blessen S Mammen
Kuwait,Kuwait
Summary
A highly skilled HR professional with expertise in manpower planning, employee relations, and recruitment and selection. Demonstrates exceptional interpersonal skills, reporting and analysis capabilities, and time management proficiency. Adapt at payroll administration, rewards and recognition strategies, and corporate communication. Known for strong team building and leadership abilities, work ethic, dedication, coordination skills, communication proficiency, self-motivation, quick learning capacity, problem-solving abilities, leadership skills, collaboration expertise, change management acumen, team collaboration prowess. Committed to driving performance metrics evaluation through diplomatic communication and effective staff recruitment strategies.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
8011
8011
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Manager - Human Resources for Staff Management, Recruitment, Administration, Personnel Management and Training
Universal Food Company
01.2014 - 01.2026
- Deliver full end recruitment services including front end needs analysis and forecast, job postings, sourcing, interviewing, and hiring through direct interviews from Philippines, India, Bhutan, Nepal and through E-interviews from Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Egypt etc.
- Client Coordination, Account Management and Manpower Management. Serves as lead for reporting employment metrics, affirmative action reporting, recruiting forecast, and strategies.
- Establish, follow up and improve long term partnerships & alliances with key third party providers.
- Establish, follow up and improve proper communication with all employees.
- Developing HR planning strategies with line managers which consider immediate and long term staff requirements.
- Key role in developing Employee Handbook and implementing company policies and procedures.
- Experience in managing modern HR systems with deftness in maintaining harmonious relations among management and workers through efficient administration and resolution of employees’ grievances.
- Ensure security and confidentiality of employee records, personal information, validate and ensure all attendance, leave records, overtime and time-in-lieu are accurately inputted into HR system.
- Monitor scheduled absences, maintenance of annual leaves and tracking of pending leaves.
- Assist in closely working with Operations in assessing training/development needs to manage company standards.
- Prepare monthly/quarterly HR reports for Management.
- Manage government relation activities within business using tracking documents and procedures, thus ensuring accurate data has been input.
- Part of the team to acquire HAACP and ISO 22000:2005 certification.
- Directly reporting to Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer.
Human Resources Officer
Al Ammary Group of Institutions (Canadian Bilingual School)
11.2008 - 12.2013
- Involved in making HR policy and procedures for the group of Institutions.
- Prepares Contracts, Letter of Intent, Salary certificates, Manpower planning sheets, Job descriptions and job evaluation.
- Developed a job matrix and oversee the Moodle portal for appropriate web content and lesson plans.
- Responsible for the recruitment (Western and local) based on the HR plan; Liaise with internal and external contacts i.e. recruitment agencies, Government agencies.
- Provides employee relations counselling to resolve employee related problems. Activities include conducting preliminary interviews, documenting findings/recommendations, and advising principals on alternatives to resolve teacher performance problems.
- Directly manages ‘complex’ or ‘serious’ employee performance or conduct investigations, where the likely outcome of the action may lead to termination of employment.
- Supports staffs on understanding and executing key HR processes (i.e. staff requisition, organization design, discipline and grievance management, employee engagement, performance and personal development planning, job evaluation etc)
- Preparation of all documentation and maintaining all personnel files- contracts, terminations, end of the year clearance activities, updating of EDB(employment data base) etc.
- Handling of personnel requests and complaints- leave application, maintenance requests, HR support etc.
- Assists the Managing Director with the recruitment, interviewing and selection processes and send appropriate correspondence to all applicants in a timely manner.
- Recruitment of Western teachers and Administration staff.
- Responsible for well maintained HR records management.
- Payroll management.
HR & Payroll Officer
Kuwait and Middle East Financial Investment Company Kuwait (KMEFIC)
10.2007 - 11.2008
- Preparation of the monthly payroll through the payroll software.
- Managing Employee database.
- Organize staff training sessions, seminars, workshops and activities.
- Prepares leave calculation, allowance, ticket payments, mobile allowances and education allowances.
- Initiating the recruitment procedures and following up till induction to orientation.
- Monthly transactions – expense recoveries, miscellaneous earnings and reimbursements
- Various report generation (Management, Department summary, payslip, leave entitlements, payroll master reports)
HR Executive-Talent Acquisition
Covenant Consultants, India
04.2006 - 07.2007
- Worked as HR Executive-Talent Acquisition at Covenant Consultants, India acquiring around 1.2 years of experience since 10th April 2006 to 31st July 2007.
Education
MBA - HR and Marketing
St.Joseph’s College
ChennaiB.Com - Commerce
Alpha Arts And Science College
Chennai12th - Commerce
United Indian School
Kuwait10th - CBSE
United Indian School
KuwaitSkills
- Manpower planning
- Employee relations
- Recruitment and selection
- Interpersonal skills
- Reporting and analysis
- Time management
- Payroll administration
- Rewards and recognition strategies
- Corporate communication
- Team building and leadership
- Work ethic
- Dedication
- Coordination skills
- Communication proficiency
- Self-motivation
- Quick learner
- Problem-solving abilities
- Leadership skills
- Collaboration expertise
- Change management
- Team collaboration
- Microsoft Office 365 proficiency
- Windows 10 expertise
- HRIMS (Mena I Tech) knowledge
- Performance metrics evaluation
- Diplomatic communication
- Staff recruitment
LANGUAGES PROFICIENCY
Read: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic (Good)
Beginner
Write: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic (Basic)
Beginner
Speak: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Arabic(Basic)
Beginner
English
Proficient (C2)
HOBBIES
Singing, Playing the Keyboard, Writing Poems, Composing Music
EXTRA - CURRICULAR: & AWARDS
Program and Publicity convenor for Church Conferences at NEC Kuwait. Student organizer for the 4th Madras Management Association Students Convention, India Member of the Volunteer Corps in Alpha Arts and Science College, India. Served as a Prefect in United Indian School, Kuwait. House Captain at United Indian School, Kuwait. Held the post of State General Secretary of the Spiritual Organization at Kuwait. Won Prizes for Essay Competition, Singing Competition and in Calligraphy Won Prizes For Basketball And Football Tournaments.
DECLARATION
I Hereby Declare That The Above Furnished Details Are True To The Best Of My Knowledge And Belief. PLACE: Kuwait Blessen S Mammen
Timeline
Manager - Human Resources for Staff Management, Recruitment, Administration, Personnel Management and Training
Universal Food Company
01.2014 - 01.2026
Human Resources Officer
Al Ammary Group of Institutions (Canadian Bilingual School)
11.2008 - 12.2013
HR & Payroll Officer
Kuwait and Middle East Financial Investment Company Kuwait (KMEFIC)
10.2007 - 11.2008
HR Executive-Talent Acquisition
Covenant Consultants, India
04.2006 - 07.2007
MBA - HR and Marketing
St.Joseph’s College
B.Com - Commerce
Alpha Arts And Science College
12th - Commerce
United Indian School
10th - CBSE
United Indian School