Introduction to Virtus Consultancy Services Products & Services Version: Oct. 2013
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Who we are
Who we are Robert McNair summarized the Virtus value proposition a decade ago in a Texas Monthly article when he stated "What you do is try and determine how you can add value. Ask yourself what you can do that adds the most value based on your talents. If you offer that and position yourself in a growing market, you will succeed. Create value, not wealth." Who wants to be a Billionaire, Texas Monthly, February 2000 - Robert C. McNair Virtus is a boutique and core HR consultancy based in UAE, started in 2009. Virtus provides HR advisory services in the Middle East, Africa and Indian Sub Continent. The company is owned and led by senior HR leaders across various industries specifically in Gulf, African and Asian markets with over 100 years of joint HR expertise and experience across industries. Virtus today also has its fully own branch offices operational in Doha, Qatar Mumbai, Pune & Chennai in India for direct and local delivery of products and services to its clients in GCC and India. Our Industry Expertise: Government Sectors, Healthcare, Banking and Financial Services (BFSI), Real Estate, Construction, Contracting and Facilities management, Telecom, FMCG & Retail, IT/ITES, Hospitality, Higher Education, Logistics, Oil, Gas & Energy Sectors
Our Mission, Vision and Our Values: Our Mission: Is to consistently identify, qualify and deliver value based consultancy services to all our clients. The Vision: Is to become amidst the top 10 referred management consultancies in HR Advisory Services in the Middle East & India region by 2016 Our Values, Our Credo: Customer first! Candor in Communication Lead & Excel Together Innovate Constantly
Simple Visual of our Services & Products HR Consulting HR Research & Development Unit (Special Projects Unit) HR Outsourcing Contract Staffing HR Functional Outsourcing Recruitment & Selection Services HR Products Psychometric Tools Background Verifications
Some of our clients include:
Some of our Delivered Project Capabilities and Competence Include: Organization & HR Strategy Workshops Business Scorecard Development, Metrics and Analysis Compensation & Benefits Structuring/Re-Structuring, Benchmarking, Total Rewards Design (Incentives and Benefits), planning and change management Recruitment & Talent Management Systems and Projects Performance Management Systems and Annual Goal Setting Workshops Psychometric Assessment Centers, Leadership Mentoring, Training & Development Manpower & HR Process Outsourcing Services Pre & Post - Merger and Acquisition change management & organizational alignment Operational Audits, Legal Advisory, Policies & Procedure Development HR & Operations Process Re Engineering
Our Services, Products & Solutions Portfolio: Virtus offers the following HR services in: Gulf, Africa, India and Asia Pacific Regions Industry Expertise: Banking and Financial Services (BFSI), Real Estate and Construction, Telecom, FMCG & Retail, IT/ITES, Healthcare, Hospitality, Oil, Gas & Energy, Family owned conglomerates, Logistics and Government Sectors. 1. Organization Development & HR Strategy: Organization Studies: Organization and Functional Structure Review (Right Sizing). Organization Readiness: Growth and Demand Planning. Basic and advanced Organizational Governance Model Development & Review. Merger/Acquisition impact analysis in Organization from a HR and change management perspective (Pre and Post Merger/Acquisition organization alignment). Change management plans, structures, methodology advisory HR Strategy Advisory and Consulting: Conducting strategic workshops at Board level and cascading the business and HR strategy all the way down to the bottom line manager level Execution of KPI s and Objectives by Function and department to ensure accuracy of the business targets are being achieved as a team across the company
2. Compensation & Benefits: In-depth job evaluation and analysis using Hay, Mercer, Watson Wyatt, PwC s 6 Hat Monk methodologies Manpower Planning Strategy and Education to the Business Functions Industry based grading structure development and renewal projects Total Rewards & Incentives Strategy Salary Structuring/Re-Structuring, Benchmarking exercises against any one industry in any country in Middle East, Africa, India and APAC Benefits alignment and restructuring Implementation and Training of Benefits tracking tools Benefits - cost to value analysis 3. Recruitment & Talent Management: Recruitment Planning Tools and Systems (Recruitment Management System Design and Implementation advisory services Recruitment Outsourcing (Retained and Contingency Search Assignments) Conducting Assessment Centers - E-Assessments Profiles International Global Candidate Background Verifications through end to end online tools Orientation and Induction Outsourcing Bulk and Executive Retrenchment Services
4. Performance Management : Performance management strategy workshops scorecard development (Balanced Scorecard also available if requested) Design, Build and Operate tools based on SMART foundations PMS System selection and implementation assistance including internal training Business Scorecard, Metrics and Analysis 5. Leadership Mentoring, Training & Development : 1 to 1 Coaching & Mentoring Training Needs & Gap Analysis Internal and External Training Management Implementation of elearning solutions per SCORM standards (e.g. SkillSoft, EKP, Saba, etc.) Certified Psychometric Assessor (CPA Level 1 & 2 + Train the Trainer) Programs from Profiles International Core HR Training Specialization (For HR professionals)
6. Manpower, Employee Relations & HR Process Outsourcing : Manpower Outsourcing Services Administration, Finance, Sales, HR, Payroll, Exhibition and Promotions staff Employee Relations Outsourcing Services Human Resources Administration Management: - Immigration Services: Visa, on ground PRO services, typing and all other government services - Employee Relations Services: Excellent Onsite, On-call and Online Employee Relations services for all staff categories including Onboarding, Grievances Management and Administration, Payroll and Benefits Services (Online salary transfer, banking services, WPS, Benefits Claim Processing, etc.), Employee Documentation for banking and other local services (driving license, loans, Telephone, etc.), travel booking services, leave planning with respect to line manager/project manager, etc. - Orientation & Training: Client Company Orientation and HSE Training provided(if needed by the client) + any additional Communication or De-Briefing (as requested and material provided by the client)
Outsourced HR Services - Why Virtus? One of the few company s with True HR foundations and Core HR Competence with Award Winning Senior Management in Human Resources for excellence in HR operations and systems. Industry expertise includes: Government Sectors, Healthcare, Banking and Financial Services (BFSI), Real Estate, Engineering & Contracting, Facilities Management, Telecom, FMCG & Retail, IT/ITES, Hospitality, Oil, Gas & Energy, Logistics Started Outsourcing Business with 2 members end of 2010 and already Outsources over 82 contract staff in Qatar & UAE and growing rapidly. Expected to cross 200 outsourced staff by end of 2012 and to 500 + by 2013. Process driven and automated Payroll systems, leave and grievances management executed by HR professionals with over 100 years of joint diverse HR operational experience. streamlined daily HR employee relations and immigration support. Tier One Sheikh Sponsor in Qatar with ability to get all necessary staffing approvals from Govt. for Qatar. No limits on Visa Quota and majority of nationalities. Labor Camp Facilities and Existing Artisans and laborers available (Subject to availability at the time of contract) for direct sourcing onsite under contract in Qatar One of only 4 vendors for outsourced contract staffing for the UAE Govt. across all emirates. Ability to Handle Outsourced and Contract staffing across Qatar, UAE and India (all states) from our registered and fully owned and operated offices in Qatar, UAE, India (Chennai and Mumbai).
Appendix: About the Managing Partner Farid is a seasoned senior HR Leader and Consultant, with over 17 years of sound achievements in strategic HR Management. Also conferred with the Global HR leadership Award by the world HRD Congress Council in 2009 and Strategic Leadership Award by APAC HRD Congress in 2011. He is a keynote speaker on strategic HR and several other HR subjects in several MEA & APAC conferences, forums and magazines. Has a rich career history which spans across several industries including semi-government & the big 4 consulting and fortune companies worldwide including: PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), Emaar Properties, Xpert Learning, IBFI, Proctor & Gamble (P&G) and Compaq. His indirect work experience during his consulting includes clients such as: Manazel Real Estate, Saudi Investment Company (Banaja), Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), Abn-Amro Bank, National Bank of Dubai, Siemens, Ducab, Zadco, Visa, Nestle, Alstom, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Petroleum, NPCC, Adco, Gargash Insurance, MMI, UPS, Nissan, Caltex, United Nations-G77, Motorola and Dubai Duty Free. He is experienced in implementing corporate-wide Change Management strategies and initiatives for fortune 500 companies across the globe, alongside implementing performance management systems based on competency frameworks, and mapping/executing talent management solutions across the board and linking it to total rewards. A seasoned HR information systems expert who has worked through complete life cycles of several HRMS system implementations such as PeopleSoft, SAP and Oracle. He has also seen through organizational change management and development over 3 major mergers & acquisitions of companies in the EMEA region, with complete transformation experience. Farid has a bachelor s degree in management information systems from USA and a master s degree in organizational psychology from India. He has recently also completed his executive management studies in HR Strategy from the ILR School in Cornell University and is also a certified occupational Psychologists registered by the European Federation of Psychologists Association (EFPA) & British Psychological Society (BPS) Specialties Recruitment and Selection - Talent management, Job evaluations & Analysis, Performance, HR information systems, Total Rewards, Learning and Development, Career and Succession Planning, Change Management, HR Outsourcing and Organizational Development Some of the brands that Farid has worked directly with or consulted for include:
Key Note Speaker In the following Conferences World Over since 2006 to date: Middle East & Africa: (Egypt, KSA, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Kenya, ) - Middle East HR Summit - EMEA Compensation & Benefits Forum - Middle East Talent Management Forum - Middle East Compensation & Benefits Forum Organizers: IIRME, Marcus Evans, aberdeen Group Europe: - Global HR Summit - Worldwide ERC (London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt) - Orgnizers: Worldwide ERC APAC: - Asia Pacific HR Congress (Singapore, Kuala Lumpur) - Organizers: Marcus Evans
Thank you! Contact Information: Virtus Consultancy Services Fze. Company License No.448 HQ - DSO Office # 1003, Le Solarium Building Dubai Silicon Oasis, P.O. Box No. 476418 Dubai, UAE PH: 04-3423066 Email: info@virtus.ae Deira Office: # 206, Al Khubaisi Building, Deira Dubai Next to Hyundai Showroom, P.O. Box: 13334 Dubai UAE India Office: Virtus Consultancy Services Mumbai Andheri East Chennai Radha krishnasalai Road Email: info@virtus-india.com