Ibukun Ogundipe

Jun 2025 – Jul 2026

I partnered with senior leaders across Global Marketing, Business Development, and EMEA Sales on organisation design, workforce strategy, performance, talent, executive hiring, employee relations, and change. I reduced average span of control from 13 to 7, improved performance accountability through Lattice and 9-box calibration, resolved 19 of 22 high-risk international employee relations cases, and supported six senior leadership appointments. I also built executive workforce dashboards linking headcount, turnover, and capability data to commercial metrics, using Generative AI to accelerate workforce analysis.

May 2023 – May 2025

I advised executive leadership teams across 32 IMEA countries and approximately 7,200 employees on workforce strategy, organisational transformation, commercial growth, and leadership effectiveness. I led the full-lifecycle Workday deployment, including the Time Management module, directed post-merger cultural integration affecting 90% of the regional workforce while maintaining 100% operational continuity, and achieved 95% year-over-year completion for objective setting. I also supported RFQs, tenders, people cost modelling, organisation design, and operational workforce mobilisation.

Jan 2022 – May 2023

I designed and operationalised a new regional Supply Chain department, defining capability requirements, acquiring executive talent, and establishing career pathways. I created a cross-functional succession and talent development framework that achieved 100% retention of identified critical talent, and led Finance engagement interventions that raised engagement from the bottom 33rd percentile to the top quartile across IMEA. I also directed Section 197/TUPE business transfer workstreams with zero labour disputes and full regulatory compliance, and redesigned commercial incentives.

Jul 2020 – Dec 2021

I led HR operations across three West African countries while managing regional change during business transformation and post-COVID recovery. I advised and coached the Managing Director through an operating model transition, delivered the end-to-end acquisition strategy for a National Sales Lead, and led DE&I and engagement interventions that restored organisational trust. I also directed COVID-19 emergency response, business continuity planning, occupational health protocols, hybrid working frameworks, and the build-out of HR, legal compliance, and operational infrastructure for West Africa’s first dedicated 3PL warehouse.

Nov 2015 – Jun 2020

I served as executive HR lead for multi-site operations, labour relations, and business transformation across Ghana and Togo. I transformed relationships with three trade union bodies and led collective bargaining that enabled major sales and operational restructures to complete ahead of schedule. I also delivered top-quartile employee engagement across operational sites and achieved 100% retention of critical enterprise talent.

Jul 2012 – Oct 2015

I managed complex labour relations and joint consultative committee meetings involving local and international union bodies. I implemented performance incentive frameworks for sales and operations that increased performance by 15% and reduced attrition.

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Theatre Arts

Post Graduate Diploma in Leadership Development

Certified in Leadership & Kotter’s Science of Change

Accredited Change Management Practitioner (ACMP)

Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR)

Chartered Member (MCIPD)