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Sabrina H

Fractional People and Talent Leader | Hiring Strategy and Workforce Readiness

About Me

I work with founders and leadership teams who are scaling and need clarity across hiring, people operations, and workforce planning. My background spans talent acquisition, HR leadership, and people operations in fast-growing, operationally complex environments, including multi-location and distributed teams. As a fractional leader, I help organizations move from reactive hiring and fragmented people processes to clear, scalable systems that support growth. This includes designing hiring strategies, improving candidate experience, strengthening onboarding and early success, and advising leaders on workforce readiness and people risk. My style is practical, calm, and execution-focused. I work best with teams who want thoughtful guidance, honest insight, and people systems that actually get used.

Jurisdiction

Canada

Notable Employer

  • HR Manager at Custom Air Conditioning Ltd.
  • Director, Human Resources at The Universal Group

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
HR ManagerNotableCustom Air Conditioning Ltd.
2021 - 2025

Provided senior HR leadership across five locations in a compliance driven, operationally complex environment. Acted as a trusted advisor to executives, managers, and field leaders while building and stabilizing people operations and employee experience. • Designed and maintained core people operations including onboarding, policies, employee support, and lifecycle processes • Guided leaders on disability management, accommodations, return to work planning, and psychological safety • Built and maintained the company’s full Health and Safety program aligned with regulatory and client requirements • Reduced WorkSafeBC rates by 17 percent through improved claims coordination and proactive return to work strategies • Standardized onboarding and communication practices across regions to improve clarity and early employee connection • Led HR readiness work for ADP Workforce Now including data alignment, role clarity, and change preparation • Supported leaders through conflict, performance concerns, and complex people decisions with steady, practical guidance

Director, Human ResourcesNotableThe Universal Group
2017 - 2021

Led people and culture strategy during rapid growth and acquisition, scaling the organization from approximately 350 to over 1,100 employees across unionized and non-union environments. Established and led the recruitment function, executing high volume and complex hiring while leadership remained closely involved in key decisions • Built and scaled the HR function from the ground up including systems, policies, and leadership practices • Acted as strategic advisor to executives during acquisitions, workforce integration, and organizational change • Implemented BambooHR and launched an internal learning management system to standardize onboarding and training • Led labour relations for more than 1,100 unionized employees including grievances, investigations, and collective agreement administration • Designed onboarding and communication frameworks to support rapid hiring and operational scale • Negotiated and implemented benefits programs supporting thousands of employees • Supported high risk and operational teams with practical HR guidance and leadership coaching

Human Resources Business Partner7-Eleven Canada Inc.
2015 - 2017

Provided HR partnership across a large-scale, high-volume retail and production environment during acquisition and operational change. • Supported leaders across more than 300 locations and two production facilities • Led onboarding and HR integration for the Esso acquisition involving approximately 1,000 employees • Supported disability management, investigations, employee relations, and workforce planning • Delivered recruitment and compliance training to field leaders • Provided consistent people guidance in a fast paced, decentralized environment

HR ManagerSandvik Mining & Construction
2007 - 2014

Supported early-stage growth of a global mining systems business within a matrixed, technical environment. • One of five original team members supporting growth from 5 to 50 employees • Managed HR coordination including recruitment support, HRIS administration, and employee services • Supported system implementations, training coordination, and change adoption • Increased engagement in a global empowerment program from 3 percent to 100 percent • Selected for an international leadership development program in Sweden

Education

Degree of PsychologyKwantlen Polytechnic University
2010 - 2017

Certification

Total Certifications1

Certificate in Canadian Employment Law

CIPD

2025

Skills

Core skills0
Languages1

Languages

English