Rebecca Reilly
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Reduced recruitment costs from 18% to under 2% of average salary; increased direct sourcing from 15% to 85%; maintained time-to-hire under 45 days in a specialist electrochemistry and photonics market
70%+ of employees on active development plans within 6 months; goal attainment increased from 56% to 77% in one quarter following EOS implementation
Women in STEM roles increased from 15% to 40% in under 3 years at zero additional spend
Voluntary turnover reduced to 15%; Engineering & Operations turnover held below 10%
Zero non-conformances across ISO9001/45001 audits; Grade A visa sponsorship licence maintained throughout scaling
EAP utilisation of 22% against a typical 5% benchmark, reflecting genuine employee trust in wellbeing infrastructure
About
Chartered MCIPD and DBA-qualified Head of People with a background in operations and R&D leadership before moving into HR — giving me a commercial instinct that most HR leaders don't have. I build people functions from scratch in high-growth technical businesses, and I've done it in environments where the science is hard, the talent market is thin, and the margin for HR debt is zero. My doctoral research focused on digital wellbeing interventions and the HR Business Partnering Model. I'm at my best as a senior leadership team member in a scaling business where people strategy and business strategy need to be the same thing.
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