
Mustapha Kelani
HRBP at dentsu international
Business Administration at University of Lagos
Nigeria
Hi, I'm Mustapha Kelani!
HRBP at dentsu international
Human Resource Business Partner | Talent Acquisition Specialist | HR Advisor | Employee Relations | HR Consultant
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Experience
dentsu international
HRBP
August 2021 - Present
Employee Engagement:
• Built and maintained positive relationships with employees at all levels of the organization,
resulting in a 15% increase in employee engagement
• Initiated and facilitated the actualization of quarterly townhall meetings with each line of
business
• Drove the Employee wellness programs, such as fitness/water challenge and mental health
awareness/support for between Q1 – Q4 of 2022
Performance & Talent Management:
• Developed and drove the workplan/goal setting across our service lines – Media, Creative
and CXM
• Provided support to business heads on year end performance appraisal to assist the global
reward team on ASR project timeline
• Led the consistency conversation with all team leads and employees to drive effective the
360-appraisal process
• Initiated and supported the internal recruitment and talent mapping plan in view of set
career development plan
HR Strategy
• Developed and implemented applicable HR strategies aimed at attracting, develop, and
retain top talents in the business. Mentored and coached managers and team leads
• Acted and provided support as people partner across all service lines – media, creative and
CXM to drive set business growth
Organizational Design:
• Ensured and managed effective organizational transformation and change projects in
alignment with Dentsu core values
• Led the alignment of company culture with Dentsu core values and initiatives by providing
support and coaching to line managers in the implementation of core HR processes.
• Collaborated with leaders to identify and address current and future functional and
leadership development needs
Recruitment and Selection
• Utilized multiple recruiting sources and techniques to identify and engage a diverse pool
of active and passive candidates including LinkedIn, search engines, niche job boards, social
media, and user groups
• Provided HR shared service-related activities including Workday data entry, HR document
management, update internal tools and employee database, responding to a wide variety
of employee queries
• Provide support to the reward team locally and within the SSA market
• Develop and maintain a strong candidate pipeline for core roles across all business units
Education

Business Administration
University of Lagos
Graduated in 2014
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Achievements:
• Recruitment: Successful recruitment of 3 Key senior roles: Director, Digital Performance,
Head, Studio Production, Group Corporate Comms. Manager, 25 management trainees
alongside 10 mid-level roles within 6-months. Brought in quality creative hires through
headhunting.
• Onboarding: Designed an HR Induction Training and an onboarding program for new hires.
Reviewed the staff handbook and did a re-fresher training for all staff members.
• Performance management: Completed all pending confirmations, institutionalized the
Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) system.
• Employee Engagement: Organized frequent Employee Survey and a feedback process.
Planned and executed quarterly town hall meetings.
• Learning and Development: Introduced a structured KSS for each Department. Leveraged
on MOOC’s (Massive open online courses on LinkedIn) to equip each team member.
Languages
English
Skills
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