Oracle, Evolving HR Conversations: Phoenix Group - Change for the People, by the People Function

Live Webinar

11 Feb 2025

12:00 PM GMT

Summary:

Change is never easy and is often overlooked when embarking on large-scale HR transformation. In addition, the role of the People Function in prioritising, planning and managing ongoing change, whilst driving value from new HR technology, are elevated when HR professionals are in the 'new BAU' of a SaaS enabled environment. The reliance on IT functions becomes less as the People Function builds out digital and data capabilities, and is able to manage change holistically and in a much more agile way responding quickly to the needs of the business.

Join Daniel and Sarah as they learn from Gareth Turney about how the Phoenix Group's People Function has modernised it's colleague experience proposition, shifting it's HR operating model and the skills needed in HR to take over the driving seat from IT and fully own ongoing change and continuous improvement with Oracle's HCM technology. Gareth has some fascinating insights to share on how Phoenix Group's People Function are more flexible and agile than ever before, in order to take advantage of new technology innovations quickly, and following the guiding principle of “Change for the people, by the People Function”.

Featured Speakers

Gareth Turney

Head of People Function Change at Phoenix Group

Sarah Horne

Director of HCM EMEA at Oracle

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Sarah Horne

Director of HCM EMEA at Oracle

Sarah is an HR Transformation specialist who works with organisations across Europe and the Nordics, the UK, Middle East and Africa, to enable their HR transformation goals through the use of Oracle Cloud HCM; and also to realise their people analytics ambitions. She is experienced in developing and implementing HR strategies and technologies to drive organisational effectiveness; to enable the strategic change agendas of large global and matrixed organisations. Sarah also has experience in managing large scale business change globally from a HR point of view, including mergers, divestments and acquisitions.

Sarah’s based in Edinburgh, Scotland and before joining Oracle, gained deep and varied experience in a range of sectors including global financial services companies and the not-for-profit sector in the UK, Europe and AsiaPac, following an earlier career in international retail - having held leadership and change roles for The Body Shop and Gap Inc. She has a particular passion about employee experience and how it is optimised through modern HR operating models, cloud HR technology, including GenAI and HR analytics.

Her role at Oracle is to be a trusted advisor and sponsor for HR leaders and their functions throughout their transformation journey. She is dedicated to enabling HR teams to evolve their HR proposition for their organisation, as talent becomes an even greater driver of competitive advantage. She helps HR leaders and teams succeed in a world with new cost pressures, hybrid work models, ever-evolving employee expectations and new technology innovations.

In her spare time, Sarah volunteers for 'Compass' (www.wearecompass.org.uk) – an Edinburgh-based charity which specialises in therapy, support and providing a community for people living with MS and other long term neurological conditions.