A Human Resources and Recruitment specialist with 15+ years experience in both large multinationals and the SME sector. Qualified in SHL Occupational Testing Stages 1&2, Myers Briggs (MBTI), Facilitation and Job Evaluation (HAY method). In my current role as an In-house Recruitment and Staffing Consultant at MSD, my particular area of focus is to support the external recruitment business requirements for our EMEA Shared Business Services (SBS) Centre in Ireland, as well as the Global Human Health and Animal Health Business Units which include: Commercial Sales, Marketing, Health Economics, Policy, Medical Affairs, Compliance and Legal.

Inhouse Recruitment and Staffing Consultant @ The Recruitment & Staffing team at MSD offers a best in class recruitment service to our business globally. Within the Ireland team we support the end to end recruitment process for vacancies across 5 multidisciplinary sites. My particular area of focus is to support the external recruitment business requirements for our EMEA Shared Business Services (SBS) Centre in Ireland, as well as the Global Human Health and Animal Health Business Units which include: Commercial Sales, Marketing, Health Economics, Policy, Medical Affairs, Compliance and Legal. From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Director and Human Resources Consultant @ My work during this time consisted mainly of HR consultancy supporting a number of companies in the SME sector in the areas of structured reviews of the HR Function; the review and rewriting of Policies, Practices and Procedures, Employee Handbooks and Dispute Resolution. From November 2006 to Present (9 years 2 months) HR Director - Mars/Masterfoods Ireland @ The key responsibility of this role was to guide and manage the overall provision of HR services, policies and programmes for the company. Its purpose was to provide an employee-oriented, high performance culture that emphasised empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce. In this role I jointly reported to the CEO and the European Head of HR and served as a member of the Country Leadership team. From 2000 to November 2006 (6 years) HR & Training Manager - Mars/Masterfoods Ireland @ From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) Regional Sales Manager @ From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Sales Manager - Pedigree Petfoods (a Mars Inc company) @ Various Sales Management roles From 1994 to 1997 (3 years) Graduate Management Trainee @ From 1991 to 1994 (3 years) Stagiaire (Graduate Intern) @ From 1989 to 1991 (2 years)

Postgraduate Diploma, Employment Law, Distinction @ University College DublinCertificate in Personnel Practice, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General @ National College of IrelandChartered Institute of Bankers (UK) From 1991 to 1993 Bachelor's Degree, Modern Languages - French & Italian (Double Honours) @ University College Cork From 1985 to 1989 Louise Carton is skilled in: Training, Management, Talent Management, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement, Performance Management, HR Policies, Personnel Management, Recruiting, Human Res