Skills, speed, scale: achieving talent advantage through workforce agility
6 November 2025 | 9:00 AM | Invite only | Online
Hiring challenges aren’t limited to peak season anymore – skills shortages, rising costs, and shifting demand are now year-round concerns. This virtual round table, sponsored by Indeed Flex, brought together leading HR professionals from diverse industries.
Speakers
Tom Bright: Managing Director, The HR World
Michael Farrier: Solutions Director, Indeed Flex
Sarah Williams: Chief People Officer, OCS
Anne Guérin-Moens: Group Human Resources Director, SBM Offshore
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The HR World hosted a virtual round table, sponsored by Indeed Flex, which brought together leading HR professionals from diverse industries. In each case the HR function was dealing with the challenge of creating a flexible workforce, able to respond to business needs swiftly and cost effectively.
The conversation, cemented the need for an agile workforce in today’s organisations as well as highlighting crucial aspects of how to manage such a workforce to maximise return. The discussion determined that with the right approach, from recruitment to management, companies can maximise productivity and loyalty from their flexible and contingent workforce. At a time when companies are under huge pressure to react to external and internal challenges, securing an agile workforce which brings the right skills to the right part of the organisation at the right time has never been more important.
The discussion was chaired by HR World’s Managing Director, Tom Bright and featured input from Michael Farrier, Solutions Director at Indeed Flex.
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Skills, speed, scale: achieving talent advantage through workforce agility
Date: 6 November 2025
Time: 9:00 AM
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: Invite only
Location: Online
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About the Sponsor
Indeed Flex is a leading contingent labour and workforce management technology provider backed by the world’s #1 jobsite, Indeed.
We provide an unparalleled, end-to-end staffing solution custom-built for enterprises, solving the challenges of internal and contingent workforce management within one streamlined, intuitive platform.
Centralising vendor and workforce management technologies, Indeed Flex provides full visibility of performance and spend by site and vendor, enabling clients to track and optimise operations.
Alongside, the Indeed Flex digital marketplace provides instant access to over 200,000 pre-vetted, temp workers available to fill roles at speed.
The platform is designed to drive fast adoption, simplifying processes and leveraging AI to maximise productivity whilst dedicated account teams work hand-in-hand with clients to elevate worker and agency partner performance.
Speakers
Tom Bright: Managing Director, The HR World
As Managing Director of The HR World, Tom is passionate about ensuring everyone in the community is kept informed about matters which will truly impact their world. Tom chairs the Virtual Round tables, making sure everyone has the opportunity to contribute.
Michael Farrier: Solutions Director, Indeed Flex
Michael is a workforce solutions expert with over 23 years of experience leading high-volume recruitment and operational strategies for some of the UK’s largest brands, including Sainsburys, Tesco, and Royal Mail. He has a strong track record of delivering complex staffing programmes across multiple sectors and geographies, with a focus on efficiency, scale, and service excellence.
As Solutions Director at Indeed Flex, Michael brings a deep understanding of workforce operations, working with organisations to streamline recruitment, optimise performance, and deliver scalable staffing strategies that drive long-term value.
Sarah Williams: Chief People Officer, OCS
Sarah leads a people strategy focused on inclusion, practical support and meaningful progression. She has over 30 years’ experience in HR including time at TEC UK Ltd, Dixons Retail, Tarmac, Philips, and Culligan. From managing HR in heavy industrial settings to scaling shared services during multi-brand M&A activity, Sarah has developed a nuanced understanding of how to align people strategy with business ambition, and how to do so with empathy, integrity and impact.
At OCS, she is shaping an inclusive and tech-enabled culture across a global workforce that delivers critical services in sectors ranging from aviation to hard services. She believes in building agile, inclusive systems that flex to different ways of thinking and working.
She also champions the use of HR technology to support personalised, people-led change, using tools such as AI to enhance rather than replace human connection. From shaping LMS platforms to smarter applicant tracking, her focus is on relevance, communication and measurable value. Sarah sees her role as enabling others to lead better, do their best work, and feel seen and supported in the process. She believes HR should be a trusted ‘thought partner’ that fuses hard strategy with real human understanding, and that business success starts with a culture that’s curious, values-led and deeply personal.
Anne Guérin-Moens: Group Human Resources Director, SBM Offshore
Anne was appointed Group Human Resources Director in April 2016. She joined SBM Offshore in September 2012 as Group Communications Director where she created an all-round communications function for the Company. Anne has over 20 years in senior positions in Marketing, Communications, Change Management and Sustainable Development. Prior to joining SBM Offshore, Anne built her experience with companies such as Toyota Motor Europe, ExxonMobil Chemical and Alstom. Anne studied Germanic Philology at Liege University and holds a post-graduate from Solvay Business School in Brussels, Belgium.
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