Who are we?
As many of you will have heard during the April town hall sessions, the Corporate Shipbuilding Services Team is made up of HR, Communications and Finance specialists who collectively work to support you, our people, and are committed to drive for a unified experience in working for Corporate Shipbuilding where possible. Here’s a bit more about what each of us look after:
Pictured left to right below is Melanie (Mel) Salmon, Senior HR Director; Gemma Waterfield , HR Business Partner; Lucy Davis, Senior HR Advisor. Together, they fully support the department in achieving their business goals through both strategic and practical input.
Rachel Hughes, HR Manager (China) is focused on ensuring we have the right people with the right skills and knowledge on the ground in the shipyard in Shanghai as the new builds progress, setting up HR processes and policy to support employees in China.
Lynsey Powell, Communications Manager takes care of all of our internal communications channels including email, The Insider and employee events such as the town halls and the recent team challenges. Lynsey is always keen to share stories across Corporate Shipbuilding (big and small), so if you have something then please get in touch with her.
Xin Austin, Senior Financial Planning Manager looks after Finance and is responsible for ensuring that we meet our financial plan/budget, reforecast where necessary and where possible minimise our spend in light of the cost saving climate.
Across Corporate Shipbuilding, we have a relatively complex employment structure to navigate with different employing entities as well as different local legalisation to consider. These entities include:
- Carnival UK – UK
- CTS GmbH – Germany
- CTS Oy – Finland
- ISMC – China
- Costa – Italy
So what does this actually mean for you?
We have created some easy to follow guides to help you understand the best points of contact for any Services related queries. Please use the links below to access the information relevant to your location:
In addition, we have created a one page document which provides examples of how the Corporate Shipbuilding Services team works with both the employing entity teams and our line managers in order to help you understand the part we play in activities and the support we receive from those we work with. Please click here to view it.
Services Drop In Sessions
Based on your feedback during the April town halls, we will be offering a dedicated session each month with 30 mins slots available to book between 9.30am and 1.30pm. The timing has been chosen, taking into account different time zones, to cover both the morning and lunchtime period. Please see the below dates:
- Tuesday 6 July 2021
- Tuesday 3 August 2021
- Tuesday 7 September 2021
- Tuesday 5 October 2021
- Tuesday 2 November 2021
- Tuesday 7 December 2021
To book now, simply send an email to communications@carnivalshipbuilding.com with the following information included:
- Which topic area you want to speak with (HR, Comms, Finance)
- A specific person if you have a preference
- Preferred time(s)
If you need to speak to someone within the Services Team outside of these dates and times, please reach out and we’ll be happy to help.
What’s next?
You can expect to hear more from Services on some of our key priorities:
- Understanding our future ways of working as we move forward and learn from this last year, with a focus on balancing where and when people work to successfully deliver for our business
- Supporting the learning and development opportunities for both people managers and the wider Corporate Shipbuilding team, including responses to individual training requests.
- China – focus on standing up both Finance and HR processes to ensure we are operational in China and can get our people on the ground there.