Human Resources Professional with **+ years of US and international; Europe and Asia, experience. Well-versed, organized and adaptable in multinational, matrix and fast-paced functional organizations across various industries. Multilingual; fluent in English, French and Spanish (working knowledge).

Professional Summary and Competencies

Service-oriented, full-cycle HR Operations and Recruitment Strategist, adept in all staff levels

Talent Development, Performance Management, Career Coaching, Succession Planning and Job Analysis, Organizational Advisor to cross functional business leaders

HR-Change Management, Process Reengineering and Project Management

Diversity and Inclusion Specialist, influential interpersonal & cross-cultural leadership

Ethical, Emotional Intelligence, Analytical, Superior Communicator (verbal & written) and Collaborator

HR Systems Proficiency: Oracle Taleo, Workday, IBM Kenexa BrassRing, PeopleSoft, SAP SuccessFactors, iCIMS, ADP

Professional Experience

Consultant and Contractor - Los Angeles, CA (Returned to the US to care for family member)

Human Resources Consultant 10/2017 – Present

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. - As a Contact Tracer/Case Investigator, conducts investigations and follows contact tracing related to COVID-19, for French-speaking Canada and other areas of North America.

SCA Partnerships International - Provided HR analysis and consultation to streamline end to end hiring process, policies, and procedures to improve efficiencies and the candidate experience.

Delivered Executive Search/Recruitment for SMB and Non-profit organizations, such as YPO (Young Presidents Organization) and HMHY, INC of Los Angeles, CA. Also provided Career Counselling and Interview-Readiness Coaching for individual job seekers.

US Census Bureau – Project, conducted interviews to validate demographic and household information.

Neoma Business School - Rouen, France 02/2015 – 06/2017

Career Development Advisor

Within the Talent & Career Development Unit, consulted with students and graduates, guiding them in their professional integration; development, internships, first employment, while fostering relationships with the alumni network, companies, and recruitment agencies for the Asia Pacific region. Average student cohort per year 125

Designed, delivered & managed various workshops; career planning courses for example international resume & cover letter writing, LinkedIn, etc.; and conducted skill and behavioral assessments

Jury member for student entrance interviews, managed “Challenges” (leadership competitions) with partner companies

Built & maintained relationships with alumni & companies, represented NEOMA at various recruitment fairs and education conferences

Consultant and Contractor - Lyon, France 09/2011 – 01/2015

Atrivia Conseil (Search firm) – Recruitment of sales and technical positions. Counseled and provided job search services to international candidates - 90% of clients (candidates) found employment. Achieved 100% average satisfaction with service

General Electric - Paris, France 04/2009 – 06/2011

Human Resources Manager

Extensively interacted with/interviewed stakeholders to gather current state specifications and performed process mapping using Visio, to prepare for transfer of administrative tasks to HR Shared and Virtual Contact Services. Implemented IT-based system enabling employees to request and document attendance, expenses, and business trip logistics

Proposed and successfully repositioned Regional Managers nationally at their peer and market levels, resulting in salaries being adjusted accordingly

Developed and rolled-out training plan, selected external training institutions and coordinated internal trainings for GE leadership program, resulting in 100% of employees receiving training in 2011

Recruitment of Managerial Sales & Marketing roles for France, Algeria, Morocco & Tunisia

Volvo, Renault Trucks - Lyon, France 09/2007 – 01/2009

Human Resources Business Partner, France

During change management initiatives, interviewed several stakeholders of the concerned business to evaluate present state, then conducted process mapping for gap analysis. Collaborated with European HRBP counterparts; performed impact analysis, skills assessments & determined training plans

Accompanied HRBP counterparts in implementation process resulting in successful transition for RT Europe & RT International companies

Counseled Directors on change management implementation and assisted with communication for Romania, Morocco and Ukraine sites resulting in a smooth and successful transition for all concerned

Developed training plan resulting in 100% of employees receiving training

Contractor Assignments (France) 09/2004 – 09/2007

Talent Management – Bayer Cropscience

HR Operations/Employee Engagement – Fiducial France

Recruitment – Handicap International

Contractor Assignments (Singapore) 09/1999 – 06/2004

Expatriate Mobility –Intel Technology, Asia

HR Ops/Generalist, Training, Recruitment – Merrill Lynch & Credit Suisse First Boston

Career Services –United States Education Information Center

Education

Master of Arts, Human Resources Management - Université Catholique de Lyon - Lyon, France

International Communications Studies - American University, Washington, DC & Cairo, Egypt

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan - USA

Professional Certifications / Memberships

COVID-19 Certification – John Hopkins University/Online Course

Certification Course, Human Resources – Glendale Community College - Woodland Hills, CA

Certified Diversity Professional (CDP) – National Diversity Council, San Diego, CA

Certification Course, Managing Talent – University of Michigan/Online Course

Professionals in Human Resources (PIHRA)

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