Experience

Tecnofarma Colombia

• Colombia
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director de RR. HH.

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Guarantee the transformation plan that allows the accelerated growth of the company through the articulation of the necessary strategies at the business, structural and cultural level. • Transformation of the commercial area achieving 142% over the budget, defining flexible structures, identifying talent and evolving the performance model through the creation of value ecosystems and individual OKR development. •Build innovation engines to increase execution capacity and promote a more horizontal culture, generating 38 ideas that became 6 projects linked to business solutions, which were implemented by middle managers of the organization. •Manage the transformation of the Directive Committee, renewing talent by 50%, developing a leadership program for the team and coaching the new members of the committee. Show less



Grupo Familia

• Colombia
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Human Resources Corporate Director

  • Dec 2018 - Jul 2019

  Lead HR processes, internal-external communications and sustainability, impacting 5400 employees in 8 countries in a USD 850M business. Design and execute company’s transformation focused on business achievement, close leadership and personal growth of employees, accomplishing: ● Structuring the transformation process through a performance model that connected business results, teams and people, unifying in only one model the other 15 existent in the company, and guaranteeing the shared objectives for the Steering Committee by 90%. ● For the first time in the company, increase salaries based on performance, saving USD 2M and changing employee’s perception. ● Create a new operation model for Ecuador, saving USD 1.2M, reducing one organizational level and 7% of the HC. Show less



Lactalis Group

• France
• Dairy Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Human Resources Director for Latin America

  • Jan 2017 - Nov 2018

  Lead the strategy and HR teams in 21 countries, for 7000 employees, 20 labor unions, in a EUR 900M business. The challenge was to achieve the integration of Parmalat’s operations and new acquisitions to the Lactalis culture, during a restructuration process in the entire region, supporting the corporate headquarters to understand Latin America’s context. The main accomplishments were: ● Developing a culture of meritocracy, going from impacting 172 people in 2016 to 1308, transforming the performance processes, recognition, compensation and career plans. ● Redesigning the operation model, optimizing 11% of HC, going from 7 to 5 organizational levels and unifying into 1 the 18 existent compensation models, saving EUR 5.2M. ● Successfully integrating the acquisitions of companies in Mexico and Chile, guaranteeing operational continuity of 5 production plants and 23 distribution centers, cultural alignment and commitment of 4.300 new employees. ● Guaranteeing key talents retainment and anticipated coverage of critical positions in the 21 countries, developing the Lactalis Management Model and the Talent Development Program. Show less

• Human Resources Director Colombia

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2017

  Lead all HR specialties in a EUR100M business, impacting 5 production plants, 10 distribution centers, 1300 employees and 2 labor unions, accomplishing:● Lead the transformation process, renewing 100% of the steering committee and 66% of middle managements, which allowed to resize the business model, and improve the net profit. ● Restructure operative areas of the organization, improving productivity in 40% and financial results, with a costs reduction of 15%. ● Transform the commercial area with a new model of customer relation management, assuring a new organizational structure, compensation model and team development, achieving a profit increase of 5%. ● Generate closeness and trust among employees through a new relationship model, which allowed inclusion of productivity models in union agreements, that improved reliability of production lines to 80% and reduce fixed costs making salary increases by performance. Show less



AIG

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Talent Manager Director for Global Customer Operation and Business Transformation

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

  Lead a Talent Management global strategy that guaranteed business recovery and sustainability, implementing innovative solutions that empowered 50.000 employees in Europe, North and South America. ● Design and implement a talent strategic plan that allowed centralization of the back office of the business and support areas in 42 countries, creating 3 BPOs in USA, Latin America and Europe.● Build the structure and knowledge management model of the new center of financial excellence in order to consolidate the operations of 16 Latin American countries, reducing operating costs by 27% implementing one of the best practices worldwide. Show less

• Regional Director of Talent Management LAD

  • Jul 2010 - Oct 2013

  Define talent strategies that responded to business transformation in the 16 countries of the region, during a financial and reputational crisis of the company at a global scale, impacting 2600 employees.● Becoming one of the best employees for 3 consecutive years, according to the global performance ranking. ● Positioning 5 Latin American countries in the engagement global Top 10, generating a close leadership, empowering people in business reality and promoting life-work balance. ● Develop the assessment to analyze business and human capabilities, which allowed the successful transformation of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, achieving 127% of the sales goal, improving quality by 20% and the time of response to clients by 55%. Show less

• Human Resources Manager Colombia

  • Jul 2009 - Jan 2012

  Design and implement the HR area to improve engagement of 300 employees after the reputational crisis, in a COP 389MM company. • Move Colombia from position 180 to #1 worldwide, in the AIG’s engagement raking, by creating and positioning a HR area in charge of aligning people with the business focus and promoting cultural change. • Lead the project and redefinition of the compensation model for the company’s commercial VP, overcoming the sales budget by 8% and improving the portfolio turnover. Show less



Votorantim

• Brazil
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Planning and Development Director

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2009

  Create and manage the organizational design strategies, compensation, talent acquisition, training and development, since the company acquisition to start a new reorganization, modernization and generational change impacting 2500 employees, 90% of them unionized. ● Managing transformation through a comprehensive strategy, reaching the voluntary resignation of 1000 employees, the hiring of 860 people, the design of 2 training schools to facilitate the generational and cultural change. ● Developing the strategy for organizational redesign, through the negotiation of three key clauses of the union agreement, reaching a 15% reduction of HC, increasing productivity by 23%, reducing labor costs by 11% and aligning variable compensation, unifying 54 plans in only one model. Show less



Holcim

• Switzerland
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 700 & Above Employee

• National Human Development Manager

  • Apr 2004 - Jul 2007

  Lead the performance management, development, training, engagement, talent acquisition and culture in cement, concrete and aggregates operations, in order to facilitate the redefinition of the business and HR model. ● Being selected as one of the company’s top 10 talents, by performance and potention during 2006 and 2007. ● Design, develop and lead the implementation of the human resources tatic plan in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, achieving alignment of practices and teams. ● Lead from Human Resources the redefinition of the concrete business, reaching the closure of three plants, reducing customer response times by 5%, decreasing turnover by 8% and increasing productivity by 10%. Show less