HR Regional Manager (CHRO) - Latam & Caribbean

• Oct 2020 - Present

Acting as HR Business Partner to the CEO I have had the opportunity to build the regional HRBP team and the HR Center of Excellence to deploy a full HR coverage of all the 11 countries in which we operate. The main responsibility in this role is to implement the regional People Agenda and to influence and balance the leadership of the Regional Directors, Managers of Regional Centers of Excellence, and all Country Managers: The Senior Management Team. The regional People Agenda includes goals in areas such as Organizational Climate and Culture, Training, Succession and Employee Engagement. It is really inspiring to have the chance to coach and mentor executives, HR professionals and aspiring leaders and impact through them in the lives of +2,000 direct and indirect associates. Show less

Human Resources Manager - Miami & Caribbean Cluster

• Mar 2020 - Oct 2020

This second assignment required to take on the HR management of the territories of this newly created cluster: standardization of HR processes as well as Work Safety and Security practices enforcement, compliance with local labor legislations, improvement of compensation and benefits packages, and accompaniment to leaders.

Human Resources Manager - Panama

• Nov 2015 - Mar 2020

In 2015 TLA Panama had just reached its first 100 employees and needed an HR team to serve them, which allowed me to build the HR department for that country and to cover all the traditional areas of HR management. At the beginning the main challenge was to lower a 35% of the employee turnover rate within the first year of HR operations, and with a clear downward trend in the following years. Variety of initiatives related to organizational climate, team building, standardization of HR processes and, above all, mentoring, coaching and development of leaders summarizes my years in this first assignment. Show less

HR Consultant

• Nov 2021 - Present

Manager of the ThinkBIG Training Program

• Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

Esta gerencia va asociada al cargo de Director del Instituto Superior Benjamín Rosales Pareja, centro académico de formación dual para futuros mecánicos de maquinaria pesada.

Training Manager

• Mar 2014 - Oct 2014

El departamento de RR.HH. fue restructurado en tres gerencias, una de las cuales me fue confiada. Esta asignación incluyó, además de la gestión acostumbrada de capacitación y desarrollo del talento, el liderazgo sobre 2 unidades especializadas de capacitación: CDT (Centro de Desarrollo Técnico: para formar a los mecánicos de la compañía) y CEDEN (Centro de Entrenamiento a Clientes).

Deputy HR Manager

• Mar 2013 - Mar 2014

IASA is the local Caterpillar dealer in Panama. My responsibilities included supervision over all areas of the HR Department which was entrusted to serve a group of around 500 employees.

HR Manager for the Panama Branch

• Mar 2010 - Sep 2012

It was very satisfying for my team and I to see the impulse we were able to give to the development of leaders in all levels of the company -which was required by the fast growth of the organization and the 'promote from within' policy in place- which in some cases translated into accelerated development plans for high potentials employees.

Out of the company (go to the experience in Novartis)

• Oct 2009 - Feb 2010

Human Resources and Administration Supervisor

• Aug 2008 - Sep 2009

Human Resources Representative - Panama

• Apr 2008 - Aug 2008

LOGS gave me the opportunity to build its HR department from zero, and to contribute to the agile growth of this operations in Panama. This included running a mass recruitment plan, identifying employee profiles associated with high performance, creating more than 150 jobs in short term, and a strong focus on organizational climate and employee engagement.

Data Entry Clerk

• Aug 2007 - Apr 2008

Head of Human Resources - Panama / Lead of the CoE of Climate & Culture for CAM & Caribbean

• Oct 2009 - Feb 2010

Administrative jobs

• Jun 2001 - Aug 2007