Irene Uzcategui

Professional with 10 + years of experience in Human Resources. Corporate experience working for worldwide high-class companies committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives, with strong organizational and people assessment skills. Master experience in Talent Acquisition with a proven track record in filling a variety of different industries, roles, and levels.

Experience in strategic HR consulting, working with global teams, and managing flexible work schedules as needed to drive projects in different time zones. Passion for driving rapid successful growth with the mental flexibility to adapt to new approaches and unconventional thinking in a rapidly changing business and technical environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TALENT ACQUISITION & HR BUSINESS PARTNER

• Work with stakeholders in the business to provide first-class recruiting support and advice throughout the end-to-end hiring process and on the overall hiring strategy.
• Develop and implement recruitment strategies.
• Supporting, planning, developing, and executing recruiting strategies related to Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DE&I).
• Provide outstanding guidance to Hiring Managers to shape their talent needs.
• Ensure that candidates are recruited quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively to meet the ongoing needs of rapidly growing businesses, solving complex recruitment challenges.
• Drive the full cycle recruitment process across different entities: advertise roles, screen resumes, conduct interviews, negotiate contracts, and successfully onboard candidates.
• Develop Techniques for IT Roles (Social Media, Booleans Search, X-Ray, etc.)
• Manage data and draw insights (metrics) to make the hiring process smarter and more efficient.
• Work to develop the employer brand through advertising, promotion, and community involvement with hiring-focused local events.

HEAD OF TALENT ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT AND COMPENSATION

• Management of Talent Acquisition.
• Drive Diversity and Inclusion initiatives. Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as an essential part of the company’s culture, promote the organization’s image as an employer of choice, and place open to diversity.

Domínguez Consultores - Madrid.

Jul 2015 - Present · 7 yrs.

TotalEnergies Venezuela (subsidiary of TotalEnergies France).

Aug 2005 - Jul 2015 · 10 yrs.

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• Elaborate Development Programs. Creating and implementing system-related skills evaluation & Succession Plans.
• Analyze current and forecast future workforce demand and supply.
• Build, monitor, and control HR Budget.
• Work with global teams to share best practices (NA, LATAM & EMEA).
• Conducts exit interviews to determine reasons behind separations and makes recommendations to reduce turnover.
• Lead the Organizational Development process. Act as a proactive internal consultant, helping to champion a culture of change leadership, including the creation of necessary infrastructure and training. Support transformation projects.
• Identify trends and implement new practices to engage and motivate employees.
• Conduct research on employee satisfaction - engagement (using surveys and quantitative data).
• Initiate and implement innovative Team building and collaborative initiatives that helped improve the Employee Engagement Index.
• Design compensation packages and bonus programs that align with the company’s strategic plan. Track compensation and benefits benchmarking data.
• Draft job descriptions, job analyses, and classifications (Hay & Mercer Method of Job Evaluation). • Coordinate Performance Evaluation Process in line with the organization’s values and business strategy.
• Communicate and interact effectively with team members; develop credibility and trusted mutually respected relationships with internal customers, external vendors, senior leaders, and team members. • Evolution in the different positions was as follows: 2005-2006 Recruitment, development & compensation Senior Analyst; 2006-2008 HR Coordinator; 2008-2015

Head of Talent Acquisition, Development, and Compensation.

HR COORDINATOR (RECRUITMENT, COMPENSATION & DEVELOPMENT).

• Participated in HR Planning for the Crude Upgrader Startup Process.
• Coordinate recruitment process: identifying, attracting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and onboarding employees (more than 540 positions in 3.5 years).
• Design of organizational structures (organization charts) Elaborate Job descriptions.
• Identify and monitor training needs throughout the organization, and design, plan, and implement training programs, policies, and procedures to fulfill those needs.
• Identify an E-learning platform and serve as project lead to transition existing training material into the new platform.
• Management of staff plans and benefits.
• Formulation and follow-up of recruitment and training budgets.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Industrial Relations (HR). Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
• KPI & Balanced Scorecard Professional Certification Program. Universidad Central de Venezuela 2018 (160 h).

OTHER SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace - HRCI Learning Center.
• Agile Project Management – Google.
• Job Evaluation - Hay Group.
• Job Description - Hay Group.
• SAP HR – TotalEnergies.
• MS Office Advanced (Word, Excel & PowerPoint).
• Power BI.

LANGUAGES

• Spanish: Native.
• English: Professional working proficiency (C1).
• French: Limited working proficiency.