Ireri Morett

Senior bilingual HR Business Partner with 15+ years of experience partnering with Directors and Senior Leaders across Mexico and Latin America within fast-changing, matrixed, multicultural, and unionized environments. Proven track record as a data-driven advisor translating business priorities and workforce needs into scalable people solutions across talent, organizational development, employee relations, workforce planning, performance, engagement, and HR operations. Strong experience balancing strategic partnership with hands-on execution across the full employee lifecycle, collaborating with COEs, corporate functions, Technology teams, manufacturing operations, distribution centers (CEDIS), Shared Services, external vendors, and regional HR teams.

Experienced in multi-country HR partnership and operations, labor compliance, HRIS implementation, people analytics, employer branding, culture and change initiatives, talent reviews, succession, leadership development, and process optimization.

HRBP Commercial & Functions, Latin America North at Baxter / Vantive (2024 – 2026)

• Strategic HR Business Partnership: Served as a trusted HR advisor to Directors and Senior Managers across Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Brazil and regional stakeholders, translating business priorities and workforce needs into talent, organizational and people strategies across commercial, functional, corporate, supply chain and manufacturing environments.
• Plant, Site & Operations Partnership: Supported HR priorities across the CIVAC manufacturing plant, CEDIS operations and Technology site in Jalisco, partnering with stakeholders across Supply Chain, Finance, Quality, Customer Care, Technology and other business functions; conducted strategic visits to manufacturing plants and distribution centers.
• Total Rewards, Payroll, Benefits & Vendors: Coordinated and monitored payroll, benefits administration, wellness initiatives, regional HR vendors and related processes across multiple countries, achieving 99% payroll accuracy, zero late payments, 100% benefits compliance and below 2% process error rate.
• Compliance, Governance & Audit Readiness: Monitored adherence to corporate policies and local labor requirements across multiple countries and partnered with site stakeholders on policy adherence, employee communications, training and safe-work culture, sustaining 100% audit compliance across reviewed HR, operational and labor requirements.
• Talent, Succession & Performance: Coordinated annual performance management, talent reviews, succession matrices, high-potential discussions and leadership development initiatives; leveraged workforce, attrition and engagement insights to strengthen leadership pipelines and contribute to a 12% reduction in voluntary attrition.
• Organizational Development & Change: Led people workstreams during and following a complex corporate spin-off, coordinating stakeholders and change activities that improved cross-functional collaboration by 30% and transitioned 50+ employees with zero business disruption and full legal compliance.
• Employer Branding, Culture & Employee Experience: Led the adaptation and communication of Vantive’s culture, values and mission during the post-spin-off transition, translating the new organizational identity into employee-facing initiatives and supporting cultural alignment and engagement.
• Leadership Development: Designed and delivered a regional Leadership Development Program for 120+ participants and trained 90+ leaders, increasing HR process adoption by 25% and leadership readiness by 40%.
• Operational Excellence, HRIS & People Analytics: Applied Value Stream Mapping and Agile methodologies to HR workflows, reducing cycle times by 30% and manual bottlenecks by 40%; implemented dashboards that increased workforce visibility and contributed to a 20% improvement in operational efficiency.
• Regional / COE / GBS Partnership: Partnered with Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Payroll, VBS Costa Rica, SSC Panama, CEDIS and regional HR teams to coordinate cross-border programs and regional vendors.
• Recognition: Received 3 Golden Vantive Awards for people-centered leadership, transition management and culture initiatives.

HR Consultant (Freelance) at Lafrap (2024 – 2024)

• Strategic HR & Organizational Advisory: Advised clients and senior stakeholders on HR strategy, workforce needs, organizational assessments, compliance and HR audits, translating business requirements into practical people and organizational solutions.
• Organizational Effectiveness & Analytics: Redesigned HR workflows with senior stakeholders using data analysis, eliminating four major process bottlenecks, increasing efficiency by 25% and reducing response times by 30%.
• Governance & Policy Design: Developed standardized HR policies and procedures aligned with leading practices, supporting consistent implementation and 100% audit compliance.

HR TA Specialist / Project Manager at Peterson Schools (2022 – 2023)

• Talent Acquisition Strategy & Delivery: Led the Talent Acquisition function, developing sourcing and selection strategies through social media and ATS platforms to attract qualified talent and strengthen recruiting channels.
• HR Business Partnering, Employee Relations & Compliance: Applied broad HR-generalist expertise across the employee lifecycle; advised leaders on employee relations, performance concerns, conflict resolution and corrective actions while maintaining compliance.
• HR Program & Project Management: Planned, coordinated and executed HR initiatives for 300+ employees, aligning stakeholders, priorities, project plans, timelines and budgets in a changing environment.
• HR Digitalization & Compensation: Implemented self-service HR portals and automated manual processes, reducing administrative requests by 60%; conducted compensation-market analysis and supported adjustments to 15–20% of compensation packages to improve market alignment.

Talent Acquisition & HR Coordinator at American School Foundation (2014 – 2022)

• Talent Acquisition & Organizational Clarity: Owned and led end-to-end Talent Acquisition, recruiting a minimum of 30 vacancies per school cycle and 100+ annually; conducted 500+ interviews, standardized job descriptions and built an internal ATS, reducing role ambiguity by 30% and increasing sourcing effectiveness by 80%.
• HR Business Partnership & Employee Lifecycle: Partnered with academic and administrative leaders in a multicultural organization of 500+ employees, advising on workforce needs and managing the employee lifecycle from onboarding through offboarding.
• Employee Relations, Policy & Compliance: Resolved 95% of complex employee relations cases internally, maintained 100% compliance in external audits, and supported compensation benchmarking, salary structures and benefits.
• HRIS, Analytics & Digitalization: Guided SAP implementation and HR digitalization for 500+ employees, achieving 100% data integrity and reducing manual administrative requests by 60%.
• Talent Management & Leadership Pipeline: Guided performance management, succession planning, talent reviews and cross-border leadership development programs, contributing to a 20% increase in talent retention while strengthening internal mobility.

Special Projects & Temporary Corporate HR Assignments at Various Organizations (2012 – 2012)

• P&O Process Diagnostic & Improvement – Mars México Chocolate: Led a short-term P&O diagnostic across CAPs operations, delivering actionable recommendations to plant leadership and mitigating compliance risks.
• Training & Development – Endress+Hauser Group: Designed training matrices and individual development plans aligned with annual budgets and local STPS requirements, supporting organizational planning and employee development.

Human Resources Coordinator at Owens Corning (2008 – 2011)

• Manufacturing HR & Talent Acquisition: Owned and led end-to-end Talent Acquisition for corporate, functional and specialized manufacturing positions, reducing time-to-fill by 35% while supporting compensation, engagement, HRIS integrity and compliance.
• Labor & Union Relations: Partnered with plant leadership and union representatives in a unionized manufacturing environment, supporting administration and interpretation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, labor regulations, Code of Conduct and OCT requirements.
• Strategic Talent & Leadership Development: Aligned workforce and talent strategies with operational priorities, increasing leadership effectiveness by 20% and strengthening internal pipelines for critical manufacturing roles.
• Performance, Career & Retention: Coached managers on performance appraisals, career paths, employee relations and retention, contributing to a 20% increase in talent retention across key business lines.
• KPIs & Budget Controls: Implemented and monitored HR KPIs, contributing to a 70% annual reduction in deviations; managed budget reporting and cost-management initiatives generating approximately 30% quarterly savings.

Master’s Degree in Human Resources & Business Management – EAE Business School – Universidad de Barcelona

Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology & Industrial Organization – Universidad del Valle de México

HR Diploma & Certification – Escuela Bancaria y Comercial / Cambridge International College