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London, Cape Town & Panama

Stratum is a London-based boutique executive search, consulting, and advisory firm focused on the global mining industry. In my role as a consultant, I have leveraged over a decade of experience as an HR leader across the Mining and Oil & Gas industry to assess and deliver high-quality candidates across disciplines, ranging from site leadership to C-suite positions on a global scale.At the core of my approach is the drive to foster client account growth and elevate account management practices. By providing strategic advice that goes beyond the traditional recruiter scope, consistently delivering top results. In addition to delivering on international mandates, I led the generation of market reports to provide insight into the industry and to create value for the network. I proactively grew the base of engaged candidates by more than 200. I established new communication channels with over 90 decision-makers in the industry across the Junior, Mid-tier, and Major spaces. These connections fortified our position as trusted advisors and facilitated strategic collaborations within the industry.

Panamá, Panama

FQM (copper production 573,963 tons in addition to 199,736 ounces of gold and 17,837 tons of nickel.) (Cobre Panama, Green Field 6.5 B investment)Working to align business objectives with both employees and management, responsible for assessing and anticipating HR-related needs, and communicating proactively with business management to seek and develop integrated solutions. Formulate partnerships across the HR function to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflect the organization's business objectives.Lead the development of business relationships with department managers to generate and implement correct policies and processes in line with the strategy, as well as by providing input to leaders on business structure, workforce planning, performance management, retention programs, recruitment, compensation, development, labors, disciplinary actions, and every HR related process.

Panama

Led the execution of the recruitment plan and strategy across the operation. With constant development of strategies across the team to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the process. Responsible for ensuring the organization is fully staffed for commercial production.Challenges: Non-mining country, ensure cultural adaptability, sourcing locals and international markets, Green Field. Lead a team of 20; ensuring the execution of the recruitment plan and strategy across the operation.

Donoso, Panama (Cobre Panama)

FQM (copper production 573,963 tons in addition to 199,736 ounces of gold and 17,837 tons of nickel.) (Cobre Panama, Green Field 6.5 B investment)Responsible for leading a recruitment team in a green field start-up to generate the plan and strategies to fully staff the Copper Concentrator Plant; Ensure the implementation of the plan to guarantee timely intakes to allow for training and successful startup of the plant. Challenges: Non-mining country, assure cultural adaptability, sourcing locals and international markets, Green Field.

Cartagena, Bolívar Department, Colombia

Tenaris (Cartagena, Colombia) Global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipes and related services, primarily for the energy industry with nearly 21,750 employees around the world.Reporting to the HR Regional Director; Responsible throughout the region for the management of recruitment and the development cycle. Hiring rate of more than 400 people in the year, due to an accelerated increase in mill production. Certified in competencies evaluation in different tools, including critical incident interviews and assessment centers. Business ally/advisor for hiring managers guiding them throughout the business strategies. Responsible for generating input for the organization to perform employee reviews with the right data to assure the development and the best talent for the organization. Constant interaction with the corporate office to ensure best practices are in place within the region.

Cartagena, Colombia

Tenaris (Cartagena, Colombia), is a global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipes and related services, primarily for the energy industry with nearly 21,750 employees around the world.Reporting to the Section Regional Coordinator (Manager level); Responsible throughout the region for the execution of the recruitment cycle, development plans and for the successful placement of candidates, both technicians and professionals of all the different areas of the company within the region.Responsible throughout the region for the performance assessment, development plans, succession planning, employee climate survey, and corporate diversity strategies. Running diagnostics and creating special development programs oriented towards specific populations, training leaders on goal-setting strategies and other human development matters, and preparing input of key human resources statistics with specific proposals.

Albania, La Guajira/Bogota

Carbones del Cerrejón (La Guajira) is among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world (10.000 Workforce) Responsible for the recruitment and selection across disciplines within the company structure; Up to 900 new hires a year, successfully achieving KPIs both in quality and timely delivery.Internal job posting and assessment, directed to generate lateral movements and promotions within the company, estimated 40 processes a year.Implementation of employment branding and social responsibility strategies, which involves close relationships with communities (ten visits a year with community leaders) and with allied universities (two job fairs per year). Leader of a group of six people and passionate about contributing to their growth and development. Contract administrator for different companies, which provide needed specialized services (Headhunters, Psychological Test Corrections, etc). Manager on a HR project directed to the revaluation of the internal transfers policies and procedure. Key Position definition and succession strategies. Responsible for the construction of a social guideline focused on assuring the role of the company of being an ally for the community.

Albania, La Guajira

Carbones del Cerrejon (La Guajira) is among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world (10.000 plus employees) Support the recruitment processes for both professionals and qualified technical positions in all the areas of the organization structure. Application and interpretation of psychometric tests, behavioral interviews, and assessment centers.

Albania, La Guajira

Carbones del Cerrejon (La Guajira) is among the largest open-pit coal mines in the world (10.000 plus employees)Coordinate and execute the selection process of Interns needed for SENA (Government Program) (More than 100 per year). Perform testing, scoring, and first screen interviewing for different vacancies across the organization. Accountable for the Recruitment of candidates in nearby communities, including the native population, with a high sense of social responsibility for which I was recognized.Able to provide the SENA Interns groups, sooner than expected due to optimizations in the way the strategy of the evaluation was performed. Improve the scoring system, invitations, and number of calls needed to complete the process.

Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 4.1

Activities and Societies: • Cátedra Barranquilla: Leadership XXI. Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla. Abril-Noviembre 2007

Neuro Linguistic Programming, Human Resources Development

Certification on the New Code and Generation 3 of Neuro Linguistic Programming

The 4 Diciplines Of Execution, Business Administration And Management, General

Focus on the Wildly Important; Act on Lead Measures; Keep a Compelling Scoreboard; Create a Cadence of Accountability.