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Portimão, PT

Harvey, IL, US

HR Manager

 Sabbatical Year to build our vacation home in Portugal (Europe); Supported and managed a team of 4 employees in a construction of 4 townhouses to be rented for tourism; Contracted Engineers, Architects, dealt with staff, bank managers, city hall, and lawyers to approve the construction’s process; Responsible for buying materials and paying suppliers;.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

 Supported and managed a team of 200 employees, which included the leadership tram of 1 Plant Manager, 5 Department Managers, 1 Accountant, 1 Supervisor and almost 10 Leadhands, Responsible for the full cycle recruitment of employees; Implemented a recruitment system, policies and procedures, Supported and educated group of 200 employees in training.

Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA

 Supported over 50 managers, and over 750 employees in 50 sites, unionized and non-unionized,  Created and implemented a recruitment process, wage guidelines, and disciplinary processes, which has helped to reduce turnover and increase engagement in some sites, Successfully handled grievances, conflicts, performing investigations, dealing and resolving.

Saskatoon, SK, CA

 Supported 2 Warehouses, Feed Mill, Propane facility in the city of Calgary with an average of over 350 employees in a unionized and non–unionized environment,  Successfully handled open doors, conflicts, investigations and labour relations issues bringing resolutions that impacted Warehouse morale, Created and Implemented with success a job.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

  Supported 7 stores in 3 different provinces, with an average of 250 associates per store, sales over 60 million annually (per store), giving total HR support acting as a HR District Coordinator, Created a step by step hiring system which prevented stores from losing potential candidates, Successfully handled open doors, conflicts, investigations and.

Austin, TX, US

Responsible for department operations, purchases, inventory, sales and team members.Responsible for scheduling, managing financial documents, processing payroll weekly for Team Members.Has helped the Dept to achieve All Star Status in the Mid West Region (US & Canada)

Pompano Beach, Florida, US

Responsible for Customer Service Dept., sales of plywood, veneer, UV Finish and Wood productsCustomer Service support by answering phones, helping customers, organizing wood projects for customersHelped company to implement a system of creating a schedule for deliveries which contributed to minimize complaints, low sales and increased our profits through.

Austin, TX, US

Hired, trained, attended job fairs, conducted orientations, executed payroll, conducted open enrollment, benefits trainings, orientation, intermediated in conflicts by counseling and promoting resolution between Team Members and Team Leaders, filed and managed worker's compensation claims, conducted exit interviews, prepared, appealed and attended.

Interpreter, Translator, Grant Writter

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Human Resources Management And Services

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General

Bachelor'S; Honours, Business Management

Associates, Business Science