Rodolfo Fonseca Email & Phone Number

Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BR

London, GB

- Acted as a trusted partner to senior managers, providing strategic direction, support, and leadership to advance the talent agenda and drive performance improvements.- Led an HR team, coaching colleagues to achieve both personal growth and business goals.- Managed all HR subsystems, including Compensation and Benefits, Labor and Union Relations.

• National HR and Legal Consulting firmActs as a Labor and Union Relations and Human Resources Consultant Achievements:
• Organizational Development Consultant, Compensation and Benefits, Labor and Union Relations, Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development, international employees, Personnel Administration and Payroll.
• Union Negotiation, Strike Mediation and strike risk management, maintaining relationship with unions and authorities involved.
• Legal Support in labor matters to the Legal and Compliance Department, including support to internal investigation procedures.
• Audits and Due Diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
• Drafting and implementation of HR Policies.

Houston, Texas, US

• Acted as Head of HR, reporting to the Global HR VP. The company had closed its operations in Brazil in 2015, so Rodolfo led the implementation of the HR department in the cities of Manaus, Tefé and Carauari/AM for a.
• Design and implementation of salary position structure, as well as benefits, respecting the project budget
• Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiation
• Recruitment (strategy and execution) of the entire project workforce, including international employees, for a total of 1,800 employees
• Outsourced payroll implementation
• Development of training programs for the entire workforce

Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BR

• Acted as Head of HR reporting to the managing partner, with responsibility for HR strategy and operations in Brazil and Japan Achievements:
• Developed strategies for attracting and retaining employees for the Brazil offices and aiming to grow the Tokyo/Japan office and possible expansions to markets in the United States and Asia Countries.
• Recruitment of key positions, according to the business strategies.
• Proposing a trainee development program to prepare trainees for future contract as lawyers and establishing a partnership with the School of Law – Washington University.
• Proposition of exchange program between Brazil and Japan.
• Conflict, Diversity and Culture Change Management.

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, US

• Acted as Industrial Relations Manager and, temporarily as HR Director, both with responsibility for South America, reporting to the VP Global HR Achievements:
• Directly conducted negotiation of Collective Bargaining Agreements in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Ecuador, developing negotiation strategies to achieve corporate objectives.
• Acted in Strikes and threats of Strikes in Cubatão (SP), Vitória (ES) and in the city of Rosario (Argentina), keeping relationship with unions and authorities involved.
• Led audit in Payroll aiming labor risk reduction.
• Led project with the Legal Department aiming to reduce labor claims.
• Legal support in labor matters to the Compliance Department, including support to internal investigation procedures.

Houston, Texas, US

• Acted as Head of HR, reporting to the Global HR VP, with responsibility for operations in Brazil and Angola, also supporting operations in Latin America and international employee payroll processed in Singapore.
• Realignment of the Positions and Salaries structure for Brazil, proposing new hiring modalities, increasing competitiveness and profit margin, achieving 18% cost reduction in Payroll.
• Realignment of the company's business strategy for a specific project in the state of Bahia, achieving cost reduction in the margin of USD 1.2MM.
• Development of HR strategy and Job and Salary structure for a project in Angola.
• Development of job and salary structures for project tenders in Argentina and Venezuela.
• Review of international employee costs together with payroll team in Singapore.

Dublin, IE

• Initially acted as Labor Relations Coordinator, being promoted to HR Head 06 months after being hired, reporting to the Latin America HR Director, with responsibility for operations in Brazil, leading a group of 32 HR.
• Responsible for changing the union of the Macaé base with 1,200 employees and entering into a Collective Bargaining Agreement with SINDITOB, which represented an annual cost reduction of USD 3MM.
• Led the creation of a new model for the structure of positions and salaries nationally, a project that was mirrored to the global manufacturing operation (about 75 countries).
• Led the project for revision and implementation of HR Policies and Procedures for all Latin American countries.
• Review and implementation of the PLR program for the company's head office with the Metalworkers Union of Rio de Janeiro.
• Acting in strikes and strike threats in Macaé (RJ), Serra (ES), Camaçari (BA) and Caxias do Sul (RS), keeping relationship with unions and authorities involved.

Dublin, IE

- Plan, coordinate and conduce union/management labor negotiations and serve as chief negotiator with several bargaining units.- Monitor proposed legislation pertaining to Labor and Unions issues.- Improvement of Profit Sharing Program Collective Agreement.- Audit company policies, audit if payments are in compliance with labor and tax laws.- Prepare.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, FI

- Plan, coordinate and conduce union/management labor negotiations and serve as chief negotiator with several bargaining units.- Implemented new shift rotation in power plants work schedule.- Monitor proposed legislation pertaining to Labor and Unions issues.- Improvement of Profit Sharing Program Collective Agreement.- Support legal department in labor.

Rio De Janeiro, RJ, BR

- Plan, coordinate and conduce more than 50 Union Agreements negotiations throughout Brazil, annually.- Negotiation of a National Profit Sharing Collective Agreement with 70 trade unions, which represented an estimated saving of USD 10MM.

BR

• Coordinated 3.000 labor and civil claims, implementing control systems, defining strategy to defense and settle agreements in individual and collective claims
• Assist all departments in review of legal matters, including personnel, employee relations, and customer relations.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts.
• Represent Company in connection with litigation and contested administrative matters proceedings.
• Direct external lawyers where appropriate to ensure the best possible outcome for the business.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Strategic Management

Mba, Consumer Law

Graduation, Law