Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Global HR and Talent Development professional with 15+ years of experience designing and delivering leadership and talent initiatives in multinational environments. Currently based in Zurich, working at Global HQ level. I partner closely with senior leaders and executive teams to strengthen leadership capability, succession readiness, and organizational effectiveness across regions. My work focuses on translating business strategy into practical, scalable leadership and talent solutions. Experienced in cross-cultural and cross-functional environments across Europe and Latin America, with a strong track record in stakeholder management, governance, and leadership development at scale. Known for combining strategic perspective with hands-on execution, strong stakeholder management, and a pragmatic approach to leadership development in complex, global environments.
Sika AG | Global HQ – Zug, Switzerland Global lead for enterprise-level talent and leadership programs, partnering directly with the CEO, Group Management, and senior executives to strengthen leadership capability and succession readiness across regions. - Design, launch, and scale global executive, general management, and leadership programs, delivered in partnership with leading international business schools and external faculty - Act as a strategic partner to C-suite and senior leaders, aligning leadership development initiatives with business transformation priorities - Lead end-to-end governance of global programs, including stakeholder management, vendors, coaches, facilitators, and cross-regional HR communities - Facilitate executive and senior leadership workshops, supporting behavioral transformation, leadership effectiveness, and cultural alignment - Leverage succession, talent, and career data to design targeted coaching, development, and talent interventions - Continuously adapt programs to evolving business needs, ensuring relevance, impact measurement, and global consistency Key Impact & Achievements - Scaled global leadership initiatives reaching 450+ leaders worldwide, strengthening cross-cultural collaboration and leadership capability - Expanded the global young talent pipeline through new development initiatives, increasing engagement and retention - Established unified global success metrics to measure leadership and talent impact - Strengthened HR–business collaboration and increased executive visibility of Talent & Leadership initiatives at Group level
Sika AG | Global HQ – Zug, Switzerland Regional lead for talent and leadership development initiatives across EMEA, supporting leadership capability building and pipeline readiness in a complex, multicultural environment. - Managed regional talent and leadership programs across multiple EMEA countries - Partnered with senior and executive stakeholders to align talent initiatives with regional business priorities - Coordinated external vendors and internal coaches to deliver blended learning solutions - Supported regions with talent reviews, competency frameworks, and HR capability building
Implemented people practices such as the recruitment process, competence model implementation, performance management, leadership development, employee satisfaction survey, and the recruitment process to execute a business plan and manage employee life cycle effectively. Developed, maintained, and led employee labour relations by collaborating with employee representatives and unions focusing on relationship building goals. Provided business insight to Latam Region to ensure initiatives and projects are designed and implemented for supporting business plans. - Shaped the culture to align Los Portales S.A. (Joint venture between Nestle Waters and state-owned company in Cuba) with Global Nestle goals & initiatives through supporting & coaching Line managers in their implementation of core people processes. - Successfully implemented the people agenda in a highly complex context (Joint venture between Nestle Waters and state-owned company) while building and leading an autonomous HR local team growing it from 1 headcount to 5, aligning them to the Global Nestle People practices. - Trained and supervised the management team and line managers for the development and execution of core people processes, to create and promote co-operating environment to align the organisation through Joint venture between Nestle Waters and state-owned company with Global Nestle goals & initiatives. - Increased business effectiveness by shifting the performance review process away from job description evaluations to individual goal setting, as well as reorganising factories organisational charts to comply with Nestle standards.
Led and directed execution of the development and talent cycle policies as well as strategies. Oversaw the recruitment process, talent and internal communication team. Introduced and employed talent pools, career development and succession plans, and performance management insights alongside individual performance plans, and competency-based model implementations with keen focus on business expansion. Served as the Human Resource Business Partner to manage wide tasks including recruitment, development, retention, pipeline management, compensation and payroll. Facilitated change management activities as well as culture and satisfaction surveys. Boosted motivation levels of providers across the company by delivering consultancy and advisory services on action plans. - Supported the Employee Value Proposition implementation with strong focus on attraction and retention through a deep diagnosis on the organisational culture applying agile methodologies and building a change management plan in order to better reach the market. - Acted as ambassador of diversity, equity & Inclusion. As D&I leader, I have trained +200 line managers and top talent in foundational D&I topics across countries. - End-to-end recruitment process management. Providing sourcing expertise, market overview, recruitment and assessment tools, process monitoring, leaders trainings and recruitment best practices. - Reinforced company stakeholders/contributors and improved operational efficiencies, leveraging from 360° surveys, coaching network. - Delivered on-site leadership implementations and evaluations across Peru, Venezuela, Colombia and Cuba subsidiaries. Certified as regional auditor. - Boosted the employee value proposition by launching new flexible benefits like flex Friday, extra vacation days, paternity leave and birthday day off. - Performed the recruitment process through providing compliance assurance and updating the recruitment procedures, reducing the time to fill in 25%.
Steered a number of execution activities, such as organising and executing leadership development program to reinforce and maintain grounds for TPM implementations. Developed and implemented learning solutions to assist the development of organisational and individual capabilities related to the Education and Training methodology, aligning them to the talent cycle to effectively increase the HR keys/indicators. - Increased efficiencies and reduced overall onboarding time by creating and implementing the corporate onboarding process. - Designed, developed, and established a web portal for talent and development in accordance with corporate people management requirements, resulted in reducing the paperwork for line managers and ensuring traceability. - Enhanced the continuous improvement culture and lay the groundwork for TPM implementation by directing the execution of the Leadership Development Program.
Contributed to the expansion of the business by supporting the recruitment of new business units. Oversaw outsourced services such as payroll and personnel administration for a staff of 500 local and expat employees, as well as strengthening relationships with strategic vendors. Formulated and monitored HR budget while redesigning the deviation analysis method to enhance processes. Recorded the accounting entries, accrual analysis, and monthly cost variations to have a more accurate view of a company's financial status and also to improve operational efficiency. Improved relationship with the finance department by developing report automation. - Successfully supported the recruitment strategy moving from 100 to 500 employees with a 30% staff turnover. - Implemented SAP for the HR department improving budget utilization as part of a team based in U.S. and Philippines. - Improved HR activities that have an influence on the organisation's operations through reengineering crucial processes. - Led over 500 local and expat for managing outsourced services, including personnel payroll and personnel administration activities by building robust relationships with potential suppliers.