Aura Serea

CURRICULUM VITAE AURA - CRISTIANA SEREA SUMMARY: As a Chief Talent Officer for The KPI Institute I get to do some really meaningful work. One of my favorite things is supporting our business growth by making things smoother in the organization. I am a fan of small improvements, little things that if done gradually and according to a good plan can deliver a great deal of transformation in people and thus in the organization. When not looking over our talented people, I like playing with my 2y old son, cooking and reading about other cultures. AURA CRISTIANA SEREA In a nutshell I: am positive love technology learn fast put passion in everything I do am creative, organized and responsible see problems as a mean for development get involved share and collaborate What I’ve been doing in the past 17 years: Mar 2017 - present The KPI Institute Management Consultant | CHRO Developing, creating and implementing all global talent strategies from acquisition to development, employee engagement, compensations and benefits and executive leadership programs across employee base in all 4 countries The KPI Institute operates; Actively supporting capability's leaders in developing strong teams and facilitating initiatives to drive organizational alignment, team member engagement, learning, career development, rewards and recognition aimed to deliver on overall corporate strategy, growth and vision; Coordinating of the Talent Management Team (4 members). What I bring to the table: 16 years in talent management roles 13 years in project management 11 years in NGO environment 7 years in front line of a business What keeps me going: adding value growing together with the company learning something new daily a highly qualified team a company that values its employees What I’m proud of: 2010: started my own business 2012: started an educational NGO 16 years of volunteering Key results: • 100% implementation of new end-to-end HR processes across all countries we operate in • Successful implementation of Zoho People/ HR self service platform across all offices • Decrease attrition by 40% • Doubled Talent Pool in the organization Jan 2012 - present ReGeneratia President | Project Manager Creating and implementing the development strategies of the organization; Identifying growth opportunities in line with the organization’s mission and vision; Planning and coordinating various projects in Education area. Key results: • Increase revenue by 200% yearly Nov 2010 - Mar 2017 Aura Serea | HR Perspectives Managing Partner | OD Consultant Delivering consulting projects for small/ medium organizations in the following areas: Organizational development, Process simplification/ design, Individual professional coaching, Employee Performance; The tools I rely on: MS Windows | MS Office MacOS High Sierra Zoho People | Zoho CRM Trello | Evernote | Canva | Wordpress I am Certificate in: ANC Train the Trainers ANC Entrepreneur in Social Economy EMPRETEC Entrepreneurship I speak: English (fluent) German (beginner) Romanian (native) Let’s keep in touch: cell: - email:-LinkedIn last update: December 2017 Designing and delivering custom-made development and training programs, Leadership development programs and Employee Performance programs for small/ medium organizations. Key results: • Increase and diversify service portfolio with 50% • Increase revenue with 20% yearly Sept 2008 - Oct 2010 Vodafone HR Project Manager | Talent Acquisition Consultant Coordinating transformational projects in HR area like: implementation of Taleo, Sharepoint and other similar initiatives; Designing and delivering custom-made development programs in Talent Management areas such as: Leadership, Employee Performance, Talent Acquisition for staff and managerial levels; Developing tools and processes for team development; Designing and updating internal HR processes and associated policies and procedures. Delivering end to end recruiting processes Key results: • Conducted end-to-end Recruitment Processes for over 150 vacancies for the Technology Business Unit; AURA CRISTIANA SEREA May 2007 - Aug 2008 Adobe Systems Talent Acquisition Specialist Strategic planning for talent acquisition together with the internal client; Delivering end to end recruiting processes for the Romanian software development campus; Organizing and partnering with third parties for events, campaigns, programs to sustain the delivery of the talent acquisition strategy; Contributing to the process of building the Employer Brand of Adobe in Romania. Key results: • Increased by 300% the Talent Pool of Adobe campus in Romania Nov 2005 - Apr 2007 Hudson HR Consultant Oct 2001 - Apr 2005 AIESEC HR&Learning Coordinator | HR Specialist ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Oct 2006 - Feb 2009 SNSPA Bucharest Master Degree - Managerial Communication and Human Resources Oct 2001 - Jun 2005 ULB Sibiu Bachelor Degree - Tourism and Services PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS ~ SELECTION 2017 - Customization and implementation of Zoho People, complete online HR solution (account set-up, customizations based on internal processes, data base management, communicating business requirements for the process flows, approvals chain, designing templates and forms to be used in the application, etc) - The KPI Institute 2016 - Implementation of “Friends in the hospital” a 1,5 year project in the Psychiatry Hospital in Sibiu on EEA Grants, where I designed and delivered a learning program for professional volunteering services delivered to the volunteers who would join the hospital - ReGeneratia 2015 - Design and implementation of an Assessment Center program for leadership for a chemical factory form business requirements to the final solution with individual reports and recommendations - Aura Serea | HR Perspectives 2014 - Business requirements and implementation of Employee Performance system for a client with Google Suite solution - Aura Serea | HR Perspectives 2010 - Business requirements, implementation and beta testing for MS Sharepoint and Taleo - Vodafone 2008 - Business requirements, implementation and beta testing for Taleo - Adobe Systems 2